Cat/Air pump and MOT?

[Grizzly]

Hi guys,

I\'m planning on decating an Fd and removing the Air pump.

I know this a Instant MOT problem? But would it be solved by just fitting the Cat back on for a day whilst its MOT\'d?

Or will having no Air pump be a Problem too?

The car will be Running a Power FC and it will be Mildly Ported if that makes any Diffrence?

Cheers..

[ro284]

Hi Grizzly,
           If it\'s any help, my air con started playing up after the summer so i thought i\'ll whip the fuse out for that till next year, after a long time through the bad weather i had not noticed the mooing had stopped from my Apaxi intakes, anyway i put the fuse back in now and the air pump i thought was faulty burst into life,
but the engine has run perfect for a couple of months without it, and now runs worse with it!
but no harm done
Bob

[barmar]

Grizzly is your car an import, if it is then as long as its pre 95 you don\'t need a cat for the MOT. Just make sure that the testing station knows that it should be getting going through the non cat test. Mine took 3 attempts to get through the emisions test though which was a bit worrying, eventually the injectors needed cleaned and it sailed through.

Barry

[Grizzly]

Cheers guys, I have spent quite alot of time reading up and have found that as the car will be running a Poer Fc if can be quite easly tweeked to pass even without cats fitted (you just can drive it like that).