mot time (lincoln area)

[trevtubby]

heya,

Its that time of the year im afraid, bugger. Does anyone know of any ...erm, friendly garages, in and around the lincolnshire area?


Its just I have a de-cat exhaust system so i`m not sure about the whole emissions dilemma?

Cheers

Trev

p.s its a 1994 import

[peterwolds]

mine sailed through emmisions BUT failed as horn doesnt work - shouldnt be a problem mines decatted

[trevtubby]

cool, so you think I should stick it in any garage and see whats what? I just dont want to take it someplace and it fail on emissions because then i`ll be stuck?

Ive read that imports only have to do the idle emissions test, not the full one..dunno how true that is though lol.

[peterwolds]

cool, so you think I should stick it in any garage and see whats what? I just dont want to take it someplace and it fail on emissions because then i`ll be stuck?

Ive read that imports only have to do the idle emissions test, not the full one..dunno how true that is though lol.

The ruling i believe is pre 1995 for idle & tests done 3.5% CO

[trevtubby]

yeah thats what I read too.

[Gatesy]

Jammy sods mines a R plate so has the new emissions tests and is decatted.
First run on the machine got me 3.81%.  Then we messed about a bit and my friendly garage managed to pass it for me

[dazza30]

hi there.. just got hold of a rx-7 1994 and everything seems fine but failed emssions, very very high! any ideas cheers

[rx7veilside]

get a apexi ecu or a sports high flow cat or both or friendly mot station

[trevtubby]

ok, had the mot today and it failed on emissions. Passed everything else.

It failed on the 2nd fast idle test supposedly. I didnt think that a pre 1995 import car had a fast idle test?

well anyways the guy who did the MOT said that if I can get a letter from mazda stating that as my car is a 1994 import it doesnt need to do the fast idle test, he`ll pass it?

Any ideas how I can go about this? Ive been to the mazda dealership in Lincoln today and they basically just fobbed me off?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[rx7veilside]

you dont need the letter he cant have found ur car on the database if its an import and so the prompt should have led him to just doing the non cat test..the guy doesnt know what he is doing he must have just chucked the car on as a uk car.when i had mine done the database wasnt able to find a match

[G@NDY]

Trev take it to prestige vehicle imports in helpringham (near sleaford) its where i take mine and its never even gone near an emission tester. the number is 01529421615 :Thumbs-up :wiggle

[trevtubby]

Trev take it to prestige vehicle imports in helpringham (near sleaford) its where i take mine and its never even gone near an emission tester. the number is 01529421615 :Thumbs-up :wiggle

I wish I had done now mate, the thing is it passed everything else with flying colour and if i go elsewhere now ive wasted £40 on the MOT

Is there anyone I can phone who can send me some sort of letter stating the rules and regs covering import cars. He did show me something in his mot regs book about import cars and he thinks he`s right.

[Sicknote]

you dont need the letter he cant have found ur car on the database if its an import and so the prompt should have led him to just doing the non cat test..the guy doesnt know what he is doing he must have just chucked the car on as a uk car.when i had mine done the database wasnt able to find a match

If it\'s already been tested in this country the database WILL pick up the vehicle.  Only in rare occasions does this not happen, ie if it\'s been on a SORN for a while or a fresh import.

Advise the tester that the fact that it has FD3S (Or the incorrect FD35 on most V5C\'s) shows that this is an imported car and the fact that it hasn\'t got
two cats like the UK version.   It\'s a shame V5C\'s don\'t show cars as being imports, would make life sooooooo much easier.

Dave
Thames Valley MOTs

[rx7veilside]

i wasnt as accurate as i could have been the car will be on the database but the prompt for up to aug95 for imports should have led him to the non cat test its a flow chart with yes and no prompts but the gist is a imported car up to aug 95 only has the non cat test due to the absence of the 2nd cat..if uk car then full test after 1992..does that sound right
even imports with decat will need fettling with the apexi to reach the 3.5co
dave/sicknote is the expert with the rules and decatted just wont pass without fettling the ecu and as most are imports in this country nearly all 7,s here need adjustment for the 3.5co
it comes of having a airpump that helped with the ceramic cats(old style)
i have a 95 but am just going to put a metallic substrate  high flow cat back on to one decrease noise and 2 help with getting 3.5co with less fettling

[Sicknote]

lol, stop all ya fettling fella !!!!

That\'s all correct my good man.