F**king Emissions,F**king Mot\'s

[Bob Monkhouse]

ER,what air pump? That went in the bin when I put the tuning bits on! I\'m going to buy an analyser, then I can at least try setting the car at home, even if it runs like a bag of ****  to get it through. The car wouldn\'t pass last year even with the cat,air pump etc on it but it was near enough, now its a ****ing mile off and the mot man won\'t entertain it(*******).

[chrisJDM]

To put the record straight...sicknote knows how to tune the emissoions using the ECU in order to get it through. He doesn\'t do anything illegal !

lol i wasant suggesting he did!

[captainbizzaro]

:bandit I like the clio idea myself...

[chrno]

Use 10litres of fuel, and 1 litre of ethanol and you should be fine!  Always turns CO and HC values to zero.   Be sure to fill it up with a full tank of gas just after though.

[benRX7]

Try turning the air con on and getting them to watch the reading on their emissions machine, it should drop momentarily when its turned on, so click print. Thats how mine got through last year.

[rico2k_uk]

:bandit I like the clio idea myself...

hey it works - thats how the skyline passes

[Bramble]

I always manage to get them through (I am an MOT tester) if its got a power FC its pretty easy to get it to sit under 3.5% and 1200hc for just long enough to get the result.

[Bob Monkhouse]

Thanks for the advice, where do I go in the menu on the pfc to reduce the CO&HC\'s? I \'m hopingt to get a gas analyser within the next couple of days,it will be of use for the other cars as well,thanks, Bob.

[Bob Monkhouse]

Nice suggestion on the ethanol. Anybody know why they won\'t run on alcohol?  I\'ve run sprinters on meth.(not crystal meth)!! Rule of thumb is jet sizes on carbertooters is x2.5, wouldn\'t the ecu pick up the difference in fuel? Higher boost should be available with meth.(14-15:1static comp.ratios in normally aspirated engines) and they run cooler.-They do tend to rust a bit if you\'re not careful though! +20% power increase the norm. Any comments anyone?

[JohnP]

what year did cat\'s become a legallity? i\'l have to double check but i think mines a 1995 M plate.. and i wanted to de-cat

[Bramble]

what year did cat\'s become a legallity? i\'l have to double check but i think mines a 1995 M plate.. and i wanted to de-cat

I need to spend a little longer reading the MOT book, however the thirteenth edition has some interesting changes in it. According to the book unless your FD has FD13B2 in the vin plate (UK cars) it doesnt need a cat test at all. Now this is VERY open to interpretation. Some people say august 95 but from what I am reading in the latest MOT emissions it seems as if ALL import FD\'s are MOT cat test exempt, although as I say I will need to do a little more reading.

[trotter]

pretty sure it was post \'93 for cats becoming necessary

[Bob Monkhouse]

Sorry but you have to have a cat on a \'95 car. Anything made after august 92 ,thats made not registered,92-93 cars are a \'grey area\' and it depends on if your mot man is a **** or not.

[rx7veilside]

orig if car was a 95 import u only needed the 3.5 co test as per the vosa flow chart
all uk cars after 92 require cat test
all imports up to 95 require only 3.5 co test
the confussion is not that u need a cat for any car its the emmisssions u need to comply with and the cat is required to reach those emmissions
its a bit confusing but it is not a legal requirment to have a cat just that u need one to reach the correct levels
so the majority of import rx7 up to 1995 only need a 3.5 co test
imports after 1995 require full test
and uk cars after 1992 require full test

[Bramble]

Do you guys need glasses or can you not fduking read?

I AM AN MOT TESTER. READ MY ABOVE POST.

There is no grey area its ALL in \'in Service Exhaust Emission Standards for Road Vehicles\' thirteenth edition. I just need to finish reading the appropriate segments thats all. NO JDM FD RX7\'s up until august 95 need an MOT - I CAN GUARANTEE THAT. Its the 95 on cars I am interested in.