Technical MOT on Cinquecentos before 1.08.95

[Oldschool]

When I took the other day a N-reg Cinquecento Sporting to the MOT test the tester thought he has got to fail the car on emissions because it was slightly above the CO threshold.

To his surprise when feeding the car data into the computer, the printout showed that the cat test is not required. To the surprise of the staff all that is required is the the HC is no more than 1200ppm and the CO no more than 3.5%.

This does not apply to all cars before that date. But it will apply to most of the Cinquecentos and possibly some Puntos, which means this is good news for the modders as they wouldn't need a cat altogether.

 

[custard]

6 months out would have been damn handy as well

 

[philbo]

oh yeah. http://www.vosa.gov.uk/vosa/carlgvowners/randommotchecks/maintainingmotemissionsstandards.htm
and did you know that if you have an old engine in a new car the emissions test is carried out for the age of the engine?
http://www.ukmot.com/6-4.asp

 

[arc]

is this going off data of first registered?

does it have to be before 1-08-1995? Mine was first registered on 1-08-1995. does this mean i can do away with the cat and have silly emissions (despite just passing with uber low emissions!)

 

[custard]

lucky sod

 

[arc]

am i safe with that as a registered date?

this is awesome news. BYE BYE CAT. BYE SENSIBLE CAM. BYE BYE 'SAFE' IGNITION TIMING. BUWHAHAHAHA

 

[Luke]

am i safe with that as a registered date?

this is awesome news. BYE BYE CAT. BYE SENSIBLE CAM. BYE BYE 'SAFE' IGNITION TIMING. BUWHAHAHAHA

Have you got the test sheet on the car? If yes, look on it, it should say if the CAT has been tested or not - if it says NA, it'll be safe

 

[arc]

it's always been tested as if it has a cat. i dont think the garage ive taken it for the last 3 MOTs checked if it could go through as a catless car.
the fail limit for HC was 200PPM and CO was 0.30%. sounds like a cat'd test to me!

 

[Luke]

it's always been tested as if it has a cat. i dont think the garage ive taken it for the last 3 MOTs checked if it could go through as a catless car.
the fail limit for HC was 200PPM and CO was 0.30%. sounds like a cat'd test to me!

yea and to me too

Could be worth going and asking for future reference

 

[philbo]

if you have changed the engine then they need to test the emissions for that engine not the car but you have to take proof of the engines age. and there is still limits for the emissions pre 1.08.95.

 

[Oldschool]

it's always been tested as if it has a cat. i dont think the garage ive taken it for the last 3 MOTs checked if it could go through as a catless car.
the fail limit for HC was 200PPM and CO was 0.30%. sounds like a cat'd test to me!

Of this exempt is written in MOT station handbook, but nobody I knew as testers were able to explain it and the guy I went to the other day said to me that he is upset that it never was cleared out by VOSA. Every tester was under the impression that all cars after cat mandatory date would have to have the cat test. Only the ones who have not the exemption would not and how to find out was never clear.

With the new system it will be clear as all data have to feed into the computer and the VOSA database comes back with the requirements.

You still have to make sure that your car is exempt.

 

[arc]

mine was MOT'd last week, and i got one of them new MOT sheets. It was tested as having a cat though. Shouldnt it have flagged up that the car should be tested without one.
What was the date on the car you just had MOT'd ?

 

[rallycinq]

Check the blue sheet that comes with the green mot. The blue sheet lists any special requirements for the model being tested and that comes from the VOSA system at the start of the test.

Cheers

D

 

[arc]

i did not get a blue sheet with mine. does anyone have access to the VOSA system and see what it says for a Cinq sporting reg'ed on 1.08.95 ?

 

[lambert82]

this is awesome news. BYE BYE CAT. BYE SENSIBLE CAM. BYE BYE 'SAFE' IGNITION TIMING. BUWHAHAHAHA

Dear Jimmy, Can you please fix it for me to make the latest findings on MOT's to be false, just so Arc can't lose his CAT. Thank You I.Lambert M'Bro Age 23

No offence Arc

 

[arc]

pfft. i could loose the cat and still pass the cat emissions test you know

 

[lambert82]

pfft. i could loose the cat and still pass the cat emissions test you know

And the medals on it's way