Sorry, my 2+2 is a B reg, reg from 1985 and registered 31st July 1998, i.e the day before the SVA came in !
Jim From: bill green Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 11:33 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [Quantum Owners] emissions 2+2 MOT when I took my q plate rickman for the test the tester answered the questions as posed by the computer/analyser picked up the test probe, looked back at the screen and saw it had already passed, he had answered the "visible smoke" question. Does your 2+2 have a cat fitted? Bill -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] emissions 2+2 MOT Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2012 11:27:49 +0100 As usual my Quantum was different again this year, back to meeting specific figures rather than visible smoke. It’s different every year. Initially it failed on CO (3.5%) but after i switched my magic switch on the ecu (turns on closed loop) it passed, just. No point in arguing with the guy in the garage, they can’t overide what the computer tells them it should be nowadays. You can’t even see the emissions figures until the end of the test and it says pass or fail. Seems it depends on if your Car is a Q reg or not and if it was registered before August 1998 or not (SVA afterwards). If it’s a pre Aug 1998 Q reg then it should be visible smoke only but a lot of MOT testers can’t or won’t do this. If it’s pre Aug 1998 non Q then the emission are CO 3.5%, HC 1200ppm. If it was after 1998 then the emissions should be on the reg doc from the SVA or IVA and it has to meet those. I assume since your limits are lower than those above your car was SVA’d Jan 2012 MOT manual here: http://mottesters.co.uk/files/special%20notices/MOT%20Inspection%20Manual..pdf Jim From: calvin cotton Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 11:05 AM To: mailto:[email protected] Subject: [Quantum Owners] emissions 2+2 MOT hi all, just another quick question, MOT also failed due to emissions test, i cant find anything with past mot certificates to prove that the engine only requires a smoke test, is the engine old enough to qualify for that? it is the standard 1600cc CVH ford engine, dont know exact age but somewhere between 1983-1989. failing that, does anyone know if i could raise the limits for CO and HC's due to the age of the engine at all? 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