Originally Posted by
paul thornton
As far as i know no saff cossies need to have the cat test done for mot. the test goes off the build date of the car not the registration date and because the last saff rolled off the production line before september 92 it makes them exempt from the test. mines a 93 k green top with a magnex exhaust and no cats on it and ive never had a problem . hope this helps
That's what I originally thought, and tried my best to persuade the MOT tester. I'm in the trade and they MOT quite a few of my classic Mercs, but it didn't carry any weight, he said there's absolutely no way he could peform the non-cat test as the car is down on the data base as needing this test (by 3 weeks
) even though it was probably manufactured before that date, and was pre-reg by The Ford Motor Company at the time they couldn't sell Cossies due to astronical insurance premiums. I might have another word with the MOT bloke as it would comfortably pass the earlier test.
Failing that, I think it's a new Lambda, as it seems the closed loop system isn't working.
Mark