Originally Posted by
Marcyg
Last year, put my DOHC saff in for its MOT, failed because I didn't have a cat fitted. I got one now, but it makes the car run badly, and it's a right pain changing it all the time. The car originally had a 1.6CFi thing. The tester said if I got proof from Ford that the new engine predates the cat laws, I'd get away with no cat, thing is, the rules have changed. If it had something when it left the factory, it must be fitted. thing is, apart from the shell, there's nothing original on the car anyway! So would what the inspector told me still stand?
Any car from 1992 must have a cat fitted ( does not say where ??
). If a car fails a bet test the the e missions machine will go through a few menu choices. One of which is the age of the vehicle. If between 1991 and 1998 the. The limits are relaxed slightly on a full cat test so the c.0 is 3.5 or 3. It has been a while so I can't remember the exact figure. The o my failure the. Will be car not fitted. So just bolt it to the side of the centre pipe! He can't say it's not fitted now. Only pass and advise
