Hi ... need some help pleez peeps .... i have a mondeo 2.0 in my escort which has been de catted ... now its MOT time and i dont know anything about the engine other than its a 2.0 .... how do i find out the age of the engine and will i need a mondeo or an escort cat???

Cheerz in advance

 

white lie m8. the mot guy said to me, what years the engine, i said um. 88' and he went... ok
the guys just gunna do his job and he dosent know

 

find engine number then use the engine date table in the burton power catalogue/website to date your engine.

What is it on your logbook???

If its a car pre aug 1992 then no cat needed even if you fit a brand new modern engine.

If its a post 1992 car then there is a rule in the MoT test book that allows you to have "engine age" related emissions test, but a picky MoT man will want to see the correct engine on the log book to do it as well as proof of engine age. Its how you can get away with dirty cossie engines in new focus's etc, although to be fair the modern mapping skills of such likes as MSD etc means you can get a high power cossie through CAT mot tests no problem with the right map.

 

cheerz guys ... log book cud be an issue as it still states 1.6 ... oops

 

i was told its the engine age not the car age. cuz the guy asked me what year the engine was even tho the cars a 91'

 

from http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_730.htm

 

its a 98 escort n think the engine is from a mk1 mondy

 

youll only get away with no cat if you can prove the mondy engine was one of the very early pre aug 1992 zetec engines.

Or find a dodgy mot man or grind off old engine number and put on any one you want!!