rog

iTrader: (2)

As title, what is the required date that my car has to have a CAT, i.e. it doesn't have one now, but it did when it was new, as it's originally a green top engine. Is it august 92 or something along those lines?

Farmer Giles

I don't think you 'need' a cat it's just the emission regs were tightened up so cats were used to lower emissions.

don't know the date though, sorry.

DVLA.gov.uk will probably tell you.

TurboShed

Yes there is a fixed, absolute manufacturing date that governs if you have to retain the Cat for MoT or can remove it. Can't remember the exact date, deffo in 91 or 92 though, my 91 Saff is okay I can remember that much.

EDIT: having done some Googling I think I may be wrong... whatever.

It's Czech Mate

As said no car is legally required to have a CAT

However if you cant pass the emmisions tests relating to the year of manufacture for your car then you're gonna fail


MOT MAP anyone?

rog

iTrader: (2)

Thanks for your reply, I'm gonna have a look and see what the introduction date is, as obviously I imagine it would be different from late 91/early to 92 to late92 early 93 saphs.

dojj

iTrader: (3)

august 93 from what i can recall, and then there wa another one in 95 sometime

but if your engine is older than the cat laws it doens't need a cat
or if your car is older then it doesn't need a cat

so if you can proove that the engine you have fitted to your car didn't originally come with a cat then you don't need to pass the cat test, only the emissions test from the year the engine was manufactured

Matt Baxter

iTrader: (37)

aug 92 for a bet (basic emissions test)cat test

but there are a few ways around this


http://www.motuk.co.uk/

CosworthGuy

From what my local mot tester said to me it was every car that was registered on a K plate onwards had one fitted. It has to have one if it was manufactured after 01/01/1993 he said. He reckons he had an arguent with someone who had a k plate car but registered in 1993 about the whole issue.

rstoughy

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Mine was registered Feb 93 and managed without one.

RAT8OY

I understand its august 92 for a cat.

But as said above its on the engine not the car. Although not many MOT guys are up for believing this! If you have a genuine pre 92 lump with factory stamps you can argue this. If you have a late cast 200 block etc your wasting your time it need to be a genuine registered block to argue this.

Didnt I hear that a closed loop lamda system properly set up (for MOT man) will pass a cat test anyway?

Its all a load of bollox as most cars in daily use never heat the cat up to work properly anyway with short journey etc.

KSA-Cossie

iTrader: (4)

Mine was registered 1/1/93 and has no probs passing emissions but then i do run closed loop.

C4llyT

Some cars aren't subject to it though, off the top of my head no sri nova needs a cat test, despite being K plated, and L reg metros don't need one.
My N plate never has one either....