Strange advisory item!
#1
Regular Contributor
Thread Starter
![Default](https://passionford.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
My car passed her MOT today.
A few minor advisories with this one being rather strange.....
1:Emissions too clean
Car is a Passat 2001 TDI 130 mapped to 162BHP and has 165k on the clock.
A few minor advisories with this one being rather strange.....
1:Emissions too clean
Car is a Passat 2001 TDI 130 mapped to 162BHP and has 165k on the clock.
#2
![Default](https://passionford.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
![Wink](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
#4
PassionFord Regular
![Default](https://passionford.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Im an mot tester too and we get this a lot! Vosa/ dvsa (whatever they call themselves) are getting so strict we have to advise EVERYTHING no matter how petty it is just to cover our own arse.
#5
cossie fan (unluckerly)
![Default](https://passionford.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
When we take euro 4.5 / 5 trucks to mot they don't even test them now as it dose not even register on the machine lol. They just check to make sure the mill light is not on
#7
cossie fan (unluckerly)
Trending Topics
#8
PassionFord Post Whore!!
#9
Regular Contributor
Thread Starter
![Default](https://passionford.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Does this mean I have a healthy engine then?
I only use Shell V-Power diesel and do oil changes every 3-4k.
I only use Shell V-Power diesel and do oil changes every 3-4k.
#10
Regular Contributor
Thread Starter
#11
Baby Cheesus
iTrader: (4)
![Default](https://passionford.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Just had my A3 mot'd and it says its got an oil leak and steering rack is oily.
I have recently spent almost 6k having the driveway done, if the thing was leaking oil a. Id know about it and b. It would be parked on my driveway!
Also,one thng that was an advisory last year that i have not touched was not this year...
I have recently spent almost 6k having the driveway done, if the thing was leaking oil a. Id know about it and b. It would be parked on my driveway!
Also,one thng that was an advisory last year that i have not touched was not this year...
#12
#13
Part of the Furniture
![Default](https://passionford.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
True this, im also a tester, better to have seen and advise than not advise as it looks as if you have not seen/tested correctly, being a tester your damned if you do and damned if you dont, if you advise things people moan that you have picked up on something, but if you had missed it then same person would also moan that its not been picked up on
#14
Part of the Furniture
![Default](https://passionford.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Just had my A3 mot'd and it says its got an oil leak and steering rack is oily.
I have recently spent almost 6k having the driveway done, if the thing was leaking oil a. Id know about it and b. It would be parked on my driveway!
Also,one thng that was an advisory last year that i have not touched was not this year...
I have recently spent almost 6k having the driveway done, if the thing was leaking oil a. Id know about it and b. It would be parked on my driveway!
Also,one thng that was an advisory last year that i have not touched was not this year...
#15
ST by Name and by Nature
![Default](https://passionford.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Few years ago took my sister's Fiesta for MOT and asked the tester to try find cause of an oil leak while it up on the ramps, as I couldn't easily see it.
The Fiesta passed MOT with an oil leak advisory!!!
The Fiesta passed MOT with an oil leak advisory!!!
#16
Part of the Furniture
#17
PassionFord Regular
![Default](https://passionford.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Oil leaks can be near on impossible to pin point especially if its been leaking a while and a lot of the engine components are wet. Its not our job to find the cause we just make you aware theres a problem and it only becomes a failure if it contaminates the brakes so the tester has done everything right!
#18
ST by Name and by Nature
![Default](https://passionford.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
I wasn't surprised, it just made me chuckle as I told tester before hand, anyway I only asked him as tester I go to is a fair helpful chap and usually highlights problems before they become serious, which is the whole point of advisories in the first place, I remember he spotted an iffy drive belt few years back on one of our cars, saves a break down.
#19
The annoying ginger guy
iTrader: (2)
![Default](https://passionford.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
Just had my A3 mot'd and it says its got an oil leak and steering rack is oily.
I have recently spent almost 6k having the driveway done, if the thing was leaking oil a. Id know about it and b. It would be parked on my driveway!
Also,one thng that was an advisory last year that i have not touched was not this year...
I have recently spent almost 6k having the driveway done, if the thing was leaking oil a. Id know about it and b. It would be parked on my driveway!
Also,one thng that was an advisory last year that i have not touched was not this year...
Diesels are getting a lot cleaner and some of them life mercs you can't even rev them enough to make the machine move
#20
The annoying ginger guy
iTrader: (2)
![Default](https://passionford.com/forum/images/icons/icon1.gif)
We had a mint mk5 escort come in last year and all the rack, arms, mounts, subframe the lot was powder coated black, and it was raining outside when looking underneath it all looked like it was slightly coated in oil, so one of the testers had advised it with an oil leak
The owner went mentle he had never had an advisory on that car since he bought it, it never got driven in the rain and he just got caught out in it on the way to the station
The owner went mentle he had never had an advisory on that car since he bought it, it never got driven in the rain and he just got caught out in it on the way to the station
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
PRO-LINE MOTORSPORT
General Car Related Discussion.
5
28-09-2015 09:54 PM