Question is.... How will they enforce it? Any diesel tuner worth their money will leave the DPF shell but just remove the core. An MOT monkey can't start removing the DPF to see if the core is still present.
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Question is.... How will they enforce it? Any diesel tuner worth their money will leave the DPF shell but just remove the core. An MOT monkey can't start removing the DPF to see if the core is still present.
7-8 litres of oil yes but is it the correct grade to your car?also I got a service (oil, filter, lube & thorough check over) and MOT for about £125... not bad considering there's 7-8 litres of oil in there!
7-8 litres of oil yes but is it the correct grade to your car?
That's not what the MOT Inspection Manual (April 2013 Issue) says, it says IF fitted headlamp levelling and headlamp washers must work - but they are not required to be fitted.So car with retro fitted hid lamps without headlamp levelling will now be an mot fail?
MOT Inspection Manual said:Vehicles equipped with High Intensity Discharge
(HID) or LED dipped beam headlamps may be fitted
with headlamp washers and a suspension or
headlamp self levelling system.
Where such systems are fitted, they must work;
Depends on which spec 5/30 he used, 125.00 for all what he did does sound to cheap.
So car with retro fitted hid lamps without headlamp levelling will now be an mot fail?
Yes, 5w-30 from memory? He also used genuine parts/oil because I specifically request it.
That's not what the MOT Inspection Manual (April 2013 Issue) says, it says IF fitted headlamp levelling and headlamp washers must work - but they are not required to be fitted.
Section 1.7 says:
I'm having my Citroen C1 MOT'd next week which has retrofitted HID, and if they fail it I'll be appealing.
Does sound quite cheap actually. I mean the oil filter is about 10 quid and well the oil from audi, if its the long life stuff it will be 5w30 which is most likely what they used and garages tend to use tripleqx which is quite cheap to them like £20 for 5 litres.
Thou personally recommend 5w40.
I do not rate euro car parts what so ever I also do not rate tripleQX as its euro's own branded oil.
A mate of mine with a large garage also says exactly the same thing.
That applies whatever bulbs you have.You are correct but if it does not pass a beam patten check then it's a fail.
You're assuming that I haven't informed my insurance company about the HID retrofit...Also xenon retro fit lights are not made for your normal head light therefore your insurance is instantly void as your headlamp was CE approved for halogen lights and not xenon.
I'm well aware of that idiosyncracy - I used to work for a car manufacturer and had close links with the homologation department.It might pass a mot but Mot laws are different to road laws believe it or not.
Which is crazy - as the blue "light" is just as visible. Further proof, if it were needed, that the MOT should actually test for compliance with the C&U (and other applicable) Regulations and not have it's own different set of criteria.When we where on the training course they said if a boy racer had blue chav led washer jets then it will pass a mot. As what you are testing for is a side light and the blue chav washers are not part of a mot just like the front fog light.