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[oliver122]

well mini went for m.o.t today and it failed

failure list (red paper):

1)nearside front track road end ball joint has excessive play ( had a new track rod end about a month ago)
2)nearside front suspension has excessive play in lower suspension ball joint **dangerous**
3)nearside front suspension has excessive play in upper suspension ball joint **dangerous**
4)offside front (front mounting) subframe attachment rubber mounting bonding deteriorated resulting in excessive movement **dangerous**
5)nearside front (rear mounting) subframe attachment rubber mounting bonding deteriorated resulting in excessive movement
6)offside front (rear mounting) subframe attachment rubber mounting bonding deteriorated resulting in excessive movement
7)exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive

orange paper :

measurment
brake advisories: rbt front brake imbalance 22%

adivosry items:

8)front exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gasses
9)front brakes only just met the front brake imbalance requirements. it would appear requires ajustment or repair(its had new calipers , dics and pads on not long ago )
10)suspension joint nearside lowerdust coversplit/missing
11)oil leak **dangerous**
12)nearside knuckle joint boot insecure
13)vechile has had numerous repairs and its heavily undersealed ( i ony put one can of wax oil on)
14)offside front lower bumb stop missing
15)nearside front lower bump stop missing
16)unable to carry out full inspection in boot area due to modifications / cover panels fitted ( boot lining kit )

is it a big job to do the subframe mounts ?

[coopdog]

you got a good fail there :L

[The Matt]

The subframe mounts are pretty easy to be honest. If you've got a friend and an hour to spare you'll soon get them done.

[oliver122]

i know XD haha , and yea i have an uncle with a 2 post car ramp , would it be worth changing to poly bush's or solid mounts do you think ?

Edited by oliver122, 10 October 2011 - 12:56 PM.

[madboy]

sounds to me their lacking in work and was hoping you would leave it for repair, put the kettle on boys we got an easy day ahead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CaptainBland08]

sounds like the same to me as well! lol to be perfectly fair theres not one difficult job on that list... just dirty ones... have fun with it:D

[jbs.998]

I would change to solid subframe mounts.
One of the best things I have done to mine.

[oliver122]

i was thinking the same , it made me laugh the heavily underseald part , like its a bad thing for a mini xD , what differance's does it make upgrading to solid mounts? also what mounts did you change to solid , as i have an idea how you would go about changing the lower ones but the tower ones im not to sure ?

Edited by oliver122, 10 October 2011 - 07:13 PM.

[Artful Dodger]

well you certainly failed in style!

[Spud_133]

Number 16 seems a bit of a farce too, I didn't know they inspect for rust through the boot pretty much every car has a carpet in the boot, what's wrong with looking up when over the pit?

[racingbob]

i have new ordinary mounts on bottom rear subframe and yellow poly on tower mounts cars fine

[maggies_minder]

Number 16 seems a bit of a farce too, I didn't know they inspect for rust through the boot pretty much every car has a carpet in the boot, what's wrong with looking up when over the pit?

i was thinking the same its rediculous.

id be tempted to agree with madboy, they seem to want money for old rope.

[Spud_133]

Number 16 seems a bit of a farce too, I didn't know they inspect for rust through the boot pretty much every car has a carpet in the boot, what's wrong with looking up when over the pit?

i was thinking the same its rediculous.

id be tempted to agree with madboy, they seem to want money for old rope.

It's a shame they have to do things like this, in the garage I work at, is really quiet, but we don't 'make' work.

[The Matt]

I love this type of response whenever someone fails a car.

Item 16, if there's a bootlining kit, there are several areas in the boot that the tester cannot inspect, the rear of the seat back being just one example. All he's done is note as an advisory that he can't see it to properly inspect it. Kind of the same thing with the underseal. If he can't see the seams around patches, but know there are areas that have been repaired, then he's noted that he can't see how good the repairs are. It's his name on the certificate, so he's totally entitled to make notes like that.

The rest of it, is it really that hard to believe that it's genuine? Most garages wouldn't want the work, I doubt they've got a load of stock of subframe mounts.

[Shifty]

I'd have thought you got away quite lightly, theres not that much there to be honest.

As Matt says, the tester is just covering himself, he hasn't failed it for silly reasons just done the sensible thing and advised.