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[ninham]

Not a fan to be honest. Well mine has nothing to do with a golf very last real Skoda engine. Has many vw/Audi parts but not on the engine.

[Anthony30]

Imo, stick it through the MOT and see what happens.

[ninham]

Indeed. She will have to ask me nicly to put the exhaust back on with the cat on it .

[Anthony30]

Not a fan to be honest. Well mine has nothing to do with a golf very last real Skoda engine. Has many vw/Audi parts but not on the engine.

Your starting to sound like a Land Rover owner. They deny the existence of BMW engines in their cars. All hand built in the UK my backside. lol.

[ninham]

Haha well what can I say .

Edited by ninham, 02 August 2015 - 10:28 PM.

[Anthony30]

Indeed. She will have to ask me nicly to put the exhaust back on with the cat on it .

One of the downfalls of buying a later car. Luckily my car was made just before the rules changed, but still limited, at MOT time, to 3.5%.

[Anthony30]

by the way, I do like a lot of the Skoda range. The Octavia VRS is a nice car.

[ninham]

Well we will have a whole month to sort things out, which gives me enough time to put the cat back on and tweek the mix a bit. Will be horrible to drive down there.

[ninham]

by the way, I do like a lot of the Skoda range. The Octavia VRS is a nice car.

I agree, one was following me on the way home. Was dreaming a bit..... Wish I had more money..... Then I thought oh I would if I didn't have the mini project. Lol

Nearly bought the mk1 Octavia vrs the 20v but got the little felli instead, with 6k on the clock.

[Anthony30]

Well we will have a whole month to sort things out, which gives me enough time to put the cat back on and tweek the mix a bit. Will be horrible to drive down there.

Don't bother tweaking the mixture if you don't have a co machine. Not worth the hassle. I would send it for a test, and see what happens, or just fit the cat to be safe.

[ninham]

Well we will have a whole month to sort things out, which gives me enough time to put the cat back on and tweek the mix a bit. Will be horrible to drive down there.

Don't bother tweaking the mixture if you don't have a co machine. Not worth the hassle. I would send it for a test, and see what happens, or just fit the cat to be safe.

Fitting the cat means removing whole exhaust, lcb and all brackets. Grrrrr

[Anthony30]

 

by the way, I do like a lot of the Skoda range. The Octavia VRS is a nice car.

I agree, one was following me on the way home. Was dreaming a bit..... Wish I had more money..... Then I thought oh I would if I didn't have the mini project. Lol

Nearly bought the mk1 Octavia vrs the 20v but got the little felli instead, with 6k on the clock.

 

Bought a mk3 astra estate while the mini is off the road for the turbo build. If my r/c car stops draining my wallet!

[cambiker71]

Put simply after the initial BET check is carried out and failed you get the following rules for classic minis...
if it had a carburettor from the factory then it gets a non cat test and you CAN remove the cat because it's not needed for the check.
If it came from the factory with fuel injection then it gets a cat test and you CAN NOT remove the cat because it is needed for the check. It doesn't matter if you can pass the test without a cat it still needs one actually fitted to pass.
This counts for UK registered cars.
So the simple rules for cat removal - if your car falls into the emission test that requires a cat test (see above) then you're stuck with keeping it. If not then the cat can go. Unless it's a diesel with a DPF in which case you have to keep it no matter what but there's not many factory diesel classic minis with DPFs fitted

[Anthony30]

The worst that can happen is it fails. Then just go home and fit the old exhaust.

[ninham]

Put simply after the initial BET check is carried out and failed you get the following rules for classic minis...
if it had a carburettor from the factory then it gets a non cat test and you CAN remove the cat because it's not needed for the check.
If it came from the factory with fuel injection then it gets a cat test and you CAN NOT remove the cat because it is needed for the check. It doesn't matter if you can pass the test without a cat it still needs one actually fitted to pass.
This counts for UK registered cars.
So the simple rules for cat removal - if your car falls into the emission test that requires a cat test (see above) then you're stuck with keeping it. If not then the cat can go. Unless it's a diesel with a DPF in which case you have to keep it no matter what but there's not many factory diesel classic minis with DPFs fitted

OK so it will pass without the cat as long as it has a good co and ppm. That's all sorted then. Will let her know :).
Could put a modern diesel in a mini. Would be hard to find one that would fit nicely. Great mpg lol