k reg(1992) M.O.T cat or not?

[chrisholly]

i have been looking on the net to try and find out if 1992 and older needs a cat still for MOT

there are a lot of people that say 'no you dont'

but there are some that say yu need them?

is there any info on this anywhere?

[Kyle_R]

The answer is NO you don't need a cat because...

1: it's a pre 93

2: there is no uk equivalent of GTs or glanzas so a cat is not needed

3 a emissions test is actually not required with the mot of our cars but are done anyway to check emissions

A very good friend of mine is a mot tester and I had the same questions when I got mine back on the road last summer

[H_D]

The answer is NO you don't need a cat because...

1: it's a pre 93

2: there is no uk equivalent of GTs or glanzas so a cat is not needed

3 a emissions test is actually not required with the mot of our cars but are done anyway to check emissions

A very good friend of mine is a mot tester and I had the same questions when I got mine back on the road last summer

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[chrisholly]

awesome *throws stock downpipe in the bin*

[daniel_g]

These are the current MOT emission sheets.

[kavan-k]

The answer is NO you don't need a cat because...

1: it's a pre 93

2: there is no uk equivalent of GTs or glanzas so a cat is not needed

3 a emissions test is actually not required with the mot of our cars but are done anyway to check emissions

A very good friend of mine is a mot tester and I had the same questions when I got mine back on the road last summer

So my glanza doesn't need a cat for mot??

[littlegreenmonster]

A glanza will because of the year of manafacture also if it was built with a catalytic converter as standard then it will need to show one for the mot, even I've you just cut the actualy box off and place it round a de-cat pipe that still counts

[kavan-k]

Awk dung! I will have to buy one then lol

[Jamie-GlanzaV]

Glanza's don't need one because it was never made for uk market so has nothing to compare to

[littlegreenmonster]

That isn't true mate, over here if it has been produced before a certain date it is exepmt, after that date then it is tested unless you can prove that the engine is from a car that was produced before the date the the cat laws came in, I've had this argument and lost lol

[littlegreenmonster]

That isn't true mate, over here if it has been produced before a certain date it is exepmt, after that date then it is tested unless you can prove that the engine is from a car that was produced before the date the the cat laws came in, I've had this argument and lost lol

[littlegreenmonster]

Unfortunately from what I have been told by my tester it doesn't mater if its an import or not it all depends on date of manufacture

[littlegreenmonster]

Bit it might be true before this year because I know that this year m.o.t laws have changed

[daniel_g]

Its all up there ^^^^ if you zoom in and read it, taken from the latest MOT book in my work

[DevonGT]

Unfortunately from what I have been told by my tester it doesn't mater if its an import or not it all depends on date of manufacture

Yep, date of registration is the all important bit.

[Snow]

a healthy starlet will pass the emissions test without a cat anyway, mine passed twice and was over fueling like a bitch

[littlegreenmonster]

Hmmmm I've always been told and we have always tested like I said im almost sure that vosa dont care if it has the UK equivalent, look on the vts device im sure it states that after a caertain dat it has to have a cat and if its supposed to be there and isn't it can fail for not having one even if it passes emissions

[jimlols]

Hmmmm I've always been told and we have always tested like I said im almost sure that vosa dont care if it has the UK equivalent, look on the vts device im sure it states that after a caertain dat it has to have a cat and if its supposed to be there and isn't it can fail for not having one even if it passes emissions

My impression is that this is true, but the date for imports is later than the date for UK models

[hookie663]

I've.passed 4 years wif no can't all depends on your emissions

[DevonGT]

Hmmmm I've always been told and we have always tested like I said im almost sure that vosa dont care if it has the UK equivalent, look on the vts device im sure it states that after a caertain dat it has to have a cat and if its supposed to be there and isn't it can fail for not having one even if it passes emissions

That is correct mate, if it should have one it needs to be visable. That's if the tester looks.