chrisholly Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 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? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kyle_R Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
H_D Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 The answer is NO you don't need a cat because...1: it's a pre 932: there is no uk equivalent of GTs or glanzas so a cat is not needed3 a emissions test is actually not required with the mot of our cars but are done anyway to check emissionsA 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 x 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chrisholly Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 awesome *throws stock downpipe in the bin* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 These are the current MOT emission sheets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kavan-k Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 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?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlegreenmonster Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kavan-k Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Awk dung! I will have to buy one then lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jamie-GlanzaV Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Glanza's don't need one because it was never made for uk market so has nothing to compare to Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlegreenmonster Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlegreenmonster Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlegreenmonster Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlegreenmonster Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Bit it might be true before this year because I know that this year m.o.t laws have changed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
daniel_g Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Its all up there ^^^^ if you zoom in and read it, taken from the latest MOT book in my work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DevonGT Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Snow Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 a healthy starlet will pass the emissions test without a cat anyway, mine passed twice and was over fueling like a bitch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlegreenmonster Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 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 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimlols Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 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 emissionsMy impression is that this is true, but the date for imports is later than the date for UK models Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hookie663 Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 I've.passed 4 years wif no can't all depends on your emissions Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DevonGT Posted March 8, 2014 Share Posted March 8, 2014 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. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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