MOT Emissions
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Hi Guys

Finally got my car booked in for its MOT. I'm slightly paranoid about the emissions side of things and fear it might fail or will........and becuase MJ is new to me still aprehensive as to if i will be able to get it through with just me and a laptop :S

Do you have any tips on what to do to help squeeze it through. i've got a std needle in it at the moment and i think the std turbo map for the MJ is pretty retarded if i remember correctly although i may retard it more just for the MOT and lean it off slightly?

Also i plan on warming the car up fully first.

Anymore tips?

What years the car?

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

unsure

Edited by t@z on 2nd Feb, 2012.

Bottle of whiskey left on the front seat?

Ahh pity. Im not sure the MJ will help with emmisions? Unless the ignition was well out, like you say make sure its not running super rich and get the car nice and warm.

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

There is that lol.

1/4 Mile 14.3secs 96Mph Terminal 10psi of boost.


Fibreglass Parts? - http://www.tdkracing.co.uk/
Split Rims? - http://www.force-racing.co.uk/

Was it an SPI?

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

think so orginally as had a fuel return line. although it wasnt when i purchaed it.

might try the whiskey if needs a retest lol or pray he warms to the car

It's all in here http://www.dft.gov.uk/vosa/repository/In%2...h%20Edition.pdf

Page 21 and 93 are relevant. I'm prety sure that the limits can be met with the right needle (i.e. one specificly for the MOT)

Fastest 998 mini in the world? 13.05 1/4 mile 106mph

thanks will i'll give that a read. its not till the 10th and the place i'm going to apparently "specialises" in classic cars. so they are aware of the difficulties as they do some racing tvr's

all depends also if he has an arguement with the wife first too lol

k reg SPi's were all Coopers, so if your car is a Cooper, then it's 0.75%CO natural idle, 0.3%CO and 0.95 to 1.09 lambda fast idle and less than 200ppm hydro carbons

If the engine is the cooper engine and the number is visable, with the cat removed, and they test it as it should be with a CAT test, it'll fail, no amount of tweaking will get it to pass on the CAT test Hope that the tester just does BET Basic Emissions Test, 3.5% CO.

Edited by Sprocket on 25th Jan, 2012.

My 998 Turbo is a K reg. Originally a carbed Sprite and it had a fuel line and a breather line. If it was an SPi then I think it would have 3 lines ???

It also had a Cat when I got it.

Without an engine number they have to assume the engine is the one numbered in the log book.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Tell him it is a metro turbo engine and push him to test it as one, since who in their right mind would fit a turbo to an spi engine

paul, im unsure about the breather line i just have 2 copper lines by the wiper moter and i dont remember having these on my last mini with was an 89; think that just had 1. although i could be wrong i've never owned an SPI before and as i get older my memory gets worse!

sprocket, well that may work to my advantage then as they thought it was a metro turbo anyway so if i just try and blag the engine is from one of them and can it be tested as such :)

Edited by t@z on 25th Jan, 2012.

Mines an early k 1992 the late k's had a cat

I have to know the tester to get it through

13.95 1/4 mile on a 2.95 fd. Carnt be that hard to beat!

When i'd just fitted my n/a 1275 engine and rushed it to an mot garage (kwik fit) the Co2 broke the machine for 10 minutes. It was at 10%, whoops.
But the chap kindly readjusted it to pass the emissions test at 1.7%. It was running a bit lean then so i had to tweak it up a touch when i left the mot centre.

oh my well if it passes on everything bar the emissions and i cant get it through i may have to take it to a guy i know. but i didnt wanna ask him first to take the piss. so i'll make sure the rest is ok if not and see if he can get it through the emissions with me :S

Don't the new MOT regs require a cat to be fitted if it had one when new, regardless of whether the emissions are low enough?

yh, if the car originally had a cat as standard it must have a cat for the MOT no matter what the emissions are. but if the engine is older the the car you MOT it to the engines age regarding emissions etc... proof might be needed depending on who does the MOT etc..

You need a friendly mot man that will walk back with the probe until it reads correctly :)

what ron said.

it simply wont pass if it set up to run properly, with a by the book tester

13.95 1/4 mile on a 2.95 fd. Carnt be that hard to beat!