What to do with MOT fail?
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So after getting a phone call from the garage telling me that he's just completed the longest MOT he can remember and that it failed 'considerably'. I went to pick it up and survey the damage.
He told me my best bet would be to stick it on eBay on a Sunday tea-time with a 99p starting bid as the none running Frontera he had outside was up to £450. However I doubt the same result would be had with the Saxo.
The fails were on:
Headlamp aim too high.
Indicators incorrect colour. Odd as they've not been changed in the 2 years I've had the car and always passed before.
Rear exhaust has major leak.
Emissions, which were bad. Which he said might even need the cat replacing.
Engine idle speed too high.
Offside rear break recording little or no effort. Was a 91% bias so pretty bad.
Nearside front brake binding.
Now I don't mind working on the car, I've replaced a drive shaft on it after some helpful guys on here helped me diagnose a knackered CV joint. However I think all this might be a bit too much for me, and considering a Saxo with a 12 month MOT and lower mileage can be had for £500 I don't really see the point.
So what's my best bet for getting rid, take it to a scrappy and hope he offers me more than WBAC's £50? Try eBay and hope someone fancies a project?
He told me my best bet would be to stick it on eBay on a Sunday tea-time with a 99p starting bid as the none running Frontera he had outside was up to £450. However I doubt the same result would be had with the Saxo.
The fails were on:
Headlamp aim too high.
Indicators incorrect colour. Odd as they've not been changed in the 2 years I've had the car and always passed before.
Rear exhaust has major leak.
Emissions, which were bad. Which he said might even need the cat replacing.
Engine idle speed too high.
Offside rear break recording little or no effort. Was a 91% bias so pretty bad.
Nearside front brake binding.
Now I don't mind working on the car, I've replaced a drive shaft on it after some helpful guys on here helped me diagnose a knackered CV joint. However I think all this might be a bit too much for me, and considering a Saxo with a 12 month MOT and lower mileage can be had for £500 I don't really see the point.
So what's my best bet for getting rid, take it to a scrappy and hope he offers me more than WBAC's £50? Try eBay and hope someone fancies a project?
The_Cheeseman said:
The fails were on:
Headlamp aim too high. five minutes with a screwdriver and a wall
Indicators incorrect colour. Odd as they've not been changed in the 2 years I've had the car and always passed before. two new bulbs
Rear exhaust has major leak. 30 pounds for a new back box
Emissions, which were bad. Which he said might even need the cat replacing. maybe O2 probe need more info
Engine idle speed too high. points towards o2 probe or idle control
Offside rear break recording little or no effort. Was a 91% bias so pretty bad.easy fix change shoes and piston
Nearside front brake binding. easy fix
Thats only a pageHeadlamp aim too high. five minutes with a screwdriver and a wall
Indicators incorrect colour. Odd as they've not been changed in the 2 years I've had the car and always passed before. two new bulbs
Rear exhaust has major leak. 30 pounds for a new back box
Emissions, which were bad. Which he said might even need the cat replacing. maybe O2 probe need more info
Engine idle speed too high. points towards o2 probe or idle control
Offside rear break recording little or no effort. Was a 91% bias so pretty bad.easy fix change shoes and piston
Nearside front brake binding. easy fix
My old golf was a 3 page fail and i got that back on the road
The_Cheeseman said:
The fails were on:
Headlamp aim too high. -Can be adjusted in 5 seconds, most good MOT testers will do this for you on the test
Indicators incorrect colour. -New bulbs £2, fitting 5 minutes
Rear exhaust has major leak. - New back box, £40, 20 minutes to fit
Emissions, which were bad. -More than likely due to the above or below points, otherwise Lambda sensor which is about £35 and 20 minutes to fit
Engine idle speed too high. -Idle control valve may also be dirty. Clean it. 15 minute job.
Offside rear break recording little or no effort. Was a 91% bias so pretty bad. -New brake shoes, £20, 1 hour job
Nearside front brake binding. - New caliper £15 from scrap yard, 1 hour to fit and re-bleed brakes.
So £150 and 3 1/2 hours labour. Hardly the end of the world! And I can't believe the tester hasn't seen worse. Some MOT testers probably wouldn't have even bothered with 3 of those points (headlight alignment, incorrect bulb colour and fast idle)Headlamp aim too high. -Can be adjusted in 5 seconds, most good MOT testers will do this for you on the test
Indicators incorrect colour. -New bulbs £2, fitting 5 minutes
Rear exhaust has major leak. - New back box, £40, 20 minutes to fit
Emissions, which were bad. -More than likely due to the above or below points, otherwise Lambda sensor which is about £35 and 20 minutes to fit
Engine idle speed too high. -Idle control valve may also be dirty. Clean it. 15 minute job.
Offside rear break recording little or no effort. Was a 91% bias so pretty bad. -New brake shoes, £20, 1 hour job
Nearside front brake binding. - New caliper £15 from scrap yard, 1 hour to fit and re-bleed brakes.
Mr Gear said:
Sounds pretty easy to fix to me. Most of those jobs are joke-easy, and the exhaust will be a couple of hundred quid at ATS.
Back box £27.28 from EuroCarParts.Slave cylinder repair kit for £washers.
All other things piss-easy.
4 hours DIY work tops and it's back on the road.
Aside from the fact it's a saxo 
, there's nothing there that would cause me to scrap the car, unless there's a bunch of other non mot stuff that makes it uneconomic to repair.
Generally speaking, at the sub 500 quid end, I figure better the devil you know, so a new rear brake cylinder might not technically be economic, but buying anything else for similar money probably needs just as much stuff done to get it roadworthy.
, there's nothing there that would cause me to scrap the car, unless there's a bunch of other non mot stuff that makes it uneconomic to repair. Generally speaking, at the sub 500 quid end, I figure better the devil you know, so a new rear brake cylinder might not technically be economic, but buying anything else for similar money probably needs just as much stuff done to get it roadworthy.
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