Diesel MoT Emissions

[MrCheese90]

Hello. New here.

Assuming the plate cannot be found, what is the MoT limit for a pre 2008 turbo diesel. All I can find is 3m. But that government.uk limit was withdrawn in 2019.

Thanks

Paul

[IAmTheWalrus]

MrCheese90 said:

Hello. New here.

Assuming the plate cannot be found, what is the MoT limit for a pre 2008 turbo diesel. All I can find is 3m. But that government.uk limit was withdrawn in 2019.

Thanks

Paul

What do you mean by plate? Why not simply ask your local tester? Also, how do you propose to check this yourself prior to taking it there for the MOT? Personally I'd just throw in a bottle of decent cleaner and take it for a few long runs...I used both Liqui Moli cat cleaner and Lucus Upper Cylinder Lubricant to take the engine light off for cat converter working under efficient on a BMW 320 sport coupe, worked a charm.

[sam hill]

Page 8 and 9 of the pdf here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-serv...

[IAmTheWalrus]

sam hill said:

Page 8 and 9 of the pdf here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-serv...

OK so I know what a plate is now or at least I think I do, are you suggesting you are driving a stolen car?

[Chris32345]

IAmTheWalrus said:

OK so I know what a plate is now or at least I think I do, are you suggesting you are driving a stolen car?

Page 8-9 are about diesel fast pass and standard tests

Why are you talking about stolen cars and plates?

[Demelitia]

MrCheese90 said:

Hello. New here.

Assuming the plate cannot be found, what is the MoT limit for a pre 2008 turbo diesel. All I can find is 3m. But that government.uk limit was withdrawn in 2019.

Thanks

Paul

There’s an ‘ask an MOT tester’ thread on the forums that will probably net you an answer.

Link here: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

IAmTheWalrus said:

sam hill said:

Page 8 and 9 of the pdf here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-serv...

OK so I know what a plate is now or at least I think I do, are you suggesting you are driving a stolen car?

It might be worth having an idea about anything at all before posting completely irrelevant and unhelpful replies in the technical section. Nobody came close to mentioning anything about stolen cars; how you got on to that subject I’ll never know.

[IAmTheWalrus]

Demelitia said:

MrCheese90 said:

Hello. New here.

Assuming the plate cannot be found, what is the MoT limit for a pre 2008 turbo diesel. All I can find is 3m. But that government.uk limit was withdrawn in 2019.

Thanks

Paul

There’s an ‘ask an MOT tester’ thread on the forums that will probably net you an answer.

Link here: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

IAmTheWalrus said:

sam hill said:

Page 8 and 9 of the pdf here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/in-serv...

OK so I know what a plate is now or at least I think I do, are you suggesting you are driving a stolen car?

It might be worth having an idea about anything at all before posting completely irrelevant and unhelpful replies in the technical section. Nobody came close to mentioning anything about stolen cars; how you got on to that subject I’ll never know.

LOL because the plate confirms what the value should be and op says he may not find it and people take the plate and vin numbers off of stolen cars..

[Chris32345]

IAmTheWalrus said:

LOL because the plate confirms what the value should be and op says he may not find it and people take the plate and vin numbers off of stolen cars..

He's not asking what valve the car should be tested at he asking if they can't find the value on the car does it go to the default value's

[Demelitia]

IAmTheWalrus said:

Irrelevant waffle

IAmTheWalrus said:

And?

There’s loads of reasons the plate could be unavailable as a source of info; it’s precisely why there’s something in place in the MOT guidelines to cover it.
You’ve picked one and made an intergalactic leap to one then ran with it.

On top of that you’ve still not helped the OP.

[IAmTheWalrus]

Demelitia said:

IAmTheWalrus said:

Irrelevant waffle

IAmTheWalrus said:

And?

There’s loads of reasons the plate could be unavailable as a source of info; it’s precisely why there’s something in place in the MOT guidelines to cover it.
You’ve picked one and made an intergalactic leap to one then ran with it.

On top of that you’ve still not helped the OP.

The response was perfectly reasonable, given plates can be stolen...

Meh.