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Corranga
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by Corranga » Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:58 am
Let us know how it goes, I might well have to buy a cheap one come July...
I've read elsewhere that cheap cats don't last all that long, so if you fit it and leave it on, it might be bust by next MOT..
I'm sure someone on SELOC posted that theirs lasted 3 MOTs...
Fit the day before.
Drive to MOT station.
Get a pass.
Take off and stick in garage the next day.
Repeat the following year - so a total of 9 days use
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Ferg
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by Ferg » Fri Nov 21, 2014 12:31 am
Change to MOT regs (Not sure how recently) means that a car fitted with a cat the factory must have one fitted for mot.
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j2 lot
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by j2 lot » Fri Nov 21, 2014 12:52 am
Has that not always been the case Ferg?
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Dominic
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by Dominic » Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:23 am
Corranga wrote:Let us know how it goes, I might well have to buy a cheap one come July...
I've read elsewhere that cheap cats don't last all that long, so if you fit it and leave it on, it might be bust by next MOT..
I'm sure someone on SELOC posted that theirs lasted 3 MOTs...
Fit the day before.
Drive to MOT station.
Get a pass.
Take off and stick in garage the next day.
Repeat the following year - so a total of 9 days use
I may be entirely wrong, but do cats not require regular use to maintain their condition?
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Stephen
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by Stephen » Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:54 am
Dom I believe it is more shirt journeys that clog them up. They need to get up to temp to work properly.
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Shug
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by Shug » Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:50 am
I've always been led to believe if you're storing them, to do so in an airtight fashion (gaffer tape them in a bin bag) as constant direct exposure to moist air does something to the internals?
Might be nonsense.
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woody
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by woody » Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:32 am
j2 lot wrote:Has that not always been the case Ferg?
Think it used to be worded such that the car had to pass the emissions test... which 99.9% of the time meant a working CAT had to be in place.
