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Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 09 Mar 2010, 09:40
by Hacksawbob
Well is it? I tried to replace mine the other day and the flange from the muffler disintegrated. so its a muffler replacement which I could do whithout just now.
Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 09 Mar 2010, 09:50
by ermie571
Mine went through without....as did Hubbies some while back. (Dunno if the new tail pipe sitting on the back seat helped
)
Honestly, not even an advisory.
Em
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Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 09 Mar 2010, 12:23
by ninja.turtle007
Mine droped off on the way for the MOT. The guy failed it even though I know him. He said it was dangerous. Welded on a new one as the studs were shot.
Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 09 Mar 2010, 17:45
by pocolow
I replaced the silencer and tail pipe as the tail pipe flange was knackered . Thankfully being a diesel it was only a half hour job ,start to finish..Try and do that with a wasserboxer
Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 09 Mar 2010, 17:56
by R0B
your right there it only takes 15 mins
Try and do that with a wasserboxer
Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 09 Mar 2010, 18:02
by jed the spread
Its a fail, incomplete exhaust.
jed
Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 09 Mar 2010, 18:35
by fullsunian
jed the spread wrote:Its a fail, incomplete exhaust.
jed
^^^ Correct....
Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 09 Mar 2010, 19:27
by jason k
can you not weld it on?
Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 09 Mar 2010, 19:32
by fullsunian
jason k wrote:can you not weld it on?
No reason why not...
Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 09 Mar 2010, 19:42
by Aidan
got a decent DJ back box in the lock up, iirc it has a tailpipe on it
Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 09 Mar 2010, 23:27
by Hacksawbob
OK thanks guys, I dont think I could weld it on, Not liking the look of the upstream muffler connection, if that goes bad its going to be can of worms time.
Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 09 Mar 2010, 23:33
by Simon Baxter
"Exhaust system component missing or incomplete" I think is the phrase we used in the olded days when we had to write out VT30's by hand.
Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 10 Mar 2010, 08:27
by Aidan
I'm going to the lock up Thursday early morning if you want me to grab it let me know
Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 10 Mar 2010, 21:21
by dobbin
Mine sailed through last year,despite expecting it to fail on lack of tailpipe and some other odds and ends, I was so gobsmacked I actually asked the tester if the tailpipe was necessary for MOT; he said it was not, provided noise and emissions were satisfactory and there was no danger of fumes entering the passenger area, which of course is the case on these vans, as it could only enter the engine bay. That tester had previously been v. hot on bumper end caps (so I'd got them all tidy beforehand - what did we do before gaffer tape?), but this years tester has ignored a missing one!! It's a mysterious business!
PS Does anyone know how to get rid of the maddenning "smilies" to the right of theis message page ?
Re: Lack of tailpipe MOT fail?
Posted: 11 Mar 2010, 08:42
by CovKid
I'd concur with Dobbin on this. My MOT place doesn't fail on a missing tail pipe either. Some will, some won't.