up to date version

http://www.motinfo.gov.uk/htdocs/m4s07000306.htm

 

There is no referrence to Japanese import's in those articles, It is assuming that the car was built for the european market as far as I can tell There seems to be a lot of conflicting information

 

do mot regulations change from 1st may? my local " friendly " garage is not doing decats as from that date due to a change in law

 

there is, kind of, those vehicles are not in the database or the in service emissions book so its a cat test using default limits according to the chart

 

That's the complete opposite to what I was told I was under the impression if they had no records of it in their database then it could be done as a non cat test, Maybe it has changed in the last 2-3 years, Wouldn't surprise me, Seem's a bit backwards though

 

ive just phoned 4 local mot stations,they basically havent got a fookin clue,but they all say if the car is after 1992 import or not it needs a cat and has to comply with uk regs!
most of them are arragant ***** aswell!

 

Any car that was manufactured with a cat, then needs a cat. Good luck....

 

that would apply to pre 96 vehicles only i think

 

i was basically right in the first place...1993 onwards needs a cat for mot!

 

Makes sense, The WRX I had was a 1995 model Typical as I now have a 97

 

find yourself a friendly mot place then mate, when mine goes in the emissions testing machine always seems to time out and i leave a nice tip, job done

 

well id love to know of one!

 

get yourself to some local clubs and meets and ask around if i were you

 

Surprise surprise lol, i put her in for mot yesterday and she failed on emmisions and number plates (spacing of letters) .

So will get cat fitted today new plates, brake pipes was an advisory so will be doing them aswell. then back in for retest. Other than that she is fine

Couldnt even be persuaded by showing him i had a cat for it.

 

I'll check when I get to work, i think, if it had a '92 engine swop at some point :wink: that a non cat test should be carried out as it's a pre cat engine

 

you only need to be pre 96, print the pages in the link i showed you and take them with you

 

 

https://www.scoobynet.com/non-scooby...t-testers.html

It is pretty simple. The flow below shows. When you get to the last diamond, if your vehicle IS an import you must answer NO. Note the phrase 'exact match'. The Emissions Handbook/database ONLY hold information on UK/EU vehicles and therefor an 'exact match' CANNNOT be found for any import.