New mot rules this month

macafee2 · 8th May 2018, 07:11

The new mot rules this month are a bit scary.
Is the government trying to increase the sales figures for new cars?
I'm wondering on the wisdom of buying second hand, this could have devastating effects on second hand prices.

Whilst I suspect all cars made in the last 20 years should be able to pass the new rules or those that apply to them near the end of the month I wonder how many will.

what of out cars, is there to be a sudden decline over the next 12 months?
will sympathetic mot testers be the people to seek out.

macafee2

kev-rev180 · 8th May 2018, 07:49

what ar the changes and how will they efect kv6 petrol engines

spongeh · 8th May 2018, 07:49

Which bit of the new MOT are you finding scary as there's nothing I'm aware of that really affects us.

macafee2 · 8th May 2018, 08:16

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Which bit of the new MOT are you finding scary as there's nothing I'm aware of that really affects us.

I hope your right but its no smoke .................on a diesel that worries me. I have always tried to look after my cars and bikes and cant think of an mot failure car or bike in 30 years.

always ask the tester if there is anything to keep and eye on and its always a no.

fingers crossed.

macafee2

spongeh · 8th May 2018, 08:22

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Originally Posted by macafee2

I hope your right but its no smoke .................on a diesel that worries me. I have always tried to look after my cars and bikes and cant think of an mot failure car or bike in 30 years.

always ask the tester if there is anything to keep and eye on and its always a no.

fingers crossed.

macafee2

It's no smoke on a diesel FITTED with a DPF ... as far as I know, no 75 CDT was ever fitted with a DPF

Mintee · 8th May 2018, 08:26

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Originally Posted by macafee2

will sympathetic mot testers be the people to seek out.

They may be sympathetic but they have to follow the rules. They get inspected and tested too, if they are 'passing' cars that would not meet the standards they can lose their license to work!

I've not seen much that is a worry. Visible smoke on the emissions test is one that might get picked up, my CDT was puffing when it was tested a few weeks ago, and the MOTer said that could fail it next year. A fuel filter filled with injector cleaner seems to have sorted that one out (for now).

Modified cars better watch out - removed DPF's and cats (which only our last diesels had) as well as HID light conversions in halogen lamp housings are a fail. There are probably some more but I've not looked that hard.

New rule changes mentioned here. The 'manual' with details of the regulations are here.

Andy_with_a_screwdriver · 8th May 2018, 08:27

A mate of mine is a MOT tester who works for VW.
When I was asking him about the changes he said that they aren't testing for anything different just reporting it in a different way.
Although if your car is really old (I can't remember the exact age), you now don't need to test it at all!!!

macafee2 · 8th May 2018, 08:53

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Originally Posted by Andy_with_a_screwdriver

A mate of mine is a MOT tester who works for VW.
When I was asking him about the changes he said that they aren't testing for anything different just reporting it in a different way.
Although if your car is really old (I can't remember the exact age), you now don't need to test it at all!!!

I think its 40 years old... no mot. don't understand that

macafee2

Mintee · 8th May 2018, 09:04

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Originally Posted by macafee2

I think its 40 years old... no mot. don't understand that

Vehicles that have survived to be 40 years old will generally be used by people who uses them rarely but they will still be responsible for their roadworthlessness.

I do have a mate with a 40+ year old Triumph motorcycle who rides it every day (but he is also a motorcycle MOT tester!)

Mike Trident · 8th May 2018, 09:05

The 40 year old thing is simply because anyone that has a 40 plus year old vehicle will look after it big time. There will be nothing wrong with it.
AND modern MOT equipment won't be able to deal with it.

Old single leading shoe drum brakes on a modern brake roller lol 10% effective at best lol

Take my Kawasaki H2 750 triple (now sadly sold) and the smoke would be a health hazard for the MOT guy never mind the emissions machine lol

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Andy_with_a_screwdriver Gets stuck in Rover 75 Tourer CDTi Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Plymouth Posts: 692 Thanks: 141 Thanked 153 Times in 117 Posts	A mate of mine is a MOT tester who works for VW. When I was asking him about the changes he said that they aren't testing for anything different just reporting it in a different way. Although if your car is really old (I can't remember the exact age), you now don't need to test it at all!!!