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Harlin



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de cat

i have been told that de cating (putting a through pipe in ) is now an mot failure since may this year , i was hoping to present it on gas so no emissions problem . anybody in the know??

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Red Merle



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I don’t believe that LPG concerted petrol engines are especially “clean”:

https://www.nettinc.com/information/emissi...pg-engines

To think we used to breath this cr*p in all the time, but it’s pretty easy to smell the stink from a modern car that’s had its catalyst removed. Please think again Thumbs Up

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Boxbrownie



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What he said ^^^ David

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nicedayforit



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As I understand it if a car was fitted with a cat at manufacture and it has been removed it is now an instant mot fail irrespective of fuel type and emissions. It used to be the case that a cat was not legally required as long as the car could meet the emissions standards.
Times have changed for the better.
I personally would not recommend removing a cat, cars really stink without them.

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Paul thornton



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I removed the cat from my old bmw 530d (basically a td6) and regretted it as it smelt like a tractor!

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berkshirelad



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nicedayforit wrote:
As I understand it if a car was fitted with a cat at manufacture and it has been removed it is now an instant mot fail irrespective of fuel type and emissions. It used to be the case that a cat was not legally required as long as the car could meet the emissions standards.
Times have changed for the better.
I personally would not recommend removing a cat, cars really stink without them.


Depends where the cat is fitted. If originally behind a cover (think engine tray) then MoT testers are not permitted to remove covers to undertake the MoT.

It will, however, need to meet the emissions tests.

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