madbluemad
Banned
As the title says, my mh failed its Mot three times earlier this week. It was taken in on Monday to a Test Station that it has been to three times before and past first time every time.
The Test Station has recentley been taken over by a new company and there is a new tester on the block. The garage that took it in has taken two in so far and both have failed, much to the frustration of the garage owner.
The first time mine failed it failed because the idling exhaust emision reading was three didgits out, two points to the right of the decimal point. oh:.
There are two testers, one said he would accept it and the other said no, it was the tester who said no that had to sign the Mot Cert.
The camp site that we were stopping on had an Mot Tester camping there full time. I showed him the readings Monday night and he said he would have passed it.
On Tuesday the engine, which by the way runs like a dream, was taken apart. No fault could be found on the Engine Management Systems computer or the Gas Analyser that was used on the exhaust.
All of the oils and Filters were brand new because the engine was serviced. The mh was resubmitted for test on the Tuesday and promptly failed for the same reason. The "Out of Spec" reading had slightly improved but was still not good enough.oh:
On Tuesday afternoon June, (Of All People) asked whether the exhaust itself was ok.
The Tester had passed the exhaust and so everybody looked at her as if to say $%^&*.
The mechanic put the mh up on the ramp anyway and had a look at the exhaust. There is a seam along the exhaust that had a very small gap along along it. The mechanic filled it with putty and it was taken back for MoT Test on Wednesday morning.
It passed.
The second point of failure was "Product On Offside Headlamp Masking Light Strength". For Product, read, Beam Bender Glue.:shout:
The "Product" was cleaned off and the offending headlamp retested. It Failed.:Angry:.
A new Headlamp was fitted and it was resubmitted, It Passed. :cry-smile:.
I wish I had put it into the VOSA station in Ellesmere Port myself, but, wise after the event and all that.
Jim
The Test Station has recentley been taken over by a new company and there is a new tester on the block. The garage that took it in has taken two in so far and both have failed, much to the frustration of the garage owner.
The first time mine failed it failed because the idling exhaust emision reading was three didgits out, two points to the right of the decimal point. oh:.
There are two testers, one said he would accept it and the other said no, it was the tester who said no that had to sign the Mot Cert.
The camp site that we were stopping on had an Mot Tester camping there full time. I showed him the readings Monday night and he said he would have passed it.
On Tuesday the engine, which by the way runs like a dream, was taken apart. No fault could be found on the Engine Management Systems computer or the Gas Analyser that was used on the exhaust.
All of the oils and Filters were brand new because the engine was serviced. The mh was resubmitted for test on the Tuesday and promptly failed for the same reason. The "Out of Spec" reading had slightly improved but was still not good enough.oh:
On Tuesday afternoon June, (Of All People) asked whether the exhaust itself was ok.
The Tester had passed the exhaust and so everybody looked at her as if to say $%^&*.
The mechanic put the mh up on the ramp anyway and had a look at the exhaust. There is a seam along the exhaust that had a very small gap along along it. The mechanic filled it with putty and it was taken back for MoT Test on Wednesday morning.
It passed.
The second point of failure was "Product On Offside Headlamp Masking Light Strength". For Product, read, Beam Bender Glue.:shout:
The "Product" was cleaned off and the offending headlamp retested. It Failed.:Angry:.
A new Headlamp was fitted and it was resubmitted, It Passed. :cry-smile:.
I wish I had put it into the VOSA station in Ellesmere Port myself, but, wise after the event and all that.
Jim