davey99
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Thinking of buying a corsa with an xe in it,how does the car stand with mr mot testar?
Seeing as it was once a 1.4 sport which was a euro 2 emmissions and now the car has the xe which is a euro 1 emmissions,how will the car stand?
The car has a cat and lambda sensor?Any info please?
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chr15barn3s
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Registered: 5th Oct 03
Location: Farnborough
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It will go on the emmissions of the engine and year etc...
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Ian W
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My GSi passed today with a 20Xe in it, gpt told by an MOT place that they do the emissions / cat etc test on the engine that is in the car, not the one that it was fitted with as standard i.e C16XE in my case
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corb
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emmissions are tested on the year of the engine. Engine age has to be proved to MOT tester(copy of old logbook?). Chances are if the engine had a cat from factory, you'll need one to pass MOT.
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davey99
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what about if the car is still down on log book(v5) as a 1.4 16v,would that be a problem?
Do they put the model of car and engine size down on the new computer MOT's?
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drunkenfool
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Registered: 7th Feb 03
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they needed the engine number on mine which was already updated on my V5. For vehicles with engine swaps, the MOT is done by the age of the engine OR the vehicle, whichever is older.
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Ant
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as mine was a 20xe didnt really have a problem as the engine prefix stopped in about 1990 meaning it was def pre cat engine, if it had been a c20xe as said above I would have had to proove the age of the engine
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RKS
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quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
they needed the engine number on mine which was already updated on my V5. For vehicles with engine swaps, the MOT is done by the age of the engine OR the vehicle, whichever is older.
So if I got a engine from a new car with tight emissions and dropped it into an Old nova, It would be tested on the old emissions laws of the nova?
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ed_jones
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Registered: 23rd Mar 03
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do you need any engine documents for the mot as ive just bought a c20xe from a mk3 gsi and never got any papers. will mine be ok?
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drunkenfool
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i just filled in my V5 with the engine number that i read off the block and that was enough
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Graeme
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Registered: 26th Jul 04
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mine pisses fuel out the back of it as it on bike carbs but still passed fine!
ahh the joys of doing alot of work for the local garage! 
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davey99
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What if the car is still down as a 1.4 on the v5 and has a c20 in?
Do the testers put the engine size down on the new computer mot's because this would cause a problem if the car is still down as a 1.4 on the v5?
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Greg_M
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Registered: 2nd Sep 03
Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire
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if its a 1.4 on log book it will fail MOT on emmissions
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davey99
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quote:
Originally posted by Greg_M
if its a 1.4 on log book it will fail MOT on emmissions
How will they know if its still down as a 1.4?Never had to produce a log book before
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Ian W
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Registered: 8th Nov 03
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quote:
Originally posted by davey99
quote:
Originally posted by Greg_M
if its a 1.4 on log book it will fail MOT on emmissions
How will they know if its still down as a 1.4?Never had to produce a log book before
They put your reg into the computer and it will say corsa 1.4, if its got a XE in it then they test it on the 1.4 emissions etc
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davey99
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oh i see cheers bud
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