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GafferTapeKing
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Congrats, you found a place that works for you and doesn't evidently have the urge to find stuff just so it can become a small work ticket.
I had a garage that always failed my cars on bulbs, sometimes for being too dark (Number plate bulb was turning black inside but was lit),other times too bright (An orange coated indicator had hairline cracks in its laquer).
I've also had a car off the Forecourt of someone that could have been a descendant of this fine upstanding gent
First time I filled it up, my shoes got an expensive shower of unleaded.
Through an MOT the day before I bought it and the tank filler new was showing its age in several places, flickr is broken
so the in-situ picture isn't available however this is what I took off the car.
50 miles and about ten days after its MOT with no advisories, to give me peace of mind,
MOT passes are great but not if stuff like the above is lurking.
That said, I cleared the MIL light on a friends Renault scenic four years on the trot, it would stay off for a few days each time.
The code on Torque was Bank 1 too lean but it would sometimes start running a fast idle.
Almost certain it was an air leak somewhere but every rubber hose was fragile and changing one would probably break another
then another and cascade into more than the value of a Y reg car that was very tired all over but kept going.
It got sold to somebody that needed another cheap car but had an aversion to opening car bonnets.
It died from "A loud noise when it was revved and was smelling hot"
doubleboost
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Tyre pressure light indicating a mal function is a fail.
Indicating a low tyre pressure is a pass
Tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS)
The inspection of the tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is for M1 vehicles first used on or after 1 January 2012.The TPMS warning lamp (see diagram 3) can operate in many ways depending on the vehicle type. You must only reject vehicles if it’s clear that the lamp indicates a system malfunction and not simply indicating that one or more of the tyre pressures is low.
Diagram 3. Example of a TPMS warning lamp
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Heres the bit out of the Northern Ireland manual
Read were I screenshot the manual. It says its a minor not a major. So its not a fail.Tyre pressure light indicating a mal function is a fail.
Indicating a low tyre pressure is a pass
Tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS)
The inspection of the tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is for M1 vehicles first used on or after 1 January 2012.
The TPMS warning lamp (see diagram 3) can operate in many ways depending on the vehicle type. You must only reject vehicles if it’s clear that the lamp indicates a system malfunction and not simply indicating that one or more of the tyre pressures is low.
Diagram 3. Example of a TPMS warning lamp
doubleboost
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fair comment it is indeed a minor
slim_boy_fat
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My daughter lives in NI, she brings her car home to Wales for an MOT
That's so that "Dad'll fix it" if it needs anything done......
I reckon its cheaper to fit new sensors to pass the test here than take it to Northern Ireland though
I reckon its cheaper to fit new sensors to pass the test here than take it to Northern Ireland though
Some of the busiest MOT garages in Scotland are the ones around Stranraer, it's common for NI folk to take their cars over on the ferry to get an MOT.
£30.50
Northern Ireland is thinking of 2 year testing.
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I just failed my MOT on 8.2.2.2(g) which is for MIL being on (despite fact it was off when I took the car in!)
I know it's to do with my EGR as I'm getting codes (P0409 and P0405 which relate to the position-sensor circuit 'A')
My car is a 56 plate and I know the guidance about the MIL thing not applying to vehicles used before 2008.
So 'experts' on the Mondeo facebook page are saying it should pass and the MOT tester is wrong.
However - reading this thread suggests that if the light stays on it doesn't matter what year the vehicle is.
It doesn't say that clearly in the MOT manual but that's what I'm understanding from some of the posts here
I know it's to do with my EGR as I'm getting codes (P0409 and P0405 which relate to the position-sensor circuit 'A')
My car is a 56 plate and I know the guidance about the MIL thing not applying to vehicles used before 2008.
So 'experts' on the Mondeo facebook page are saying it should pass and the MOT tester is wrong.
However - reading this thread suggests that if the light stays on it doesn't matter what year the vehicle is.
It doesn't say that clearly in the MOT manual but that's what I'm understanding from some of the posts here
Dcal
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Exactly the same happened on the daughter's car a couple of weeks ago.
Retest for the subframe I welded up which was fine, but the engine light came on during the test and it was failed for that.
2006 car, but any dash light is a fail now.
Retest for the subframe I welded up which was fine, but the engine light came on during the test and it was failed for that.
2006 car, but any dash light is a fail now.
