Useless dealership mechanics

[the snooper]

True. Testing will not be retrospective.

be a lot of scrappers if it was

 

[premmington]

Which is why most testers are going to turn a blind eye i think. If it passes emissions test ok that is.

Yes this is a grey area! Vosa are not the best at setting guidelines.

Real world scenario... Most mid 90's to early 2000 cars will pass!

 

[the snooper]

Yes this is a grey area! Vosa are not the best at setting guidelines.

Real world scenario... Most mid 90's to early 2000 cars will pass!

they will probably call for the standardisation of cats

 

[dannyp]

i've got a suspicious feeling that none of the diesels round here have functional dpf's. i dought any actualy ever functioned correctly from new.

but if you want comody shockers
renult laguna with diffrent size brake disks side to side on the frount, and disk one side drum the other on the rear that had FSH from main dealer.
audi A3 TDI dsg gearbox drain plug fell out after service,
bmw 750 i with main dealer FSH had a miss under load, dealership suggested it was a headgasket issue. changeing ALL of the spark plugs fixed it

 

[premmington]

they will probably call for the standardisation of cats

One of the better ideas I have seen come from a debate on this forum.

Exhaust cell with chemical cat and DPF filter in one end, made for a flow rate of litres to manage the gasses from a 200hp engine. With a standard removable recyclable (cheap filter element).

Oh... What a good idea!

Call them Euro 5 or 6.

(this is exactly what lorries have to have for the centre of London)

 

[doubleboost]

It is a very sad state of affairs when you can have a tyre with 1.6 mill of tread in the middle section that will pass a test (but has no grip at all on a wet road)
Will pass a test
But a diesel with a DPF that will never work on a low milage car fails

 

[the snooper]

One of the better ideas I have seen come from a debate on this forum.

Exhaust cell with chemical cat and DPF filter in one end, made for a flow rate of litres to manage the gasses from a 200hp engine. With a standard removable recyclable (cheap filter element).

Oh... What a good idea!

Call them Euro 5 or 6.

(this is exactly what lorries have to have for the centre of London)

eventually the lez will be that strict it will become pedestrian only zone and you will be fine for farting

 

[premmington]

Oi, I thought we were supposed to be moaning about mechanics, not VOSA/DVSA/whatever.....

The laws the authorities come out with cause excessive costs fro the motorist, when the mechanics charge the motorist

It is a very sad state of affairs when you can have a tyre with 1.6 mill of tread in the middle section that will pass a test (but has no grip at all on a wet road)
Will pass a test
But a diesel with a DPF that will never work on a low milage car fails

If I were VOSA, I would add loads of things to the MOT test (mostly for motorbikes and lorry plating)

And remove somethings on light Class 4 car testing!

 

[the snooper]

It is a very sad state of affairs when you can have a tyre with 1.6 mill of tread in the middle section that will pass a test (but has no grip at all on a wet road)
Will pass a test
But a diesel with a DPF that will never work on a low milage car fails

it bugs me that mopeds have no legal limit on tyre tread

 

[doubleboost]

The laws the authorities come out with cause excessive costs fro the motorist, when the mechanics charge the motorist



If I were VOSA, I would add loads of things to the MOT test (mostly for motorbikes and lorry plating)

And remove somethings on light Class 4 car testing!

DVSA now lol

 

[Gavin_d]

it bugs me that mopeds have no legal limit on tyre tread

I always thought it was 1mm

 

[doubleboost]

On my discovery, the cambelt failed... A previous owner had it replaced at the appropriate time by a land rover specialist. It was about 4,000 miles before it was 'due' again.

When I took it apart to fix it I found, inside the timing case:

This is one of the parts with the least damage:

Well done that un-named "land rover centre", yes, I know who you are because it's in the dis-service book.

It should only have bent the push rods possible broken rockers

 

[doubleboost]

I always thought it was 1mm

Hackney carages and mini busses are 1 mill
LOL

 

[Gavin_d]

Hackney carages and mini busses are 1 mill
LOL

Yes emergency vehicles too I beleive????

I thought if was the same for bikes.

 

[premmington]

On my discovery, the cambelt failed... A previous owner had it replaced at the appropriate time by a land rover specialist. It was about 4,000 miles before it was 'due' again.

When I took it apart to fix it I found, inside the timing case:

This is one of the parts with the least damage:

Well done that un-named "land rover centre", yes, I know who you are because it's in the dis-service book.

Nasty...

Left tools inside cover!

(Another mechanic on bonus, with not enuf time to tidy up and put his tools away and notice something was missing).


I have seen worse than this in my time!

 

[premmington]

Hackney carages and mini busses are 1 mill
LOL

Correct!

 

[the snooper]

I always thought it was 1mm

Where the engine capacity is not greater than 50cc,tread depth may be less than 1mm, if the tread pattern is clearly visible around the entire circumference and across the whole breadth of the tread.

 

[premmington]

So what would you add for motorbikes?

Lots of things! (too many to list)

I am not anti motorbike, I own a whole double garage full of them!

 

[premmington]

Where the engine capacity is not greater than 50cc,tread depth may be less than 1mm, if the tread pattern is clearly visible around the entire circumference and across the whole breadth of the tread.

Correct (you lot are clever here, not allot of mis quoted facts, I like debate where people are up to speed with the facts)

 

[Gavin_d]

Where the engine capacity is not greater than 50cc,tread depth may be less than 1mm, if the tread pattern is clearly visible around the entire circumference and across the whole breadth of the tread.

Why? It makes no sense. Stupid!!!