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This is old news and has been doing the rounds on the Internet for years.
An MOT tester CAN however fail your car if he thinks its too loud, thats always been the case. Considering both the Celica and the Nova with its fart cannon passed MOTs, I shouldn't worry about it.
Whats the official noise reg for an exhaust then? Basically what is 'too loud' or is it a case for at the testers descretion?
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Originally Posted by Count Vaux Alot
Its written in the manual that if a tester deems it louder than the car would be with a standard exhaust, he can fail it.
my mot'er is ace :)
if its just stupid things, he says **** it,
i remembered the switch on my fog light ****ed it, still passed it lol
t'is true what has been said.blokes at work had a mail bout it when they logged into there account before they tested a few weeks ago.is upto the tester for the pass and fail,but is becoming more of a law know for mots.how far some testers will take it i dont no.
if it was true..
what would you do about a valver in a nova, as it's a non standard engine, the exhaust would have to be non standard to go with it :look:
How many times do daft MOT stories do the rounds??? There are loads of things you could technically fail on but people rarely do.
Check here: http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_710.htm
With specific reference to this reason for fail:
As someone said earlier, any after market exhaust louder than factory technically could fail, it's all subjective and down to the tester.Quote:
b. a silencer in such condition, or of such a type, that the noise emitted from the vehicle is clearly unreasonably above the level expected from a similar vehicle with a silencer in average condition.
Don't go daft with exhaust noise and you'll be ok, besides I don't see an intake noise section on the MOT, I reckon my TB's on full monty are louder than the exhaust lol
Right clear this fooker up right away... yes doopey loud it could possibly fail, but many key factors hinder the failure;
1, we are not supplied with DB meters
2, Its down to opinion at the end so no real grounds to fail
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3, if we had DB meters we would have to take said vehicle in to an huge plot of land were there is no trees, buildings... anything to test the noise level so sound will not be bouncing...
What mot station is outside...none, so a conclusive test really cant be had as sound is bouncing off the walls. And theres the floor in the rules 'a silencer in such condition, or of such a type, that the noise emitted from the vehicle is clearly unreasonably above the level expected from a similar vehicle with a silencer in average condition' so you have to have another car to compare it too... which you wont at the time, plus it doesnt say a similar vehicle fitted with 'standard silencer'.....
my m.o.t guy is sound so no probs over here lol
for the MOT with my daft alfa can on the back, which set car alarms off (heehee) i took it along to a guy who works on TVR's all day,