ado
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Registered: 19th Oct 03
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Hi there.
Just done my conversion to the 2.0L 16v
The engine i have put in didnt have a cat on the donor car but my L reg corsa did origanally.
Does anyone know alot about the ins and outs of the MOT?
Will my car have to have a cat testor will i get away with it because my donor car didnt have one?
Ive been told yes i do need cat and no i dont.
Is there anyone out there who knows for sure or who as come across this prob on their conversion?
Cheers guys.
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J da Silva
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if the engine came with no cat you wont fail the MOT, however if the engine had a cat previously and was taken off,thats when it would fail
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ado
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have you come across this prob b4 or are you a tester?
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J da Silva
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no im not a tester, but i do know if the engine was built with no catalitic converter it cant fail for having no cat, any half intelligent MOT tester would know this
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big eck
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My car came with a CAT but when the engine was installed it didnt have a cat, mine pass its mot no probs, as said b4 if the engine came out of a car that didnt require a cat then you wont need one and it will pass the mot.
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ado
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You c thing is that there seems to be some confusion between MOT testers bout this fact.
cheers mate i will look into this.
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J da Silva
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well if they are proper MOT testers,they'd all say what me n big eck said. if they tell you different then they didnt listen when they did their city n guilds repair and servicing level 3
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big eck
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They WILL pass the car m8, when they take a readin of the emissions they should know and if they are in any doubt tell them to check the engine number, sounds like a dodgy MOT tester that told you this to me m8.
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J da Silva
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mind having said that lads, it may fail for having bald tyres or something else 
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stuyw
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my corsa is m reg n the 2.0 came out of a 89 model astra n mine passed the MOT fine. corsa came with a cat but engine didnt
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ado
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all sounds good to me.
Dont want a power robbing cat anyway,bin for the lot of them!!
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J da Silva
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if they fail it for no cat then its wrong, and if they advise u put a cat on after the test, u dont need to
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JJ
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My 1999 1.6 sport passed mot in september with no cat... nuff said 
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