Kerry
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Dave A
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yes
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
Location: Northants Drives: Clio 182 Cup
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well, it depends.
if its a double skinned back box, and its only 1 skin, no.
if its blowing, yes.
if the hole is on top, and its not loud, you might get away with it.
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mattyross
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Registered: 22nd Dec 05
Location: lincolnshire Drives: 1997 C12NZ
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as a general rule of thumb- if the exhaust system is blowing, it may fail the MOT
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Norwich
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the hole is about the size of a pin hole and when you put your hand over it you can feel the air coming out but you cant really hear it and its on the edge of the box
id of thought it would all depend on the emmissions
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Robin
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it might be alright.
depends how observant your tester is.
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mattyross
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Registered: 22nd Dec 05
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if it is a pin-hole, you should be fine
failing that, just patch it up with gun-gum 
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Norwich
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yes thats the plan get a bit of gum in there 
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mattyross
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Registered: 22nd Dec 05
Location: lincolnshire Drives: 1997 C12NZ
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gum and cable-ties fix all
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Kerry
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Location: Norwich
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thanks for the advice guys fingers crossed 
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
Location: Cheshire
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go to halfords and ask for some
"hard and fast"
sorry but it always make me laugh
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JayT
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Registered: 26th Jul 06
Location: Stoke On Trent
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it may be ok, its down to the exhaust emissions on the screen monitor thats the important part, if its legal its ok, but i would have it changed though because it may get bigger!
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Norwich
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it will get changed just not in time for an mot
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rossastra16v
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Registered: 6th Jan 05
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Depends. You may be lucky. BUT remember if your car fails the mot now you will have to pay again for the retest. So if he does fail it on the exharst then not only will you have to pay the that but also for the retest... Unless you leave the car at the garage and they do the work
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csweatherston
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Registered: 16th Jan 06
Location: Devon
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some standard backboxes have a water drain hole, at the front of them.......
my exhaust yhas a 3.5" inwardly rolled hole and passes mot fine 
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Norwich
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quote:
Originally posted by rossastra16v
So if he does fail it on the exharst
bit sexist 
but yes i see your point
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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emmissions on my omega were knocked out so it failed due to a tin tiny hole in the exhaust, they ran the test 3 times to try pass it but it failed...
fitted a new exhaust & passed no problem!
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
Location: Norwich
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where was the hole?
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