^^^This.With my disco I always do my own pre MOT check, so where possible check every thing an MOT tester would.
Steering ball joint gaiters including the A frame ball joint, number plate illumination, wipers and washers are just a few easy ones.
Good luck
On the emissiosn front find the under bonnet seticker that says 1.30 or similair and remove it, no sticker means the tester has to enter 3.00 (baseline turbo diesel) as the min reading which a 300 will easily do.
Is there an emissions checking machine I can pick up?Tbh like any old car, everything is a potential fail point.. rust and emissions being two.
On the emissiosn front find the under bonnet seticker that says 1.30 or similair and remove it, no sticker means the tester has to enter 3.00 (baseline turbo diesel) as the min reading which a 300 will easily do.
I would do the best you can and stick it in for test, of it fails fix it and move on.
I often think fresh grease a few new parts and some obvious tlc goes a long way with testers on old motors.
Is there an emissions checking machine I can pick up?
I was speaking to a mot tester after I had put sticker over emissions plate for that reason
He had been on recent training and was told if blatantly obvious is malicious and is an offence
But if scuffed by accident and unreadable then they go by the standard reading
Find a nice friendly garage and they will take care of it for you..... settle for losing 40 quid on a first test which shows the issues. No decent garage would cold test an older 200/300 TDI for emissions they would usually give it a run to get it warm, I know mine always have.Is there an emissions checking machine I can pick up?
I'd take it for a decent run on a fast road rather than pay money on cleaner. Literally blow the cobwebs away witha bit of right foot.I use redex pre mot fluid,seems to do the trick.just pour the whole bottle in a full tank.Wilco do it for £8.
Good luck
Drive it like you stole it !!!!!!I'd take it for a decent run on a fast road rather than pay money on cleaner. Literally blow the cobwebs away witha bit of right foot.
Doing up this old abused 300tdi original defender. Welded the chassis, done some all round general cleanup.
I have a question, what are the common MOT failure points for a defender? ... Making a To-Do list
Cheers!
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