'Sports Exhaust' (silencer removal) MOT Failure?

Interceptorxj

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• May 22, 2018

• #1

As per the title , do the largely advertised 'sports exhaust' with straight through pipe now fall foul of the new MOT rules? My D2 TD5 is due a new exhaust and I was tempted towards one of these but not if it is an MOT failure.
Thanks

 

dieseldog69

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• May 23, 2018

• #2

Interceptorxj said:

As per the title , do the largely advertised 'sports exhaust' with straight through pipe now fall foul of the new MOT rules? My D2 TD5 is due a new exhaust and I was tempted towards one of these but not if it is an MOT failure.
Thanks

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Ask the vendor, some will give a guarantee some won't, if it does fail then you better hope you bought from the one giving you an MOT guarantee.

 

Hippo

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• May 26, 2018

• #3

Does it have the right number and type off features fitted? Silencer, cats, filters etc as per original factory eggsause?

And the bigger question would be how does it make a D2 into a sports car. If it does yer'll need to upgrade the brakes and fit parachutes.

 

discool

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• May 26, 2018

• #4

There has always been a MOT fail with exhausts if...
“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 standard silencer in average condition.”

 

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joojar

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• May 28, 2018

• #5

Haha, "unreasonably" - in other words: depends what mood your tester is in?