mr02mcg Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 sitting in the mot station just now and the guy said he had been trying to contact me before i went for my mot to tell me the regs have changed and that my exhaust now needs a bung to pass the mot. Has anyone else came across this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizona Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Mine is most certainly louder than yours, it passed with an advisory and a wink Did they actually measure its levels? I think it is more likely is at their discretion whether to pass or not , i could be wrong but a friendly local garage may be more amenable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr02mcg Posted February 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 This guy is friendly. Passed my emmissions with a wink so dont know what its all about. I will have to go shopping for a bung now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizona Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 did he say anything about when a new rule came in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr02mcg Posted February 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Must be within the last year. I googled it and got no joy. I will wait till i am at home and look it up on a bigger screen than my phone. Quite annoyed about it though. It means a retest and me having to buy something i dont want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizona Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 http://www.motuk.co.uk/manual_710.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Red Celica Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 It might save you from this sort of thing. http://www.celica-club.co.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/142272-norfolk-police-and-exhaust-noise/page__hl__norfolk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armoredfist2002 Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 It's usually down to the MOT testers discretion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr02mcg Posted February 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 Found a bung on ebay and it is only 15.50 so I am gonna buy that and see if it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianGT Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 That's me scuppered later this year then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tctech Posted February 9, 2013 Report Share Posted February 9, 2013 it is down to the testers discretion if the noise is slightly louder ,but if its obviously much louder then it fails , fyi this is not really a new test criterea ,but has been made much clearer in the test manual due to rewording which happened on the 1st of jan 2012 ,so has been in force now over a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaungt4 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Put mine in for the mot a week or so ago and mine is fairly loud whent straight through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lex_GTS Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Mine is stupid loud and I passed in August last year. And I mean stupid loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J03 Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 Found a bung on ebay and it is only 15.50 so I am gonna buy that and see if it works. I've been thinking about one of those things that sit in the midpipe & can be activated from inside. Mate had one in his skyline - Apexi control valve I think. Expensive, but bloody good when you want a quieter ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashparky Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 my last celica was rediculously loud and passed less than a month ago, it is down to testers discretion and technically if they want to be harsh they can fail it on anything louder than the car was in standard form but most testers wont be that nasty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianGT Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 To be honest.......the loudest part of my car comes from the induction noise! It really roars when the carbs open up and drowns out what comes from the exhaust........at least from the drivers seat. It's passed two MOT's since I restored it, one by a mate though....and one by my local garage. Neither commented on exhaust noise. It's worrying though that Plod can pull me up like the OP and then I'm done for! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr02mcg Posted February 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 The best thing about it is the same garage passed it last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arizona Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 iirc my vert mot is towards end of April so i hope my one that passed it last year will do so this time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxxy Posted February 10, 2013 Report Share Posted February 10, 2013 (edited) A Db meter is not used for noise testing during the MOT.....yet. Its discretionary only. However, the regs say that an exhaust must not be unreasonably loud when compared to a similar vehicle with a standard exhaust in reasonable condition, make of that what you will. My garage once had a car in for a service an after market exhaust and an MOT. In that order. I failed the car because the exhaust we had just fitted was deafeningly loud and the owner wasnt best pleased - his fault, if he asked for the exhaust to be fitted, AFTER the MOT there would be no problem but he wanted it done during the service (to highlight any potential test failure items). I did warn him. Edited February 10, 2013 by foxxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptaroni Posted February 11, 2013 Report Share Posted February 11, 2013 In the 2 and half years ive been testing ive only ever failed one car for being too loud and that was an impreza, even on idle you could hardly hear yourself think then on power it was totally rediculous! I was told to fit his standard exhaust system, do the re-test then refitted and invoiced him stating that it was too loud just to cover myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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