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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:46 pm |
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Joined: Oct 11, 2010 Posts: 393
Trade Rating: 0
Location: Birmingham
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Hey Guys, Basically i had problems with exhaust so....
Cat was Apprently unweldedable by all garages i went too,
i had split in middle pipe all the way down and to top it off back box
was a hole where it joined onto pipe.
Cheapest quote after all the week i search was
£210 for decat
£240 for standard
£270 for sports cat
But money got tight this month loosing job so went to the missies mum and dads and got her sister boyfriends mechanic mates to chop cat out give me a centre pipe and weld back box up and seal it with black sealant *** for
£40 This good?
took him half an hour and while he was doing it i took cat in to be weighed and got 72 quid. so i was in pocket WAHEY!
System feels so much better, it accelerates again and pulls like a train in high speed/ gears.
Thoughts?
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:53 pm |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 5574
Trade Rating: +11
Location: UK
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But without the CAT, wont you emissions be higher so will fail MOT maybe? Then youll have to buy one?
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:55 pm |
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Joined: Jul 28, 2010 Posts: 1131
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Location: Milton Keynes
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Fail even without emission test, no CAT = instant fail.
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 5:55 pm |
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Joined: Oct 11, 2010 Posts: 393
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Location: Birmingham
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only gets recorded by smoke ( diesel ) so as long as they end ton of **** coming out should be fine if not thats when i will buy new one but few months yet
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:00 pm |
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Joined: Jul 28, 2010 Posts: 1131
Trade Rating: +1
Location: Milton Keynes
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Thought the new rules where if its supposed to have it, its got to have one present for the MOT? Someone correct me if I am wrong?
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:07 pm |
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Joined: Jun 12, 2011 Posts: 457
Trade Rating: +7
Location: Hertfordshire
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I thought diesels were tested same as petrols
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2012 6:29 pm |
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Joined: Feb 24, 2010 Posts: 2596
Trade Rating: +17
Location: North West Wales
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Nope Diesels are different from petrols on MOT test. You have to have a pipe that looks like the cat is there. So take the standard cat out and pull the insides out. As long as the emissions arent high then your ok.
An mot tester isnt allowed to get the spanners out and drop the exhaust to have a look inside.
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:10 am |
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Joined: Jun 04, 2010 Posts: 1691
Trade Rating: +3
Location: northallerton
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look on ebay them prices are higher than i paid for my cat back with a sport cat and fitting
my origional cat sold for 30quid
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Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 3:42 pm |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2011 Posts: 672
Trade Rating: +2
Location: Notts
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why are your quotes so high, i got a full standard system for £120 from autofactors :/
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Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2012 2:45 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010 Posts: 2360
Trade Rating: +3
Location: Sheffield/Chesterfield/Dronfield
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I've been decat'd for 3 years and never run into any problems with the MOT
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