16-11-2018, 02:25 PM
Just had my MoT & passed without issue, so am not complaining.
When I got the car in August there was a problem with the MAF so I was curious about emissions & checked the results. I noticed that the emissions limit they used when testing my car was wrong so thought this might be of interest to anyone with an older car failing their emissions test.
The new emissions limits are stated here, and in several other places:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...r-vehicles
My 2008 1.6HDi passed easily with a reading of 0.58 but the 1.5 test limit applied by the garage was wrong, it should have been 3.0
1.5 is correct for cars first used after 01 July 2008 with no 'Plate' value (see above link), but my car was first used in April 2008 so the limit should have been 3.0
When I got the car in August there was a problem with the MAF so I was curious about emissions & checked the results. I noticed that the emissions limit they used when testing my car was wrong so thought this might be of interest to anyone with an older car failing their emissions test.
The new emissions limits are stated here, and in several other places:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...r-vehicles
My 2008 1.6HDi passed easily with a reading of 0.58 but the 1.5 test limit applied by the garage was wrong, it should have been 3.0
1.5 is correct for cars first used after 01 July 2008 with no 'Plate' value (see above link), but my car was first used in April 2008 so the limit should have been 3.0