MOT - sailed through

[abmunro]

Took Elan for MOT today after spending 2 hours yesterday sorting handbrake.

Sailed through no problem

Mileage now 24013

Very happy

[GeoffSmith]

Mine too but advisary that calipers are close to wheels.... bl**dy iron wheel weights have shifted and scored the caliper - bring back lead ones I say.
The emissions were strange as I had just fitted brand new plugs, O2 sensor and air filter but CO & HC levels went up!

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Year  miles  CO      HC
2007  35414  0.432%   69ppm
2008  37599  0.423%   95ppm
2009  39205  0.605%  112ppm

[surfboardfiller]

Mine too but advisary that calipers are close to wheels.... bl**dy iron wheel weights have shifted and scored the caliper - bring back lead ones I say.
The emissions were strange as I had just fitted brand new plugs, O2 sensor and air filter but CO & HC levels went up!

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Year  miles  CO      HC
2007  35414  0.432%   69ppm
2008  37599  0.423%   95ppm
2009  39205  0.605%  112ppm

Did you take it to the same place. I got a fail on mine some years ago and left the car in to be 'fixed' and there was nothing wrong, they tested again and it passed. Didn't do it right the first time!

ABM, your car should be in top condition now, especially after the money you have spent on it.

[abmunro]

I guess your right!!

[GeoffSmith]

Mine too but advisory that calipers are close to wheels.... bl**dy iron wheel weights have shifted and scored the caliper - bring back lead ones I say.
The emissions were strange as I had just fitted brand new plugs, O2 sensor and air filter but CO & HC levels went up!

A couple of 1.6mm fibreglass wheel spacers were added to get around caliper proximity problem. Minor problem as n/s Wilwood caliper was weeping - bloody NPT taper connections and non-handed calipers means the o/s caliper exit angle of the 90° connector is spot on but the n/s is 180° out so I've re-cut the connector thread by an extra half turn and everything is now spot on. CO levels slightly down but HC levels still increasing.

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Year  miles  CO      HC
2007  35414  0.432%   69ppm
2008  37599  0.423%   95ppm
2009  39205  0.605%  112ppm
2010  40874  0.477%  127ppm

[dapinky]

Geoff,

At this rate, by my reckoning you'll have to consider a HG change before the MOT test in 6 years time

[chipp]

second year running, straight through. you little beauty.


chipp

[GeoffSmith]

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Year  miles  --CO--  --HC--
2007  35414  0.432%   69ppm
2008  37599  0.423%   95ppm
2009  39205  0.605%  112ppm
2010  40874  0.477%  127ppm
2011  41770  0.539%  120ppm
Limit        3.500% 1200ppm

No problems and sailed through (but less than 1000 miles this year )

[niall]

Mine sailed through last Saturday.
Mileage 20600.

[Stef]

Wow Surprised you got them ot of the garage with that sort of un-used mileage!

Blipi - Currently 151,000 miles. MOT around Christmas. Will let you know

[Peter_W]

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Year  miles  --CO--  --HC--
2007  35414  0.432%   69ppm
2008  37599  0.423%   95ppm
2009  39205  0.605%  112ppm
2010  40874  0.477%  127ppm
2011  41770  0.539%  120ppm
Limit        3.500% 1200ppm

No problems and sailed through (but less than 1000 miles this year )

There's emissions testing where I live - for the Elan it would need to be less than 1.000% CO and 220ppm HC...but I could have a missing handbrake and non-functional calipers and they wouldn't notice or care.

[Rambo]

No problems and sailed through (but less than 1000 miles this year )

Next you'll be telling us you have grey hair and drive a lorry for a living

[JonT]

Just had mine MoT'd. Last year emissions were CO 1.537%, HC 112ppm.
This year with an O2 sensor fitted and the Everest swapped to a 1499 map:
CO 0.58%, HC 42 ppm

[GeoffSmith]

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Year  miles  --CO--  --HC--
1998  13770  0.0  %    0ppm
1999  16515
2000  24206  0.0  %    0ppm
2001  24581
2002  25754
2003  28106
2004  29199
2007  35414  0.432%   69ppm
2008  37599  0.423%   95ppm
2009  39205  0.605%  112ppm
2010  40874  0.477%  127ppm
2011  41770  0.539%  120ppm
Limit        3.500% 1200ppm

Found some old MoT printouts

[baldyash]

Just had mine MOT'd woop woop! Passed no advisiories. Sad thing is though I've only done 1100 miles since the last one. Note to self----Must use the Elan more!

[Rambo]

Nearly 21 years old, over 100k on the clock and sailed straight through its MOT No advisories either with about 4000 miles covered since the last MOT

[GeoffSmith]

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Year  miles  --CO--  --HC--
2007  35414  0.432%   69 ppm
2008  37599  0.423%   95 ppm
2009  39205  0.605%  112 ppm
2010  40874  0.477%  127 ppm
2011  41770  0.539%  120 ppm
2012  42296  0.512%   97 ppm
Limit        3.500% 1200 ppm

No problems and sailed through again.

[dapinky]

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Year  miles  --CO--  --HC--
2007  35414  0.432%   69 ppm
2008  37599  0.423%   95 ppm
2009  39205  0.605%  112 ppm
2010  40874  0.477%  127 ppm
2011  41770  0.539%  120 ppm
2012  42296  0.512%   97 ppm
Limit        3.500% 1200 ppm

No problems and sailed through again.

At 526 miles in a year I'm not surprised (especially since nearly 200 of them was going to our 'local' meet)

[HJ2]

In the Netherlands CO threshold is 0.5% so you can see why this is an exiting day every year without kat's!

[TrevorB]

'Merlot' had MOT today and sailed through with no advisories - hooray