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  • ross b
    S2Forum Enthusiast
    • Sep 2012
    • 178
    • Country: United Kingdom

    #1

    Cat removal?

    Trying to free up a few ponies on my 1z tdi, been told the cat will likely be partially blocked due to age and should be done away with. I presumed my '95 80 tdi would have needed one of these fitted by law to pass MOT. Am i wrongly informed?
  • spink
    S2Forum Freak
    • Jul 2003
    • 4382
    • Country: England

    #2
    no doesnt need one for a test (at present anyway),you may find when you remove it that there is nothing left of the actual catalyst material,I see that quite often nowadays

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    • shaun5
      S2Forum Extremist
      • Mar 2007
      • 1610
      • Country: United Kingdom

      #3
      If you think you cat is knackered anyway i would recommend hitting the insides out and refit it, that way it looks like the cat is still fitted.

      I thought that if a car was fitted with a cat when new it needed to have it fitted for an MOT (the new rules which havent come in yet) at present i think you would be ok as long as it passes the emissions.

      It always pays to have a friendly MOT person

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      • Christophski
        S2Forum Possessed
        • Mar 2009
        • 3632
        • Country: United Kingdom

        #4
        Diesels dont need a cat for the test currently

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