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Just a quick one, 

 

My Classic STI failed an MOT on emissions, as the tested told me my Subaru needed a centre cat?

I went to a Subaru parts specialist and they advice me ANY pre'95 import doesn't require a cat at all..... so i replied i can be fully de-cated and pass a MOT still and he said YES!!

 

Where can i get something to show this?? as i need to speak to the MOT garage again Monday morning, he said if they can't be 100% on the make / model and "what" was standard then they have to pass the car and give the customer the benefit of the doubt.

 

I have got a new Sensor to put on just in case to help..........

 

Thanks in advance......  ;)

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Early classics definitely only have the 1 cat in the downpipe and I think it's pre 92 that cars didn't have a cat in the UK but I'm unsure of the rules regarding imports and their cats .

Can you not ask the "subaru specialists" to recommend a local mot place that is more familiar with scooby imports

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Early classics definitely only have the 1 cat in the downpipe and I think it's pre 92 that cars didn't have a cat in the UK but I'm unsure of the rules regarding imports and their cats .

Can you not ask the "subaru specialists" to recommend a local mot place that is more familiar with scooby imports

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I only used this guy as he looks after my other 2 motors, but yes...... After this one I will take it elsewhere to not have this again!! :D

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  • 4 months later...

Hey guys sorry for late reply, issues with the notifications?! 

 

All sorted in in the end, it was with a downpipes cat from factory, but it was quite a bit over the limit, but I found something online and after speaking to a few local Scooby experts who pointed me in the right direction, and if it's a pre '95 model plus being an import then by law it does not need a cat at all!!! :thumbup: So after finding this out I took the information back to the garage and showed them and then they retested the whole car and passed it with 0 problems!!!! But I did change it to a decat pipe now, well I might as well now it's allowed !!!!! :thumbup1:

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