October 10, 201510 yr 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...... ;)
October 11, 201510 yr 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 [emoji6]
October 11, 201510 yr Author 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 [emoji6] 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
October 11, 201510 yr Always nice to know a specialist who deals with special emission requirements [emoji12] I travel 30 mile round trip to my mechanic.
February 19, 20169 yr It's only required for an mot if it was built with one. Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk
February 22, 20169 yr Will this fit? Sorry but I like shiny new things. But if yours has a cat in down pipe then no point probably. http://www.japspeed.co.uk/subaru-impreza-classic-gc8-sports-cat.html
February 22, 20169 yr Mine was about 2% over the threshold last time before I had the map, no idea what it was this time I didn't ask [emoji23]
February 23, 20169 yr Author 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!!! 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 !!!!!
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