Hi All
This is my first post, can anybody tell me what the oil seperator actually does [?] (situated between the oil filler and the air trunking from the air filter housing).
Does ths have a renewal/service interval, the Haynes B.O.L is suitably brief.
Thanks in advance
406 2.1 tdi info needed
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Some sort of emmisions test is performed on a diesel car when being MOT'd as I have got a print out stapled to the MOT certificate for my 306 DT.
I know that any car manufactured after 1992 had to have a CAT fitted and if you removed it the vehicle should fail the MOT.
I would pop down to your local MOT station and ask them before removing it.
I know that any car manufactured after 1992 had to have a CAT fitted and if you removed it the vehicle should fail the MOT.
I would pop down to your local MOT station and ask them before removing it.
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The Cat rule on 1992 on cars is for petrol engines only.
The diesel emissions test is a particulates test only, performed by revving the t!t5 off your engine in neutral. The limits are 2.5k for atmo engines and 3k for Turbo engines. It's a fairly meaninless test as the engine is on full load for about a second or so while spinning up to govenor speed. I have had fairly clean burning engines fail, and some engines that smoke like the proverbial pass with flying colours (usually blue and grey!)
Either way, removing the cat on any diesel engine will not cause an mot fail, certainly not until the diesel emission test is updated for new cars. (And it is uttery unlikely that it will be backdated. All changes are announced when the cars are new, and implemented when they get to 3 years old)
The diesel emissions test is a particulates test only, performed by revving the t!t5 off your engine in neutral. The limits are 2.5k for atmo engines and 3k for Turbo engines. It's a fairly meaninless test as the engine is on full load for about a second or so while spinning up to govenor speed. I have had fairly clean burning engines fail, and some engines that smoke like the proverbial pass with flying colours (usually blue and grey!)
Either way, removing the cat on any diesel engine will not cause an mot fail, certainly not until the diesel emission test is updated for new cars. (And it is uttery unlikely that it will be backdated. All changes are announced when the cars are new, and implemented when they get to 3 years old)