mot fail on loud zaust

[Consett_chris]

my mates 206 just came back from the garage and failed its mot on the zaust being 2 loud and a wishbone.

its only got a custom made dual exit back box on from powerflow. aint even very loud, noway should it fail a mot. is this guy takin the pi**

[Mitchell]

does it have a cat?

[babers]

it can mine did, but they let it throw in the end as i said you do not have any sound test stuff to prove it. and they said they could not prove it so let pass

[Consett_chris]

mite go back and see wot he says again. its only a back box has a cat etc in it

[babers]

i dodnt know how the can prove it tho has the guy got his hearing aid turned up to much

[Saxy1]

i actually am a m.o.t tester and yes we can fail the exhaust for being too noisy.

[SNewham]

i actually am a m.o.t tester and yes we can fail the exhaust for being too noisy.

surely there has to be set criteria for it to pass. E.g., a DB limit? if you can't test whether it exceeds this limit then it's just circumstantial...

[Saxy1]

yer i know wot your saying i have never actually failed an exhaust for being too noisy as yet unless it was leaking exhaust gases. but now and then you do get some harsh m.o.t testers.

[babers]

surely there has to be set criteria for it to pass. E.g., a DB limit? if you can't test whether it exceeds this limit then it's just circumstantial...

there is a db limit think its around 90 to 100 db

[sim69er]

there is no law stating a legal noise limit for cars on the "street" its only on a track that they are limited to 98db

[GTI_Lee]

If the car has a CAT, then there should be no reason for your mates car to fail the test just because of a loud exhaust!