RE: MOT's and Hot Starts

["Chris Parnham" <chrisparnham1@xxxx>]

Nick,

I'm glad Del Boy passed his MOT OK.
Les,( who had it before me), always said that the Northern Ireland MOT is
much stricter than ours on the mainland. Les also says that a new
accumulator sorted out a hot start problem it previously had.

Mark even had to fit a new one on my BTTF car, despite the very low mileage
the car had done.


It just goes to show that even these low mileage cars need "using", then fix
up the few faults that will undoubtedly emerge, then you will have a nicely
sorted, reliable, useable "low miles" car.

Chris P

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Tomlinson [mailto:nickandkathryntomlinson@xxxx]

The car gods must have been smiling on me yesterday. I've been away for 2
weeks and was about to take 'Del-Boy' (PMT850X) in for its MOT when I
noticed I left the battery conditioner off before I left DOH! It started
first time on the button.

Took the car for a run, felt smooth, no overheating, brakes pulling
straight, doors stayed up, all electrics working.

At the garage the MOT man inspected it (as I paced up and down nervously),
tested it, checked the emissions, queried me about the fog lamp, put the
brakes on the rollers and they worked perfectly................and gave me a
PASS !!!!!!

I am such a happy bunny it's untrue. The emissions were v. low 0.04%CO and
104ppm HC. Looks like the general purpose cheapy O2 sensor from GSF works
fine for the car!

Nick.





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