cjhillman
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1979 Capri (Rolling Project) 1985 Escort mk3 (Daily)
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Feb 10, 2019 22:19:30 GMT
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My Car faces an MOT at the end of the month  . I know its not easy to see as its wet but, does a cracked headlight like this mean a fail? I'll have to source one beforehand as they definitely wont have one . Also, does a leaking crank case seal fail a car? never noticed it till this year and it doesn't seem to loose much oil just looks a bit of a mess on the sump, seems to be coming from the crank area anyway.  |
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Last Edit: Feb 10, 2019 22:20:03 GMT by cjhillman
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fraudownersclub
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Feb 10, 2019 22:43:49 GMT
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Should be an advisory as long as the beam pattern isn’t affected and no ingress of water oil leak shouldn’t be an issue👍
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#fraudownersclub
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Feb 10, 2019 23:28:52 GMT
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My mot failed - one of the items was "excessive oil leaks" (or similar) - the tester said it would be fine just wiping any oil off the bottom of the engine & crossmember before I took it back for retest.
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Feb 11, 2019 10:23:06 GMT
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I've had advisories on "oil leaks" for several years, as (you'd think) my engine has a rear crank seal that's intended to leak oil. I was told it's only if it gets bad enough to leak onto something important (exhaust, brakes) that it would escalate to a fail. I guess it depends on the tester.
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ChasR
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Feb 11, 2019 19:59:50 GMT
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That light should be OK. It depends how picky the tester is.
The leak? If' it's a visible leak onto the floor it'll be a fail.
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mk2cossie
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Feb 11, 2019 20:52:04 GMT
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That light should be OK. It depends how picky the tester is. The leak? If' it's a visible leak onto the floor it'll be a fail. Bit of tape on the lens to cover a sharp edge, and I think it's a 75mm patch in 5minutes for oil leaks to be a fail |
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ChasR
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Feb 11, 2019 21:14:46 GMT
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That light should be OK. It depends how picky the tester is. The leak? If' it's a visible leak onto the floor it'll be a fail. Bit of tape on the lens to cover a sharp edge, and I think it's a 75mm patch in 5minutes for oil leaks to be a fail That is interesting! Cheers for giving the guidelines there! I know the manual doesn't always do ths. |
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Feb 12, 2019 12:30:05 GMT
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oil leak has to be pretty massive to fail, this is the quote from the manual
A leak of fluids such as engine coolant, screen wash and fluid required for Selective Catalyst Reduction aren't reasons for failure. You should fail a vehicle if a fluid leak creates a pool on the floor within 5 minutes that's more than 75mm in diameter or if there are many leaks which collectively leak fluid at the same rate.
If you have 75mm pool forming in 5 minutes it probably not unreasonable to ask you to fix it!
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. I know its not easy to see as its wet but, does a cracked headlight like this mean a fail? I'll have to source one beforehand as they definitely wont have one .
