MOT failure

[B16 ONX]

So it was MOT time for the QP & whilst I wasn't expecting it to pass first time I certainly wasn't prepared for the extent of the failure!

So I collect the car & read the failure:

A discoloured bulb on the rear, easy fix & could happen to any car of any age.
Front brake imbalance, OK so a clean & grease up should do as it has been standing for a long time before I bought it.
Corrosion on the front, WHAT! NO! Oh well, it is old enough I suppose.
Corrosion on the rear, WHAT! MORE? NO! Bugger! Oh well I am doing the front, lets do that bit too.
Exhaust leaking gas, hmmm this had a new back box fitted recently.......hmmmm????

Then I saw the extent of the work.........

 

[B16 ONX]

The corrosion on the front:

 

[bigbob]

Sorry about that mate. Corrosion is on the brakes?

 

[B16 ONX]

The leaking exhaust

 

[cobratwin]

Hi bud, don't take this the wrong way if you did that welding, BUT get it cut out and redone that is horrendous
Check the under body aswell the rust in the arches looks like its going to spread fast so when you get the welding redone and the other rust sorted get the underbody stripped and resealed it should prevent the new work getting infected.

 

[cobratwin]

Leaking ..... Yes that's an understatement... Is that a mid box ?

 

[BennyD]

I might be wrong, but that doesn't look like a new back box to me. Is it a QP IV or V?

 

[cobratwin]

Looks like a QP V to me?

 

[bigbob]

We were typing at the same time - now seen the corrosion!

 

[bigbob]

What's the age/miles of the car? What advisories on previous MOTs?

 

[B16 ONX]

The brakes were replaced with new discs & pads on the front, pads are the same as a BMW 840ci!

That just left the exhaust so I rang Torqueflow in Birmingham & they sorted my system out:

 

[B16 ONX]

Going for the re-test tomorrow.
Fingers crossed it passes!

Oh, I changed both the rear bulbs too!!

 

[cobratwin]

The exhaust looks like its older than a years worth and tbh should of failed last year....

 

[B16 ONX]

It's done now, not doing any of that again!

Hi bud, don't take this the wrong way if you did that welding, BUT get it cut out and redone that is horrendous
Check the under body aswell the rust in the arches looks like its going to spread fast so when you get the welding redone and the other rust sorted get the underbody stripped and resealed it should prevent the new work getting infected.

 

[B16 ONX]

Not too sure, there are two boxes up front which I think are the cats. Then a centre box that joins both pipes in & out which I think is the cross pipe/box/section? Then 2 more boxes which I think are the resonators before the final 2 boxes right at the back which I think were the silencers.

I think...?

Leaking ..... Yes that's an understatement... Is that a mid box ?

 

[B16 ONX]

A QP IV, & they didn't look recent to me at all either.

I might be wrong, but that doesn't look like a new back box to me. Is it a QP IV or V?

 

[B16 ONX]

Saw your reply between posts!

We were typing at the same time - now seen the corrosion!

 

[B16 ONX]

It's a 99my & the previous MOT was in Ireland. No previous or old MOT's to check against.

When I bought it I did wonder how a car of this class has no previous receipts or certificates, but I bought with the heart NOT the head. At the time I thought how bad could it get?

I just found out!

What's the age/miles of the car? What advisories on previous MOTs?

 

[BennyD]

All the best with the test. At least it will sound a lot better!

 

[Parisien]

Thats pretty awful....good luck with retest!


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