Morris Minor Owners Club

As I'm geting closer to getting the car finished I am starting to think about the MOT requirements, am I right in thinking that its only a visual smoke test they do for the MOT rather than a specific CO% emissions figure?

Think so, they usually don't bother with any proper emissions tests, but they may notice if it fills the garage with smoke!

Thanks for that, it saves messing around with mixture controls on the carb, no smoke problems though.

Nope. Visible smoking only

Though it might be worth checking if your MoT station is classic car friendly as some that only deal with modern cars might not know that.

FYI, a figure of 3,5 on the CO is a good setup for the carb, but as mentioned not a requirement.

Sidney'61 wrote:Though it might be worth checking if your MoT station is classic car friendly as some that only deal with modern cars might not know that.

Oh yes My Manta goes there and he is a Minor fan as well.

Sidney'61 wrote:Though it might be worth checking if your MoT station is classic car friendly as some that only deal with modern cars might not know that.

Nowadays the MOT computer prints a list of checks that the tester needs to make according to the vehicle and its age. So no worries about the tester 'not knowing' Classic Friendly is always good though

Onne wrote:FYI, a figure of 3,5 on the CO is a good setup for the carb, but as mentioned not a requirement.

Thanks for that, I have a CO meter so will check what its figure is.

Though if your really lucky they'll do the check anyway so you can see how well its running, even though they can't fail it on that its nice to know...

it is only a visual test on emissioms