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[mumof4]

My baby passes her MOT on monday as i have booked her in for half two in the aft..a couple of days early but that gives me time to get anything sorted that needs doing for her to pass before the weekend.....i asked about my drivers seat as it moves about half an inch..and he said that he would just give me an advisory on it..

 

fingers crossed!! :16:

[teresa]

good luck maz with the mot..... my new babys having her service and mot on monday ooohhhhh cant wait

[Guest wolfie]

well first off you have to find your way to the the testing station :lol: and then IF they allow you to drive it away! you have to find your way home to tell us what happened?

[mumof4]

cheeky bugger..its 5 mins up the road in a straight line.. :P :lol:

[Guest wolfie]

ah ok, so thats why your leaving two days in advance? :lol:

[mumof4]

Better to be early than late!! :P :lol:

[Smilge]

Just make sure you knock a few nails in them loose panels Maz and you give the tester the door padlock combination to get in; he'll need to move the mower and tools out of the way. ;)

 

Good Luck anyway

[mumof4]

;) ;) Thanks..been having a search on the forum to see what kind of things she could fail on as ill be shocked if she does pass.

 

Anyway..lost the combination a while ago so ill let him in from the boot and then he can climb over the bikes/scooters/skates and anything else that i have thrown in there over the weekend. :o

 

Fingers crossed that she passes though.

[mumof4]

later peeps..will let you know how she gets on..TTFNxx

[mumof4]

WOOHOO!!..she PASSED!!!!!..Got advisories though and i def have an oil leak possibly from the rocker cover gasket.

 

advisories:

nearside side light is very dim needs replaceing

rear number plate is fading

Rear exhaust system is corroded-there is corrosion where the pipe goes into the box, now he said that the box and pipe will need replaceing as there is corrosion on the pipe aswell..possible join maybe??..as he showed me where it was he also showed me all the oil that had leaked.

Emissions she was clean as a whistle.

 

Im well chuffed.

[whitty]

all that worrying and it passed anyway !

[Smilge]

Must have been the fluttering of the eyelashes or the coats of creosote Maz. ;) Thats good news anyway. ;)

[mumof4]

I think it was all the questions i threw at him that made him pass it..he prob hopes i will take it elsewhere next year ;) ;)

 

Besides..been a fair few years since i fluttered my eyelashes at anyone.LMAO.

[Gteuk]

I didn't think there was such thing as an MOT for rust, been proven wrong again :o ;) ;)

[Guest wolfie]

I didn't think there was such thing as an MOT for rust, been proven wrong again :P ;) ;)

 

nah! in this case it was a check for competent DIY work done or not as the case may be

:o

[teresa]

well done maz

the one im supposed to be having failed so refusing to buy it till he does both coils on rear suspension cheeky git tellin me its ok to do one side what does he think i am bloody stupid

[mumof4]

nah! in this case it was a check for competent DIY work done or not as the case may be

;)

 

all my DIY work hasnt failed yet!!..(still time thought).....can you explain to me what a rocker covre gasket is? and what it looks like plllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..

 

well done maz

the one im supposed to be having failed so refusing to buy it till he does both coils on rear suspension cheeky git tellin me its ok to do one side what does he think i am bloody stupid

 

i would have thought that they should be replaced in pairs?...where you buying it from?

[mumof4]

I didn't think there was such thing as an MOT for rust, been proven wrong again :o ;) ;)

 

 

As long as the rust doesnt grow legs and walk to the nearest boozer to have a drink of scrumpy.and can slither unaided from one spot to the other it will pass. :P

[Bigjeeze]

Must have been the fluttering of the eyelashes or the coats of creosote Maz. ;) Thats good news anyway. :o

 

 

I can understand the fluttering of the eyelashes might "blind" the tester - but a coat of creosote? Hasn't he got a sense of smell? ;)

[Littlematt_2007]

isnt the rocker cover the shell that covers the engine that had TDI wrote on? it must be something around neaar that:) welldone for the car passing maz :)

 

Regrads,

 

Matt

[Smilge]

all my DIY work hasnt failed yet!!..(still time thought).....can you explain to me what a rocker covre gasket is? and what it looks like plllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..

 

Here's a piccie of a rocker cover with its gasket Mum

 

[mumof4]

looks like a big baking tray to me......i am assumeing it will be black on the engine?

 

thanks for the pic by the way....

[NikpV]

downside up :o

[Smilge]

looks like a big baking tray to me......i am assumeing it will be black on the engine?

 

thanks for the pic by the way....

 

No probloads ...... yes if you remove the main Tdi badged plastic cover its the big black metal square one underneath with the oil filler hole. The bolts holding it to the head will be around the outside as opposed to the two in the middle of the one in the piccie above.

[Dave-G]

The black cover at the very top of the engine shown here is the rocker cover, it has the oil filler in it. It possibly just needs the 10mm bolts nipping up a tad. The gasket is a moulded rubber masterpiece - which would probably cost an arm and a leg

 

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