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and-m
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13th Aug 04 at 15:40   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
As title, no V5 but I know the engines a 1990.

Ive tried Vauxhall but they were no use?

Could I just say the engine was from a Cavalier GSi which it was?
Rileysport
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13th Aug 04 at 15:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
bite the bullet and get a cat on it
Rileysport
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13th Aug 04 at 15:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=164853

[Edited on 13-08-2004 by SRi-Co]
and-m
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13th Aug 04 at 15:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
No. lol
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13th Aug 04 at 15:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by and-m
No. lol


Fail then
and-m
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13th Aug 04 at 15:54   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Il come up with something.
corsafreak
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13th Aug 04 at 17:34   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
don't the symbols of the engine number indicate that it is a precat. i maybe wrong though.
Rileysport
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13th Aug 04 at 17:37   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
c20xe had a cat neway i believe... someone WILL correct me
myke
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all c2oxe's originally ran a cat. however vauxhall were using c20xe's before the official deadline for all cars to have them was introduced in 1992.

ie. my engine is a c20xe, from a '90 calibra. so it could be de-catted as it was made before 92, but it still came with one from the factory.
ed
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13th Aug 04 at 18:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by SRi-Co
c20xe had a cat neway i believe... someone WILL correct me

C20XE's had cats

20XE's didn't.
Robertio_uk
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13th Aug 04 at 18:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im havin the same problem....i have no proof of engine...no engine number. so when my mot comes up....im gonne be fucked. also tried changin it to a 2ltr oon my v5...however the dvla keeps sendin it back to me with 1389 :s and my mot is soon :S
TOMAS
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Rob, I can sort you an MOT - gimme a shout mate!
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13th Aug 04 at 18:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by TOMAS
Rob, I can sort you an MOT - gimme a shout mate!



cheers mate

ur a life saver
J100RSA
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13th Aug 04 at 21:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
u can try the date on the cam cap under oil cap
drunkenfool
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danny, can i get a photocopy of the V5 for the astra sometime cos mine is decatted now too and will need to prove this in November. No rush till then.
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14th Aug 04 at 15:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
emmisions must match the year of the car not the engine so most people will need a cat in for the MOT.

no?
and-m
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14th Aug 04 at 16:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
its the age of the engine.
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are you sure?
corsafreak
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14th Aug 04 at 17:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i recentley spoke to VOSA who regulate mot tester and was told it goes of the oldest item engine or car.
still had problems convincing the mot tester though
sfxer
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wow, i have always been told its the age of the vehicle not the engine, that would make more sense wouldnt it?
MC Kustoms
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i asked my MOT guy about it and he said if the engine dont match the 1 that came with the car they wont test emmisions but will still test the rest of the car and he said it will still pass
J100RSA
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quote:
Originally posted by sfxer
emmisions must match the year of the car not the engine so most people will need a cat in for the MOT.

no?


it go's on engine and i should no im a tester
276bhpcorsa
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15th Aug 04 at 00:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i would check your testers manual because it does go on the oldest part, the car or the engine!
Fad
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if your car hasnt had a head swap the year should be stamped on the inside just under the oil filler cap

also most MOT testers have the common sense if the car doesnt have a lamba sensor it never had a CAT

and its the truth the emissions are tested on the year of the engine not car
and-m
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15th Aug 04 at 15:41   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
it has a lamdba but was per 92 so didnt need a cat, vauxhall started to fit CATs before this deadline.

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