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put the angle grinder down for a minute !!!
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MoT tests for diesel cars and lorries are to be tightened up to ensure vehicles have a critical exhaust filter if one had originally been fitted as standard, Roads Minister Robert Goodwill has announced.

Garages and testing stations will be required to check for a diesel particulate filter (DPF) in the inspection of the exhaust system as part of the MoT test from February 2014.

The vehicle will automatically fail the MoT test if the filter had been fitted as standard but is found to be no longer present.

taken from aftermarket magazine tonight;

The decision will combat firms that offer to remove the filter, claiming it will boost consumption.

It is an offence to drive a vehicle that has been modified this way, as it will no longer meet the emissions standards the car achieved when it was approved for sale in the UK.

Roads Minister Robert Goodwill said: "I am very concerned that vehicles are being modified in a way that is clearly detrimental to people's health and undoes the hard work car manufacturers have taken to improve emissions standards.

"It has become apparent the government had to intervene to clarify the position on particulate filter removal given the unacceptable negative impact on air quality."
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put the angle grinder down for a minute !!! - by daddyfixit - 06-12-2013, 05:25 PM

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