will it pass mot??
 

hi guys my blobeye 2005 wrx has a decat down pipe n up pipe. Will it pass the mot emissions??. Is there a cat in the up pipe or is there just the two cats??

thanks sam

No it won't pass an MOT without the cat's.
On the WRX there are 3 cats, up, down and front centre pipe.
If you still have the front centre cat in place it may just get through if you make sure the cat is nice and hot.

ok thanks for the info!! ive just gone through the service history of the car and the down pipe and up pipe got done in 2007 and she has passed the mots ever since, so i have faith in her for the next.
I should of looked first before i asked this question lol

thanks again tho
sam

If a cat was fitted as standard then it must be present at time of test regardless of emissions!

If that's the new regulation, is evey MOT tester really clued up on what's a cat and what's a heat shield protected silencer and where all the cat's are on evey car.

As we know some scoobies have up-pipe cat whereas a different model but the same year (i.e an STi ) does not.

What if it's a 99 PPP, is the MOT tester aware that Prodrive removed the centre cat, after it's 1st registration date.

thats the grey area s of mot testing there are so many loop holes !!

i'm not sure the test is that bothered if it has 1 cat or 27..............

the reg is more about not being able to "tune" a pass without a catalyst present at all.......

Friendly MOT'er FTW