August 2001
I was just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for an MOT tester in the Wimborne -> Poole area. My experience of MOT testers is that they are a bit of a lottery.
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Has anyone had experience of Plastic Technik? (As recommended by HJ for bumper repairs.) Some kind soul has scraped the paint off the corner of my (week old) Lexus IS 200. Or should I go back to the dealer which will probably cost a lot more... Read more
How very astute of you Malcolm. I do hope that my posting has not upset you to the degree that you wouldn't consider any good product that was surruptisiously advertised on this forum. Products are promoted here all the time, the only difference in this instance was the product is my companies. If you had something worth shouting about, wouldn't you take the opportunity.
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A mate took his 35,000 mile Ka to the Ford dealer for it's MOT yesterday.
He claimed that since the last service it had a noisy tappet noise from the engine.
Valve clearances should be done every 10k service according to the manual.
Anyway the garage told him the clearences were fine but the tappets were out!!!
This is rubbish yeah?
1) Tappets and valve clearances are the same thing, no?
2) Surely they won't have touched them at a service yet as there's no way a 30k mike car would need it's valve clearances adjusted? A mate in the trade used to say it was about 100k before cars would wear far enough that you could *improve* them right with a feeler gauge... and on my OHV Skoda I checked them at 45k they were *still* fine.
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How do you put a value on the back room?
Yesterday there was something perplexing me. Today I know the answer in detail.
...and it's not the first time.
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The rules haven't changed, non repair stations have always existed. (See the earlier thread on MOT's)