decat and mot?

[philg]

My downpipe has started rattling about ( i guess the gaskets loose/done) so i'll have to take the cat pipe off to do so. But i was thinking that while the pipe is off i might as well angle grind open the Cat, take out all this guts, then weld up the box again before refitting.

But would it pass Mot?

It'll still look like a cat box.

And will it through up a fault light?

Its a 1998 2.0 16v.

[philg]

went and searched on other forums, If the emissions without the box are grand she'll pass. (stick in a load of redex before the test lol)

Any notion if the lambda sensor will through up a fault?
I dont think it will, the ecu in this thing seems fairly doopey anyway.

[jameslxdt]

the D8 petrol ECU's are very insensitive, and no fault will be logged, the only thing the management does is provide a spark and trigger the injectors. its a very simple system, and i will be most supprised if it will pass without a CAT, it could pass, but its doubtful
make sure its not the shield wrapped arround the cat thats loose, i had this on my 2.0, a quick and easy fix was using a hammer and smashing it off