MOT time is stress-full for any motorist and now the law has changed to make it harder for faulty cars to pass the test, here is what it means for you. The UK government has announced that it will run a tier system for testers to abide by such as Dangerous meaning a direct risk to road safety and or has a an impact on the environment. This will automatically be a fail major meaning it could put other road users and yourself in danger and or has a direct impact on the environment and must be repaired immiediatly. This will be an automatic fail Minor meaning not having a direct impact on your safety and other road users as well as the environment, action needed to repair as soon as possible. A tester can pass a vehicle Advisory meaning it could become more of a serious problem in the near future and the course of action is to monitor and repair if necessary. A tester can pass if necessary. And the one we all prefer to see is of course pass meaning its safe to use on the public highway and meets the minimum legal standards and emissions.

Diesel car emissions
With all the noise going on lately surrounding diesel-gate and manufactures waffling the guidelines on how much toxic fumes new cars are supposed to be emitting its no wonder the government have steeped in and advised testers of much tighter tolerances towards DPF emissions. A DPF filter or diesel particulate filter is designed to sit in the exshaust systems of cars and vans and is made of many precious metals designed to catch the soot that leaves any diesel engine. Your vehicle will immediately fail if a tester sees any smoke coming from the exshaust or has evidence that your DPF has been tampered with, so DPF delete to increase the power may not seem such a good idea after all.

New guidelines
With the advent of L.E.D lighting most new cars come with DRL or daytime running lights as standard these systems will now be checked as part of the new test procedures also I have taken the time to add a few bullet points from https://www.gov.uk/government/news/mot-changes-20-may-2018 which you might find interesting.

• Tyres must not be under-inflated
• Brake fluid must not have any contamination
• Any fluid leaks will imidatly fail
• Brake pad warning lights will fail
• Reversing lights on vehicles from Sept 09
• Headlamp wash wipe systems sept 09 if fitted

Old certificate on the left and the new on the right

VEHICLES OVER 40 YEARS OLD
If you’re the lucky owner of a classic car that’s 40 years or older the new test laws now say that your car is exempt from needing a test for example if your car was first registered on 31 May 1978 it wont need an MOT from 31 May 2018.

WHAT HAPPEN’S TO MY CAR AT THE SCRAP YARD?
So you just finally got round to scrapping your car or van and now your wondering what will happen to my vehicle when it goes to the scrap yard, well there are a number of things that can happen, if your car is old and had a tuff life and the engine has thrown a rod out the side then its most likely that its just going to be recycled for scrap metal this means that you will only get paid based on the weight of the vehicle although some dealers may give extra if it has alloy wheels or a desirable engine.

SCRAP METAL RECYCLING
Once your vehicle arrives at the yard the vehicle will need to be depolluted this means that all the toxic and hazardous chemicals will need to be carefully removed and your dealer will need to be licensed as an ATF or authorised treatment facility this means that they can legally dispose of your vehicle and you can be sure they have strict waste rules to adhere to. Once your car is up on a ramp the operator will punch holes in the sump, fuel tank and shock absorbers, this is to drain the harmful liquids that are present in every car, with the car still on the ramp it allows access to remove the wheels and the catalytic converter which will then be graded according to size and model which could increase the value as some “cats” can have a value of up to £500. Once all hazardous waste has been removed its now time to pull the engine out, now all that’s left is the shell of your car which goes over to the crusher this metal is know as iron.

EXPORT
Some vehicles on Uk roads have a far greater value in other countries like Africa or Europe where cars and 4×4’s are a lot more expensive to purchase, if your wondering why your car or 4×4 has an export valuation its most likely because the engine is in high demand. We live in a throw away society where its convenient to dispose and replace rather than to repair. The most desirable vehicles are likely to be of Japanese manufacture as these are usually good for a couple of hundred thousand miles and part’s are readily available.

FIT FOR ROAD
It may be that your car failed its MOT on silly bits and you decided that its time to go to the main dealer and get a new car straight out of the showroom as a treat for your hard work, which means that with a little time and money your car or van could be put back on the road with a new MOT test, some times our customers have asked if we could not send to the bin but to repair and let someone else have use for a little while longer.

SALVAGE
Have you been involved in an accident and decided not to go through the insurance well your car or van could be classified as salvage which means someone may choose to repair it and return back to the road or a dealer may choose to break it for part’s and sell on for a tidy profit. If your wondering what is my car worth then enter your Reg, miles and postcode www.quickscrap.co.uk to receive an instant valuation.