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20th May 2018 9:19 am
Red Merle
Member Since: 30 Aug 2014
Location: Liskeard
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I was wrong on this one, I had thought the changes would catch more emissions cheating than it looks like it’s going to. Apart from failing on the rather vague “evidence of tampering with the DPF”, does the new test really have any more teeth than the old one?2011 - 2015: 3 x FL2
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20th May 2018 9:53 am
Ja92mie
Member Since: 16 Sep 2014
Location: Newquay
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so what still past 13 years oldHome of RLD Hidden winch mounts Spare wheel Locks Trailer Body Fabrication ray@rld-tech.co.uk D3/4 sump plates MY 14 sump plates and the Discovery Sport wheel protectors Discovery 5 wheel locks
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"After your hands are coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you'll have to pee!"
Keep it for another 27 years, Ray, and be free of the MOT curse for ever.A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
20th May 2018 10:29 am
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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Red Merle wrote:
I was wrong on this one, I had thought the changes would catch more emissions cheating than it looks like it’s going to. Apart from failing on the rather vague “evidence of tampering with the DPF”, does the new test really have any more teeth than the old one?
ANY visible smoke from a DPF vehicle is an automatic fail, whereas before, it had to be under the 1.5 limit
Going to be a lot of off 2nd hand car buyers/traders, facing an expensive DPF refit...My D3 Build Thread
. . . and increased sales of piston ring kits.A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
20th May 2018 11:51 am
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
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Whether it's black or blue, it just won't do!A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
20th May 2018 12:38 pm
lemansfan
Member Since: 03 Aug 2012
Location: Reigate
Posts: 89
The emissions (gas analyser) test is unaltered for diesels.
The vehicle will fail if there is visual evidence that the EGR's have been blanked (so leave the plumbing in) or there is visual evidence that the DPF (where fitted, so post Euro 4 Discos) has been tampered with (unless evidence can be provided at the time of the test that the work related to repair or replacement) or removed. The smoke test affects DPF fitted vehicles only. If there is smoke under test conditions (so not if you've just started it up, for example) then it is a fail.
The paradox is that EGR's were originally fitted to reduce nitrous oxide emissions (which they do very badly). In the process they produce soot, hence the need for a DPF. Soot = particulants, so there is an argument that older Discos without a DPF and the EGR's blanked are as clean if not cleaner than newer ones.
There is no emissions test for N2O, hence only the visual test for EGR's.
21st May 2018 9:25 am
John P
Member Since: 12 Aug 2011
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 1275
On my 56 plate D3, I have the EGR removal kit installed. I still have all the associated pipe work. So how do I replace the pipework with a "blanking" plate? Is this a new type of blanking plate to be used, and if so where do I buy such an item?
21st May 2018 9:40 am
Biffysun
Member Since: 09 Jul 2011
Location: Central
Posts: 1787
Longer bolts? (not sure if originals are long enough to go through pipework flange and blanking plate )
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off 2nd hand car buyers/traders, facing an expensive DPF refit...
Longer bolts? (not sure if originals are long enough to go through pipework flange and blanking plate 
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