Mot fail

[dave the builder]

the CO is not that far off a pass anyway
the Subframe mounting prescribed area excessively corroded is what you need to look at first 

[jacko]

Just a question here will using e10 fuel lower the co2 for my mot
I currently have e5 in it when it failed

[Nick W]

Just a question here will using e10 fuel lower the co2 for my mot
I currently have e5 in it when it failed

No.


Put that handful of straws away

[GrahamK]

Hi Nick,
Could you please confirm the flare type and the fittings required the the trailing arm pipes listed earlier. I agree that £37 includes a fair dose of profit, but it's knowing which parts you need that is the tricky bit. Any recommendations on a suitable inexpensive flaring tool would also be appreciated.
Thanks,
Graham.

[jacko]

Hello all, had a quote today 100 plus vat for welding
Seems reasonable 

[Nick W]

Hi Nick,
Could you please confirm the flare type and the fittings required the the trailing arm pipes listed earlier. I agree that £37 includes a fair dose of profit, but it's knowing which parts you need that is the tricky bit. Any recommendations on a suitable inexpensive flaring tool would also be appreciated.
Thanks,
Graham.

They're Metric male fittings. Utterly ubiquitous parts. M10x1 if you think it would help. They're about £0.20 each


Any brake pipe flaring tool will create the flare needed for them; it's the first flare you make. A female fitting will then need the another operation to form the internal flare.


One of THESE can produce a usable flare, if used with care, some practice and a blood sacrifice. Something like THIS is a better bet if you expect to make more than a couple of pipes, and can be bought cheaper than that. There are better, vice mounted ones available too, but are much more expensive

[Nick W]

Hello all, had a quote today 100 plus vat for welding
Seems reasonable 

Wow

[ronnyd]

Hello all, had a quote today 100 plus vat for welding
Seems reasonable 

Wow

Is that a good Wow or a bad Wow Nick? 

[GrahamK]

Thanks Nick, that's just what I was looking for.
To the OP, £120 for a welding quote sounds very reasonable.
Good luck!
Graham

[Nick W]

Hello all, had a quote today 100 plus vat for welding
Seems reasonable 

Wow

Is that a good Wow or a bad Wow Nick? 

It's an I don't believe it's that low Wow.


Combined with a They're probably going to tack a couple of plates over the hole, add half a tin of seam sealer and plenty of underseal and call it fixed Wow

[ronnyd]

Yeah, does seem a bit, errr, competitive? 

[Doctor Gollum]

Wasn't from the MoT garage by any chance...

If yes, then get the emissions and brake lines sorted and throw it in for another test somewhere else.

[dave the builder]

               



If it is the MOT station that quoted that quoted £100 +VAT for the welding then get it done by them ,and sort the brake lines and Cataclean for the emissions (plus warm the car up prior to test )

and get the MOT pass

getting it tested elsewhere will cost another £55

the tester will see the fails on the VTS device (computer) and may prod around and find even more issues 

with the MOT passed you can then look at the whole corrosion situation in more detail at your leisure 

[Doctor Gollum]

My point was that if it were actually bad enough to fail, then it would be significantly more expensive because they would know a proper fix would involve dropping the subframe 

[dave the builder]

Indeed £100 of welding will just be a plate hot snotted over the immediate problem 
but with only 2 weeks left of MOT it keeps the OP mobile if the Omega is a daily and not just a toy .

The car will need a proper detailed inspection  (which doesn't happen in the 45 min MOT) very soon , including what horrors are lurking under plastic trim, sill covers ,undereal etc  and the cost involved in sorting the issues.

being Londun based the OP may decide a milk float or public transport may be the long term solution
Omega ownership isn't for everyone now they are 19+ years old and a bit thirsty on GOGO juice