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UK MOT's
Darren:
Morning Don, now get yourself off to bed......what is it there 5.30am? :lol:
Bernd:
Have been following this thread for a while now.
After reading Don's questions I came up with a few more. Does the car have front wheel drive or rear wheel drive? And is it an automatic shift or standard shift?
I'm wondering, if it is front wheel drive, if the drivetrain is having an effect on the test? I'd also question the set up on the machine.
Regards,
Bernd
Darren:
Hi Bernd,
Front wheel drive manual shift....auto's are quite scarce here unlike the US. The engine is not powering the brake tester, the brake tester turns the wheels and the brakes are applied to stop the testing machine's rollers.
I think I need to take the car to another test station to verify if the car has actually got a problem and then take it from there. I'll try to find one with a different machine though.
CrewCab:
--- Quote from: Darren on September 23, 2009, 08:23:40 AM ---I think I need to take the car to another test station to verify if the car has actually got a problem and then take it from there. I'll try to find one with a different machine though.
--- End quote ---
Agreed :thumbup: from all you've done and has been suggested / dispelled the next issue has to be check the test equipment, I'm not saying it will be wrong but you need to know for sure or there is no apparent way forward.
As for the question of air in the system etc, yes air will compress at a lower pressure, hence it gets better with pumping, however the pressure in the system has to be equal at all points afaik that's a simple law of physics.
hth :scratch:
CC
andyf:
Bit of a long shot, and I'm not sure :scratch: if it would make any difference, or whether any difference it did make would be only slight, but are the tyres the same brand, with the same wear and at the same pressure?
Andy
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