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Originally Posted by Clifford Pope
A key cut-off point is July 1992. Before that date older emissions rules apply. After it, the cat-test rules are much more stringent. I had a 1993 that reached 440,000 miles. It ran perfectly, but had begun using a bit of oil. Nothing much compared with normal consumption in older traditional cars, but it poisoned the catalyst and it became impossible to make it pass the emissions test. I scrapped the car.
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There is a very easy fix for that. Just fit a older engine block and you can then remove the cat and have a pre cat test as the MOT is done to the age of the engine (if older) not the car