Irish Mini Owners Club

just wondering, how strict are the nct guys on exhausts, i only bought my mini recently and it has a fairly wide bore exhaust, its not mega loud, but loader than a normal one, will i have to change it?

and generally, how strict are they on mini`s, i mean, our brakes arent like new cars :lol:

Don't think you will have a problem with exhaust noise, but as for being less strict with Minis, not a chance, the tests are the same for everyone, and there is no reason why when set up propperly, your brakes would be less effective than a new car.

To add weight to Neil's response, I have a 56-year-old car which has to be NCT-ed every year as it does weddings and they use the same test levels as a modern car.

im sure it`ll be fine, the only thing i can think of, off the top of my head is the window washer not working, comes out the passenger side, just not mine :x

as for the breaks, i find them fine, you have to press them a little harder than a new car, but they do the same job, sure ill just do a few checks obvious checks and send it down, if it fails, ill just have to get it fixed

thanks for the info lads

[quote="chrisbonnie"]im sure it`ll be fine, the only thing i can think of, off the top of my head is the window washer not working, comes out the passenger side, just not mine :x [/quote]


Just get a pin and poke it in the hole of the washer, wiggle it about a bit and loosen any gunk that in there (polish, sediment) a few squirts o water through it and it should be fine.

Don't forget to align it properly when your finished.

ah, good idea, i had taken the little pipe of it and put compressed air to it to try and flush it, but that didnt work, into my mams sewing kit it is so :D

When you had the pipe off, did you try the washer to see if the water was getting that far, process of elimination and all that.

I have an full sports exhaust on a mini and they weren't bothered about it. They did tell me I needed a catalytic converter though as the emissions set of the alarm in the centre.