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[Darth Loo-knee]

car ran fine for five days, no issues atall, ive been around engines since i was i kid not much i cant handle for example i changed my cambelt without all the locking tool stuff, its easy if you set rollers and tensioner up correctly to start with, it comes out spot on first time long as you check and double check , took half hour to set up, rotate, check, rotate , check again no problem............ milage was the same as when i left it. mine was the last one of the day ,i suspect they reved it to max to heat up cats, the car had no sign of any smoke from exaust in five days, thanks for your comments guys

I think you have answered your own question here mate I'm afraid

[Dishevelled Den]

I would certainly take this up with the management of the concern where you had the car tested with a view of establishing just how this fault developed during the course of the test.

The fact that you had worked on the engine in the days leading up to the test without following the recognised procedures weakens your case somewhat it must be said.

I suppose the harsh lesson is, never leave your car unattended - insofar as this is possible.

MOT stations in Northern Ireland are all government operated and a driver doesn’t have the option of leaving the vehicle unattended.  A system I would like to see here on the mainland.

[I_want_an_Omega]

Sorry to hear about that.

I'm sure that there is a sign at MOT test centres saying that they have to rev engines during the test and that by submitting the car for the test you agree to that.

A couple of years ago a pal of mine put his Nissan Serena in for an mot, the timing chain snapped during the MOT test and baiscally wrote the car off. He explored going through the small claims court but was advised against by CAB. 

[Teebee]

Part of the reason I work on my own car so much is that I spent 2 years working opposite the Ford main dealer for Slough looking directly into their service bays......

[johny5]

they shudnt have redlined it for an mot test, i think they only need to take the revs up to about 3500 rpm for the emissions tests. Cud just be one of them things that unfortunately happened in an mot station, cud have bin much worse like being in the outside lane on a motorway when it went.

[plym ian]

sorry to hear about your car. I thought it was only diesels that they had to redline. when i take mine for test i go on a bit of a run first get it nice and hot then drop it off and wait with it in the waiting area where i can see what they are doing.

[fastcav]

 Mot testers in northern ireland are trained chimps, most of whom are failed mechanics that couldnt replace a bulb properly without wrecking something, the mot is basically carried out by computers that you cant bargain with so the testers are glorified keyboard attendants that cant tell the difference between an antiroll bar droplink and a track rod end  its not a system you want introduced over there, also the system is ridden with dodgy testers that will quite happily accept monetary donations for blind eyes, passing your car using the previous cars test results. If i saw or heard an mot man revving my car anywere over 3000rpm i'd remove his right foot and feed him it. Also the smoke test for diesels was stopped a couple of years ago due to the amount of catastrophic engine failures and court cases. I'd hit them with a bill or a solicitors letter, it is negligence, they are supposed to be mechanics at the end of the day

[johny5]

It cant be proved one way or the other though can it? No doubt the garage will cover there backs n say it just happened in the middle of a test.