mark 0 Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 My car caught fire during the emissions test should the garages insurance cover the repair bill or is it up to me most people at work say the garage should pay with their insurance.The garage said it may have caught fire due no manifold cover but surely they should have noticed this and not started the test.The car is slightly modified. Link to post Share on other sites
UnitedMotorsport 55 Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Call VOSA and ask them. Link to post Share on other sites
russj249 2 Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 Yea call the local VOSA office. I have never had a car set on fire during a test.. it depends what has caught to set things on fire. We've had a few things get hot at our place, such as Westfields and the like, and normally before fire is a burning smell and smoke of some kind, so surely the tester or his assistant (presuming its not a 1 man testing station) would have noticed.Only thing we had in close to this was a Westfield with Hayabusa engine in. Exhaust got that hot they were glowing purple and the fibreglass body started to smoke.. that was it, switched straight off and abort the test.I will ask my boss as he's an mot tester, I'm his mot assistant and mechanic, just the 2 of us work there. Link to post Share on other sites
oldmandon 1 Posted January 13, 2012 Report Share Posted January 13, 2012 SURELY the car shouldn't get THAT hot during an emissions test, its a case of rev hold for 2 maybe 3 seconds release, repeat as required, not normally more than 4 times. I used to help my friend carry out mots so am aware how its done. I would be questioning what the hell they were doing myself.......I mean we rev our own cars and they don't catch fire...do they??Just my thoughts...........SUE the B******s Link to post Share on other sites
hvr6 88 Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 as above make a VOSA enquiry Link to post Share on other sites
russj249 2 Posted January 14, 2012 Report Share Posted January 14, 2012 SURELY the car shouldn't get THAT hot during an emissions test' date=' its a case of rev hold for 2 maybe 3 seconds release, repeat as required, not normally more than 4 times. I used to help my friend carry out mots so am aware how its done. I would be questioning what the hell they were doing myself.......I mean we rev our own cars and they don't catch fire...do they??Just my thoughts...........SUE the B******s[/quote']Sounds like you're on about the diesel smoke test with that Don, petrol test would be to hold between 2500 and 3000 revs for 30 seconds for fast idle test, then a further 30 for cat stabilization, then idle for 10 seconds before a 5 second sample of idle gasses.. all in all around 1 min at no more than 3k rpm, then idle.Had a word with my boss and he said its a bit tricky, as the garage should have noticed something wasnt right, but at the same time it shouldn't be that hot! My exhaust is blowing straight from head to manifold with a turbo and that's not set fire to anythin! Yet! lol Link to post Share on other sites
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