Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today

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Thu 18 Mar 2021 16:08
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - Twinks

My 2017 Baleno automatic flew through its MOT today with a CO reading of 0.00%

Is this really possible ?

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Thu 18 Mar 2021 16:44
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - RT

Yes, it's entirely possible the catalytic converter is there to change CO to CO2.

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Thu 18 Mar 2021 17:01
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - skidpan

My 2017 Baleno automatic flew through its MOT today with a CO reading of 0.00%

Is this really possible ?

Display is only to 2 decimal places. It could actually have been 0.004% which rounded down is 0.00%.

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Thu 18 Mar 2021 17:06
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - Xileno

Just looked at my 2007 Focus (1.6 petrol) MOT from last year. It had a CO reading of 0.000% at idle.

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Thu 18 Mar 2021 19:21
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - bathtub tom

I didn't get a printout of emissions at my last MOT, it didn't bother me, as it passed.

Should I have had one?

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Thu 18 Mar 2021 19:30
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - Xileno

No I don't think so - if it passed it passed. I suppose if it was a marginal pass then that might be useful to know so that it could be investigated in slower time before the next MOT.

I was just given my emissions test results, they were clipped conveniently to the bill!

Edited by Xileno on 18/03/2021 at 19:31

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Thu 18 Mar 2021 19:35
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - Lee Power

MOT today & emissions results where.

CO = 0.00 %

HC = 26 ppm

Lambda = 1.001

2016 Puretech 130 powered 308.

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Thu 18 Mar 2021 23:07
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - Andrew-T

I didn't get a printout of emissions at my last MOT, it didn't bother me, as it passed. Should I have had one?

You can always ask for a printout if one doesn't appear automatically.

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Thu 18 Mar 2021 19:38
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - Metropolis.
I didnt get a copy for my rover v8 in February, but I would be interested in seeing it. Is there a way to get a copy other than asking the mechanic?
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Thu 18 Mar 2021 23:09
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - Andrew-T
I didnt get a copy for my rover v8 in February, but I would be interested in seeing it. Is there a way to get a copy other than asking the mechanic?

I don't think the details are entered in the DVLA system, so you have to ask at source - tho I may be wrong. The places I use are always happy to provide, but usually have to be asked.

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Thu 18 Mar 2021 23:30
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - Galaxy

Whenever I get an MOT done the emissions print-out is always stapled to the MOT certificate.

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Fri 19 Mar 2021 08:29
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - John F

At 71,000 miles my nice clean Audi 6.0l was CO 0.00% and HC 1 ppm.

At 65,000 miles my dirty old TR7 2.0l was CO 1.05% and HC 351ppm.

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Fri 19 Mar 2021 09:27
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - Andrew-T

At 65,000 miles my dirty old TR7 2.0l was CO 1.05% and HC 351ppm.

Perhaps you could fit a second-hand cat-converter, John .... :-)

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Tue 23 Mar 2021 17:11
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - John F

At 65,000 miles my dirty old TR7 2.0l was CO 1.05% and HC 351ppm.

Perhaps you could fit a second-hand cat-converter, John .... :-)

No chance. It needs every horsepower it can get!

Many years ago I had an Audi 100 2.0GL and when it was about ten years old the cat developed a leak. My trusty indy agreed the cheapest solution (the car was pre 1992) was to remove it and weld in a piece of pipe in its place. Result!

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Tue 23 Mar 2021 17:22
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - Metropolis.
Did this improve/change the engine note John? I would love to do that on my rover v8 as it is sounding so strangled. Might have to go for fast flow cats instead being a 2004 but still interested in how no cats affected your Audi
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Fri 19 Mar 2021 09:31
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - elekie&a/c doctor
The mot emissions tester produces 2 copies of the test results. One should go to the customer (optional) , the other goes with the test station records . This will all be changing in the near future as all the electronic test equipment will be “linked in “ directly to Dvsa, so all results will immediately appear on Dvsa database.
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Mon 22 Mar 2021 07:30
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - edlithgow

I'd quite like to know my results too, but I'd be reluctant to ask any such awkward questions on the Taiwan 6 monthly test at a private centre, because (a) I'd seriously doubt the kit is correctly calibrated and (b) its quite likely they might pass it anyway, but not if I started getting specific.

Government centre nothing much to lose.

Edited by edlithgow on 22/03/2021 at 07:31

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Mon 22 Mar 2021 14:40
Suzuki Baleno 1.0 automatic - CO 0.00% at MOT today - mcb100

My 07 registered Jaguar S-Type diesel was MOT'd back in November and didn't register on the smoke meter.

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