So Friday she sailed thru all the mech/electrical bits and fell at the emissions fence blowing the clean sheets since I acquired her. I had done the obligatory Italian tune up and had put fuel system cleaner thru the system before the winter lay up but to no avail. The MOT guy said CAT cleaner, hammer it over the weekend and try again Tues, this I duly did and tried not to drop under 4.5/5K on the revs and only rarely got into 3rd and bingo a pass. At my age I thought my boy racer days were long gone but I must say it was exhilarating, not sure a magistrate would agree though!
My prob appears to be my after market CAT can't cut it after only 3 years (original stolen) so what to do?  I was thinking about buying a new CAT for the next MOT hopefully get a pass then put the old one back until the next MOT, thoughts? Some might say this breaks the spirit of the law but me uselessly hammering around in circles this weekend has not exactly helped the environment.

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