mot advisories

[goldypurple]

Just had my land rover 90 mot'd, it had a few advisories listed, the one that really concerns me is the one saying Chassis corroded, now what does this mean?

 

does this mean light surface rust, that is visable

 

holes in the chassis

 

or what?

 

if it was to be waxoiled or something similar, do you reckon it would be advised again, probably not because it cant be seen.

[al4x]

have a word with the tester, if its an advisory its probably not completely rotten but well worth finding where is affected and having a look. Obviously if you are looking to sell you could just fill with waxoil but depends on your ethics really

[TIGHTCHOKE]

It is exactly what it says an ADVISORY notice, it warns you of something that will need attention soon.

 

If it was too far gone you vehicle would have failed the test.

 

Get it in to a place like Nene Overland in Peterborough and ask for their advice.

[Tiger955i]

HI mate

 

I wouldn't try to hide anything from the MOT tester. When I had my series 3 the tester went over all of my chassis with a small ball pein hammer so no week areas would be missed.

 

I think an advisory is not a fail but an issue which must be addressed before your next MOT.

 

Probably best to get it looked at sooer rather than later.

 

ATB

 

Jamie

 

[landy george]

Get it in to a place like Nene Overland in Peterborough and ask for their advice.

I'd look for someone else, that will cost you an arm & a leg.

 

I've got a number for someone up your way who repair's land rover's for a living, he'll come to you. Can PM you his number if you like.

[Twistedsanity]

Get yourself a cheap mig welder and learn to weld , its not rocket science and always a usefull skill to have , I am self taught and have saved many many times the cost of my welder over the years

[landy george]

Get yourself a cheap mig welder and learn to weld , its not rocket science and always a usefull skill to have , I am self taught and have saved many many times the cost of my welder over the years

If you can, that is. I've got a mate who can't tie his own shoe laces

Edited June 6, 2013 by landy george

[Twistedsanity]

If you can, that is. I've got a mate who can't tie his own shoe laces

My brother is a total retard as well but we all have the ability to learn new things within us, it's just having the motivation and enthusiasm to go with it that some people seem to lack

[scutt]

ask tester to point out problem. The corrosion has to be excessive and within 12" of load bearing part of chassis PS he can only test with tool for the job and that's a plastic hammer with alloy scrapper.

[la bala]

i new a tester years ago that would go along a chassis with a chipping hammer, he was lethal.

[ferguson_tom]

Get used to it mate you have a landrover if it does not get the advisory of corrosion on some place then there is something wrong with it. Next you will be telling us you have a leak you cant fix !!!

 

All seriousness get underneath and have a poke about it could be anything from a bit of surface rust to a rather large bit of non structural metal missing. Ask the MOT tester where abouts it was. It is worth doing sooner rather than later it may just need cleaning with a wire wheel and a new coating of paint and last for ages. My discovery needs a patch in the boot floor which has never come up on the MOT as it does not affect anything structural however I will do it this summer as if i leave it the rust just spreads and spreads rather quickly.

 

You also find some MOT testers are over cautious or if not used to seeing landrovers etc may give an advisory when not really necessary, our old 2A used to go a local bloke who specialized in 4x4s and he was great as knew most people did the work themselves so would put some handwritten notes on the mot for you.

Edited June 6, 2013 by ferguson_tom

[shaun4860]

2 years ago my car got an advisory for the exhaust hanger, 2 mot's later it has never been mention again although I have never touched it

 

My nieces car had an advisory saying the discs were worn,

They didn't look bad to me so never touched them

Last mot passed with an advisory saying discs were worn

 

I think it all depends on the individual tester as to what they decide

 

[TaxiDriver]

Some MOT testers used to use yellow waxy chalk to mark up any areas that were in need of repair or attention,

 

Have you had a look underneath to see if he's marked it up ?

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pssst, Wanna buy a cheap mig welder ?

Edited June 6, 2013 by TaxiDriver

[Twistedsanity]

My mother in law has a 1998 escort estate and the last three mot's have all had an advisory about excessive corrosion to the rear brake pipe

[four-wheel-drive]

The problem with advisory's is unless you no the guy doing it and can ask him or you have a good look yourself all that they tend to do is worry you when I had my Jeep most years I would get two or three although not for rust but I would have nothing done and next year it would pass with two or three different ones if you can I would say when it is nice and dry try to get out and have a good look yourself then you can decide what you think is the best thing to do or not.

[jackinbox99]

ask tester to point out problem. The corrosion has to be excessive and within 12" of load bearing part of chassis PS he can only test with tool for the job and that's a plastic hammer with alloy scrapper.

 

What he said. Every MOT tester is different, and advisories are just what that particular tester thinks at that moment in time. Ive had cars before which have had advisories one year for something, ive done absolutely nothing about it, then next year its been fine. One of my cars had advisories for "worn suspension bushes" for 3 years running, then year 4 they were fine!

 

Have a word with the tester and see what he was referring to, then speak to an expert to see if its actually something you need to address. Ive heard of some MOT places advising on things in order to generate more repair work for themselves in the past, so its best to get someone elses opinion on it.

[Big Mat]

Could just be surface rust, best thing is to get underneath it and have a look.

[bornfree]

Just had my land rover 90 mot'd, it had a few advisories listed, the one that really concerns me is the one saying Chassis corroded, now what does this mean?

 

does this mean light surface rust, that is visable

 

holes in the chassis

 

or what?

 

if it was to be waxoiled or something similar, do you reckon it would be advised again, probably not because it cant be seen.

Andy it means the tin worms are hungry and one morning you will look out and just see a pile of rust on your drive

[four-wheel-drive]

I think some of these testers think that if they just pass cars with no problems maybe the powers that be will think that they are not giving them a really good looking over so they tend to put a few advisories just to make it look as if they are finding things wrong so the odd bit of rust or the odd slightly worn rubber bush is put on the test document that is my thoughts for what it is worth.

[DSPUK]

I have to ask this question - Has anyone ever found or heard of anyone who has found a empty bottle in chassis - I used to live near GKN Sankey who made chassis and mate was saying that it had been known for blokes to put one in now and again - it was a rattle very difficult to find.

 

Dave

[four-wheel-drive]

I have to ask this question - Has anyone ever found or heard of anyone who has found a empty bottle in chassis - I used to live near GKN Sankey who made chassis and mate was saying that it had been known for blokes to put one in now and again - it was a rattle very difficult to find.

 

Dave

That is not a nice thing to do it makes you really hope that on day they buy a second hand truck and it turns out to be the one that they nobaled. :good:

[goldypurple]

I went to the garage and asked what they ment, as it had patches on for the mot this year they advised it, and also because of surface rust and advised getting it wax oiled, i got them to document it with a written letter as i was selling the vehicle, so the new owner was happy.