Guest 1949Billyboy Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Hi I am a new cab owner and have enjoyed driving it for about six weeks. The car was originally registered 01 - 09 - 1991 Does anyone know if it should have a Catalitic Converter fitted? my has not, but whats confusing is that it has a Lambda sensor in the down pipe. this is not connected to anything and there does not appear to be any wiring to connect it to. The owners handbook shows engine spec both with and without I am wondering if and hoping that someone has replaced the down pipe with one from a later car. My local MOTcentre has told my that if its pre 1992 then it does not need a cat fitted. Any advice would be appreciated Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1949Billyboy Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Sorry its a 1.6 CVH EFI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rustler Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 From what I can gather, legislation regarding NEW EMISSION laws came into force on 01/08/1992, and stated that all cars registered on,or after 01/01/1993 must conform to these requirements. At that time the only known way of reducing the emisions was by fitting a CATALYTIC CONVERTER. From what I can recall most ,if not all car manufacturers were well aware of this coming legistration a good couple of years prior to 01/01/1993, and consequently started to fit CATs on many cars by or around mid 1991. Some makers even started to BADGE their cars :-..... 1.6lt catalytic ....or .....1.6 Cat Con etc etc. So to sum up, If your car was registered on or after 01/01/1993 ,then it must be fitted with the appropriate Cat. With regard to your 1991 reg car then NO!! its not neccassary for it to be fitted with a cat.....But it could be possible that like my own April 1992 built 1.8 RQB Zetec car ,a cat com could have been fitted. So in my opinion ,you've nought to worry about......enjoy your free flowing exhaust system,and the greater power output. Trust that the above may be of some use to you Cheere Mate Rustler................"The Oldest Cabbier".......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 1949Billyboy Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Thanks for your help Rustler Best Regrds Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincygav Posted October 31, 2013 Share Posted October 31, 2013 I had a 1.6 Ghia Orion without CAT as it was 1991 Registered. Although from 1992 all of them came with CATs as standard because of the law, it also sapped 3bhp out of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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