MOT

[hath]

well lads the old car sj went for its MOT to day and came back with two pages of fails i initially thought thats it its of to the scrap yard in the sky but when i read the fails there was only the emissions at idle that was a worry, the rest were stupid things but two have me beaten one states windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid ?? as far as i can tell it works perfect and the second direction indicators flashing more than 120 times a minute ?? i knew they flashed quick but no idea why any help please lads

[timwilks13]

sounds like a bit of a harsh tester in my opinion, my washer bottle just trickled out a little splatter on my windscreen and he said they work, so not sure what to suggest about that? maybe re do the washer pipes to come straight onto the wiper blades that some people do, if hes not happy with the jets? but if you think they work just fine go to a different test station!

[Ladaman]

Yep sounds harsh.

My washers were poor, but giving the bottle and the pick up pipe a good clean sorted it out.

Indicators often flash fast when a bulb is out, but that can't be the case or it would be another fail.

Have you changed any of the bulbs to LED ones? I had an issue with flashing speed when I did, but just changing the flasher relay to an LED suitable one sorted it out.

Good luck.

[hath]

i think he took one look at it and thought here we go but its a real solid little car i am not going to do anything about the washers see what he says when i take it back i havnt done anything with the lights as they have always worked since i bought it will take them off and have a look, i have to agree think he has been in a bad mood when he has looked at it even failed the number plate that has always passed

[twiss]

You should come to my local MOT station they'll pass anything there haha

[hath]

to be honest he is normally pretty good but he must have been rattled today or time of month lol

[Tramp]

Re the indicators, Check the bulbs and make sure they are the correct wattage, you can get different wattage bulbs for different applications, if they are too low a wattage they will flash too quick, what are the wattages? I don't know, I'd have thought Darrell might know, he's the resident SCUK librarian

[Boyes]

As tramp said, when I didn't have any side indicators I just put a higher wattage bulb in to stop them flashing too fast

[hath]

cheers lads will try that tomorrow to wet to even have a look at the moment

[Darrell]

This is my SJ413 (Jap - 1987)