Ford Transit Forum

by **transit lee** » Fri Dec 25, 2009 5:10 pm

does any no about the new law coming next year about cat converters

by **v8rick** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:50 am

are you saying that there IS a new law,,, or does anyone know if they are changing it??

by **transit lee** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:26 pm

yes apalrently all transits up to 2000 without cat converters
will be fined ( 1500 pounds ) if u dont pay it & your caught
a second time your van is taken away & scraped or u have
a cat converter fitted at 2000 pounds
or u convert it to petol

a few people i now r all ready converting to petol

all because of this scrappage system with the new cars & vans
& it comes in to law on the 15 january

by **MrMPuk** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:33 pm

And you believed who ever told you this why?

by **transit lee** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 4:13 pm

well all i can say is where just have to wait & see
( say no more )

by **MrMPuk** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 4:20 pm

So you can't provide any evidence then. It's just if what you said above is true then there would some sort of info about it somewhere, not just a bit hear say.

by **Trojan** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:36 pm

The only think I can think of is the new zone in London.

http://www.truckuk.net/publications.asp is one thing I have found out about it - basically saying vans and lorries that don't pass extra tests will simply not be allowed in. I know we have to use Euro5 lorries now for deliveries into the capital, so maybe this is what the OP meant?

by **ake** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 8:38 pm

Is this perhaps referring to Particulate Filters :?:

by **v8rick** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:35 am

are you trying to say that all vans that are older than a 2000 will need a cat fitting to them????

they cant and wouldnt do that,,,, i wonder how many pre 2000 transits there are, and how they rekon someone with a mark 1 would want / be able to fit a cat to one.

what a load of rubbish....

it may be a new rule for the capital,,,, but then that would be due to the congestion charge as already stated not a general law for all vehicles surely?

by **transit lee** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:03 pm

the mot garage where i got my transit moteed
last march told me this law so im only passing on what
they have told me

by **bazw** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:29 pm

are you in london by any chance lee ?

by **Altransit** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:36 pm

From the sound of what you said, it's to do with the London Emission Zone (LEZ) where all pre 2002 diesel vans under 3500 kg will need a particulate filter fitted to comply with the new zone. I think the price quoted was around £2k.
It's not happening in January though

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