[Tengocity]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-39339063

Hope this doesn't lead to our MOT system moving more like the Germans with their TUV palava!

[creepy coupe]

Originally Posted by Tengocity

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-39339063

Hope this doesn't lead to our MOT system moving more like the Germans with their TUV palava!

Same here.

[1966-TR4]

Story is a wee bit misleading, I would imagine the main culprit was the removal of the cat leading to an exhaust leak.

[Tengocity]

Originally Posted by 1966-TR4

Story is a wee bit misleading, I would imagine the main culprit was the removal of the cat leading to an exhaust leak.

Misleading in what way? That's still a modification gone wrong.

[robbiep]

Originally Posted by Tengocity

Misleading in what way? That's still a modification gone wrong.

"Giving evidence to the inquest, Det Insp Rob Kirby described how smoke from the car's engine came up through the bonnet and into the air intake vents before passing into the cabin.
He said a carbon monoxide detector recorded levels of 400 parts per million (ppm). The maximum level the police device was capable of recording was 500 ppm."

He had removed the cat and then cut holes into the bonnet - classic 'chav vents' - which then allowed the gases to pass directly into the cabin air intake.

There are modifications, and then there are modifications ...

[M40CCA]

Originally Posted by robbiep

"Giving evidence to the inquest, Det Insp Rob Kirby described how smoke from the car's engine came up through the bonnet and into the air intake vents before passing into the cabin.
He said a carbon monoxide detector recorded levels of 400 parts per million (ppm). The maximum level the police device was capable of recording was 500 ppm."

He had removed the cat and then cut holes into the bonnet - classic 'chav vents' - which then allowed the gases to pass directly into the cabin air intake.

There are modifications, and then there are modifications ...

Reminds me of when the exhaust manifold used to crack on the E53 X5s

[teaston]

How on earth did they die from it though? Surely they'd smell the fumes and pull over? Or at worst start feeling faint and pull over!?

[Goneinsixtyseconds]

It's ok, the coroner said it was only dangerous if you modified a Ford.......

[Goneinsixtyseconds]

Originally Posted by teaston

How on earth did they die from it though? Surely they'd smell the fumes and pull over? Or at worst start feeling faint and pull over!?

Perhaps they were parked up, engine running, and "busy".

[1966-TR4]

Originally Posted by Tengocity

Misleading in what way? That's still a modification gone wrong.

To be fair I didn't read the specific article, I read the story elsewhere where the author's focus seemed to be on the bonnet vents.

[Karlj]

Originally Posted by teaston

How on earth did they die from it though? Surely they'd smell the fumes and pull over? Or at worst start feeling faint and pull over!?

Carbon monoxide poisoning is not a grand deal different to hypoxia, where you really don't realise what is happening, and if you do, it's usually far too late to do anything about it. Being parked up for a long time was likely the culprit here, as there was no amount of fresh-air passing through the vents from (a lack of) forward speed of the car.