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- Thu Apr 15, 2010 10:59 pm #188044 hay guys well im abit scared when it comes to technical main things on my civic and did not wont to brake any fing as its my baby so i wonted to come to the pros . so im looking to put my car in for a sevice it will be my first sevice as im only 19 and its my first car so im looking to put it back on the road and and get going so i just wonted to mabe have a look over first my self and wonted to know what sort of things i shod be looking for as im not realy 100% shor what thay will be looking for in the sevice and dont realy wont to have to be going back again if it wont pass on some thing i could have got b4 the sevice .... and my car is a 1995 lsi coupe just if theres stuff that you know things to look out for on the ej/eg's . thx

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- Fri Apr 16, 2010 10:34 am #188126 The mot shop will b looking for worn bushings as the most physical aspect of the inspection. I failed one time cause my steering rack end bushing was worn and it was causing some play at the ends. They also check to see if u have any lights on in your cluster (airbag, abs, check engine light). They put a sniffer on ur tailpipe to check emissions, so the o2 sensor and catalyst must be doing their job right. One time I failed due to my seatbelts were worn-they were a little frayed in places since the car had quite a few miles on it. They also inspected my ehaust system, the roads over there are treated with tons of salt in the winter so that destroys factory exhaust. The bushings are going to thake a fair amount of mechanical skills, but o2 sensors and catalyst replacement are rather easy. The windscreen should be free of cracks, if you have any, they are not allowed to be in the drivers immediate view or something like that. Of course your lights must be operable as well as your horn.

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- Fri Apr 16, 2010 11:58 am #188133 ok grate thxs .... when i got the car the guy said it might need a cv joint or boot i cant remmber but are thay not cheap to replace ? ... plus sum times my back light needs a wack to get it on would that just be a loss wire ?

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- Fri Apr 16, 2010 3:23 pm #188173 Cv joints will need replacement, expect a 30 pounds for each of those plus labour. The rear light will be an issue as they chceck those too, go to Halfords and get some spray contact cleaner and take all the light bulbs out of their respective sockets and spray that in the sockets...loose wires are rare unless you snagged it with something rolling around in the boot.

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- Fri Apr 16, 2010 8:31 pm #188243 ok grate thanks ... do you know whats the easest way to check your tyre tread depth with out useing a proper fing so i can tell if there still legal ?

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- Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:20 pm #188248 U can get that thing at Halfords too for just over a pound. In america we just put a 25 cent coin with head towards the tread...if it makes it past george washingtons head, its good. Maybe the queens pound coin will be similar.

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- Fri Apr 16, 2010 9:35 pm #188253 ok thanks ill give it ago

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