Exhaust emits dense blue or clearly visible black smoke for a continuous period of 5 seconds at idle · 8.2.1.2 · (f) · DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7)
What is the category for Exhaust emits dense blue or clearly visible black smoke for a continuous period of 5 seconds at idle · 8.2.1.2 · (f) · DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7)?
For Exhaust emits dense blue or clearly visible black smoke for a continuous period of 5 seconds at idle, inspection item number is 8.2.1.2; defect reference is (f); authority is DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7); category is Major; inspection item is Gaseous emissions, recorded from its source on 2026-08-06; source re-checked 2026-10-11.
(f) | Exhaust emits dense blue or clearly visible black smoke for a continuous period of 5 seconds at idle | Major
— gov.uk, retrieved 2026-08-06
- Defect
- Exhaust emits dense blue or clearly visible black smoke for a continuous period of 5 seconds at idle verified
- Category
- Major verified
- Inspection item number
- 8.2.1.2
- Defect reference
- (f) verified
- Inspection item
- Gaseous emissions
- Authority
- DVSA MOT (cars, vans and passenger vehicles, classes 3, 4, 5, 7) our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
Source
- gov.ukhttps://www.gov.uk/guidance/mot-inspection-manual-for-private-passenger-and-light-commercial-vehicles/8-nuisance