Brian Considine
11-04-2008, 08:55 PM
Those of us who travel in the LEZ (roughly within the M25) will (or should be) aware of the Low Emmission Zone. This will effect all Transporters & larger from October 2010. If you have a euro III engine you will not be effected until February 2012 when you will need to have a euro IV engine.
There are options ;
1) Change the vehicle.
2) Change the engine (to petrol :aargh4:) or to a euro IV unit.
3) Modify the existing engine or submit the vehicle to a smoke test at a VOSA Testing Facility.
4) Pay Mr Livingtone (or his successor) £100 per day.
To be honest, I would rather keep my T4 but I cannot as yet find anyone who could possibly supply & fit a later euro IV engine (if, indeed it is possible) or modify the existing one I may have to bite the bullet & buy a new T5.
Again VOSA have advised me that I can submit the vehicle for a smoke test & if it passes I can be issued with a "certificate of low emmissions" but they require the data from VW to see if it has "a chance of complying". VW themselves have apparently not made this information available to VOSA - anyway of obtaining this please ? anyone ?
Generally, information is scarce - anything further would be most appreciated - before we know it time will be very tight.
There are options ;
1) Change the vehicle.
2) Change the engine (to petrol :aargh4:) or to a euro IV unit.
3) Modify the existing engine or submit the vehicle to a smoke test at a VOSA Testing Facility.
4) Pay Mr Livingtone (or his successor) £100 per day.
To be honest, I would rather keep my T4 but I cannot as yet find anyone who could possibly supply & fit a later euro IV engine (if, indeed it is possible) or modify the existing one I may have to bite the bullet & buy a new T5.
Again VOSA have advised me that I can submit the vehicle for a smoke test & if it passes I can be issued with a "certificate of low emmissions" but they require the data from VW to see if it has "a chance of complying". VW themselves have apparently not made this information available to VOSA - anyway of obtaining this please ? anyone ?
Generally, information is scarce - anything further would be most appreciated - before we know it time will be very tight.