DPF removal and the MOT time

[Sp!ke]

a colleague at work has just been towed to his local garage with a blocked DPF and the garage is quite keen on just removing the DPF rather than just replacing it.

Given that this is a 2009 car and given that I suspect the ECU will need some foolery so as to behave correctly with the DPF removed, I wonder if there are any implications in doing this come MOT time - especially in light of the proposed Jan 2012 MOT changes.

Anyone have an opinion?

 

[Will]

No warranty or goodwill offered from the manufacturer on such a new car?

What car is it out of interest?

 

[crockers]

I'm surprised the manufacturer hasn't replaced it free - it's under 3 years old so should last longer than that. Is the car used mainly for short journeys?

 

[Sp!ke]

Apparently the car is 2007 and not 2009 so no warranty left on the car.

It is a Mondeo.

 

[flango]

We remove them all the time, but the car will need remapping, will also increase power and improve fuel economy, only downside you may get a bit of smoke from the exhaust during hard accelaration but nothing that would fail an MOT smoke test.