Way2go wrote:I also used good quality wide tyraps that fitted the spreader plate and although any leakage would have been negligible to non-existent Mr MOT man failed the car on this. He also insisted that they needed to be metal for brake security to comply with the MOT.KevR wrote: Not true! I've been happily using tie-wrapped strut return pipes for many years with no problems at all. I use the original metal spreader plate and two top-quality wraps (yellow ones as liberated from the Post Room at my old work - used for closing mailbags).
The point can be debated but I decided it wasn't worth the aggravation at MOT time as this item is checked every time. After-all it's not really a problem to use (& re-use) the metal clips.
i'd say your MOT tester is talking out of his/her BUM,
and i would use a MOT station/tester that knows citroens
regards malcolm