June 2003
I have just bought a W reg Peugeot 406 estate and have a couple of problems
1)It does not have a parcel shelf / luggage cover and I am reluctant to pay approx £175 for a replacement. Does anyone know where I can get one at a reasonable price?
2)It came with only one key, which operates the locks, alarm and immobilizer remotely from the key fob. I have not been given any codes for the key, radio etc. How do I get these codes because I assume that if I have to disconnect the battery for any reason I will need the codes.
3)Because I only have one key I need to get a second one but I am concerned that there is still a key out there that will access the car. Can I get the system reprogrammed so that the missing key is useless and if so what is involved in doing this? Is it a long process, is it pricey and, more to the point do I have to go back to a Peugeot dealer to have this done? I have not had a car with remote locking / alarm facilities etc before so this is all a grey area to me. Your expert help is desperately needed.
Cheers
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Someone out there must have already made a spreadsheet that takes a odometer milage reading and no of litres for every time you fill up and calcultes all sorts of mpg per tank, mpg to date, miles travelled per month etc etc.
If you have, would you care to share it? Read more
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I was wondering, what are the possible consequences of overfilling when changing the engine's lubricating oil?
Can the oil pressure rise? Read more
There are some marvellous scare stories from the days of semi-diesels as used in old boats. They were designed to run on any old fuel. When worn, so much oil could be drawn up the bores that the engine started running on the lubricating oil, and uncontrollably ran faster and faster. In the end they flew apart, siezed up spectacularly, or ripped the bottom out of the boat.
At least with a car, or a petrol engine running on, it is possible to stall it.
With any car engine, especially if it has covered a few miles, anything that puts the seals under greater pressure is undesirable, as leaking oil can get on the clutch or timing belt.
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I seem to recall that the Telegraph reviewed a plugin gizmo that made the beeps the indicators make louder .
Can anyone point me to a source for my Golf mark 3 ?
My friendly local VAG dealer says there is no such item.
thanks all
Martin
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It's not so easy or safe to wire directly into a modern loom. Bulb failure warning systems are one example of a circuit that might malfunction. Towbar fitters use a sort of current detecting relay. One side is wired into the circuit being monitored, another is connected to the battery, a third is connected to the accessory. When in use the relay detects a current but doesn't use this power source, it switches the power as required via the battery connection to the accessory. Indespension sell the relays and they also sell a good little booklet on towbar wiring. (No connection)
I have a '91 Mk2 Golf 1.6 carb which has done 20k in my first 12 months of ownership, having previously done only 5k/year. Since about 6 months ago it has been choking and stalling first thing in the morning, only settling down after a couple of miles. It also runs on for a few seconds after ignition switch-off, and although it has always done this, it seems to have got worse over the same 6-month period. My Haynes manual gives 4 possible causes so I'm interested to know if anyone has any preferences as to likely cause.
Additional info:
- the engine has a slightly high idle speed
- I've changed the oil and filter every 6k
- for the first 6 months I used Optimax almost exclusively, but for the last 6 months my girlfriend has used a variety of cheaper fuel.
Would anyone suggest any of the following?
- Fuel additive/cleaner
- Optimax only
- carb adjustment
- anything else
Thanks very much
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Katie,
have you had any luck fixing this problem???
You have explained exactly what my car is doing except i have a weber and have replaced plugs, leads, coil, dizzy, fuel pump etc.
Thanks
A bit of forward planning combined with trepidation about the MOT diesel emissions test!
Car is Audi A4 TDi 115 reg. Sept 2000. Mileage 35,000
Warranty until end of August 2000, first MOT due at same time presumably. My queries are:
a) Cambelt change for this model, as stated in service handbook, is 60,000 miles. Is this correct or optimistic? (Incidentally, other Audi engines have 80k or 115k intervals!)
b) Should I have the MOT test before the warranty expires in case the cambelt (or anything else) breaks? Would I be covered?
Car has been maintained to manufacturer's schedule plus intermediate (5,000) mile oil and filter changes.
Thanks
Pat Read more
Many thanks for the responses. I'll be having an oil and filter change done at the dealers shortly, so I'll double check the cambelt change recommendation.
Regards
Pat
Does the latest Mercedes C-Class have chain- or belt-cam setup for the petrol 1800 Kompressor 143bhp (C180K) and 167 bhp (C200K)engines?
I want to steer clear of cam-belt engines in the future and would like to know. Read more
Told you he'd know.
Im off to France / Italy this summer in my car, which is fitted with xenon headlights. The handbook says to take to dealer to alter them, however, I have a 320mile drive to dover overnight, so will need headlights! I heard somewhere that they are standard fit and dont need to be changed for Europe because they arent directional! Anyone have any ideas? TIA Read more
Mind you the French are not bad
"Train à Grande Vitesse" sounds so much nicer than "intercity 125"
(sorry intercity 70 in hot weather)
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Sadly, love them or hate them, they are actually bang on with the TGV, it really is Grande Vitesse compared to our trains, even when they are running at full speed.
IIRC TGV runs at about twice the speed of our 125/225's.
Cockle
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Just watched tonight's Top Gear which had the Fiat 500 on it. It prompted me to think - when did manufacturers change the doors opening from what the Fiat had to what we are used to now?
Also, which is best - I was looking at the Fiat thinking that it makes great sense being hinged at the rear so that you can swing your legs in and out and also use the door to lean on if required.
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"A pointless test and not real life"?
"you never see a car pull out of a side road and get t-boned do you"?
I saw a car pull out of a side road on the left, heading for the central refuge. I may, at the time, have SEEN it get t-boned, but I have never remembered doing so. The only thing I remember is my foot heading for the brake pedal, and the ambulance man's attentions about 10 minutes later. I don't think I did manage much braking, and I'd been doing 50mph, not 30. Fortunately for the other driver, 1) I hit her Escort mainly across the rear door/B to C pillar rather than straight into her door, and 2) I was driving a Citroen AX.
"I can't help but think that some of the posts here are getting carried away"
- I agree. The TG thing was fair enough. Doesn't stand for anything more than what it did. Cars are indeed all different shapes and sizes - the NCAP test really just attempts to provide a repeatable, standardised test of the behaviour of that individual car. It's not perfect, but it's a start.
If all cars were made extremely rigid rather than having crumple zones, I'd like to think that an AX would just get knocked aside by a Land Rover, rather than crushed. But then the sudden acceleration in another direction would no doubt kill us by mashing our brains or snapping our necks.
Did you see the channel 4 or 5 programme where Tiff Needell (remotely) crashed a not-that-ancient BMW 5 and a Volvo 740 head on, each at 50? (IIRC)
I'd be interested to see how the occupants (dummies!) fared in two Espaces colliding head on, each doing 59mph. Then we'd see just *how much* safer the technological advances have things so far. Overall, things can only ever get a certain amount better until we all drive AXs OR we all drive Range Rovers.
Since some people still buy themselves say a Peugeot 406, and therefore didn't buy say a Discovery, it looks like we're still shrugging a bit about fate and accidents.
In that case, why NOT buy a Kia Sedona instead of an Espace?
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It does not need to be motoring related. In fact, in this thread it should not be.
No politics
No Speeding, speed cameras, traffic calming
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I agree its crazy - these days you can buy a video recorder and a TV for that!
Try an independent, there are now a few that will code a key. Remember that you are entitled to the code (VW dealer near me has apparently been trying charge people for giving them the code).