August 2003
Hi chaps,
I'm need someone who has a Focus Mk2 TDdi with a heated front screen to have a look in their under bonnet fuse box for me please as I need to clarify an ambiguity.
I need you to look & see if your car if fitted with relay K84. For some reason Ford have chosen to label this as R13 in the fuse box lid - it has an engine symbol on it.
If you open the lid of the fuse box then its in the 2nd column from the RH side. The first column has 2 large relays, the 2nd from right has space for 4 smaller relays. I'm looking to see if the 2nd one from the top of the 2nd column is fitted or not.
This is actually called the engine run relay.
Its important that its a TDdi/Endura engine NOT a TDci - and it MUST have a heated front screen.
Thanks in anticipation.
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Now I never need to leave this site!
/me goes to get a life... Read more
Can any one help i have a 01 mondeo tddi which ocasionally miss fires,If you try to hold the revs at a steady 1750 to 1800 RPM you get a surging and if you listen to the exhaust you can hear the occasional miss,and the engine seems to run very roughly at this rpm.My ford dealer says there is nothing he can do but it does spoil what i consider to be a good car.I need a cure!
(Moved from discussion. DD.)
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Does anyone know how to get information as to how the Vehicle Mileage Check offices have reached a mileage discrepency on my car, but will not tell me how?
A second-hand car was bought from a Car Dealer who said he had done a HPI check. The car was bought as it was low mileage but I suspected otherwise: but the MOT\'s showed a low mileage. I have now traced a point, prior to the first MOT when there was a very high mileage noted, but VMC will not disclose where this info comes from. They use Data Protection as a reason not to disclose to anyone other than the Motor Trade. (Data Protection only relates to people not cars!.)
I do not want to fgo the long route of Trading Standards.
I need this exact information so, please, can any one help?
In hope, thanks,
v b
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VB - One last point. Please don't think I'm being smug, and I know it's easy to be wise after the event, but why did you buy a car with low mileage that seemed well worn for the miles?
Low mileage cars usually go for a premium that is rarely justified - there is loads of discussion about this - but the consensus here is that you buy first on condition, then on price, and only then on mileage.
Just thought it might be useful to some of you to know that my father\'s 52 plate Mondeo has just been recalled due to a fault with the handbrake assembly. Apparently, in some conditions, the handbrake will just not hold the car, he hasn\'t had any problems yet though.
Also, the car is booked in for the work to be done without any hassle from Ford. Read more
This seems overdue as the recall was June 02
Personally I would always leave a car in gear to be safe
Leesten very carefully, as I shall say zis only once...
Towing a trailer?
Then stay out of the blinking 3rd lane on the motorway - YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO USE IT!
I thankyou.
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Can someone please tell me why I mind cranes on the motorway less than caravans?
Also, as an aside - if they did classify them as mopeds, I could almost imagine some 16 year old muppet buying one to drive to school... :-)
I bought a Ford Focus at auction in Feb. All seems ok and I'm happy with the car.
Unfortunately there is no record of the radio's security code.
The radio is working fine, but i guess i'll have a problem some time in the future.
It is a factory fitted radio. Can i get the code from a central database somewhere ?
If not, is the problem easier to deal with now while working than it would be after a flat battery ?
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turn up with car they just check number sticker on set and pump it in there computer did mine last week costs £10.00 no vat
Hi,
I have a peugeot 306 1.9 xldt the problem I am having is when I don't use the car for 1 day but use it the next day it will only start after several turns of the key, it won't start straight away. But once its started it runs well and starts ok. The battery has plenty of power and doesn't go flat whilst trying to start it.
Please can you tell me what could be wrong?
Pug306xldt
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All of the fuel delivery and return pipes including the leak-off pipes on the fuel injectors.
Replace the fuel filter - it could have a damaged seal (which is integral with the filter btw)
afternoon all,
got a problem with my boot on my mk3 fiesta
it won\'t open.
the key will turn in the lock however it won\'t actually unlock
i can open it from the inside by using a screwdriver to move something on the latch that releases the lock - or pull the metal bar when the black panel is removed from the inside of the boot door.
i have tried wd40\'ing to see if that had any efect but none.
with the key turning I think that part of the lock is fine but obviously another part isn\'t, any suggestion to a fix?
anything i can get from a scrappy or am i gonna need a locksmith or a trip to a garage, any ideas of cost? Read more
swmbo had her fiesta fail its mot-no access to boot. seems she left it at the testing station with the spare keys so she wouldn`t have to take the house key off the key ring of the keys normally in use. the spare keys wouldn`t open the boot lock. the tester therefore couldn`t inspect the inside of the boot.shame really after she hoovered it out and polished it as well.
I've just got back from a family holiday to Devon and couldn't help but notice a distinct lack of caravans on the road. Is it just peculiar to my routes/holiday venue or has anyone else noticed this?
Surely the good old caravan can't be on the decline? If so, who can we moan about instead?
Pat Read more
Judging by my last two weeks commuting most caravans this year seem to be updside down at M3 junction 13 :-(((((
Browse
I'm sitting waiting to be made redundant (end of August) so just playing on the internet all day. I can rack up a few dozen hits a day no problem...