November 2003
i have a peugeot 406 1.9dt which the engine is knocking,
when you listen to the exaust note it sounds like it is missing a beat, i have losened all the injector pipes one at a time and lisened for change in engine noise, all injectors when lisened too had a noise change.
the car pulls well and stars okay on the 2nd blast of the glow plugs
has anyone got any ideas? Read more
After this morning's hot thread it's clear that buying a car buys you an image, sometimes good and sometimes bad. Are there any cars which this does not apply to?
This idea has been talked about by a few friends of mine when considering a company car (coincidentally, they are all company owners and seem interested in projecting the best image).
Their reasoning (all very different companies) is that people don't want to give their money to you if you seem to flashy, something that just about staggers into the car park looks like you are about to go under and something way-out makes you look like a loose cannon.
The only ideas I could come up with are a Land Rover Defender - because you wouldn't be surprised if the Queen got out of one or if a farm worker got out of one. Alternatively a Mk1 Golf GTi could maybe swing it if it was completely standard and in a dark colour, but that's a bit old for reliable driving and modern service intervals.
One friend eventually went for a Renault Safranne because it isn't "aspirational", wasn't expensive as a 2 year old car and most people wouldn't remember what it was.
Over to you guys for some ideas!
Gareth
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Strange the different reactions these cars provoke. There's a beautiful red E-type that I often see round here and I must admit that it makes me smile to see such a wonderful car. Another factor mught be that E-types are often driven by people who are "getting on a bit" (no offence Morris!!)and it makes me think "there's s guy who has hankered after one since he was a youth and now his kids no longer demand all his money he has fulfilled his life's ambition - good for him and maybe one day......", what's more the people driving them often have a permanent smile from the pleasure they get from it.
Not sure about the Mulsanne - I tend to look at the car not the driver and admire that - bloke driving has probably earned it anyway - and the ain't no envy - just nice to see such (British????) engineering.By the way - just had two very good experiences with BMW drivers - one who let me out of a side road with a cheery wave yesterday and today where I made a real c***-up and got in the wrong lane, who let me in and saved me a great deal of embarassment and possible obstruction to other road users? Yep a 5 series. Thank you!
Hi y'all.
just a quicky,
The front nearside headlight has blown this morning - ive got replacements ready at home to put in. Bought the new Osram Silver Super high power a while ago but never got round to changing them.
But advise please on whether its neccessaery to get a garage to adjust the headlight beam after just replacing the bulbs.
Its the H4 2 fillament type with the 3 prongs that just unclip and pop out.
I intend to replace them with the uttermost care so as not to move the reflector, so would back roomers suggest getting the allignment checked, is this likely to upset the alignment, or will it not have changed (how easy is it to knock out of place?)
The MOT was only last month and the lights were correcly alligned then.
Car is 92 Ford Escort
Incidently, isnt it annoying how the little things go wrong just AFTER an MOT/service!!!
Cheers
Dave
Oh, and yes i am going to replace both at the same time! :) Read more
No, shouldn't necessary to re-align the lights. The 3 prongs will positively locate the bulbs, and the alignment is set by a number of bolts.
Take heed of the advice not to touch the bulbs, and if you do carefully clean the surface with meths to remove your fingerprints, or the bulbs may get hot spots and shatter.
RichardW
Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....
I'm currently working a contract in the IT department of Social Services. We have just been discussing the merits of better ways to punish thieves, muggers, and low life in general. A finger chopped off per offence, and bringing back the stocks were the best ideas put forwards.
The guys then got onto the subject of how motorists are persecuted with fines etc, and one of the guys came up with a suggestion that I quite liked.
If you were caught speeding, or jumping a red light, you should be stopped at the scene (would obviously only work if there were more traffic police and not greed cameras) and made to hand your keys over, and be deprived the use of your car for 24 hours.
What other alternative punishments would the backroomers like to see? Read more
No opinion on speeders - but for convicted drink drivers - who i have zero respect for, for personal reasons, I think that we should program a block similar to a car size and weight that travels towards the offender - and sometimes the controller for the block will stop in plenty of time, sometimes it'll just nudge the offender, and others it makes a mess! Drastic maybe - but the offender was willing to carry out the same kind of risk for other road users when they were driving so why not put them infront of the risk too.
Don't know if anyone has made reference to this site before.
Found it interesting but off course subjective.
www.secureyourmotor.gov.uk/cars/cartheftrating1.asp
By providing your make and model the site will use RAG status to indicate the risk of theft for your motor categorised by year from 1987 to 2001.
Might be worth a look if you think you are being hit hard (relatively speaking - harder than others) for insurance.
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The website gives an idea of the chance of a car being stolen based on the number of cars stolen as a percentage of the number of that particular car on the road - a more common older car is more likely to get nicked. Autoexpress has details of the security ratings for all cars which is based on how easy they are to break in to and how quickly they can be hotwired and driven off. For example the smart has a low rating on the above website (very few about and who would want to nick one!), but in autoexpress it scores just one and two stars for the ease at which it can be broken in to and driven off.
www.wreckedexotics.com/newphotos/weird/weird286.sh...l
Don\'t know if I have done the link correct, and I know that there have been links to wrecked exotics recently, but as this was the subject of various threads previously, thought it might be \"good\" to see what we were discussing!
(In case I have done it wrong, its all the new Volvos and Beemers that sank to the bottom of the sea!
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Couple of questions. Firstly why does the air filter have a hose connecting it to the oil filler cap ? Secondly as these engines are notorious for turning the oil into mayonaise how often should I change the oil ? Is it worth using cheap oil and changing it more often to keep flushing it out ? Read more
oops, didn't carry on the sentence.
... so they should last the life of the engine.
As I have mentioned previously, I have a "51" reg Scenic dci which I am very disappointed with the engine. I know Renault Family sing the praise of its successor in the Laguna with the 120bhp and 6 speed box.
Reading on Ford's website about the C max with their diesel engine and it looks good.
Anyone have experience of both of these? Read more
Can anyone give me step by step instructions on how to remove the standard radio/cassette from a T Reg Toyota Picnic. It has the standard \"face off front\".
Do I look to slip the radio removal tools down the side once I have taken the front panel off? Someone has once told me that the actual radio is secured by a bolt behind the dashboard?
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R-F is pretty much right the best thing to do is try the tools out.It can be a pain getting them out but then it may pop out no problem.I don`t know what tool is supplied to remove it as some face off`s use a double spike on each side others use a single plate about 10 mm wide 2/3 mm thick.should not be too much of a problem though.let me know how you get on
A couple of months back I managed to "blow" the turbo on my TDI Leon. BTW - I had carried out a 30000 service myself using genuine Seat parts and castrol oil. Therefore technically voiding my warranty. Interestingly, when I complained to Seat that I would not expect a turbo to die at just over 30000 they were happy enought to carry out the repair under warranty, as long as I had the car serviced at the dealership to re-instate the warranty.
But to my question. I was considerably over the national speed limit when this happened. Power faded, I gave her a bit more juice but nothing happened, car continued to slow, dropped from 5th gear to 4th gear, no more power in 4th, loud pop followed by masses of smoke from the exhaust. I knocked the car out of gear (not clever I know) and coasted across onto the hard shoulder.
Leoness bravely towed me home and on giving the motor the once over, I noticed the oil was off the dipstick. Took a guess that the oil seals had gone on the turbo which sucked the oil out of the engine and blew it down the exhaust.....
Dealership had the car for a week they confirmed the turbo had possibly over boosted causing the seals to fail. They replaced the turbo and other parts with new ones. I asked about consequences regards other damage being caused which may only become evident with time. The Service manger stated these would be covered by warranty.
My warranty has now expired and there have been no obvious after effects. Incidentally a number of sensors were replaced during the repair, resolving an un-diagnosed fault I had complained about from new.
Have racked up another 30,000 since, car does not loose oil or behave any way strangely. Any obvious things I should be keeping an eye on as I don't intend to change this motor for a good few years yet.
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