February 2004
hi my £300 bargain corsa k plate 34000 miles is proving to be agood little car,
apart from ther outside temp reading reads "-,--"
having several qualifications, i deduced that its broken!
can i, and how do i fix it
or is it a write off.
many thanks
derek whittle
excellent website
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Recently i've seen/heard a lot of people, and signs on buses highlighting that you should give buses way as per the highway code. however it seems that buses themselves dont follow the highway code.
Mirror-Signal-Manouvere is the correct way. However Buses all seem to Manouvere, Signal, and in some cases, then they use their Mirror.
Perhaps if they used correct road manners and used the Highway Code for themselves as they ask of others, and didnt pull out when there is a car down their side, other roads users might be more inclined to allow them to pull out.
Its like Catch 22 on all fronts. Read more
My sympathies, Dagwood, and I don't think I'd be alone in offering to make sure he has more than a broken finger to worry about if you just care to point him out...
I think this thread should be more aimed at taxi drivers than bus drivers - they are the ones who don't seem to give a damn about what they do. Had three on the way home tonight, two who jumped lights by about 5 years and one who decided to start reversing around a corner with me about 15 yards behind him and traffic oncoming... There is also one corner where I turn left in to it where I have had taxi drivers cutting across me hundreds of times, including one who didn't seem to notice I was there at all.
Bus drivers have a hard job dragging a big lump of metal around the roads. Even minibuses aren't exactly easy. Taxis however are much easier to drive - they are just cars after all. The drivers have no excuse.
My wife's 13 year old Corolla is due its MOT this month and is suffering from a rusty off-side wing. At last years test, the inspector merely commented on the accompanying MOT checklist sheet, but the intervening 12 months has - not surprisingly - seen the corrosion worsen. We now have a long narrow gap at the top of the wheelarch, surrounded by sharp edges. I would say the rust hole is 6 inches long and about 1 inch high.
Can anyone advise me as to whether this is likely to fail the MOT? Is there a quick fix that doesn't involve filler and hours of effort? Somebody told me that you can put tape over any sharp protruding edges, is this true?
I know I could fork out for a new wing, but on a car of this age it simply isn't worth the expense.
Thanks
RM Read more
Just spoken to my trusted local guy - "stick some duct
tape on it, should be no problem" was the sage advice.
It seems that as long as there are no sharp edges
(and obviously it's not structural) then there's not a problem.
Agree. My old UNO has a couple of inches of skin missing at the bottom of the doors. I got the same advice from the MoT man.
Duct tape covered the gap and it passes each year.
Looks a lot smarter with black door bottoms.
Guess you could paint the duct tape on a wing to match the rest of the car. Cheaper than a patch.
2000W Citroen Berlingo 1.9D, airbag light flashes constantly. Is there a common fault on these, and where do I start looking, e.g. if it's just a loose connection or something? Read more
Well what do you know? I literally just moved the wire under the seat, and now the light has stopped flashing. Bit worrying though, that simple movement of a wire can cause an airbag to fail...
Hi
Does any one know if the new HDi from citroen is timing chain or a belt?
It\'s just that i am debating on getting a new Berlingo, and was just wondering.
Cheers for any help
Paul... Read more
PhilW,
The Newest HDI or TDCI engines aren't being sold in the French makes yet. Autoexpress has tested the 136bhp 2.0 HDI in the 307 and liked it. I don't recall anything about a belt or chain. My money is on belts.
When first opening Internet Explorer the 'Search' box always appears on the right hand side of the screen instead of the 'Favorites' box which I always have open.
About 5 minutes after accessing the internet the screen goes blank and then comes up with a search page that I can only get rid of by pressing Alt F4 twice (toolbars etc disappear and right click to get the menu box up doesn't have any effect.) 5/10 minutes later it does the same thing and after doing Alt F4 to close the search page the 'Search' box just has 'search.' in it. After doing it twice it doesn't do it again unless Internet Explorer is closed and then opened again a while later.
Does anyone know why it's doing this....it hasn't always done it but is now getting extremely irritating. Any ideas on how to get rid of it or am I just going to keep having to take deep, calming breaths before hitting Alt F4 again??!
Fill what's empty, empty what's full and scratch where it itches! Read more
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When I release the handbrake the brakes are still on. I\'ve tried gently going back and forward to release them but no joy yet.
Its a N reg Peugeot 306 by the way.
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I reckon the brake lining has come away from the shoe.
Has been a common problem for u over the last few (wet) weeks
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groups.msn.com/honestjohn - Pictures say a thousand words.....
My mate drives an 03 Vauxhall Combo van for work (15,000 miles on it)
He was complaining of a clonk from the suspension, and it got so bad he called out the AA who diagnosed the steering rack had failed and that "it wasnt safe to drive any distance in".
The garage replaced the steering rack and coupling and did other stuff too, but he's worried that this is a common occurence as one of his colleagues had similar with an earlier new Combo.
So, has anyone heard of this?
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I worked for Vauxhall until 18 months ago. I ran the Workshop counter & can confirm that YES, this is a very common failure on these vehicles, both racks & coulumns are prone to knocking. Also gear lever linkages can fail suddenly, these can be replaced in repair kit form.
Yeah I know,its like marmite,you either like them or hate them.
I took my car to 3 branches and enquired about their "Free safety brake inspection".Here's what I have been told and wonder if who were right.
KwikFit 1:
I mentioned that 2 weeks ago my car was serviced by a specialists garage,and was told several parts needed replacing on the braking system.Therefore,can I have a 2nd opinion and have the "Free brakes Inspection" and a written quotation.They said sorry we cannot carry out the inspection,because the specialists garage will know what to replace so you're better off going back.
KwikFit 2:
Was told sure no problems and booked me in.
KwikFit 3:
Told me the inspection isn't free and it will cost £19.95,and cannot understand why the other two said its free.I told them exactly what is required and they said there parts have either one year warranty.Brake pads have a life time warranty that covers wear and tear!!!
Has anyone had there braking system done by kwik fit? Read more
Tom Farmer has started another tyre/exhaust chain up here in Scotland,nothing to do with Kwik-Fit anymore,but still personally owned some of the depots,so they are now back to being his.Ford no longer own them either.Not sure who does now,really. Also Hometune,which was KF owned is now no more.It ended in December last year.
Did a forum search, sure someone mentioned it, but couldn't find it ! Read more
Mono-Ethylene glycol is very toxic, it kills everything. A lethal dose for a child is (I read somewhere) about a teaspoonful. I've also come across information on the internet about using it as a wood preservative. The coolant solution would be diluted MEG.
Propylene glycol is non-toxic and is used as a food sweetener; it's so sweet that it will put your teeth on edge, apparently. It's used in some heating systems (mainly in the US) where there is an indirectly heated water heater and so a risk of contamination of the domestic water supply. The 'time honoured testing method' in such cases is to dip a finger into a leak and taste it to see whether whether it is propylene glycol.
One memorable story involved a new heating installation in a domestic garage. The installer returned some days after filling the system and, on entering the garage, noticed a pool near the new boiler. Testing it in the usual manner he realised that it wasn't propylene glycol and wondered what it could be. As his eyes adjusted to the gloom in the garage he noticed a large alsation dog looking at him from a corner.
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The ambient temperature sensor will have failed. I used to work in a Vauxhall dealership and I've changed hundreds of them. They're located under the front bumper on the left hand side.