November 2004
I have a 3 year old Corsa. Never had any probs till now. On my way home the other night the indicator started flashing really fast. Blown bulb I thought. It was so I changed it. Bit techy for me but I read my little manual!! All bulbs now working but the RH front indicator is still flashing too fast. HELP whats wrong with it now. I hate to think what I'd do if it was anything more serious. Read more
Does anyone know of a web based data-base or bases of car performance figures including cars that are no longer current, going back as far as you like? No specific car in mind just interested. Read more
I concede, from what you say it looks as though a 75hp engine must have been fitted to early Scenics (perhaps yours was an import?) Otherwise I stand by my previous post:
UK spec Scenic's, Clio, etc 1.6 8v.'s 90hp, 1.6 16v 110hp, UK spec 1.6 16v's were certianly not quoted as 90hp.
Just cleaning the car yesterday and looked under the mats and the passenger footwell was sodden with water. Lifted up the carpet and insulation and this is absoluting soaked.
Any clues where this is coming from? I hear that there are likely to be numerous places where this could be coming in from.
I've cleaned the area where the water drains away around the pollen filter as this had a few leaves, etc. in there.
Thanks in advance! Read more
I had a similar problem with my 1.4 zetec A/C.
My local garage fixed it by clearing out the A/C plenum chamber drain tube. They reckoned this is a common cause.
If yours does not have an A/C I suppose it is back to the drawing board.
Hope you kind people can come up with a few suggestions here to help. As title a 96 306td, I've just dropped the engine back in after having some head work done and engine bay painted. Connected all the electrics back up which was fairly straight forward however when the battery is connected the stop light and brake light come on on the dashboard. Strange without the key even in the car this shouldnt happen, also the immobiliser seems to disarm itselfb (toad) doesnt have the factory immobiliser as originally it was a n/a derv. The turbo conversion was done a year ago and never had any problems before. Its also not the first time the immobiliser has been unplugged for a long period and thats never caused probs before. I had to do a few circuit tests as 2 wires I wasnt sure on (both look the same) were the glowplug wire and the secondary wire on the alternator) Anyway I managed to determine which wire was which. At least I think I have as one wire comes to 12v live then the glow relay clicks and it drops to 5v so the other must of been the alt wire as that has no voltage.
The glowplug light on the dash doesnt come on though??
Anyone any suggestions where the wiring could be wrong to cause such a host of wierd symptons? Read more
Probably a stuck valve caused by a long lay-up.
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Someone has attempted to steal my niece's "P" reg Renault Clio.
They didn't succeed in taking the car, but have managed to damage the outer rubber seal at the bottom of the drivers door window. The window itself appears to be OK.
I don't know very much about Clio's, I'm sorry to say, so I wonder whether a kind person on here can please tell me how to replace the lower outer seal.
Do I just lever it upwards with something like a screwdriver against the top of the door, or is there more holding the seal on than just clips?
What about the door mirror? Does the seal pass below it, you can't really see with it in place? If so, do I have to remove the mirror, and how is it fixed? Do I have to remove the inner trim or other parts of the door to do this job?
Would be very grateful for any help offered.
Many Thanks,
Galaxy
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Many thanks, AR-CoolC, an excellent reply telling me just what I wanted to know. Well done!
Galaxy
Can any one help on this: a while back I asked some questions on the board to try to work out what car to get. We want an automatic but I dont want a particularly big car. We decided on a Nissan Almera. Now I'm thinking, how fuel efficient are these? We dont do a huge amount of driving, no more than 40 miles a week, what does the SLX mean? Will we be guzzling up petrol? At the moment we have an exhausted M reg fiesta.
Any comments welcome!!
Thanks
Rachel Read more
Mines a 1.6 Gx , which gives about 35mpg average.
Thoroughly reccommend it.Good driving+very reliable.
does anyone have any experience of the above car
after a r or t reg one around £4000 does any one have any tips or anything about them
many thanks
derek whittle Read more
Well Scenics in General. I had a 99T 1.6 petrol for 4 years and 49k miles. If it has sunroofs make sure they work. you need a model with aircon lot of glass they get hot inside. The interior trim rattles a bit with age but mine was generally sturdy. Watch for a leaking washer bottle (the front wings are plastic and if they get knocked the water bottle can split but not show any outward signs). The battery is under the seat so the drivers seat does not lift up / down (fixed on 2000 face lift models) Make sure the auto speed wipers work properly they tend to get sticky and go mad after a few years when its wet or cold. Generally it was reliable, comfortable and very flexible.
A guy called BobbyG hangs around on here and he had the 1.9 dti he will probably add some more. The diesel needs to have had the cambelt/sprocket/idler rework done on it.
Browse
I assume that all the indicators on one side, where the bulb was replaced, are still flashing too fast, not just the front one! At a guess the replacement bulb is either, as eleckie says, the wrong wattage (should be 21W), or a double filament bulb has been fitted, rather than the single filament one needed. Bad design perhaps, but it's possible to do this.
JS