March 2005
My L reg disel Isuzu trooper is always dificult to start on winter mornings some times requering the pree heat key seting to be used three or four times. I am conidering fitting a kenlowe hot start. Do any of you use them and if so how economical are they.
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Hi,citroen berlingo multispace(mk1 51) 1.9d with a/c.The heater blower/fan is on full blast constantly.No haynes manual available(according to their website);pulled the fuse,it stops.pulled a relay(above acc pedal)also stops it.Disconnected power to fascia switch(after dismantling switch and loads of the fascia)and it still ran full blast;anybody with any ideas please?Many thanks 2mpv. Read more
I don't know if this will be relevant, but from memory my Citroen CX suffered a similar problem.
There was a small electronic unit mounted behind the glove box.
This had failed going short circuit, so the fan ran flat out.
Have a good look around near to the fan, it will probably be bolted to something metal to disipate the heat with I think 3 wires to it. Think I managed to get a replacement item from Maplin Electronics, much cheaper than Citroen spares. Best of luck.
Its standard practice for car dealers to advertise new cars at £x000 off the list price.
Gradually this practice spread to £x000 off a pre-registered car or even perhaps a few month old demonstrator.
However lately some of the car supermarkets are advertising £x0000 off quite old second hand cars. Local paper had £7,200 off a 2001 Jaguar. Quite meaningless!
Same paper had a private advert for very old Rover Sterling at £500. I suppose he should have advertised it for £25,000 below list price!
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Hello.
Can we have a discussion area where we can talk about otherthings that are not motoring related.
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(iam not a mechanic)
Martin Winters
Was in Cambridge with wife today. On inside of two lanes in static traffic. A Ford Escort in outer lane with 4 people in it. The driver was slapping his steering wheel in (sort of) time to the music blaring from all 4 open windows. As traffic moved off, he suddenly cut in front of me and swerved left and right and slammed his anchors on. I saw him take his seat belt off and knew he was going to get out and come to my car, why? Who knows. He stood next to my door and I wound down my window. I was mildly surprised to see a "Breast Cancer" ribbon on his chest, then I looked up at his curly hair atop his pock marked face. He said to me "You have a very unfortunate manner in the context of your driving abilities" I got out of my car and unfolded myself to my full 6'3" 17stone frame. I told him it was the most polite road rage encounter I had ever had and that I wished to shake his hand in the context of communicating no bad feelings to a fellow human being. He got in his car and drove off! Read more
Ah yes the difference between Aston and Cambridge. All I'll say was the Banner spread accross one of the Uni's Halls of Residence in the late 70s. "Benny is Innocent". Doubt whether Cambridge students could be bothered.
A icon for the right or maybe wrong reasons of the 20th century motor world.
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Many an entrepreneur (how the hell do you spell it?) is on a fine line between bankruptcy and sucess, and not all would survive a finincial investigation.
Colin Chapman is widely regarded with admiration for his achievements with Lotus, but only his untimely death saved him from a probable spell in one of Her Majesty's institutions for his part in the DeLorean affair.
I was putting a bike rack on the back of my Volvo S80 this morning and when I was underneath strapping the two bottom straps onto the car I noticed that there was large drops of moisture on the bottom of the car (exhaust for one).
When I got some on my fingers it was green, not oil though water based, I washed the car yesterday and it was a damp and misty start to the day this morning but that's about it, does anyone have any ideas what it could be?
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I'm not sure, I'll check it out in the morning.
John
who makes the 2.2 litre dci 138 h.p. engine, nissan or renault. t.i.a. jag. Read more
The 2.2 DCI as found in the XTrail is a Nissan engine. It is chain driven and not the same as the 2.2 DCI in the Laguna which is belt driven. Both are 136bhp.
Hi,
new here, im after a bit of advice.
Im thinking of taking my car to a fastfit place locally thats doing cheap oil changes.
I have in the past im sorry to say been ripped off by fast fit chains claiming this and that needs doing as i am not paticulaly automotive mechanicaly minded which leaves me on a back foot. :(
The oil change at 14.95 is obviously a loss leader so im wondering if anyone has used this service and most importantly what they say then the hard sell comes in. Read more
sorry meant confidencve in using f1 autocentres as i dont know anybody who has
Looking to buy a new car online. Does anyone have any tips as i am a little nervous about this?
I want a new Fiesta ST. At present best deals seem to be
Broadspeed at a little over £11000 and uk car discount at a little under £11500
Has anyone had any experience with either of these sites?
Any help gratefully received
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The Fiesta makes a lot more sense as a first performance car for a young driver - so a lot depends on your age. If you're as ancient as me (30), Group 16+ cars aren't usually too painful to insure.
On the other hand the Clio is genuinely fast, as opposed to just reasonably quick like the ST, and is an absolute bargain at £11/12k. I used drivethedeal.com (UK sourced cars only) to buy my own Civic Type-R, but since their best price on the ST is just over 12 grand, I would imagine the cheaper prices you've quoted are imports or pre-registered examples.
I have a Ford Escort 1.8 si built Sept 1995.
Until recently the headlights have been fine. Suddenly (after a car wash) the dipped headlight on both sides stopped working.I have checked fuses, relays and connector on both bulbs and can find nothing wrong.
Please can anyone help with this nagging problem.....
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Thank you all for the help. We have taken the fuse box out and have found some dry joints - just as you suspected!
Now it is a case of repairing these joints - or replacing the fuse box. I hope they arent too expensive!!
Browse
Lots of small side benefits from starting with a warm engine, too (e.g. heater works, less thermal stress all round, easier on the battery, oil circulates faster). A Good Thing.