April 2005
Hello
I have a peugeot 306 xtdt (1997) which thus far has given very reliable service. However as i was driving home last night with the window open i could hear a sort of whistling noise as i accelerated from around 1500 rpm to 2000. It is a very high pitched noise and rises in tone with the engine note as i am accelerating.
I think it has got worse over the last couple of journeys because i could hear it on the way to work this morning with the windows closed!
My guess is one of the turbo pipes has cracked somewhere. I have had a look under the bonnet, but nothing seems amiss. I haven't revved the engine while i was looking - will do that tonight. Does anyone have any experience with this kind of thing? where to look etc.
the noise can be heard at idle and in neutral.
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Does anybody know the weight of this engine please. Mine has become a disscusion topic in the pub but I don't know its weight. Thank you. Read more
Thank you for your replies.
Ford Motor company's first quarter profits make interesting reading. It earned 302 million from automotive sales, and 370 million from selling finance packages to it's customers.
Maybe Rover should have become a bank. Read more
Only the Japanese particularly Toyota ($16 billion profits last year) are
going against the global trend.
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Profits are good at Toyota but sales are falling a little bit in Europe at the moment.
Hyundai, Kia - fastest growing car companies, opening new plants in India and Eastern Europe. They make a profit and now worth more than GM. Ford, GM, VW, Renault and PSA will need to close factories in Western Europe to compete with the Eastern produced cars.
BMW have got great sales so theres at least one European car company going against the trend.
Looking on Autotrader and Renault's and clicked on Reliant by mistake.
Saw some late 1990s 3 wheeled plastic pigs going for almost £7,000.
Who buys these things??????????????????????
I assumed that thay would be totally worthless now !!!!!!!!!
Hope for MG Rover used prices yet then?
Paul {Forest of Bowland} Read more
Reliants are classed as tricycles, not sure what Ken feels about them.
The following are my details used for insurance purposes.
31 year old male
Accident free (ahem) no accidents reported....
full no claims discount
Annual mileage 30,000 (18,000 Leon, 12,000 Scooby)
Not married
Home owner
2001 Impreza turbo 2000 - Value £9,000
Fully comp - £679
2001 Seat Leon 1.9Tdi (90) - Value £6,000
Fully comp - £371
Thats a £200 drop since last year on the Leon and half what i paid for my old scooby.
Am i just lucky with these quotes or has anyone else noticed a drop in their premium?
Leon
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Definately in my case. When I called my insurer back in January to see how much my new A3 would be to insure I was quoted just short of £600. The car is now ready for collection so I called yesterday for a requote and it came in at £470 - no changes in circumstances at all.
Having flooded my CBR1000F again this morning and attempting to start it this evening i know find i'm in need of a battery charger. Before i go to Halfords , anybody got a recommedation for buying on the WWW. Basicly 12V and around a 4AH charging rate will surfice. I,ve seen a Draper charger for about £14 delivery any recommends. Read more
Alternately you can get a Draper one for £17.99
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=24464
I synchronise my fob in the ignition and press one of the buttons on the fob with ignition key at position II. Doors lock and unlock and the fob is reponsive for a few days and then has to be resynchronised. I have replaced the batteries but makes non difference. Any advice please? Read more
I have two keys for my 1998 Vectra and one of them does exactly the same as yours.
Resetting it and it works again. Not resetting it and it begins to work again a day or so afterwards.
I have also changed the battery but am beginning to wonder if it is a battery fault even though they are new. maybe some of them are old stock?..
Anyway if you find the answer please let us know.
Here's a nice one.
On 'Modern Antiques' tonight, Alan Titchmarsh and James May drew comparisons between the original Mini and the Steve McQueen/Bullitt Ford Mustang. Which was the better car, they asked the studio audience.
Seems to me there's no contest. Could the Mustang (with or without McQueen) have done The Italian Job? Read more
Jack Sears I think it was drove the Galaxie. Brands, c.1966
www.witham-sv.com/GREEN%20GODDESS.htm
But they've only got 40 for sale - can't they find the others?
VB Read more
ermmmmm, good for what?
Mappy, Perhaps just good enough to put a ladder up and assist your quaking body down in the event of a fire when the next firemans strike takes place...
After all thats why we have kept them. (not just your body of course) and why are we flogging them off.........
Hi, I have just bought a ford mondeo 2.5 V6 Si hatch 1998, I have no owners manual, does anyone know the correct tyre pressures for my car?
it is fitted with the original alloy wheels and low profile 205/50/16 tyres, at the moment they are all at 30Psi but look on the soft side
thanks in advance
Rob Read more
Rob>> Rob,
Radial tyres *always* give the impression they're underinflated.
Are you sure your gauge is accurate? What are you using
to check the pressures? Might be worth while checking with another
one to confirm.
i am using a new digital guage so it should be ok?, i will inflate them to 31Psi i think
Rob
Browse
Well, thanks to all who replied. It was the exhaust in the end. It had started blowing just before the cat very near to where it actually bolts on to the engine.
Once i had got underneath (ish) the car and revved the engine it was obvious what the trouble was. Whole exhaust pretty bad condition along its whole length, but in very poor nick by the cat.
I was fearing the worst when i took it in, and was quoted 179.99 for the cat alone, but the guys at brittania tyres in Derby managed to find me a straight piece of pipe with no cat and cobbled the whole thing together for 100 quid.
Seems to drive a fraction better now, but sounds "boomier" and a bit clatterier, but that doesn't bother me. Little bit more pull in higher gear too.
Thanks again.