May 2005
I see in today`s press that the reg plate F1 is for sale and is expected to break the sales record of £231k for K1NGS held by the Sultan of Brunei by many thousands. Read more
Just been browsing on ebay for the sake of it, take a look at ITEM NO. 4547267828 very pretty picture isnt it?
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Its not what you drive, its how you drive it! :-) Read more
Starting at 15K ? Bet it has 0 bids by end of auction! Unless LUX means its got some form of cloaking device and its pretending to be a blue tree in the picture....
I run a 51 plate Focus 1.6 Zetec with 48000 miles. The alternator just packed up. First warning was battery light flicking on and off whilst driving, then the car failed completely on the road. Paid £200 to an independent garage to supply and fit new one. It was sourced from a Ford dealer. I am a bit miffed that it gave up at that age and mileage. Does anyone out there have any comments? Also someone told me that I should have paid half that price! Read more
elekie,
The alternator warning light on my wife's focus (1.6, 2003MY) sometimes lighs up when negotiating roundabouts at low revs but soon goes out again. There are no other signs of a problem - should I be worried that it is likely to fail prematurely?
Hi
I brought a Astra 1.4i automatic about six weeks ago.
Any how I noticed that every time I turned the car to the right or right hand down and accelerated I would get a metal on metal sound from the engine.
This problem got worse until I got the rattle when driving straight with or with out power. when I next started the car I got the same noise as the engine turned over until it started the noise continued in the back ground as drove home only getting worse if I turned to the right but not to the left.
Once home I parked and turned off the engine and tried to start to car again to see if the sound was still there, now the engine does not start.
I can here the engine is not turning just the sound of the starter spinning and making this metal on metal rattle/scraping/banging sound.
I removed the starter and did a test on it and it ran ok but it was very worn and the gear was running up and down the shaft freely so I replaced it. I now have a new starter and I have fitted this but the problem remains.
So when I try to start the car this it was happerns I here a click from the starter motor when the ignition is turn on then when I try to start the engine the starter motor spins with this metal rattling scraping noise but the engine does turn over or anything and this is with a new starter.
The battery is full charged.
Mike Read more
Hi all
Ok I refitted the new starter motor today I did this after using a socket on the crack pully to turn the engine over and inspect the flywheel.
I could not find any teeth damaged or missing and the flywheel looked ok to me (lol like I would know) anyhow after I refitted the starter motor and I tried turn the engine over with the spark plugs removed it turn over ok no noise nothing then I refitted the plugs and tried again this time it turned the engine over two times and the noise started but so did the engine so I stopped the engine adn tried again so thing turned over twice and then noise started and the engine starts the noise stops the second you let go of the key.
What seems strange is the starter motor turned the engine over ok with out the plugs but as soon as you replace the plugs and the starter motor has to fight the compression it makes this noise.
Any ideas on this would brillant
Thanks
Mike
just had CD player replaced under warranty on girlfriends 2004 Ford Fiesta at local Ford dealer & they couldn't even do that properly:
-- Didn't refit all of the fascia screws - nicely placed in ashtray !!
-- left dirt all over both sides of footwell
-- didn't bother to give us the new "keycode" for the Cd player
Fortunately as the work was under warranty it didn't cost us anything but it does really annoy me that they can't even be bothered to do a very simple job correctly - what's it like when thay have to do something a bit more complicated ?
Phoned the dealer to explain my disappointment & just got the usual "I'll let the manager know" .
{You may well be annoyed, but that doesn't excuse the swearing - which I've now deleted. DD Read more
If the standard of work done on my car is not acceptable (and on odd occasions over the last 40 years it hasn't been acceptable) I don't condemn that particular dealership out of hand. I discuss my grievance amicably with the service manager (or whoever is the appropriate person) and endeavour to get the work corrected. I then treat each subsequent visit on its own merits. As likely as not the offending employee will have moved on by then. In any case, his supervisor will only tolerate a certain number of complaints about his work. I like to think that I can see further than the end of my own nose. Regardless of the standard of previous work I will always want the convenience of being able to take my car to the nearest franchised dealer, not one that is miles away.
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L\'escargot by name, but not by nature.
I'm planning to build a DIY jet turbine engine this summer in the break from Uni, and while it's a fundamentally simple concept I'm assuming that picking up a turbo in relatively good condition for a low price is going to be difficult.
I'm not averse to taking a toolkit to a scrapyard and pulling one off an old car, until I've got it off will have no idea of it's condition.
Is there anywhere that takes turbos that while in good condition have no use and would be willing to flog one on cheap to me? Read more
Don't both with GTs....build yourself a pulse jet and REALLY annoy the neighbours!!!
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RichardW
Is it illogical? It must be Citroen....
You've all probably seen the C4 advert on telly or the net, this is a slightly different version.
www.themoog.f2s.com/2CV.wmv
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Funny you should say that:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=31425
Any other annoying design faults out there?
I have a Subaru Forester. The headlamp wash button is to the right of the steering wheel at knee height.
I know it wouldn't happen to Douglas Bader, but when I am getting into the car I often bash my left knee on the button and get a face full of washer fluid.
(Phew, managed to get a bit of VE Day stuff into the thread too!) Read more
>>Used the headlamp washer jets to great effect last weekend -
two drunk chavettes thinking it would be funny to stop my
car from moving in a slow moving traffic queue by resting
their rear on the bonnet. Couple of squirts on the
headlamp wash button got the traffic moving quite nicely again.
Leon
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Just wait, the chavettes will report you to the police and you will be done for assault ;-)>>
Can anyone shed any light on an oil pressure problem that's causing me serious hair loss.
The engine in question is the 3.0 V6 lump (ES9J4) fitted in this instance to a Peugeot 406 but also used in some Citroens and (I believe) Renaults.
It has developed a problem of late whereby it has no oil pressure upon starting. It's been in the garage several times and diagnosed variously as a dented sump fouling the strainer (dent removed worked OK for a week), clogged strainer (strainer removed cleaned refitted worked OK for 2 days). This has started happening shortly after major work following a cambelt failure - I had no problems previously of this nature. The oil pump has been examined and is not showing signs of wear.
Since it failed last time I have myself had the sump off and checked and cleaned the strainer (didn't seem at all dirty) - refilled it and could not get oil pressure. I subsequently tried unscrewing the oil filter and turning the engine over - oil did eventually start pouring out and on retightening the filter I got oil pressure back. I then ran the car about fine, parked it up, tried it again 4 hours later - no oil pressure!
This problem only ever occurs when the car has been left for a while - I have never lost oil pressure when driving. There is no oil leakage from anywhere. The oil filter is new and an original part. The fault has occurred with two diffent oils - the one the garage used and the stuff I put in - both reasonable quality 10w/40 which is what's been used previously with no problems.
I'm thinking new oil pump next but it's an expensive mistake to make if it's not that. Any suggestions from anyone with experience with this lump gratefully received! Read more
Just phoned local Pug dealer - part is £161.06+VAT and you're right on the part no. Ouch. Not in stock anywhere in the country either. I knew I should have bought a 1.1 Fiesta!
Don't ask how this subject cam around, but myself and others were discussing which magic tree was our favourite. Consensus seemed to be in favour of New car (my personal preference - but never had a new car that smelt like that) or bouqet.
So come on then - whats your favourite or least favourite magic tree.
We also tried to name all the trees and came up with the following - useful I suppose if the poll goes ahead....
Lilac, Jasmine, Lavender, fresh flowers, apple, lemon, strawberry, Berries, peach, spice, forest fresh, vanilla, new car and boquet
If you could create your own - which smell would you most like in your motor???
there may be others - but this was the list of what we had tried.
If nothing else it proves one thing..... There is always someone out there who has more free time on his hands than yourself!
Leon Read more
eau de derv. reminds me why I hate trucks so much.
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Yeah, that'd be the one Alfafan.
As for the estate agents possibility mentioned above, it makes more sense than the Sultan of Brunei story, unless of course he owns that business too :)