June 2005
The Highways Agency have just built a new bypass around the village of Lamberhurst on the A21 at a cost of several £m.
Now 3 miles to the south they are busy converting the Flimwell bypass back to single carriageway from dual.It is only about 1.5 miles long but provides an overtaking section on an otherwise 20 mile twisty country road.
The Highways agency say it is dangerious hence the conversion (and there have been a number fatalities), but yesterday on the way home, drivers were trying to overtake HGVs in the only other places left - i.e. almost blind single lane roads.
This will surely lead to more fatalities - just in different places. Read more
In April I took delivery of a brand new Citroen C3 XTR 1.4 diesel and almost immediately encountered a problem with it. I live in a valley and the main roads I use involve having to go up and over a couple of steep inclines. Going up these hills it got to the point in forth or fifth gear that the engine started to labour a little (but not to the point where I needed to drop down a gear) and when it did there was a momentary drop in power and the engine warning light and alarm came on. It went back to the dealership four times and each time they claimed they had fixed the problem only for it to reoccur. They took that vehicle back and swopped it for a brand new version of the car. However, this has now developed exactly the same problem and so far it has been back to the dealership twice. Has enyone experienced a similar problem with this diesel engine or any other C3?
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I thought I may have been a bit too reverential with the first car so with the second one I have been climbing the hills in a lower gear with more revs. However the problem has still occured and it has also occured when at higher revs you give it a bit more acceleration to go past slower moving vehicles. It has also happened when my other half was driving it and he is not not backward in coming forward as a driver !! The car has been delivered back today after yet another repair but if it happens again I will take your advice and insist on a senior mechanic coming to try it out over the hills here.
Hi, I have a 1996 406 1.9lx td.For a while now I have had a problem with the speedo dial. From cold the dial will work fine, but when approaching normal running temp the needle will begin to flicker up and down before finaly resting at 0 mph for the rest of the trip. Any one have any ideas what it could be as I dont want to be replacing parts that dont need to be replaced.Thanks...... Read more
The more specific link with the cure for mine.
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=7463&m...e
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My son has a pug 306 hdi, w reg. He complains that the power steering is occasionally heavy and the wheel doesn't return back to centre after turning a corner, I have checked the fluid reservoir, the pump drive belt seems to be tight , and nothing is screaming like a slipping belt. Has anybody had similar problems?
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Try the Peugot 405 steering fault on page 2.
It's still on page 1 on my screen. Anyway, I digress. I think this is the link that's being referred to:-
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=32045
hi,
I have a problem with a brake servo on a 2001 Polo MPI 1.0. The brake pedal feels as if it being 'sucked in' to the bulhead but responds ok when it is pulled back up by foot. Does it require a very expensive master cyclinder. Any tips as to how to approach this job? (only 16k miles on car)
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Whilst there is a light return spring in the Master Cylinder your probable broken spring is associated to the pedal box. I sustect the return spring has broken, from memory this is coiled around the the clutch pedal bush type affair and will require the shaft to be removed. Regards Peter
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>What is this, pointless post day?
It means that someone probably has, and has a very very good reason for doing it.