June 2005
I know its handy for losing people when being followed but friends of the earth are not too happy. Doesn't smoke too bad on tickover but blue smoke pours out of the exhaust when any load is put on the engine. Can anyone please point me in the right direction as to whether it is rings, valves or something else?
The centre console light also go out when I switch the headlights on - any ideas?
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A recent thread about the new 3 series discussed the latest BMW styling, I posted to say how the 5 Series, Z4 etc has grown on me. I had been thinking that the previous 5 would be a bit of a modern classic due to the controversy over the new one however today I saw a couple of new 5's and an 02 plate 530d in short order which made the older car look very dated.
On the otherhand I do not like the new Audi corporate grill, an A4 of, for instance, '02 vintage looks much fresher also the new A6 is very bland, but for that grill, compared with the '98 on model. The best execution of the Audi type grill is the similar one on the new Golf GTi.
To round of the German marques, the CLS is intersting (saw - rather heard - a CLS 55 AMG the other day!) and the new S looks great in pics.
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Next to the Honda Accord Estate car, the rear end of a Beemer 3 or 5 series looks positively ravishing. I sat behind an Accord estate yesterday and was gob smacked at how ugly it was.
GREAT SITE!! Can anyone help me with this.....?
I am just starting on my first engine rebuild project after purchasing a second hand 2.5 V6 Vauxhall Omega engine.
There are a few marks on the cylinder bores, for which I have been quoted £20.00 plus VAT per cylinder for boreing and honing.
I was impressed with this price but nearly fainted when I was quoted £110.00 plus VAT for each piston!!
Can anyone give me advice/ help on a) keeping costs to a minimum and b) alternative options....
Cheers....
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I didn't realise to do it yourself would be so expensive, I was looking forward to the challenge!!!
Next job on the escort is fitting new timing belt kit. I purchased the full kit from Ford including pulleys etc.
Any advice on who makes a good engine locking kit?
Also any tips on what to watch out for during the belt change would be appreciated.
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Biker, to do the job properly you'll need a timing dowel to position the crankshaft ready for the belt replacement.
This dowel screws into the block below the pump through its support bracket. You'll have to remove a 10mm headed plug, but a bi-hex socket will not fit you'll need a pure hexagon socket (6 sided) for the dowel to be screwed in. Then you can with shorten drills of mm dia to postition the cam and pump.
The Haynes manual gives details of the dowel length and drill diameter required, if you're in a position to make one as I did.
I have full NCB on 2 cars so I insure both my car, which is registered in my name, and my wife's car which is registered in her name.
My daughter has just bought a new car, but not yet disposed of her old car. She wants to let her brother drive the old car for a few months. He is happy to insure it in his name - he is over 25 with a good record and some NCB(he has been driving a company car recently).
However the Insurance Company we all use(More Than) say you cannot insure a car - with any company - that you do not own; unless it is husband and wife.
It is not feasible for daughter to insure car, with her brother as a named driver, as he will be the sole driver; and it will be a lot more expensive.
Short of putting the car in his name, is there any way around this?
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If you do find a solution please let me know.
Didn't find a solution - tried several Brokers and firms like Elephant, Tesco, Halifax etc and all took the same position as More Than. ie allowed between Husband and Wife but not Brother and Sister.
I think the problem is that operators in these call centres just follow their protocols.
In the end she 'sold' him the car!!
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does anyone know how to remove the rearseats on an audi a6 1998 saloon? i need to take the carpet up but cant see any screw holes to pull the base of the seat up with.
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In process of renewing my insurance and realise that I have a £100 xs on my Esure policy for my 7 year old Saxo. The premium seems to change quite a bit if you increase the excess.
My question is what viewpoint do you take when selecting your excess? My Saxo is probably only valued at say £1500 so the slightest of damage would probably result in a write off.
If I am thinking correctly, the excess only comes into play when I am claiming against my own policy, the excess is the contribution / deduction I need to make to the claim.
Any damage that I incur myself ie. not involving another car, I would probably go to the scrappy to get the parts.
I think I am talking myself into increasing my excess!!
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I find that what used to be a £100 excess level two or three years ago is now automatically £150, £200 or £250.
Yet I'm retired, do a comparatively low mileage and haven't made a claim for more years than I care to remember...:-(
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Could anyone tell me if the crankshaft on this engine ( L1H ) has a woodruff key locator for the pulley . I have been asked to do the timing belt and am aware that some of the ford zetec engines use taper fit . If not , does anyone know of a helpful Ford site . Thanks in advance . Read more
yes this engine does have a woodruff key which will be at 12 o clock when the engine is at TDC. There are two timing marks on the C/s pulley when the lower one of the two is lined up with what looks like a casting mark on the sump then the engine is at approximately TDC.Hope this is of help.
What a fun day !!
On any other day I listen to Five Live in the car and would have received traffic bulletins every 20 minutes.
Today I decided, on the way from my home in Yorkshire to a job in Dudley, that I would have a CD on instead, so no traffic bulletins.
And I got caught in the 23 mile queue on the M18 / M1 due to a lorry up-ending in the roadworks at Junction 29.
Hit the back of queue at 9.00am.
1.30pm, 3 miles later and 4.5 hours later, visit to customer duly cancelled and re-scheduled for tomorrow, I reached junction 30 where I could turn round and go home.
Home at 2.30. Almost 6 hours in the car and got nowhere. Wasted day !!.
Anyone else have the mis-fortune to get stuck in this one today?
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How did you get the title of this thread past the
rude-word filter?
A decision was made quite some time ago to drop the word 'sod' from the filter. That doesn't mean to say that we allow it to be overly used, and we would chastise anyone who attempts to use it as a personal comment toward someone else.
DD.
Hi whats the difference between these two Wynnes products?
1. Wynnes diesel system cleaner ( put in the tank)
2. Wynnes diesel clean up (put directly into the fuel filter)
Anyone any experience with either?
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Nope: it's usually a case of taking off the cylinder head and the sump and that's it! Like previous poster says: if engine isn't already out and the damage to the cylinder isn't too bad then it can be fixed easily enough in situ.