January 2006
Anybody tried these, being sold at half price by National tyres are they any good? Read more
how do,
i've got an issue with my 51reg mondeo mk3 with 25k
when going over bumps the noise from the suspension (i think) is noticable, like thud or thump.
it sound basically like you can hear the dampers working instead of being silent.
and now its out of warranty i'm most unhappy.
possibly slightly less noisy when warmed up is that possible? Read more
Does anyone know where I can go and get Powerflex polybrushes fitted (in the North West of UK).
I think my Mondys got the same problem, I hear a knocking sound coming from the rear of my car. Theres a creaking sound produced when I push the rear of the car up and down. Also the car seems to be hanging lower than it normally did.
Hi,
I have a ford Mondeo 2004, has anyone heard of problems with alarms on these cars?, my alarm goes off several times a night for no reason.
What could trigger an alarm or be faulty with it to make it do this do you think?
Help greatly appreciated
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Mondeo Ghia X 55 plate: Only solution I have found is to flood every switch (bonnet / tailgate / all doors) with WD 40... Switches are located somewhere behind the catches. Poke the tube in and press and hold...
SWMBO continues to fancy a MINI (car, not skirt....).
Has anyone any experience of comparing a MINI One with a Cooper? I don't think that we need or can afford the S.
Journeys are mainly her driving 5 miles to and from work, plus me borrowing it for some long business trips to keep the mileage under control on the Audi.
The question is really - in day-to-day driving, is the extra pace of the Cooper worth it?
I know there's a new version coming - not till early next year I believe, and there were plenty of teething problems with the current version when it first came out.
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there is more to the cooper than just a chipped engine....
ones dont get the black or white roof
ones get diffenent colour front and rear bits
coopers get better suspension
DONT upgrade the wheels to large ones...it really affects the ride quality
there are more diffenences but i cant remember them all
rear split seat??? and others
and best of all....the ride is SO much fun
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Hello all.
Blasted thing has done this to me 3 times in last 2 months. What happens is go out for a run. Come back to car within roughly 1 hour. Won't start. Turns over fine. And what's more it doesn't always happen. Far from it. car is VW Golf Mk3 1995 2.0 8v petrol Cabriolet Avantgarde. In blue. Yes I am clutching at the straws. Here's the detail:
1st time 15 mile run, all warm. Return to car within 10 mins. Turns, no start. About 2 hours later AA man arrives. Removes spark lead to insert tool in line & reattaches. Starts straight up. AA man looks at me like I'm a..& then laughs. Wonders if it might have been too many keys on the fob amsking up the immobliser comms.
2nd time. 15 mile run. All warm. Same thing. So take battery off car (with a view to resetting the EMU-hey if it works for microsft..), leave off over weekend. Yep, starts 1st time. Been fine since, short runs et al. Thinks to himself-'gotcha!'
3rd time. But no. 20 mile run, back to car within 1 hour 20 mins. Check all the leads, spray WD, remove battery postive with newly bought spanner & leave for 10 mins. Not this time matey. AA comes & hurrah, won't fire! AA says that theres no HT getting around & that there seems to be a lack of feed to the coil anyhow. he suspects either the electronic igintion which is buried in the coil assemably or perhaps something like a hall effect chip buried deep down in the dizzy. Tow to proper VW garage (Martins in Basingstoke/Hatch-they good there). I say hurrah becasue now this intermittent fault, whatever it is, has now fully expressed itself & it should be a doddle for Martins to diagnose.
Garage call 4 hours later. "What problem?" they enquire. "Started for us 1st time.." Grrr. Martins man asks if the red lights were lit on the dash when it didn't fire. Yes. Hmm he wonders. Could it be the engine speed sensor? Did the tacho needle flip when you were turning it over & it wasn't firing up? Err, not sure-wasn't really looking. Don't think so..So they've kept it & are going to see if they can make it replicate. I know in my bones what will happen. Or not happen.
So after I get it home what process/sequence should I follow to track this one down? Or if it is likely only to become identifiable if it happens again what process should I follow once it does? I have a multimeter & vaguely know how to use it.
Background:
Last year I had an issue with factory fitted scorpion alarm (some of you might recall this one!). My fault for removing the battery thus enabling the transponder to lose the codes & never reacquire them. Had a prof auto-electrician decomission all this, although oddly I still get a 3 peep alarm arming noise whenever I remove the key from the ignition. The little red LED inbuilt into the dash to the RHS of the wheel remains unlit. There is still a box, which is part of the alarm system remaining, although I was assured that it will play no part. The main alarm circuitry box has been removed. What the alarm would do, when it was fitted & armed, is disable both feed to the starter motor & the fuel system. i.e wouldn't even turn over.
Also the engine (or the water temp sensor) seems to run cool. On a motorway run (which all of these non restarting issues were) the water temp-or so I believe-needle doesn't even get off the bottom stop. Digital oil display ramps up though & there is warm air to cabin. In traffic the needle will start to dial up quite quickly & the cabin air becomes quite noticably hotter. I did wonder if it might have been the EMU thinking that the engine was stone cold & applying max rich mix on the startup, when in fact the engine has a fair bit of residual heat. But that might be a huge great red herring, seeing as it doesn't account for the lack of feed to the coil. Thought you'd rather know than not.
I am also convinced that the starter motor is turning faster when this fault occurs than it is when it goes to start up & run properly. I do not recall any smell of unburnt fuel, although I suppose I wouldn't if the EMU is going to look after the cat.
Pease help otherwise there will shortly be an add in the local paper saying "Lovely VW Cab for sale. Beautiful plumage...." Read more
I had this problem where the car will not start. I do not hear the fuel pump run for some seconds when I turn on the igition. I replaced the ECU relay and the car started first time. This morning the fault is back again. What now?
HELP!!!
My Rover 214 was not used for about 1 month and when i went to start it the battery was flat.
Itook the battery off to recharge it and now when i try to re-connect it the alarm triggers and will not stop with the keypod.
Any help with suggestions as i do not know what to do now??
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Along similar lines, is it possible to get the circuit diagrams for the key fob itself?
I've got a broken component on the key fob and I'd like to replace it but need to properly ident the component (think it's a capacitor of some sort but need to be sure).
Is Mobil 1 0W40 suitable for a VTEC honda engine (2002 CR-V). Many thanks
Sid
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Cheers for replys people. Honda forums dealing with the CR-V seem a little thin on the ground when i looked earlier this week. Apparantly the oil is already in the engine at the moment :-). But i don't have the car back, as it is having a timing chain, guide, followers, and water pump replaced under warranty (c.f. post in discussion).
I know quite a few people swap the tyres round when the fronts are wearing down compared to the rears.
I am sure though I have read you should have the newer tyres with more tread on the rear (assuming fwd).
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This old chestnut. Do not rotate tyres, front to rear if you really want to but not sirde to side. Some tyres of course have a rotation requirement and are marked with an arrow, but all tyre develope a feathering pattern in the tread due to the direction of rotation and wear. It is easy to detect just buy rubbing your hand around the tyre, one direction is smoother that the other. If you swop it's rotation is presents a less efficient contact with the road until it has worn off the wear pattern so you eat more tyre for no good reason. Ok sometimes you move from to rear due to a tracking problem you may have now fixed but again not side to side. I know what the tyre people say about best to the rear but I prefer my front wheels to go where I point them. Tread depth verus traction is big subject but between 8 and 2 mils it is very difficult to judge the difference. New tyres are a bit slippery for 100 miles or so and tyres down at 2 mils in the dry are great so how do you balance that. Regards Peter
This would still not have been soon enough for the two tensioner failures on our Leon 1.6 at 35K and 15K later. Surely it would be better to redesign the part and charge more than the £25 for the rubbish plastic item that caused so much hassle.
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if you need more ammo , sign me up. my car (skoda superb 1.8t classic) just siezed up at 45,000 right after a service,2weeks. i don`t blame the garage i personally checked the oil when it went it was clean and plenty of it but we`ve had it 2 and a half years with skoda services until it was out of warranty and all it does is the school run and a bit of shopping surely it should`nt just die like that if i`d wanted to throw money away i`d have got into gambling. many thank`s if you can resolve this or shed some light or even point the way to something else.
Obtained a full list of the AA's Terms and conditions before xmas and discovered that one of the sections states that the AA would not be held liable for any costs involved in recovery after an accident.
So wrote to them asking them to clarify the issue.
They wrote back last week stating that "...The AA membership fee is to pay for service in the event of a mechanical breakdown. With regard to an accident this should be covered by your Motor Insurance, if full comprehensive."
Furthermore, the letter goes on to state "However, in certain situations, such as a member not being able to contact their insurers, or only having third party insurance, the AA may provide a free local recovery for members with the relay option." ('local recovery' underlined)
So if I live in Lancashire, and am involved in an RTA, say, in the midlands as I am drivng home, they wouldn't take me or the car home. I would have to pay ££££ to some recovery firm to do this.
But yet if the gearbox went BANG!, then the AA would relay me & the car home.
Is this now the case for all the other breakdown services (assuming one had the equivalent of Relay )?
Regards,
Stu
[Moderators - I hope I can name the breakdown service. I am not 'naming and shaming', merely drawing attention to a item in their terms and conditions. However, feel free to amend if you feel it is in any way inappropriate]
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I recently had occasion to delve into the AA's Conditions of Service.
The Relay aspect would appear to have been carefully rewritten over the years since I originally joined.
Originally they used to say something on the lines of "If your vehicle breaks down we will transport the vehicle and passengers to any destination within the UK".
However, they don't say that anymore.
What they now say is that they will transport Vehicle and Passengers to any destination providing a prompt local repair cannot be arranged.
You can bet you life that, bearing in mind the costs of vehicle recovery, they will pull out all the stops to try to make a local repair possible, regardless of what it might end up costing the owner.
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Michelin would appear to be interested in a few budget brands. According to the Tigar MH website (dated March 2005) Michelin are also about to take control of Tigar tyres by becoming the majority shareholder.