March 2006
Can anyone explain why the C02 emissions for the Honda Accord Diesel saloon is 143 g/km and the Tourer (estate) with the same engine is 155 g/m? This difference is significant with regard to the new VED rates - £110 compared to £130 read Read more
My car seems to wobble side to side on the front , I can see this from looking down the bonnet when coming to a stop . I cannot feel much movement if any from grabbing the road wheels , but do get a strange noise when going over rough roads . I have allready changed front springs and shocks ,and anti roll bar bushes and drop links . Car has done 130,000 ish miles but never changed the wishbones , guess these dont last forever ? Or am I overlooking something ?
Car make added to subject header (as per the sticky request at the top of the page) to make question less vague. Read more
I was wrongly under the impression it was a safety feature,ie
if engine died power steering worked on battery power.
Not much point to it otherwise IMO
Power steering doesn't work on my Vectra-C until the engine is running. I've also turned off the engine whilst still moving to elliminate a noise I once had. Once the engine was off, no P/S. It might be a different kettle of fish if the engine died while the ignition was still turned on, but the P/S on these cars draws one heck of a lot of power out of the battery. Enough to make the headlights and dash display momentarily dim down when the wheel is turned when the car is ticking over, so I imagine the cars electrics detects the alternator isn't working and shuts it down.
That aside, once the vehicle is moving, you need very little power assistance anyway. Remember, P/S is only a parking aid. At speed you don't need it as the wheels are turning which makes the steering lighter anyway.
Son's Corsa ran its battery down a few weeks ago (away at university)
He came back yesterday and the radio display is showing "Safe"
Have tried the process in the book for putting code in (ignition on, radio off, press and hold A/S button) but nothing happens.
Have tried disconnecting and re-connecting the battery but is still the same.
We have not got as far as putting in a code so have not had any attempts! Have left ignition and radio on for an hour - still no change.
What am I doing wrong?
It is a 51 1.0 club but he upgraded the radio cassette to a single CD. Read more
Thanks, that did it.
Must learn to read.
Turns out what he thought was the code wasn't so he had to find the radio card. Now sorted.
I've developed a rear (drum) brake squeal on my 02 Zafira . Have taken the drum off and given everything it a good clean , but it persists. The shoe surfaces looked a bit shiny, could this be the cause - is it OK to rough up the surface with sandpaper? - I assume it's all asbestos free these days. Read more
if you back of the adjusters and rebuild the drums up then the adjusters should reajust up again if everything is tickaty boo.
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AS some of you know i work out in Sudan, last week my Hilux p/u became sick
No power & smoking chnaged fuel filter slightly better but not much
I told my driver to take it to the toyota main dealer in Port Sudan 3 hours drive away
I've just recived the bill/
Fuel tank removed & cleaned
All fuel lines removed & cleaned 1 replaced
1 new fuel filter
Fuel pump timing checked
New air filter
Total cost as far as i can work out about 50 quid!
I'm very annoyed as i did not ask them to check fuel pump timing.. tut tut whatever next
Oh yes runs as good as new now too! Read more
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Bought new Philips extra light bulbs.Difficult to fit drivers side,impossible on passenger side.Took car to garage,was told that Toyota knew of the problem and advise bumper removal to get access.Charged £44-very fair.After driving in dark lights were seriously out of focus.Garage reports plastic of bulb holder melted.Toyota knew of the problem and would replace a modified plastic headlamp under warranty-very fair.So if you want to avoid a lot of hassle think carefully before fitting extra light bulbs.GERIATRIC. Read more
Over the last few weeks I have noticed a strong petrol smell from my car.Mainly when in the car is stationary with the engine ticking over after a run in the car.It was in the Dealership twice and they said they couldn't fault the car and couldn't find the smell. (see www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=39213 )
In the last week an emission warning light came on and has stayed on.This is due to a faulty oxygen sensor.My car goes in to get this replaced next week.I think the garage will use this as the explanation for my problem.Hopefully this will turn out to be the case.Would this indeed cause this issue? Read more
I've seen a mint one in a local garage at <£15k with 11,000 miles on the clock in black. Half leather and really nice. Admit I was originally looking for a 2.0 sport or SE but this has really caught my eye and I'm tempted.
Maybe able to get a bit more off the price based on the conversation but it seems fairly low anyway to me.
Am I taking on something that I shouldn't? Read more
Do it!
That 2.4 litre chain cam engine is one of Hondas best. I am exceptionally jealous of my friend who owns one of these.
Vectra 2.2TDi LS 16v Auto Diesel Hatchback
Have recently purchased this car, it is a 2003 (03) plate and it has covered 34k and has the ECOTEC engine, some advise please.....
It seems to me to be drinking the diesel very heavily and I have now filled it up three times since Ive had it and on each occassion it is struggling to make 300 miles before the low fuel light appears.
seems a bit heavy to me, have got it booked in for a FULL service as the previous service by Vauxhall at 33k only did the oil and filter and nothing else (before I bought it) and will have all filters changed etc. to see if this increases MPG at all.
what sort of mileage to others get out of this same type of car / engine please ?
will put in some redex to see if that has an effect cleaning the injectors maybe ?
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Generally I am at a loss with this car as it
is the second vauxhall I've had and both have been a
pain for one reason or the other, I thought maybe? -
Doh, I was wrong !
My passat 1.9 TDi Auto returned so many nore miles to
a full tank of diesel that this car is depressing me,
and before anyone asks they are both 60 litre tanks cos
the most I ever manage to fit in is 55 /
57 litres.
I have an A4 with the same engine as the Passat, and these engines are very hard to beat for efficiency hence MPG, due to the unique Pumpe Duse injection system. Although this has been around for a while, even the most 'state of the art' diesels only return around the same mpg as the VAG 1.9 PD engine. Certainly the GM 2.0 and 2.2 diesels will never match the 1.9PD and I'm hearing that the Fiat derrived 1.9 diesel now used in Vauxhalls whilst MUCH better still isn't super-economical.
I would much appreciate your advice yet again.
For the last couple of days, I have had some trouble starting my car from cold ('93 Polo 1043 Inj). When I say cold, I mean if it?s left for a day or two.
It?s like the car has flooded or is running far too rich. You get in, and turn the key and its spins with endless enthusiasm, but just will NOT fire. Take today for example. The car had sat for three days, and it took 2 10 second bursts of the starter before it coughed and spluttered into life (with a touch of blue/grey smoke from the rear) and needed some gentile persuasion with the accelerator to keep going. After about 10-15 seconds, everything was sorted and the car ran nice and smooth.
If the car is then left for hours (today it was about 4-6, so technically stone cold) it?ll start quite well, with some very brief roughness, say 2 seconds at most, and again it?ll run absolutely fine thereafter.
It has done many hot/warm starts today as we?ve adjusted the ignition timing as it was found to be retarded, so there was plenty of ons and offs, to which all were faultless (no smoke, roughness or hesitation). I made a trip into town and after 30mins, it was still ok.
There is no oil or water loss, and the oil doesn?t smell of petrol, so I?m quite sure the problem is strictly limited to cold starting and is not present when running.
As always, any help is much appreciated.
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Final update on this.....
All appears to be well and the fault appears to have been the temperature sender. I left this update quite a while, giving the car a good testing before I reported back. Many starts and miles later everything is ok. Just came back from an arduous trip away to Yorkshire; 3 passengers, a multitude of camping equipment effectively meaning the car was fully laden and 2 trips across the hilly N. Yorks Moors with such a load, and it never missed a beat.
Browse
Manatee
Interesting about the CR-V. The same engine in the Civic is rated at 135 g/km so I'm sure you are correct. Presumably CO2 emissions are calculated when the car is actually being driven on a rolling road so the mass and rolling resistance then becomes significant. However, the shape of the car wouldn't then be a factor.