June 2006
Does anyone know where the TDC sensor is located on a 1.9DTurbo 306, and is it easy to get to, to adjust or replace?
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ive recently bought a 1997 vectra and while driveing it back home the engien managerment light as come on and it seems to be crawling there no lift when foot too floor can any one say wat it can be or a way of finding out the problem
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Hi,
Your car has gone into limp home mode.
To read out the fault codes, arm yourself with a paperclip, and visit the following site
www.topbuzz.co.uk/info/fault_codes/fault_codes.htm
Your ecu plug is below the handbrake lever, under a removable cover.
Report back what codes you find.
The BMJ have recently published a report on injuries due to traffic accidents. They have noted that the serious injury rate has not changed in the last decade pretty much. This is contrary to the police statistics.
Results According to police statistics, rates of people killed or seriously injured on the roads fell consistently from 85.9 per 100 000 in 1996 to 59.4 per 100 000 in 2004. Over the same
time, however, hospital admission rates for traffic injuries were almost unchanged at 90.0 in 1996 and 91.1 in 2004. Both
datasets showed a significant reduction in rates of injury in
children aged <=15 but the reduction in hospital admission
rates was substantially less than the reduction shown in the
police statistics. The definition of serious injury in police
statistics includes every hospital admission; in each year, none
the less, the number of admissions exceeded the number of
injuries reported in the police system.
Conclusions: The overall fall seen in police statistics for
non-fatal road traffic injuries probably represents a fall in
completeness of reporting of these injuries.
Which sounds like double speak for ' we know the official statistics are wrong'. The question is, is this accidental or a deliberate move to hide a total failure of road safety policy? No other country in Europe has seen such lack of improvement. Fatalities amongst young people have doubled in the last decade. If, generally, injuries aren't falling inspite of advances in car design then there is something seriously wrong with the way things are. I'd put the lack of traffic police in most counties as being at the top of the list of reasons why.
Surprise, surprise the government spin machine has gone into full swing to bury this story.
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Surely what's important is that if you're looking for relative trends over time of, say, road traffic accident injuries then you use the same source; ie either consistently use Police data or consistently use BMA data?
Same applies if comparing data from different countries, etc.
And if you're drawing absolute inferences from data then those inferences need to be limited & qualified by the faults in the information gathering process.
Following hot on the heels of recent thread about 17 year old car owners....apart from Pass Plus in due course....have Backroomers any suggestions to make as to *who* to approach for lessons?
Would you be recommending national schools such as BSM or AA...or would 'one-man-band' be preferable?
If the latter, the young man in question lives in Nottingham so any name of good instructor in that area would be appreciated.
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The only disadvantage to using a one man band is what happens if he is ill/on holiday? When I was learning my instructor had an arrangement with another local school, so for a period I had a different instructor and car every week.
I have a '30s car fitted with pre-war hydraulic brakes (originally from a Triumph Gloria). The restorer of the car (pre my ownership) used silicon brake fluid, which is a pain - its very expensive and not easy to find when you need it.
I asked around - including a couple of manufacturers - and was assured that modern DOT4 fluids are compatible with silicon, so I used some (months ago). I'm now getting sticking brakes and feedback that they aren't compatible after all.
I'm resigned/prepared to strip the system and replace the seals, which I've already managed to find - and I'm not not too concerned as after 50k miles of thrashing I'm happy to give the brakes as once-over anyway - but I've been told that its not possible to revert to DOT4 fluid.
I can't really believe this. If I thoroughly flush out the system (possibly using a sovent such as acetone, any comments??), change all seals in slave and master cylinder and then re-assemble I can't really believe there will be enough resuidual silicon in the system to cause problems.
Any comments, anyone????
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The fact that it doesn't absorb moisture is one of the concerns;you'll always get moisture in the system and with silicone ,it'll be in globules not just reducing the boiling point as is in normal brake fluid.
I think this applies mainly to older auto' gearboxes - my car has an overdrive that can be switched on or off from a button on the gear lever. My question is why have the switch? On my car the overdrive switch doesn't seem to do much more than to enable a fourth gear on the 'box. Why not have it on all the time? It doesn't seem to effect the other gears. Is it just a gimmick or am I missing something?
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The older kind of "genuine overdrive" not only adds a 5th
gear to an ordinary 4 speed manual box, it can in
some cars be engaged in 3rd (as in my Triumph 2000),
My friends dad had a Triumph 2000 with the overdrive button on top of the gear stick. To me as a kid obsessed with cars (late '70's), having an extra gear you could select electrically was a gadget of James Bond proportions!
My defender TD5 (9k miles) has a noticeably loud tapping noise from the engine at around 60mph in top gear. It only appears at this precise speed, but is not always regular in frequency. It's been there since the vehicle was new. Knowing about the oilpump problems, I'm getting paranoid. Any suggestions?
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It's no longer under warranty. I had ECU mods carried out. The tapping was evident before this work was completed.
I have just been given a price on new engine for my 320d BMW 2002, for car collection, new engine supplied & fitted.
Has anyone heard of Heathrow Motor Services in Twickenham?
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A new engine from BMW will be VERY expensive - possibly verging on uneconomic by the time fitting is included - even on a 2002 car.
Try FabBMW - they are breakers and I've used them in the past for BMW parts. They are honest and not too dear - they may have a damaged car with a suitable engine.
I have just booked my car in for its service at a vag dealer in Glasgow. Going to cost me £220 including vat (longlife service). Is this a reasonable price for a first service. Car is 18 months old with 16000 miles. Read more
Car was serviced yesterday at Verve Glasgow (Dalmarnock Branch). As usual got the phone call to say that I needed new windscreen wipers, new bulb for tail light and my back pads have only about 3000 miles left. All of which I knew about as I checked the car before it went in. To my surprise these where only recommendation no mention that we can do these for you at xxx price. Also said car will not be ready at 13:00 as they had found a leak in my radiator and they where replacing it under warranty.
Went to collect the car and instead of being handed the keys and left to wander round trying to find the car as another extremely large VW dealers does at the other end of the city. Who I will never use again or any members of my family. I was asked to take a seat and a driver will bring it round to the front door.
As people are always downing VW main dealers I feel they did a very professional job.
Thought this may help others with similar problem.
Symptoms are car makes knocking/rattle type sound on startup.
First thought it was the coolant pipes knocking aginst bulkhead wall, but that was all secure.
Finally located problem with engine mounting bracket on timing belt side. Had to remove bracket by supporting engine with jack. On removal, problem was very apparent as the threaded rubber mount had worked loose. Toggling the loose rubber mount made the knocking noise. Unscrewed rubber mount fully, applied threadlock compound and retightened. No more knocking on startup! Read more
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