September 2006
Can anyone please advise me on the safe jacking points for Peugeot 306. The 306 is S reg with a 1.9 TD engine. I have been unable to find out anywhere, and it is not clear when looking underneath the car.
Any help or advice greatly appreciated, Cheers!
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A cheeky request for anyone with a trade account with Manheim. I am trying to get a vague idea of the sale catologue for the auction at Bristol tomorrow but you can either use faxback (at 80p a min) or need a trade account. My experience of fax back has been poor in the past so was hoping I may be able to appeal to someone who has a trade account who could download the catologue in pdf format.
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I've bought a 98 2ltr GSI, as repairable. The speedo stopped working, garage diagnosed duff wheel sensors. While waiting on the ordered replacement parts the alarm went off one night and the owner found that there was an eletrical fire at the ABS.
I gather that the car needs an abs module, wheel sensors and some wiring to put right.
However it doesn't seem to explain why the car continues to run after you've turned off the ignition and removed the key. Not a rough idle like run on. Actually continues to purr away. If you remove a battery lead, it stops and once the lead is replaced, it runs okay again.
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Sounds like gloves are a good idea then, thanks.
I picked this car up at the begininng of the week and ran it down the road, by time I got home it was stopping on the key okay, so presumably the shorted wires have vibrated away from each other.
Not a solution but that's the conclusion to this problem.
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Top Gear may be suspended for a little while, so we'll just have to make do with 5th Gear instead.
Tonight (25/09/06), Channel 5 - 8pm.
They've moved location from their dreary base (with that hollow echo in the background) in the last series to The Ace Café, as well as having a new presenter - Tim Lovejoy.
Whether they go through with what's listed for tonights episode because of recent events with Hampster, we'll have to wait and see.
"There's lots to look forward to - we were the only car show allowed behind the scenes of the car stunts in the forthcoming Bond movie, Casino Royale; we've been teaching England's top cricketers Freddie Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen how to race; and we've got plans for our most spectacular car crash ever."
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>> so it's still really bad then.........
TVM must have been watching a repeat of last Monday's episode.
Quite why anyone would do that is anyone's guess - unless
of course they didn't believe it was that bad first time
around!
It's fascinating in its dire 'ness' . I don't know who that piece of wood is, as VBH's co-presenter but I reckon a piece of wood has more life and isn't so wooden. Terrible presention and no spontaneity but I expect he's a good family man (we at least saw some members of his family).
Strangley enough and I hate to have to admit this but certain aspects of this programme do have some useful informative items, in fact moreso than that more polished TG programme on BBC2.
Hi Guys
Spending some time searching through the forum I'm interested to know where the design of the 1.25 Duratec petrol engine came from? Notes in the forum seem to point to it being a Mazda/Yamaha design - can anyone give a definitive answer?
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Excellent thanks Cheddar :o)
I need a Chrysler 300 for a photoshoot - anyone know where one can hire such a beast ? Read more
Hi RichardW
No it wasn't me on two counts
1) no 300C in the number plate &
2) No -one passes me on the Motorway !! (only kidding)
MTC
Had a chance to see one yesterday, but locked up so I could only peer through the windows. Usual problem - 7 seats but little luggage space with them all up. The one on display was a 2.0TDi Zetec and looked well specced, but the 15 inch wheels looked too small.
The handbrake lever is huge - more reminiscent of a throttle control lever from a 1950s Russian heavy freighter aircraft and it looks very close to the gearstick - it's also in a position where kids climbing around (as they do in such vehicles) could damage the handbrake or themselves.
It was priced at just over £23,000, the standard equipment took up over half a page of A4, only extra was metallic paint. Read more
I can?t comment on the Galaxy, but I?ve just had an S-max for the last 4 days and it was a cracking car. Beleive ot or not the handbrake has a lovely fluid action, really nice to use. If I get a chance this afternoon I'll post more details.
Looked pretty good actually.
Ford Freedom Limited (I think)
Looked like a Mondeo estate on steroids - LHD so probably a US import.
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This reaffirms my opinion that this and the Ford 500 are
based on the chassis of our current Ford Mondeo. Different to
XC90/S60/V70/S80. >>
No, I thoght the 500 was Mondeo / X-Type based though it seems that it is more closely related to the Volvos albeit with the 3.0 Duratec.
is there any way of checking the power steering pump on a 2003 ford focus 1.6?
is there anyway to check its overall condition?
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did u notice the fluid going down? mines fine and not going down but it might be something for me to watch if that is one of the simptoms!!
alot of people in my car club fit additional oil coolers, which i can see makes sense on a track only car
i see them complain/mention that their oil takes forever to warm up, or never goes over xxx degrees
surley driving for say 20mins until the oil passes 80 degrees is daft, and wastes fuel and increases engine wear?
i know having oil running at crazy high temps is bad, but isnt it almost as bad having cool oil all the time
any ideas what the safe /best temps for oil is.....my manual states not to drive hard until 80deg buts doesnt say alot about how hot is too hot Read more
alot of people in my car club fit additional oil coolers,
which i can see makes sense on a track only car
surley driving for say 20mins until the oil passes 80 degrees
is daft, and wastes fuel and increases engine wear?
Try saying that to any fully pledged Scoobie driver and see what they say.???
If it's jacking using the standard jack for changing a wheel there are jacking points at either end of the sill. If you are jacking the car to do work on it then jack it under somewhere like the end of the bottom arm then support it on a securely positioned axle stand.