September 2006
I have a damaged front seat cover, (only the lower part, squab is it?) the back is O.K. and I have the opportunity to obtain the same colour from a breakers yard. Does anyone know how they are fitted? and is removing and fitting within the possibility of a reasonable D.I.Y man?
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I have just done a head gasket on a 306 D Turbo. Everything is back together but the car wont start. From what I can tell everything seems to be in order, I had originally suspected the glowplugs but these have been changed and a recent checked showed them to be operating fine, I have a burn to prove it!!
Now as the car hasnt started when I withdraw the glowplug would I be correct in assuming that I should be able to see diesel on the glowplug, but at the mo they are dry, could this mean that I am not getting fuel through to the combustion chamber?
If so any advice?
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If you're getting fuel out of the injector pipes then the fuel cut off valve must be working OK. Doe the engine seem to have good compression? Is it hard to turn over using a socket on the crank nut? Or do you have access to a diesel compression tester? Is there no sign of life at all, any emission from the exhaust?
Supposing the timing was now 180 degrees out, fuel in on the exhaust stroke?
You could try here for more help - www.frenchcarforum.co.uk/forum/
Steve.
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Xantia HDi.
Buy a Citroen and get to know the local GSF staff better...
im looking at draining and flushing my cooling system on a 2001 306 hdi. i was wondering what the procedure is as ive never done this before and want to keep the system sweet as the radiator looks in good condition.
Is it worth just flushing the radiator or should i flush the block out too?
I can see 1 bleed screw on the bulkhead near the brake servo are there any others?
The haynes only goes up 2 1999 models which doesnt help. How come theres not one for a hdi?
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Technical terms! Meant a drain screw!
Looking at buying a Golf Plus as it seems to tick a few boxes in terms of size, space, retained value, etc.
My main concern is that I don't see many of these on the road and I wonder if VW will drop the model (especially as I've heard that a Golf Estate is on it's way).
What do people think?
Also, anyone out there own one and can give me their thoughts on owning one?
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Why would they replace a nice looking hatchback with a funny over-tall one that doesn't really offer any advantages i.e on a few mms longer and 100mm higher - otherwise zilch.
I sat in a new standard Golf, Golf Plus, Touran and Passat recently in local VW showroom. I set the front seats to suit me then 'sat behind myself'. I'm 6'1".
The Golf Plus was the easiest to get into, had most rear leg room and was very comfortable.
I was impressed.
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I wasna fu but just had plenty.
I think it's a year since this has been raised - or at least thats what a search revealed - and then the thread sadly degenerated into the usual pro/anti police argument.
Without going into the specifics of any particular incident, we are all aware that many accidents/incidents on our roads result in the area being declared a crime scene - with the inevitable long delays.
As far as I am aware this is a fairly recent practice and it is surely without doubt that our roads are closed for much longer than yesteryear.
Does anyone know if a crime scene was always declared after major accidents?
Or:
Is it in response to a new law?
Is new Home Office guidelines?
Is it new Police protocols?
It would not appear to be the usual culprit - namely a Brussels inspired directive.
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I will make one observation and that is that the large
volume of traffic places a very high demand on our road
network. One hiccup at the wrong time and everything grinds to
a halt. There are few alternative routes that can cope with
the high volume catered for on the main networks - hence
gridlock.
A statement with which we would all wholeheartedly agree.
Logically this would suggest the Police would attempt to streamline procedures to minimise delays.
Instead, without explanation, it would appear that the police at the scene have gone in the opposite direction and introduced more comprehensive procedures which inevitably increase delays.
I have just replaced the head gasket on a 1.4SE Astra (1995). I have got a wire left over from the loom that needs connecting to the engine somewhere. It comes out of the alternator wiring loom about half way along and it coloured blue with a green tracer. It has a one way connector on it with a green water resistant boot on it.
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check all air pipes are secure if its hunting.
Mk 1 - 8 valve.
My wife?s Punto overheated today. She was using it locally, no traffic jams, so what made it overheat? The only thing I can imagine is the thermostat stuck shut. The engine got so hot that the plastic lugs holding the cambelt cover to the engine have melted. Car was running fine beforehand and starts and runs OK now, although the radiator header bubbles like a boiling kettle. Head gasket failure me thinks. Water level was OK a couple of weeks back when I checked and there have been no leaks onto the garage floor.
The head gasket was replaced about 18 months/3,000 miles ago (she doesn?t use the car much!), so I?m a bit peeved it?s gone again!
Seeing as the engine got so hot, what other damage could have resulted? Obviously the head will need skimming, but could it have cracked?
Chris M
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Well the job is done and the car is running fine.
I haven't done a head gasket in over 20 years and am feeling pretty pleased with myself. All the bolts came undone easily, the head came off with little prompting, all the parts were in stock and were the correct ones first time, I didn't have to stop and go out to get anything unexpected, the car started first time, the weather was fine and the birds were singing. DIY as it should be!!
And perhaps best of all, I save circa £200 on labour - sorry oldman ;-)
Chris M
Are they mad ?
As if things weren't bad enough for them Ford have now paid BMW £6M for the Rover name.
I think it is aimed at protecting the Land Rover name so it is not cheapened when associated with cheap Chinese Rovers. Read more
Does the purchase include other ex BMC "quality" marques such as
Riley, Wolseley or Triumph?
Not quite. BMW kept hold of Triumph and Riley but the rest (Austin, Morris, Wolseley, Standard, Vanden-Plas etc) was passed to MG Rover, and is now owned by Nanjing.
Folks, I appreciate I have sought an answer to this on a previous thread but I am really keen to understand where the statement that was previously posted about VAG experiencing substantial sales growth in the UK at the moment came from.
Martin Sweeney posted it so if you could Martin I would be grateful for a response.
I am looking for a link or reference to use.
It is important otherwise I would not keep asking.
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Martin sorry - I have read the response on the previous thread - thanks for the pointer.
You may have read my other post re: buying an Audi A4. We have decided to keep my girlfriends old car and store it in a garage for 6 months for my brother to learn to drive in. Question is should I be doing anything special for this short space of time. WIll hook the battery up to a trickle charger and leave the handbrake off so hopefully no battery and brake issues when it is to be used again.
Should I change the oil (was done recently) and maybe run it once a week for 10 minutes to keep the engine going or is this doing more harm than good? Read more
We used to leave our 3 series for up to 6 months at a time (I think we did this on maybe 3 occasions), it was parked on the drive and literally just left there untouched for 6 months, apart from a battery charge, it started and drove away first time with apparently no ill effects, although the outside did need a damn good clean due to a large quantity if moss sprouting frome very crevice!
Blue
Its a Golf Mk 3 1.9 GL the problem is now sorted than you for your replys. Stainless