October 2006
When i get the dell pop up it takes up the whole screen and has no x to get rid of it,no swearing but its annoying.
can you drop it of make it more better??
Cheers ray Read more
1995 clio 1.4 auotomatic, RAC guy said my timing belt had gone, when it happened there was no unusual noise from the engine the car just drifted to a stop, do I definately have engine damage or could I be lucky. Read more
Are you sure it isn't the automatic gearbox which has failed - the engine is running or not?
You are very lucky also if this is still working on a Clio of that age, never mind the timing belt.
Right guys, thinking about buying one of these from an auction, like an ex company one. There seems to be a few about and i've signed up to auction view. Just wondering what to look out for? Checked the Car-by-Car Breakdown but i thought i'd get some feedback from actual owners?
Thanks in advance...
Sunny... Read more
Just to add, some of the regular traders on ebay often seem to sell these sort of cars which might also be worth a look.
The 206 has been released in malaysia under the Naza badge:
paultan.org/archives/2006/05/17/naza-206-bestari-i.../ Read more
C2 and a half surely ;-)
Seriously, that's a good facelift on the 206 to make into the C2 China, really good styling job.
My 99 T reg Saab 9-5 has developed a miss-fire/hesitation when accelerating, more noticeable at lower speed and heavier acceleration, but can occur at any speed. I've changed the plugs but so far that's all. My local garage will look at it and, as an ex-Saab owner, will have experience and knowledge of the car, but I was wondering if a Saab dealer would have better diagnostic equipment? Will diagnostic equipment pinpoint such a fault ? Read more
Thanks for all your help so far.
My central locking system fails to work when locking the doors. The doors always open succesfully from the remote and the alarm will also activate and de-activate so there is no problem with the infra-red detection, The boot pump does not run during locking but always runs on opening so something is lost between the infra-red and the pump. This fault sometimes clears during Hot weather so I suspect it's damp related, also the auto window close fails if the locking does not work. Are ther sensors in the doors or is the only tie in with the interior mirror. Any help would be great!! Read more
Find the "comfort control module" and check it's not wet, or has been wet. I'm not familiar with your particular model, but on some MB vehicles of this vintage, it's in the boot at the bottom and gets wet. Catch it before it's wrecked - they're expensive.
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On the last two occassions I checked the oil I found the dipstick was not fully seated in the filler cap, it had lifted about an inch. Any ideas why? Thanks Read more
blocked breather hose?
You backroomers were very helpful in providing a lunch venue when we went for a weekend away to Northumberland in May 2005.
Our next venue for a weekend break is North Norfolk. We will be leaving mid morning and expect to be on the A17 by lunchtime. Do any backroomers know of any decent pubs off the A17 between Spalding and Kings Lynn which does good lunches?
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CGNorwich - too your suggestion on board and 'The Mermaid' at Surfleet was excellent. Good location, good service and good price.
Agree the A17 was very boring and full of speed cameras mostly in the places where you have a good chance of overtaking the wagons meaning most drivers don't even attempt to overtake. Even with the cameras road deaths on this road were up about 25% (Oct 2004-Sep 05 41 deaths, Oct 05 - Sep 06 51 deaths). Did about 450 miles on the trip and driving around North Norfolk was a real pleasure. Very little traffic and well signed sensible limits. Managed 55 mpg over the whole trip, my best return for this car and shows how motoring at around 50mph for miles and miles really improves economy.
As ever there was the odd numpty like the Mondeo man yesterday who overtook on a right turn refuge, then deliberately took the wrong lane at a roundabout to undertake a wagon. 30 miles later on he was still only two wagons in front of us, exactly where he'd been when we first noticed him!
I saw an advert in a motor mag about a product that claimed to help the internal heater heat 50% faster. The product is called something like Hotter Heater or similar, just add to the radiator coolant and away it goes.
Has anyone used this product and if so how effective is it and is it safe for all engines petrol/diesel ? Read more
Yes, but "work" appears to mean reduces engine coolant temperature. Looking
purely at the heater , surely the temperature should be as
high as possible for optimum (heater) performance?
Imrpoving heat transfer between block and coolant, and coolant and radiator results in more efficient operation of the radiator (and heater matrix); i.e. the whole system is operating more efficiently which means greater heat throughput from the rad.
This one pop-up needs something doing to it. In IE it pops up as full screen, with no top bar, so there's no way to close or minimise it without using task manager. Needless to say, this gets very annoying, very quickly.
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As has already been mentioned, please address this problem to HJ, and if there is genuinely a problem he will take it up with the advertiser.
DD.
::EDIT:: I have just made HJ aware of this, so no need to mention it to him yourself.
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As per what Pugugly said.
Finally, in answer to Dulwich Estate's question:- "But HJ - if the Dell ad fills the whole screen you don't have anything to click on. As far as I know (and I really know nothing - just what others tell me) you either need to do a ctrl W or switch off."
If you want to return to the HJ page, then pressing Alt Tab will switch between the two windows you have running and bring the HJ page to the front of the popup.
DD.