November 2006
Can anyone adivise me on how to remove the original stereo from a pug 206cc and replace it with a kewood? e.g. would i need any special removal keys or face plate? Read more
Has anybody driven the 1.6 Fsi tiptronic auto Touran? what are they like? I've driven the Renault Scenic auto & hated it. I've driven the DSG Touran in the 2.0 diesel & loved it, but can't afford it. So now, I'm toying with a 1.9 dci Scenic manual or a 1.6 Fsi tiptronic Touran petrol. Any thoughts?
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Am trying to replace water pump on a toyota carina.........no matter what way the pump body goes on I cant stop it from leaking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have tried using just the supplied paper gasket, the gasket with blue sealer , and a combination of both...all to no avail.
The Oring looks ok and i have torqued all the nuts to manufactures spec...................any help appreciated! Read more
Have you removed ALL of the old gasket from the block ?
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Does anyone know how to change a brake bulb in an A4. I have bought a bulb but cannot get to the light cluster. Inside the boot is all sealed up and if I moved the trim it looks as though half the boot has to be pulled out. Was just expecting a little hatch that unclips that you put your hand through - no such luck.
The owners manual isnt much help - 'take to an Audi dealer or qualified outlet'
I cant believe that something as simple as a 99p bulb is going to cost me in labour charges to get it fitted!! Read more
Thanks for your help and advice. I think I will take the easy way out and get a garage to do it. I'll only really get to have a good go at it when its dark which I expect is not ideal if its that complicated.
What happened to making bulb changing easy?
It's a 2 litre TDCi 53 Reg 59000 miles. Had it 3 months & 4000 trouble free miles but last week it started cutting out suddenly with glow plug lamp flashing. It restarts easily after waiting about 5 mins. Then repeat performance every 10/15 miles approx. Garage drove it about 15 miles with fault code reader plugged in but nothing showed up & it behaved itself. With me driving it continued to cut out as on the first day. Garage told me to lock/unlock it to reset the ecu but that doesn't work for me. Shall I trade it in & get a Jap job???!
Have just read horror stories in another thread about fuel pumps etc. Scary!!! Any advice on a low cost fix would be greatly appreciated. Kind regards Lofty1931
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A fault code will only usually be stored where a sensor is providing values outside of its normal range. In the case of the cam sensor I believe the problem is that as they fail they momentarily drop out and provide no signal to the ECU at all. As the injection system must have input from the cam sensor to time the injections, if it loses that all it can do is stop injecting and so the engine cuts out.
Firstly a cautionary tale and also any useful extra info will be gratefully received.
We were burgled a few days ago with a Mini Cooper S being stolen from the drive. They also took keys for a nearly new Audi A6 but not the car (? why). Mini has been recovered with minimal damage but effectively we have one missing and one spare set of keys for each car.
the Audi was taken away by the insurance company as it was at risk of being stolen by the culprit returning for second dibs. The process of "just getting secure" now involved changing all the locks and some ? ECU reporogramming. Expensive and not covered by the insurance in most policies >£100 or so... Enquiries with the insurance approved garage meet with "bit of a problem, could be up to a month", enquiries with Audi main dealers "not sure how to do this might cost £3000". This seems to be a real trap. How hard to try to hide keys in the house, secure the house etc?. There seems to be a risk here that is impossible to insure against -
we havent even heard whats to happen with the Mini but dread to think if its the same again. How can it be that even Audi dont know whats involved in resolving this situation with all the coathanger / letterbox car thefts around.
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Rotor arms are still around on some cars, but the top of the distributor is now usually screwed down, not retained by clips, so removing the arm is not a 2 minute job any more.
Hello everyone,
I'm in a need for a scan/photo of the very first page (foreword) of any Toyota's Owner Manual.
Need a proof for a friend of mine who simply cannot believe that a Lexus is made by Toyota.
Showed him a GS300 book, but to convince him 100% I think I'd need the above mentioned scan/photo.
Rumour is they were so lazy they've only exchanged the word "Toyota" with "Lexus" (the rest of the foreword being all the same).
Here's a GS300 foreword:
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Free enterprise is the basis of western economy. Read more
Details, details...
www.fotosik.pl/showFullSize.php?id=c1543b922a5df6a6
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Free enterprise is the basis of western economy.
For anyone who hasn't seen it, and who can get Film 4 or Film 4 +1 on their goggler, and who can stay up a little bit late, Two Lane Blacktop is showing on those channels at 12.55 tonight and I suppose 1.55 too.
Quite a decent car movie, not perfect of course - no car movie ever has been that I've seen - but not bad at all. Made by someone who understood what it was all about, American style of course.
Highly recommended. Make your excuses now. Read more
Oh I did like what I saw..... I did like the matt grey Chevy! It was, if I am honest, the lure of Reese Witherspoon (playing June Carter Cash, and very well, let me say!) that made me switch!
My mum bought a StreetKa recently, and I got a go in it for the first time today.
What struck me most about it was the way the power is delivered. Comparing it to our own 1.4 Zetec-SE engined Fiesta which actually has a slightly better power to weight ratio (6 bhp down, but 150 kg lighter), the midrange punch of the eight valve engine makes it feel much more responsive in most situations. If you wring both engines to their redlines, the multivalve unit definitely feels happier, but in normal driving, I think the 8 valve acquits itself slightly better.
Don't get me wrong, I am a big fan of the Fiesta's Zetec-SE engine, but it is a "typical" multivalve engine. If you use all the revs it goes amazingly well for what it is, but it does feel quite flat under 3,000 RPM. The StreetKa's 8 valve Duratec unit pulls eagerly from pretty much the floor, and feels much more responsive, even though on paper the car is slightly slower.
This got me thinking. I recall a similar experience driving both 8 valve and 16 valve version of the Peugeot 306 XSi on the same day a few years ago. While the 16 valve was definitely the more powerful, and on paper had a modest performance advantage, it was the 8 valve that felt much more responsive and arguably felt quicker at "normal to mildly enthusiastic" engine speeds, and seemed to do more useful work over much more of the rev range than the 16 valve unit.
I realise that marketing spiel introduced the four valve per cylinder engine as a "must have" and sold it as a mark of advanced technology, but I think, based on admittedly limited experience of two types of car from two manufacturers, that the two valve design, however "obsolete" has a lot going for it. Four valves give us more power, but seem to stick it up the top of the rev range at the expense of torque lower down. Is this just chasing headline BHP figures at the expense of driveability?
What do you think?
Cheers
DP
PS - The StreetKa as a whole I thought was a pleasant surprise. A lot of fun to drive despite modest performance, and handles and steers beautifully. Too "girly" for me, but I really quite liked it. Read more
Having spent some time in the past with several (diesel) engine designers, the advantages of a 4 valve as opposed to a 2 valve layout have been outlined to me as follows:
4 (or 5) valves will give a better "fit factor" in the combustion chamber roof, enabling higher gas flows to be achieved at a defined valve lift. 5 valve layouts can compromise injector (and presumably spark plug) positioning and are generally not considered to be worth the mechanical complexity on a large diesel. My colleagues were geneally less impressed with the gas flow argument than other factors (see below) pointing out that increasing boost pressure is an inexpensive way of achieving a higher gas flow.
The advantage of a 4 valve head which featured most strongly has been touched upon above - valve seat length. A crucial factor in achieving efficient cylinder charging and scavenging is the rate of change of oriface size - which is in direct proportion to total valve seat length. Variable valve timing systems generally yield better results with a high rate of change of oriface size - achievable on a 2 valve layout only with "brick wall" cams, which would require "PD" oils to lubricate them. Large diesels are built to last a very long time, so highly stressed valve gear is not on the agenda - a 4 valve head and turbocharger is an iestablished ndustry standard (eg Rolls Royce Eagle) for most automotive applications.
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Like this perhaps?
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6181788.stm Read more
Has already been mentioned.
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=46874
Please continue with discussion there please. DD.
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Removal & if it needs a face plate depends on the age of the CC in question.
If you come back & say 2001 we also need to know if its multiplexed or not.