November 2006
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{Thread originally titled "Something to make TVM gasp..." but renamed to give a more meaningful and less vague title - DD}
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What's for you won't pass you by
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So in order:
AN-225
A380
AN-400 / AN124
747-400
C-5
C-17
Today we bought from a Proton main dealer a 1998 R Proton Persona 1.6 automatic for my mam, its done 45000 miles and has full main dealer history (only cost £655 too), but i was wondering when we should change the timing belt?. The handbook says 54000 miles but the guide in the 'car by car breakdown' section of this wonderful website says regular changes are needed, so i dont know if i should wait until 54000 miles or not. Can anybody please help me, thanks. Read more
as a guide change them every 40,000mls or every 4 yrs which ever is sooner some cars will do 60.000mls but as i said it's a guide, the cost to repair if it fail's can cost more than you paid for the car!! good luck
Is it generally OK to mix synthetic and non-synthetic oil in the same engine?
My 1999 406 (2 litre petrol) needs topping up but I have no idea what is sloshing around in there at the moment.
I assume that synthetic would be the better purchase, but am just unsure as to what will happen if its standard mineral oil in there at the moment.
I have read the excellent guide to oil here www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=42671 but it doesnt clarify what happens if the two types get mixed.
Any advice appreciated
Thanks,
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Great, thanks for all your advice.
Paul
We have a '96 A4 estate in which the dash board lights and the centre console lights don't work. Its not the bulbs they have checked out OK. its prolly worth saying that all of the instruments work correctly.
I've checked the supply to the instrument cluster lighting which is OK. With lights on, the brightness of the odometer changes, so the potentiometer is OK. If I put a temporary feed onto the output of the instrument cluster to the centre console bulbs, they all work. So, the problem is in the cluster. Right?
OK, so does anyone have a wiring diagram for the pcb within the instrument cluster? or any other hints on what I might have missed?
Many thanks for your help,
Andy
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A local dealer has a 1997 Seat Alhambra MPV 2.0 litre automatic, one owner from new with 80 000 miles at reasonable money. I've had a mind to change the Punto for something bigger and more comfortable to drive that will fit two dogs in the back, so its taken my fancy.
From the CBCB, I gather these have JATCO autoboxes, which seem to enjoy a good reputation. There have been issues with water ingress into the ECU and autoboxes locking in park, though.
So, my first question is, what's the backroom's verdict on this as an MPV? Worth a look or steer well clear?
My second question is, as this would be bought as a car to run to the scrapyard, would the 2 litre/auto combination be capable of towing a caravan or small trailer (with a suitable cooler fitted to the box) or would I become a rolling roadblock as soon as I set off for the ferry?
(Its priced at 6000 euro; for comparison, a similar age Primera would cost approx 4000 euro, or an imported Toyota Previa would be about 7500 euro)
All advice gratefully received!
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A closer look over the weekend showed the Alhambra isn't suitable for what I need - the boot isn't wide enough to accomodate two dog cages. If I remove seats to fit the cages, I have to leave them at home for the duration of the trip and forfeit carrying passengers at my destination.
An estate car with a rear bench that folds completely flat (e.g. Legacy, Forester or Mazda 6) is what's needed.
Thanks anyway,
- Gromit
I'm in a situation with different quotes for the same work which needs done to my Peugeot 106.
1 garage is quoting me £190 (which could rise to £290) for a 40k service and timing belt.
another is quoting me £180 for the 2 but I have now just found a place which is offering both service and new timing belt for £130, excluding the brake discs (which I don't need).
I'm nearly 100% certain I'll go for the cheapest obviously, but is the anything major I should be wary about - it seems too cheap to be true as is where.
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What model 106? COs the engine DOES make a difference...
madf
Hi all, can anyone help with a problem on the above vehicle. It will only rev to 1500rpm, the fuel filter has been changed but with no difference. A diagnostics check has shown no fault (although not a dealership check as they were too busy).
Any thoughts or suggestions gratefully appreciated, my friend is tearing his hair out!! Read more
UPDATE: A disc from the egr valve had come away and lodged itself somewhere, partially blocking the intake. Don't how it happened but no damage seems to have been done & it runs fine now.
The car (a 2002 Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 petrol) stalled in the middle of an 12" deep puddle and the engine will now not turn over. The starter motor engages and the lights dim when attempting to start. Suspect that water has got into the engine and perhaps causing a hydraulic lock. The oil does not appear to be contaminated with water.
Is it a matter of removing the spark plugs turning the engine over to eject any water then after it is running OK change the oil.
Thanks for your help folks,
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It *might* need a bit more force to try and shift
things. Have you tried putting the car in gear and pulling
the car forwards?
Do this in a high gear to make life easier!
I hydraulically locked my car once with Redex, and didn't do it any harm, but then again the engine wasn't stopped at speed!
I would take plugs out and run starter to blow water out, allow cylinders to dry out, replace plugs and restart. As Dave says, if the engine's knackered anyway then you've got nothing to gain with a softly-softly approach IMHO.
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Mike Farrow
This falls into the category of "potentially interesting website for Backroomers."
Forgive me if I am so hopelessly out of touch that this is last years news. (To give you some idea of my general worldliness I heard my first "mp3" only a few days ago. Dreadful thing).
Anyway - much is discussed at this site, and very often there are cries of "something should be done" about whatever it may be.
I have discovered this site - in effect, one can start and sign petitions that are allegedly directly presented to the Government. There is a statement that not only will they all be read, but every signatory will receive an email with the Government's response on the issue.
There is a host of transport related petitions, and of course the ability to start your own.
Sorry if that's dull. Not clickable because I never remember whether these are my own teeth, never mind the arcane and ever shifting policies of various internet fora.
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Some versions of the mk2 Ford Escort had a compression ignition petrol engine!
Because of changes made to carburation, ignition and valve timing these engines would run on, forever, after the ignition was switched off, particularly the 1300HC - the ordinary 1300, not the Sport.
Ford's solution was to add an ignition operated solenoid valve to the inlet tract. It opened when the ignition was switched off, allowing air into the inlet manifold and destroying the inlet vacuum.