February 2007
Good day to everyone,
I could really use some real help. My opel astra's check engine light has lit, and after several days the car suddenly had an abnormal loss of power, the torque is very weak and the engine is so 'chuggy' while on idle. I had the engine timing re-adjusted or reset which restores the power temporarily but over and over again the timing still gets way off and power still loses eventually. Eventually as well, there was a leak around the engine, i think near the gasket part or O-ring (in which i have sealed so far). My garage thought it was just simply timing adjustment, or fuel pump, coolant contaminants but these wont do and they say its still far from overhaul, as they themselves are puzzled with the problem and labeled it as WEIRD. I really dont know what is going on with my Astra '99 X16XEL but i have researched that this is common among opel astra models irregardless of whether its a new model or a very old model.
I would be very grateful.
thanks,
mac (myastraneedshelp) Read more
Tucked away at the end of an article in today's Times about how the Driving Test is to have more emphasis on saving fuel/reducing emissions is the little nugget that road deaths have gobe up 33 in the last year.
Nice to see those 'safety cameras' are doing their job so well!
Unless of course you consider their job to be to tax motorists, in which case they are doing their job very well.
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Because these accident figures are used to justify ever more speed cameras, prosecution of 'normal' motorists for going a couple of mph over the limit, or for arguing for lower drink drive limits etc. Clearly stolen car drivers boost accident figures but are not in any way concerned about speed cameras etc.
Recently got an R reg 1.4 fiesta zetec .Runs fine but has a vibration only when accelerating.Happens in all gears
around 3000 upwards.
Only happens when accelerating. Can't find any wear in CV joints or drive shaft bearing.
Tried another set of wheels,new coilpack,2new lower wishbones and antiroll bar bushes. Any ideas please???? Read more
the vibration - is it more of a wobble? on fiestas it is normaly the inner drive shaft joint it causes the engine to move sideways under acceleration does the wobble fade if you stop accelerating and cruse? smart money would be on the drivers side shaft but it could be either and you probably wont find the point where it is worn til u replace and find the problem is gone
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I do not support this view, just a bit of harmless fun!
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Humph. Not sure it does actually, except discreet speeding by ambulances. But it certainly enriches life without endangering it particularly.
The link below reminds me of a bad tempered discussion we had on this forum. Oldman, I would read this (from Oldman's posts I assume he is a car dealer). Could it be said that the dealer selling to the private indivudual was decived? There is some talk in the thread about the OP being decived, but could the same be said for the dealer.
That is if the dealer selling to the OP took it on faith that the private buyer wanted to be treated as a dealer, would that stand up in court? I hope so.
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=354180&f=2...0
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A man left early for work so he could pick up his wife - but knocked her down after his car skidded off the road in Perthshire, a court heard. Perth Sheriff Court heard how Paul Neil called 999 to get help but was then breathalysed by the police, who found he was over the limit.
The 43-year-old admitted driving while one-and-a-half times the legal alcohol limit on 12 November last year. Neil, from Pitlochry, was banned from driving for a year and fined £500.
His solicitor, Paul Ralph, told the court that no matter what punishment the customer sales advisor received, it would be nothing compared to his wife Karen's wrath.
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He should have told his wife the circumstances and that she should make her own way home; he could easily have arranged for a taxi to pick her up.
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What\'s for you won\'t pass you by
On my way home tonight In my rear view mirror I saw what I thought were the lights of a car a good distance away from me, I got a hell of a fright after taking my eyes away for a few moments and then this car suddenly overtook me with one headlight.
I have in the past mistook these "one eyed monsters" for motorcycles but tonights example did give me a hell of a fright!!!. Read more
I need a 4WD with autobox for sensible money. I've read all the road tests I can find and I've almost decided on a CR-V, but its appeal isn't unanimous. I'd prefer a diesel, but the auto means I'm limited to the petrol version. I don't need an off-roader, I need a decent, reliable & comfy 4WD to cope with the moors in the winter. Has anybody got one? I'd appreciate any input. Read more
I used to have a CRV and it was utterly dependable.
Not really my type of car and so bought another Honda.
Wife and kids still not happy with me for getting rid of it.
My advice would be go for it.
Check out the video of these 2 having a race on the public roads. The acceleration of the Veyron as it floors it & speeds away from the R1 is astonishing!
www.myvideo.de/watch/527033
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Is the Verywrong manufactured on a production line? I doubt if the Mac thing was. So it's comparing apples and skip lorries (?)
Having said that, the average biker on an R1 is going to disappear over the horizon from the average driver in anything. production or not.
This could creat utter chaos!
Road pricing hits Hadrian's Wall
By David Millward, Transport Correspondent
Last Updated: 1:35am GMT 08/02/2007
Plans for road pricing throughout Britain could be blocked by the Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly.
A senior official at the Department for Transport has admitted that Scottish MPs would have to debate any proposals to operate the scheme there. Devolution has put the Welsh in a similar position to make their own decisions on how to tackle congestion.
The ability of the Scots to stop road pricing is particularly embarrassing for Douglas Alexander, the Transport Secretary, who is also Secretary of State for Scotland.
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"This is yet more confirmation that the Government's strategy on road pricing is utterly chaotic," said Chris Grayling, the Tory transport spokesman.
"How can you possibly have a Secretary of State for Scotland seeking to impose a scheme on England, when he doesn't have the ability to extend it nationwide?
"This is just going to make people even angrier than they are at the moment."
The potential complications of bringing a nationwide scheme emerged in a letter written by Julian Smith, a policy adviser at the DfT.
As things stand, Mr Alexander, in his capacity as Transport Secretary, has the power to introduce road pricing only on the network maintained by the Highways Agency.
"In order to go beyond this to any form of national road pricing, appropriate legislation would need to be agreed by the UK Parliament," Mr Smith wrote.
"Where that legislation impacted on any areas of devolved responsibility, it would also need to be debated and agreed in the Scottish Parliament."
Paul Watters, the head of roads policy at AA Public Affairs, said: "This would create utter confusion."
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I'd hardly call a Honda Civic "little"
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Screwloose
Thanks for the advise, the cam was opened and everything seemed fine according to the garage, the turning point of all these goes back to the coil pack/ignition coil, your first advise. When the four sparks together with the coil pack were tested for electrical flow, one of the coil packs, the fourth one is weak in electrical current. Thus i guess this confirms it, the coil pack needs to be replaced.
I just hope its not the computer box, for the garage said that if its the computer box, there will be completely no electrical current on one pipe, similar to their experience with a BMW if a computer box is really defective.
Thanks would like to hear more what you think. I just hope its really the coil pack and nothing more for I've spent so much already.
Thanks
mac