February 2007
my 2003 laguna initial 1.9dci is making a loud hissing sound when i put my foot down, and black smoke from the exhaust, and a slight power loss, and coking around the exhaust Read more
Help please. Can anyone confirm if the front o/s & n/s seat belts are identical on a 2001 Mondeo.
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Hi all,
I have just purchased a 1995 306 xldt. The key fob(plip) does not work, i have tried changing the battery, and also re programing. Does anyone have any good ideas.
Thanks :)
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Ta for your replys
I will try the strip down and clean up. I took the key fob to peugeot today and they say its working. So fingers crossed. :)
I will let you know if i get it fixed.
Thanks
Geoff
I know there'sa few out there so what's a better buy?
Honda CBR 1100XX or Triumph Sprint 1050 or BMW R1200S Read more
As a non-biker, not sure which is best, but as I've mentioned before.... forcemotorcycles.com gives a pretty good selection of ex MOD & Police machines,
Maybe a chat with Nick, the guy who's place it is, would be worthwhile, if he's anything that would suit.
VB
I'm planning to go to auction tomorrow with my brother and a friend. They both know quite a bit about cars. But I would like your professional advise on what to look for when buying a car from the auction. Whats the best way of approaching from finding the right car to bidding and everything. I'm looking for a diesel car and my budget is around £2k mark. Read more
I think you need to increase your budget to about 3K.
I just noticed you went to the auction yesterday, so the question has to be Did you buy a car? And what did you get?
If you did not buy....
Are you buying at an independent auctions or the national chain BCA?
I always choose the make and model I want before I go, I also then only go if the model I want is on sale. I then get there early and give the car a complete external inspection, underneath tyres etc, check if the doors are open, and look inside if they are and in the engine bay, then be there when it is started.
I was once looking at a pair of cars (Omega 2.0) both the same, one had a new exhaust but inside was stinking of fags, the other was clean inside but did not have a new exhaust. I ignored the 1st one which sold for roughly the same money as I bought the second (clean) one for. It turned out to be a good car - it was about 4 years old when I bought it. and cost about 2,800 but I can't remember.
Thinking of buying a second hand Zafira (150bhp CDTI Design/SRI) and can find any/many with cruise control. I know this is an optional extra from the factory, but wondered if it was possible to fit one at a later stage in it's life ? Read more
Thanks DD
Autofinders.ltd.uk has given me a quote for a new Skoda £1555 less than the official OnTheRoad price, but I'm wondering if it's too good to be true.
I've waved the quote in front of the local Skoda chap. He can't possibly beat it and he has given me a stack of reasons to go with him and not Autofinders. Most of these don't trouble me, but I do wonder if I should take him seriously when he says theirs is a small garage, their own customers come first, and I may have trouble booking a car in for servicing and so on iwhen it's not bought from them.
Anyone else been down this road with Autofinders, DrivetheDeal with experiences - positive or negative - to help me with my decision?
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Drive the Deal discounted price for :
SKODA - ROOMSTER DIESEL ESTATE
(1.4 TDI PD 80 2 5dr ) is currently £11373,03. Think you may be looking at the Roomster 3 price
A health and safety expert has been banned from driving after he was caught shaving as he overtook a line of rush hour traffic at 70mph.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6...m
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF > Read more
Lud - basically in this day and age you need to concentrte on your driving. In my experience you need to concentrate on shaving as well - however clever you are you can;t give both your full attention.
hi, anyone recommend an easy and cheap way of cleaning the oil and dirt safely off the outside of a petrol engine?
had a leak but now been repaired!
what substances can i use etc...? Read more
Read that as TIZER for a moment... Now that was a real de-greaser, when guzzled out of the bottle on the pavement, with 4d of chips and extra scraps.
Hi all i hope you can help.
My girlfriend has a T plate 306 Hdi with a/c.
She told me one day she had a problem with the heater controls not working, ie no fan control, no a/c and no illumination!
Problem is it comes and goes so everytime ive been and had a go its been fine but shes now started to moan becuase its getting cold and i havent fixed it yet!
So have any of you guys come across this before coz il be feeling the cold living in the shed soon!! Read more
had a look at this plug but all seems fine!!
I stripped down the control panel today because my pug dealer said it could be the printed circuit board inside.
All seemed normal here to so put it back together again, checked fuses wobbled the relays then as if by magic it started working again!!
Think its gonna be coming back tho!!
Browse
leechuter
Cleaned??? What would be the point of that?
As Xileno was pointing out; these early intercoolers were unreinforced and prone to bulging and then cracking. [AFAIK nothing to do with the well-known EGR fault - just inadequately specified.]
If you've still got a hissing sound; then it's unlikely to be the EGR valve as that is built into the manifolds and operates virtually silently. It's far more likely to be a split in the intercooler that opens under pressure.
The intercooler is sandwiched between the air-con condenser and the main radiator. A quick look should show if it's top and bottom face are distended from the straight and horizontal.