March 2007
Hi,
£20 of diesel has been added to petrol engine on Fiat Ducato van.
The engine was started once then stalled.
What is required to remove the fuel? (is there a plug to the petrol tank)
What needs to be replaced aswell?
Thanks.
Mike.
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My old '91 1600 Cavalier saloon goes for re-cycling soon - is it worth keeping any bits for use on the replacement '95 2.0i Ecotec hatchback? Which?
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I need to change the cam belt for the second time - approx 120k miles.
Does anyone have any advice on whether the tensioner and idler pulleys need to be changed - the belt itself is £30ish but the two idler pulleys and the tensioner are over £150.
thanks
rgds
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Change the lot and then you will sleep at night. If you have to ask the question, you really know the answer don't you?
Can these parts be imported from the USA where they are very much cheaper?
My interest in the CO2 debate was warmed by the loading for band G at £400 - seems fair enough
But - I have an Audi A6 2.7TDI - my usual economy is around 45mpg - today I did 300 miles at 49mpg. Why am I band F - very grateful not to be band G of course! - but surely 45mpg is about average (better than average?) for CO2 emissions?
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.......... just compare the weekly cost of VED with all the other motoring costs and (perhaps more >> importantly) what you fritter away on cigarettes and alcohol etc and you'll wonder why you were >> making such a fuss about VED!
Quite true, especially compared to first year depreciation. That doesn't stop it being irksome because it's a crude piece of gesture politics, and a cynical political calculation; that all Band G drivers are cruising around in +£30k motors, can well afford to be soaked and wouldn't be idiot enough to vote Labour anyway. Only the last part is true in my case.
I will be starting a new job in 4-5 weeks that will require travelling around 35K a year just commuting with weekend on top! The job comes with a £6K a year car allowance rather than a company car scheme.
This is a new situation to me so would appreciate peoples opinions and reccomendations. I currently drive a 2003 Audi A4 diesel that has done 118,000 miles.
I would like either:
a new(ish) car that is out of the ordinary (Alfa GT possibly?) to use all of the time
or
something for the weekly slog and then a nice car for the weekend (softtop of some kind)
Budget is 10K plus what I can get for my Audi (or do I keep that!)
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The service and cambelt is at an independant VAG specialist. Its working out around £550 plus VAT for the belt, tensioners, long life service and the injectors to be flushed and cleaned. (dealer wasnt far short of £1000 all in which is quite extortionate IMO). I also need two new tyres for the front thats going to cost another £180 plus whatever else they may find at the time. Only known problem is the gearstick moves under accelleration, especially noticeable in 6th, however this hasnt got any worse for quite a number of miles.
I think the valet idea may be the way to go - probably take it in somewhere so when I pick it back up it will at least feel new.
I have a 3.0 V6 D9 Peugeot 406 Coupe. It has recently been to Peugeot after repeatedly coming up with "anti-pollution system defective" on the car's radio/information screen, along with Engine management light on the dashboard being lit. I have my own code reader and the code causing this was "P0430 Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold (Bank 2)". I cleared the code and it would go away for a week or so and then come back. The odd thing is it passed its emissions test OK at MOT too... It kept doing the above for a while and then started saying "anti-pollution system inoperative" and the car began to run poorly, like it wasn't firing on all cylinders which was confirmed by a code read of "P0303 Cylinder 3 Misfire Detected". I suspected a faulty coil pack (there's one on each cylinder on my model of coupe) and after taking it to a Pug garage they confirmed coil #3 was on the way out and replaced it and the car ran fine with no more faults. Then recently the "anti-pollution system defective" warning has started coming up again = P0430 Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold (Bank 2). What does this actually mean, is another coil on the way out, is it something to do with the pre Cat or Cat on bank 2 or a sensor/other fault?!? I really don't want to have to take it back to the pug garage as they charge an arm and a leg!! At the moment the car still runs absolutely fine and I just clear the fault code to put the Engine diagnostic light out for another week or two til it decides to do it again. Anyone giving me a final working solution to this will earn themselves a suitable reward!
Thanks in anticipation
Mark (hyperion_blue)
p.s. I am already a member of www.peugeot406coupe.com and have had no joy from them yet either! Read more
Thanks for the tips, in the end the problem worsened and it turned out to be coil #5 on it's way out. A chap on the Coupe club site mentioned that once one goes, the rest seem to go too! In the end I've had all 3 under the manifold replaced, which leaves only 2 not yet replaced. I asked them to keep the two good ones for me so I have these as spares for the front 2 if they start to play up. Just thought I'd post an update which might help other... Cheers
Just a quick question. Car back from MOT recently and on checking oil I found dipstick not replaced and lying in engine compartment. A little bit of oil looks to have been lost but level still fine. Usually a good garage and not too worried - these things happen. 2 questions - why is dipstick removed for MOT (could just have been checking oil anyway) and does running car without dipstick cause problems other than a small amount of oil loss (it only did about 50 miles before I checked)?
Thanks in advance
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As a side note my brother in law once had his
'87 Astra returned with the dipstick bent at a right angle
to the tube. We couldn't work out how they did that
or that they couldn't be bothered to bend it back straight!
Dipstick only just inserted into tube so sitting up proud and then the bonnet shut?
I am going to look at a P reg L200 with 102k on the clock. It has 11 months test. What should I look for or be wary of? What should I pay (it's from an independant dealer) ?
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hi i have a vauxhall astra p reg 1.4 ls.when you put your foot on brake it goes down to the floor can any one help,also the temperture dial does not work. Read more
hi had some one look at brakes and they said ok,but still not sure as have to put foot down quite
a way still.
Personally I would seek a 2nd opinion. Prefereably before using the car again if you're sure there is a fault there.
where on car is the temp gauge wire terminal located .
From vague memory, looking from the front of the car under the bonnet, it's on the left hand side of the engine, near to and just behind where the top hose returns from the engine to the radiator. It should be screwed into the aluminium housing. There should be a blue wire (it might be blue with a white tracer - can't exactly remember) with a spade connector on the end that clips onto the sensor.
The following things have failed on my N plate 1995 1.8l Volvo 440:
1. Dipped head lights
2. Main beam
3. Blower motor
4. Rear electric windows
5. The lamp in the recirculation button
6. The SRS (airbag+pre-tensioners) warning lamp is now lit
Everything else works (including dimmed headlamps). It's intermittent, with everything working fine for a while (tens of minutes) before the above list fails, usually for a few tens of minutes too, but recently it's been like it for more than an hour - failed permanently, I guess.
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Any ideas?
Browse
It's a bit cheeky answering for Mikey but I remember he has an old (pre 95) Ducato so has a 'normal' filler opening.
The bonus is that it is a 'proper' engine with a carb, nary a sensor nor ECU in sight, so once the diesel is drained out of the tank, fuel line, and float chamber, it will just shake itself and carry on as if nothing had happened
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