April 2007
In last Saturdays D T . HJ referred to the Nissan Note was fitted with a Renault 4 speed Auto gearbox and said that it may give problems after three to four years use.
How many miles would one expect to cover in this time and what sort of problems would be expected?
I have only covered 2K milesand am very pleased with the vehicle but reading this comment gives me cause for concern.
i would appreciate your comments.
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Please can somebody help!
I am changing brakes on my fiesta 1997 and do not know the rear hub nut torque settings! I do have a torque wrench any help would be very appreciated!
Mike. Read more
Number_Cruncher is correct..........
i took my rear hub off today using the bignut to inspect and adjust shoes..........
Hi, i've just bought a car off EBay (yes -I know!!!). It was from a dealer clearing his trade-ins. I bought it on Friday. It was a 98 Clio and seemed to drive fine. It had an MOT issued the day before so I skipped some of the basic checks I would normally have done - as in all of them! Believe it or not I trusted the dealer. Anyway, I live in Cambridge and he's in Derby. I paid for the car (cash as that was all he'd take). When I got home I went to wash the car I found I couldn't unlock the drivers rear door - either from the pull -up latch inside or the central locking button. Further investigation revealed that I couldn't open the other rear door using the outside handle (works using inside handle). The bonnet release also does nothing!
I contacted the guy on his mobile when I got home and found all this and he agreed to sort it if I brought it up today (Tuesday). Have been trying to contact him all yesterday and today and no answer. So, in preparing for the possibility I've been scammed I want to know what I should do. It seems to me that the MOT should never have been issued, so should I contact the issuing garage directly? Also, does the garage have to give me the details of the person they did the MOT for? I'm going to head back up there tomorrow regardless of wether I can contact the seller or not and go to the address I bought the car from. If no joy, I was going to go round to the garage but wanted to know where I stood.
Can anyone help?
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I've had things break during an MoT.
The bonnet release may have failed during the MoT - it's unlikely to have been noted though.
Make sure it's not one of the Clio self opening bonnets !
I don't think there's much here to discuss with the MoT station, or VOSA - though if you can get it fixed by the seller then that would be a good result.
How shouldn't you drive a diesel engine?
I'm failing more into the trap of buying a pretty fast diesel car and i know nothing about them in terms of servicing and reliability / parts costs etc in comparison to petrol cars. I always assumed that it wasn't ideal to redline a petrol car all the time because it would eventually reduce the life of the engine and other parts.
When we talk diesel, their engines produce max power with little effort, its not like you thrash it to death for it to respond. They can go uphill just as fast in 5th gear without troubles - so how do you / can you stress a diesel car/engine by driving it badly or is it just as solid at any engine speed.
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people who drive ,but dont own, tend to stress diesels most.
Definitely!
Hi all wondered if anyone knows what is normal running temp on a 3.5 V8 rover. Does 110 C sound about right...cheers...Keo. Read more
The are very prone to suffering from heavey corrosion in the radiator, viscous fan failure and head gasket weakness.
what happens if you turn the heater on full heat and full fan speed in the car, does this help keep the temp lower ? If its lowers the chance is the rads blocked and I can tell you no amount of cleaning will clear it. They bung up something chronic ! internally
H reg VW Polo 1L
While I was driving this evening, about 10 minutes after starting the engine, I noticed that the accelerator had become 'sluggish'. The engine started to run a bit rough with the power varying slightly. Stopped the car and listened to the engine at idle, which was smooth and sounded perfectly normal. When I revved the engine the RPM climbed smoothly to the expected speed, then dropped back again and then stalled. The moment I released the accelerator the engine ran smoothly again at idle.
Started driving again and the engine cut out a few times when accelerating in 1st and 2nd gears, so lots of acceleration needed. Also noticed an intermittent popping or banging noise from the exhaust when driving when the engine was just above idle. Couldn't replicate the noise when stationary (despite rocking etc. the car so am reasonably certain it's not the exhaust banging against the underside).
About 2 weeks ago it had an MoT where it failed on emissions but was corrected by (I think) adjusting the carburettor. Its run fine since then though (about 150 miles).
Anyone have any ideas?!?
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i've had a simmilar problem on my 1.3 golf, the fault was with the springs in the choke housing, or it could be the plastic cam on the choke, this is that i'm assuming you have a simmikar 2E3 pie burger carb, if you wana take the carb oiff there 4 nuts in the bottom of the intake manifold, and disconnect any pipes or connections before removal, to take to top part of the carb the's philips screws on the top that takes it off and there you can clean you jet, let me know how you get on!
email me:kevin_jones87@msn.com
Hi,
The temp gauge on my 100k Mondeo now shoots up to the top end of normal after only traveling a couple of miles.
Have checked coolant levels and pipes and all are ok.
Took it for a four mile drive and when I got back had a look and the cooling fan on the rad wasn't going round which you'd expect surely?
How do I check if it's the fan, or the coolant sensors, etc?
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i would recommend the pump, some of the zetec engines have a coolant pump that has a plastic impellor which are prone to disconnecting from the metal shaft, therefore it doesnt work. when i used to work for ford we started to use no genuine pumps on none warranty jobs as theses had metal impellors which we never had a prob with. hope that helps mate
I was in Halfords yesterday, after a bit for my pushbike. I had a mooch around the store and saw that Halfords are now selling various aircon products, including a cleaner (containing a biocide) for smelly aircon, and also a regassing kit. The regassing kit is £40, and consists of a large aerosol containing the refridgerant and lubricant, together with a connector. The connector contains a pressure gauge so that the user can tell when he has pumped enough refridgerant in.
They also sell leak testing kits etc.
As Mrs Lawman's Picasso has pretty much non-functioning aircon I bought one of these kits, and tried to use it last night. Locating the inlet nozzle was a doddle, as was connecting the connector. The gauge immediately showed that the pressure was low. I pumped in enough refridgerant to get the pressure up into the acceptable band.
However, no noticable results! Oh well, £40 down the swannee. Of course, they may be something other than low gas that is causing the aircon not to work.
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I had mine regassed for £50.
It didn't help... the system had a leak in it which was going to cost
£250 to replace the part. Oh well.
This week i had mine done for £55 which also includes a dye which is placed inside the system to highlight any leakages if there was to be a fault.
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Its not what you drive, its how you drive it! :-)
At about 3:30am today, about one street away from the A&E we were rushing to, we had a flash behind us and realised we were doing about 48 in a 40 zone - we were distracted and didn't notice. The visit did not turn out to be life-threatening.
What are the chances of getting out of the inevitable ticket, and will it require an appearance in court if we try to?
Thanks.
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I had a similar thing happen to my once, argued it and ended up with 4 points and £150 fine! I would just pay it unless you've already got 6/9 points then you might aswell try to argue it.
The Missus picked up a puncture on the bike tonight, a piece of glass through the centre portion of the tread on the rear. Direct Line had the bike home witihn the hour and tomorrow's mission is to find a mobile tyre fitter. I know there are lots of bikers on this site and being fairly new to biking ourselves, what is the best "get-you-home" temporary repair in the forum's opinion? A quick trawl of the web has thrown up various fixes including a temporary external insert/patch plus gas canisters, foam sealants and also something called Ultraseal,which seems to be more of a preventative measure added through the valve.
Any advice welcome, also I guess I'm thinking along replacing rather than repair of this tyre, being a cautious type.
Cheers
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Thanks for advice so far folks, pretty much what I've been thinking.
Cheddar, it's a CBF 500, not the world's fastest machine but quicker than most cars even so! I'm going to find a mobile fitter as I haven't got a lot of experience with bike mechanicals yet. I'll take his advice on repair or replace, I must admit to having car tyres regularly repaired (3 punctures in last year alone!) and never think twice about it. New experience to me with bikes though!
Baz
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I doubt that a 1.4 litre Nissan Note would have a 6-speed box. Like I said, I don't know a lot about gearboxes, but I have experience of both Renault and Nissan's 5-speed boxes and never had a problem with either.