April 2007
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!
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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!
Give me an old fashioned handbrake any day.
Ex-colleague of Andy's had had his brand new Passat just days when the parking brake refused to come off. Andy's had his about four months and 12,000 miles, and yesterday his parking brake refused to go ON. I received a forlorn text this morning saying he'd watched it go away on a VW Assist recovery truck! On the plus side, I think he's enjoying the the brand new Golf he's got to play in while they fix it - makes a change from the huuuuge Passat Estate that I can't drive without breaking out in a cold sweat!
What's the point of electronic parking brakes? Is it a coincidence that the two people I know who've had brand new Passats have both had the same issue?
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apparently a creeping to the floor footbrake is also vosa acceptable on some late model (3 years old) cars
so someone told me on another forum
still find it unbelievable
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
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.
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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
I have just purchased a very nice 03 Focus 1.8 LX but unfortunately it only came with the one key incorporating the remote. I have been quoted about £130 for a new spare remote from a Ford agent which will mean leaving the car with them for reprogramming the original and new remotes and evidently also the cars original installed immobiliser.
In our local high street the shoe repair/key cutting shop has copied the metal part of the key for a very reasonable £7 which opens the doors, unlocks steering and powers radio etc. but of course doesnt disarm the immobiliser or start the engine. He says that he can copy my existing remote fob on to a new non-remote fob for £50 which sounds a relative bargain. My worries are that if his system has a hiccup I could lose the original remotes settings which would probable mean a horrific main agents bill.
I am surprised that his proposed method of cloning the original key fob is not more widely available even after quite a lot of web searching, sounds too good to be true. Your advice on this would be much appreciated.
Many Thanks - Miken
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I need to copy my metal part of the key 03 Focus 1.6 LX. can i know where you cut yhe key for £6? plz. thx.
Before reading this post, please note this was my own fault and I take full responsibility...
However, if you have an S-max despite what Ford UK and Ford ETIS says the S-Max does not have a 'usaeble' 70 litre fuel tank.
From my last two tanks I have got 62.28 litres and 63.54 litres in the tank. On both occoasions, the fuel computer claimed I had about 10 miles left in the tank. Therefore from these tanks, I worked out that if I have a 70 litre tank as Ford state, when the fuel computer says I have zero miles left, I should actually have about 1 gallon left in the tank.
So yesterday evening, I needed to fill up and I know this cheap station that was about 7 miles further than my tank claimed I actually had. When I left work, fuel in tank remaining was 62 miles and where I actually wanted to go was 69 miles according to Tomtom. All through my journey, this difference of 7 miles remained fairly constant (apart from when going up hills and down hill when it did change), so I thought I'd get there no problem.
I missed the garage by about 500 yards!!!!
AA came out and just towed me to the garage, I filled up with diesel and primed the engine while I was still filling up to ensure that all the filters and pipes were filled with diesel. Total fuel put into tank - 65.86 litres, approx 1 gallon under the 70 litre claim.
My fault, I know but if they claim a 70 litre tank, I expect to put 70 litres in when its dry.
On a lighter note, it did deliver 45.07 average MPG on that tank, not bad for a big car that still has a tight engine.
It did claim it was actually 52.1 MPG according to the fuel computer though
Make a big note, when the tank says zero, it means it.
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Oh dear thats not a good success rate, its seems you are pretty poor at it.
Tried golf?
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Number_Cruncher is correct..........
i took my rear hub off today using the bignut to inspect and adjust shoes..........