May 2007
All this guy needs is a commentry by Alastair Stewart and he's got his own TV slot...probably BBC 2 8pm on a Tuesday.
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large air inlet pipe came adrift where flexible hose joins fixed plastic pipe, car smoked very badly. Pipe reconnected with original jubilee clip but has since come adrift twice more. Is this a build up of pressure somewhere or just a bad connection? Read more
hi I presume this Renault uses a vnt garrett turbo. Might be best to get a check done at a renault dealer as a code fault code may have been logged if the pressure has exceeded specification.
You really need a ramp to get under the car then it's a case of checking that the turbo actuator will move between it's stops smoothly (firm thumb pressure should be enough). If the vanes stick in the 'aggressive position' then the pressure is going to rise over 2 bar at high revs and that could blow a hose off. If it's not sticking the fault could be caused by a fault in the control system.
As a rough check you can watch the offending hose when the engine is revved hard you might be able to see how much it 'balloons' which can indicate excessive pressure build up.
Hi Guys
This is my first post having just purchased a 1.5 XL diesel for my Daughter.
I have tonight noticed a couple of problems & I would be very grateful for any advice that you can offer.
First, I noticed that the thermostat housing has a slight leak. It would appear that there is a crack or split in the cast. Is this a common fault & are replacement casings readily available?
Secondly, whilst the engine was running, I noticed diesel leaking from the injectors on cylinders 1 & 2, also possible traces on the other two. The diesel leak is worst on cylinder one and is leaking from the join between the injector & the head and also at the next joint up. The feed nipple joints from the injectors to the pump are all fine though. There also seems to be a leak from the return hose even though it is securly fitted with no splits.
I have removed the feed lines for all cylinders & the glow plugs to gain better access, I am however at a loss with their removel/repair.
What is the best way to remove & split the injectors as there just isn't the room for a spanner. I presume the top of the injector has to be removed first to make room for a 22mm socket? I see the top has two flat edges but again there just isn't the room to position a 17mm spanner.
Are the any seals involved here or do the injectors just screw in?
This is my first diesel car, and I am the first to admit I know very little about them!
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The thermostat housing is plastic and prone to failure. Replace using a new sealing ring and use PSA antifreeze at 50% strength with distilled or rain water.
If the engine is running normally there is no leak on the high pressure side of the injectors. Do not remove the injectors or disturb the high pressure pipes without very good reason. By far the most common cause of fuel leaks in this area is due to failure of the rubber leakoff pipes which link the injectors and return surplus fuel to the tank. Check also the rubber tit on No 4 injector (timing belt end). Any leaks here will result in fuel accumulating at the injector/cyl head interface.
Don't dismantle an injector on the engine and if you must take it out, make sure you have the correct holding fixture before splitting the nozzle from its holder. Don't put it in a vice.
The Bosch system on this engine is very reliable and if it is undisturbed and has had good maintenance it will outlast the engine.
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Apparently the Federation of Police Officers are urging the government to scrap arrest targets as some pretty benign offences are being dealt with by arrest.
Does it take a genious to work out that the same could be happening with motoring related offences? If so, do Whitehall employ geneuses (or geneii)?
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police get given targets e.g. reduce street crime by x% or solve x% of crime (aka 'clear ups')
doesn't matter whether or not a specific area has an actual street crime problem, they've still got to reduce it by the x%.
very senior police officers get performance related pay and are required to police to the requirements of politicians via the Home Office....that means everyone else in the system has to work to this as well.
Everyone knows of course that policing has a multitude of things to worry about e.g. motoring and motoring issues......but if they're not priorities...forget it
The reason why there are minimal traffic cops, why motoring offences soar, why 999 call answering is getting worse (check your local figures, they'll be appalling) and why some cops go for the easy option to keep their managers off their back....(the figures are more important than the bigger picture).
in the old days the Chief Constable decided on priorities and everything was considered, not as at present where some things get resources thrown at them, whether it's needed or not and some things get ignored when they shouldn't be
get your pens out and A, vote and B, write to your MP to complain....can't see anything changing otherwise
hi im thinking about trading my car in for a '04 plate vectra c 2.2lt diesel with auto tipronic gearbox, its done 50k. is this a wise move?
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Doesn't it depend on what your old car is and how much it's costing you.
In principle, there's nothing wrong with the deal but money matters.
I dont know if anyone can shed any light but picked my A4 up from its service yesterday and this morning when I went out I noticed the distance and days to next service were ----- . Normally this would show the distance etc as its on longlife and therefore not set intervals. I took it back to the garage (local independant with good rep) and I watched as he plugged vagcom in and reset again on longlife for the correct engine etc.
The same thing is happening and it wont go back to the 20000 miles and 700 odd days that it should. It appears that they reset it yesterday as there were over 400 days and 200 miles remaining before i took it in.
Anyone have any suggestions as the mechanic said to take it back next week if its still the same (I cant see why it will just fix itself!) Pressing the spanner on the dash displays the same results as on start up.
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thanks for your quick replys. Has prompted me to check my handbook and indeed it needs 500km before it will start to count down.. Should have checked there first!
Hi,can anyone advise a web site containing service requirements for my corsa 04 sxi,as in whats included in the 1st/2nd/3rd service etc.
Seem to have lost the original service manual.
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Assume a petrol & not ECOService. 1st, 2nd & 3rd Sevices on our 02 Corsa (petrol) show that whilst the VX dealer has the option to change: Remote battery, Brake Fluid, Spark Plugs, Air Filter, Fuel Filter, Pollen Filter, Cam Belt nothing has been changed except the oil & filter & top up the washer fluid. Beyond checking the brakes & de-dusting, tyre pressures, plus greasing the door hinges & straps most of the service appears to be visual checks. Car is low mileage. However they only charge £86 all in so pretty cheap for a main dealer.
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Yes!, I had looked the data up in order to refresh my memory about the relative properties, particularly the elongation, and when I came back to the thread, I saw your post asking for numbers!
What I do know is that to make production alloy wheels safe enough to use, they need to be beefed up to the point where there is no weight saving to speak of. For wheels specified and fitted by a manufacturer, there is extensive calculation and modelling work during design, and then development testing, which is used to make sure that fatigue failures aren't a big practical problem. One of the students with whom I studied left to work for a company who did this work on a sub-contract basis for Rover. As for aftermarket junk, I've no idea if the calcs ever go further than the back of a packet of No. 6!
In our household have one car with steel wheels, and one with alloys. I don't worry a great deal about the alloy wheels, but I do take a lot more care in giving them a thorough visual inspection when I remove them than I would with a steel wheel. If I were specifying a car, I wouldn't have them, and I certainly wouldn't pay extra for them!, but I don't think they are so dangerous that they are going to decimate the motoring population either!
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hi all,
a friend of mine has just had his car mot'd. the garage is quite good but he failed it for brakes and a wiper. no worries. so they gave the brakes a tidy then retested it. it has now passed the brake test and therefore the mot but they are saying the pedal is still quite long. the car in question is a 2002 honda civic 1.7 coupe. its the one with a big boot>
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I raised the question of excessive brake travel on my 2005 Honda CRV, when, on collecting it on a hot day after annual servicing at my Honda dealership, the pedal sank right to the floor. Bang!!! Admittedly, as soon as I started the engine, the pedal distance returned to more or less normal.
However, I took it back the next day and they bled it for me but the travel was about the same. After a couple of days,though, I really didn't notice any difference from normal.
The moral of this story, however, is that the mechanic who looked at my brakes on day two, commented that their servicing department regularly received calls from independent garages carrying out MOT's asking if long brake travel was normal on Honda vehicles, regardless of the model!!!
Can anyone tell me where the paint code is on my 99 T reg GLS 1.0L Corsa(3 cylinder)
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Well done D.D. ......Found it, and found the additional info' from the website you mentioned.Many Thanks ! mally434
Well hopefully he will become a Darwin statistic soon and not take anyone else with him....