June 2007
Yes, another possible problem. When I bought the Mondeo (1997 2 litre Model) the guy told me he had filled it up with fuel. I now know that he is a habitual liar.
The fuel guage reads MAX all the time, even with ignition off. Is the car full of fuel or is it just shorting out causing it to read max?
I guess my main question is;
Should the fuel gauge return to 'empty' with the ignition off. I know some cars where the gauge stays up but should THIS one??
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Hi there,
my friend has a 1998 R, vauxhall corsa 1.0 12v. When she is driving along, the engine revs fine, and all is well. Until she comes to a stop, as the engine returns to idle, the revs drop to 400rpm, and the accelerator has to be used to prevent it from stalling. Once the accelerator has been pressed, and the engine revved to about 1500rpm, the revs will return to normal idle speed.
Does anybody know what this may be?? and if it will be expensive??
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Last time i had one of these wonderful 3 potters i changed the whole single point injector lump from a low mileage breaker.
As eacdea says its the stepper motor usually ,you can tell by putting the ignition on and the thing goes in out in out and probably shakes all about.
Fix it and shoot it away OP as you will be replacing the maff next and these are still £150 for this model if you buy one with a name on like bosch rather than kaboschk
A small problem but frustrating....
My Audi A3 (2001) is just back from the garage and they have not fitted the driver's door trim correctly. The triangular plastic corner piece where the mirror is will not push firmly up to its proper postiton. It seems to be because a metal bracket is preventing it. The lower trim can't sit properly either and is preventing the door from shutting properly without damaging the trim. Does anyone know what i need to do to quickly fix this my self ??
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The door panel is held in place with hook type fittings, the panel slides up to remove it.
At the front and back top corners of the panel is a small plastic cover that slides up the reveal a cross head screw, remove these and the panel will slide up off the hooks.
What I imagine has happened is that when putting the panel back on the car one of the hooks hasn't lined up with it's hole. It is a bit fiddly to get all the hooks to line up together to drop the panel back on, so you might have to have a few goes.
I have a peugeot 307 with alloys and locking wheel nuts, one of the nuts is refusing to move with the "nut key", it just pushes the "key " off the nut, has anybody got any ideas how to remove it without damaging the wheel? they are factory fitted and are set back into the wheel by about 3/4" so it is hard to get a chisel in to try and persuade it round.
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Just thought I'd add the advice from my recent thread on a stuck security nut on a Prelude.
I took the advice to hammer an old socket onto it and try to turn it with something bigger than the standard wheelbrace.
It worked fine - except for the pulled arm muscle.
Now I know how easy it is for the toerags to get these nuts off I don't think I'll bother with them again.
We've had floods hereabouts and I doubt Mrs H will have been particularly timid on her commute. We both know where the air intake is. She rang me up to say the temperature gauge (not really a gauge but a collection of yellow, orange and red lights) was showing maximum when she started the car after work. It showed cold, as it would when the car had been standing, then all the lights came on with a sound alarm. The car was clearly not overheating and there was liquid in the expansion bottle. When she got home, the gauge showed 3 lights (normal after a short run) and about a minute later showed all the lights with the alarm. It's trying to tell me something, but what?
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Well I've got over my fit of the vapours and we've got a working C3 again. The radiator cooling fan had developed an internal fault causing a short after a few seconds running. The so-called maxi-fuse feeding the fan was blown; this puts the temp. lights on. The temperature sensor replacement was a red herring; but I felt it worth the £10 gamble at the level of knowledge I had a week or two ago. The rad. fan has been replaced with a modified version; there's now a 45 amp relay strapped to a hose that wasn't there before.
My guess is that Mrs H, having been stuck in a queue waiting for traffic to clear a stretch of flooded road , tackled the deep water too quickly and while the rad. fan was running, either submerging it or otherwise causing it to fail.
Hawkeye
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Edited as per your request ! -PU
Hope there's someone out there who knows the answer to this.
Is it a legal requirement for a new car to be fitted with a warning triangle?
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As a resident in Spain I can confirm the accuracy of the last posting. Hi-Vis jackets are also compulsory as is the carrying of a full set of spare bulbs.
Guardia Civil Trafico cops (AKA The Green Police, from the colour of their uniforms) are pretty much a law unto themselves in interpretation of traffic rules. NEVER argue with one, or you just might find yourself in the local nick without the option.
The Guardia`Civil is actually a military unit, with military discipline and military training. Oddly enough they are paid Armed Forces rates of pay which are a lot less than the National Police or Policia Local.
BTW. the motorcycle Trafico units always operate in pairs, so if you see one you can bet his mate isn't far away.
Roger. (Costa del Sol, España)
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thanks Stuartli - sent the link home and will try it.
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I have a weird problem with the remote (infrared) locking mechanism. All of sudden it stopped working. The battery is ok I have tried 2 new. I have also tried to switch the circuit boards with one taken from another keyfob. And it still won't work. The central locking system works well when using the door lock but not when using the remote.
I have been told that sometimes when changing batteries or pressing the open/close buttons erratically the transmitter and receiver won't "see" each other anymore and one has to code the key from scratch. This should be done by inserting the key and turning it to ignition without starting the engine (I'm a Dane so the technical terms are a little hard to get right :) ...). Then one should hold the lock-button (the big one) for 10 secs. This procedure should code the key so it can communicate with the receiver. But again this does not work for me either. I was told that cars having the Pats system can't be coded by home-mechanics? I don't know whether I have Pats or not? Can't see it anywhere...
But this leaves me with either a keyfob that cannot be coded by myself or a faulty receiver. Before I dismantle the receiver assembly could someone be kind to give me some advice with what else I could be looking at? Perhaps a different coding procedure than the one described? How do I check if I have the Pats system? On the circuit board from the key there are some engravings like "Texton" and "Fuba T". Don't know if that helps .... Also the key is a two-button key without a led. Big button for locking, small button for unlocking.
It's a Peugeot 306 from 2001, 1.6L (100PS version) 5door.
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Thank you very much for your reply, looks like I'm going to have to drive by my local Peugeot dealer after all :( It is RF, no led)
My 2002 Astra 1.7dti gets stuffy and a bit smelly. In the past I've cured this on a much older Astra by simply removing the pollen filter, which was very easy. The newer models give more of a problem but I've read the threads and downloaded Puravents instructions.
Before I start, are there any sensors, etc, connected with the installation of this pollen filter? We don't have any allergies so we could happily live without it if it isn't necessary for us.
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Change the filter and also buy a can of anti bacterial air freshener (trying not to name names) - put the a/c on recirculate and spray the can into your passenger footwell area - the spray will get circulated into the system. I've also sprayed into the intake vents near the bonnet as well (when on fresh air).
Many people do that on here... I last did mine months ago, and not a hint of 'mustyness' since, although I do tend to have the a/c on most of the time, especially in wet weather !
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The 'squashy' matting (in this case some thick velvet) certainly helps, but reading some of the other post's I think the solution is to go back to a stove top gas heated kettle. Our previous one was plastic and equally as loud as the current stainless steel one.
I've a suspicion that the problem lies in the design of the newish jug shaped kettles being louder than the old (for the want of a better word) 'kettle' shaped kettles.
Any more thoughts on the subject gratefully received.
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What about the trip computer?, this tells you how many miles you have left?
is a guide to the position. It does fall non incrementally. I have averaged 36mpg on holiday in Ireland over 1500 mls ( 2L Estate)
as for keys, dealer charged me £130 for a new programmed fob and key, I could not live with just one and a 'spare'