December 2007
Has anyone got a discovery 3 and if you have is it reliable. Read more
I had my Ford Focus 1.8 petrol serviced recently and the ford garage overfilled the oil by about 1/4 inch. I drove the car like this for about 200 miles before I realized and took it back to have some drained out. The oil level on the dipstick now when the engine is cold is 1 -2 mm about the maximum notch. I am not too bothered about this but would like someone to put my mind at rest. Also when I have run the engine for say 3 minutes from cold and then I check the oil, there are a few bubbles visible in the oil on the dipstick. Is this normal to have some bubbles after the engine has been run or does this mean that the crankshaft is whipping up the oil in the sump ? Read more
Dipsticks are only a guide. I used to fill the sump as per the factory capacity, ie if it said sump fill with filter 3.3ltrs then thats what I would put in as it was measured on a gauge on the wall, but usually it iether be under or over on the dipstick.
Doc
Centre box on my 97 A8 Quattro needs replacing. Audi only part apparantly, numerous exhaust outlets cannot get supply, so ordered the part myself for one of them to fit. £350 for just the centre section and sleeves -- outrageous. Why is the part not copied like 90% of the other car makers? Read more
No it doesn't matter if he bought it cheaply, recently.
You can buy a Bentley Mulsanne, in good condition, for £8,000 but you wouldn't expect anything other than Bentley running costs would you.
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Scary. Read more
Personally i cant see why (learners) are not allowed to use (motorways)
I don't want learmers on the motorway. The point of passing a test is that they have gained experience in handling their cars, and of general driving. Motorways are not very different, especially from other fast roads like dual carriageways, and learners should easily be able to accumulate enough experience to start them off without going on the motorway. Imagine a timid inexperienced learner venturing onto the motorway on their second lesson! No, thanks! That's what things like the Pass+ courses could be good at.
hi all.hope someone can help. I have a 99 xantia 18 sx. One of the hydraulic pipes has split,its not in the rubber pipe section,but a metal pipe section.Is it possible to repair the pipe as you would a normal brake pipe by rejoining the two ends with a male and female joint.Or would i need a different fitting thanks mike1 Read more
hi richardw.the rubber pipe starts on the front os brake caliper then goes back to the engine bay.then splits in two one end then ends with a metal pipe this clips to side wall.then turns to go to the back of the car.what is a Kunifer pipe.citroens illogical, it took me 3 days to fit a new heater matrix.all the best for 2008.
My Dad got a problem with his 52-plate A4. He dropped the key before getting in the car, and may have put the key in the ignition with some soil on it...
He made an initial journey and the car started and ran okay but the interior light would not go out. He attended a meeting then returned to the car and now the steering lock will not release.
He's tried all sorts of jiggling of wheel and key, then applied a little brute force. The key now turns 180 degrees in the ignition and turns the radio on but will not turn on the ignition (will not start the car), and the steering wheel will not unlock.
The central locking seems to have gone awry, it sometimes locks all doors except the drivers, sometimes locks only the drivers.
Has anyone else had this happen? Does it sound like the ignition barrel is wrecked?
Do you think trying to clean it will help; my Dad intends to squirt some WD40 into the ignition and work the key in and out?
Clutching at straws I wondered if the spinning ignition was a security feature as it thinks the wrong key has been inserted? (Never tried the wrong key in an Audi ignition so dont know what it does).
Any ideas how much for a new ignition barrel? Will a VAG specialist independant be able to code it to the car or is it main dealer only?
Just tried to ring the local VAG indie but unsurprisingly they are not working today.
Any advice much appreciated,
Rich. Read more
Thankyou Screwloose I will tell him to look at that.
Hello
i have a Rover 400 1.6i 16v i am changing the head gasket, before taking the cam belt off i need to secure the two camshaft sprockets together so they dont move during the removal of the cyl/head, i did'nt have the correct tool so i used plastic ties this did the job so i thought until i removed the belt and the cyl/head, thats when the sprockets span round!!!! knocking the timeing out of sequence.
My Question is: when refitting the head is it just a case of aligning the lower camshaft sprocket timing to top dead centre (TDC) and then positioning the top two sprockets(exhaust and inlet) to there correct position before refitting the cyl/head + cambelt??????? please help! Read more
mate,
IF you do as you say you should be okay....the twin cams timing marks will only line up when they are in the correct position.....
The SAFEST thing to do is line everything up....put her all back together, then manually turn the crank with a socket and check she keeps lining up......
Laters
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Manufacturers' fitted "styled" roof rails (think New Fiat Panda, most estate cars from the past 20 years).
Anyone ever used them?
Thought not. Read more
That must have been an 18GTX estate
Was indeed, and a very good car... did 30mpg cruising anywhere between 80 and 100 indicated. Good gear ratios too.
Hello!
I have a opel vectra 1.6 (c16nz)
The motor warning light is flashing always and the rpm is changing from 500 to 1500 all the time.
Sometimes the engine stops because the rpm is falling under 500 and some others the engine works at 4000 rpm for about 2-3 minutes whithout pushing the throttle pedal.
Some other times i have no throttle.
When i drive the highway the warning light lights and remains on until i stop the engine.
I checked the car and told me that is bad fuel mixture. (the voltage of l-sensor is not varies)
I changed the l-sensor. the same problem
I changed the "cold"-sensor on the uptake (after the injection gas jet). the same problem
I cleaned the injection. The same problem
I changed the ecu and i still have the same problem!
The motor light is still flashing (like a bad electric contact)
what else i must check??
Thank you
Hi I guess you're posting from abroad ! Hope you don't mind but I've filed this under the UK nomenclature of Vauxhall's equivalent Cavalier. Welcome to the BR there is a wealth of knowledge here - frightfully British I know but its no swearing old man !! Read more
Not quite. If you get code 51 from the replacement ECU, then it's likely saying that it's not the right one.
On your original ECU; you got code 45 telling you that the oxy sensor wasn't switching because the mixture was too rich - nothing was wrong with either the ECU or the oxy sensor, they were just alerting you to the fact that the mixture was too rich.
Finding out the reason for the mixture being too rich is the task that you now need to address.
One of the main mixture control sensors is the MAP sensor on the bulkhead - check it's hose and it's voltage output to the ECU carefully to find out if they are correct. If they are, you'll need to look elsewhere.
renault master 2.2d 51 reg starts well no heat needed will only rev to 3500 had new injectors air flow valve egr valve cleaned no lights on dash got a diesel knock main dealers computor cant get any readings at all any ideas what i can tryit seams heavy on fuel but i dont know if it is poss to adjust common rail systems thanks paul Read more
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I didn't want to give it airs and graces. If it isn't ECU controlled and doesn't regenerate like a proper DPF; then it's just there to trap soot [OK; if you must "diesel particulates"] and thus it's a waste of space in my book.
A customer of mine has a fleet of these Movano "things" bought cheap as a job lot; virtually every one has blocked it's "cat" and had them gutted over the years. [They then go a lot better and use much less juice.]
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We've had an apology from the OP for the multiple postings !
Thanks.