December 2007
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
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
H
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
topbloke
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.]
i have always wondered why i have never achieved the official mpg provided by parkers, what car etc. i wanted to know who advertises these figures and are they genuine for instance could a land cruiser Prado producing 31 mpg and an land cruiser amazon producing 25 mpg actually be more economical in a real life day to day running. it could be possible as i have heard but i want to know your opinions Read more
As has been said above, it is basically about 3 things -
a) lab conditions (which will always give a better figure than real life),
b) your driving style, and
c) your driving mix.
My Berlingo 1.6 has an official combined mgp figure of 38.2.
Over the past year, I have averaged 39.8.
My driving is largely rural with very little urban driving and the occasional long run.
I just bought a Mercedes C180 automatic, when starting in the morning it is very sluggish. The first 3 times you start it cuts off straightaway, then the tickover is lumpy and the engine misfires. If you put your foot on the gas pedal it sometimes does not rev up. It feels like the engine is not getting the right mixture (air / fuel intake?) Then after 5 minutes it goes fine.
I also noticed when it's warm the kickdown is a bit weird. If you floor it it goes fine but when you are in 3rd/4th gear when you kick down it only changes down one gear but the rev is still under 3000. Is it related to the misfire??
I have plugged it on the diagnostic computer and it came back with a few faults including oxygen and camshaft sensors, but I cleared them all it was still the same.
Any response will be appreciated. Read more
This could be a faulty coolant temp sensor; they don't often leave codes.
The only way to be sure, is to measure it's resistance when cold.
Clearly broken down that is? It just seems appreciation of the effort, at best, is worse.
Used to carry a big toolkit and spares, from the 60`s to the late 90`s.
In the early years helped lots of folk out, with punctures, points etc.
Once rewired a blokes trailer board at a motorway services in 85, then fixed a Suzuki jeep with a thread blown out of a plug hole.
Lots more like that, but then had some worrying experiences, getting worse, the nearer to the present date.
In a 2CV stopped to help another 2CV broken down (as they did in those days) about 5 young females in the car and was treated to a torrent of abuse as though I was going to attack them. (had to drive off despite spares, tools and knowledge of the car)
Then SWMBO and me stopped for a really distressed woman in the middle of nowhere, both walked up to the car and were treated to hysterical screaming at us.
I also once offered to change a bulb on a colleagues car (visiting from another office)
I was actually really had a go at me for being condescending to a woman.
Trouble was it had become second nature to just pop bulbs in for people......
Then there was the bloke who pretended to be broken down....
I put the brakes on after those last incidents which followed on from each other and now won`t stop for anyone unless its the immediate neighbors.
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Driving into Leeds a few years ago noticed a car stopped on the inside of the armley roundabout which locals will know as a humongous roundabout with major traffic flow. Parked in from of him and jumped out to enquire if there was something seriously wrong (as no normal person would stop there) and found out he wasn't a normal person. He'd lost his way and stopped to look at a map! - stuck in the inside lane (i.e next to the round bit) of a four carriageway roundabout. I got back in my car and drove off. never again...
Can a diesel engine have pre-ignition? On these cold mornings my engine makes a sound like an old petrol engine "pinking" when I accelerate. It lasts until the engine gets warm, maybe 3-4 miles.
The car has done 50,000 trouble free miles, I hope there is no fuel pump problem as mentioned on this site.
kingslea. Read more
I really dont know if this is an injector fault (as my web searches have not found any other mazda diesels with the problem identified as an injector), or the thing to do with the ECU reset that 'the engineer' mentions above. - anyone know if this has to be done at a mazda dealer and what it might cost etc? - might be worth us trying it if not too pricey.
do you think we are OK to keep driving it at the moment? - i dont want to do any damage etc (there are absolutley no other syptoms / problems when driving, apart from the odd black smoke which might be the clogged up EGR valve)- 'luckily' we have 3 cars at the mo, so we dont have to use it.
Browse
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.