February 2008
Hello,
My heater gauge on the dash dials is not working, i'm just wondering where to start to try and get it working again. Is it likely that it stopped working as a result of the webber card being fitted??
Also, maybe linked to this. the red flashing light ( alarm/immobiliser light) is flashing when indicators are being used, can't deciode whether this is cool or not:) but any thoughts would be greatly appreciated :)
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Hello,
Can anybody help please!! I have recently noticed that one of my relays has been going, well nuts. Eratic clicking on and off, i think i have diagnosed correctly that the relay in question (numbered 1) is concerned with idling speed as when i hear it click on in neutral the idling speed increases slightly. When this relay is having one of its' bad days (normally during acceleration or dropping revs) it is causing my headlights and dash lights to pulse, which is obviously not good.
I'm wondering whether maybe this relay is redundant now as i am running a webber carn with a manual choke. or is it still needed? If i remove the relay my revs seem to be ok, and no pulsing of headlights anymore. I'm just a bit worried that the relay may be important or that by removing it i am ignoring a more serious problem that is causing this in the first place.
Just one more thing that might help. when i bought the car the guy told me that he had had a problem with pulsing headlights and that it was solved by fitting a new alternator ( actually not a whole alternator just a small part of it was replaced), not sure if this could shed any light on the problem i'm having, doesn;t really seem connected but i'm new to all this so i wouldn't know :)
Any help would be much appreciated :)
Thanks
Neil
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I doubt that the Weber [pronounced Vaber incidentally] has any heated passageways; but some of those wires are live and should have been properly insulated and secured.
If they have been shorting; then that may account for your relay misbehaving.
has anyone any advice/comments on fitting split cv boots?.is it advisable to clean joint with methlayted spirit before applying adhesive?. Read more
I have never had any long lasting success with split boots, so I can't recommend them.
Friend has a 1995 Scorpio estate with the Cosworth engine. Just failed the mot with some welding issues. There is also a noise that may or may not be a wheel bearing. He wants rid of it - any money would be a bonus.
It had a cam chain failure about 10k miles ago, and as a result required most of a new engine. With this new engine in mind, is it worth anything to anyone (on here or not) and how should he shift it?
He doesn't really have the cash to do the work - apparently the welding is close to the fuel lines, so lots of labour costs for relatively little actual welding.
He's also just had to lay out £1200 for repairs to their other car!
Any thoughts from the oracles of wisdom please?
Thanks
O
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Tell him to stick it on ebay advertised as a cosworth engine still in in a car and that the buyer takes the whole lot away. Any car part on ebay with a cosworth prefix goes for a massive premium. It will find a number of willing buyers.
For me the answer is definitely 'Yes'. Although it was a long time ago, I can remember the Ford Anglia with much satisfaction. Kisses came sooner but I just cannot be sure who was the first victim....there were so many of them.
Come to think of it, I seem to recall learning to kiss was less stressful than learning to drive and I passed the kissing test at my first attempt...even if I say so myself :o)
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White Ford Cortina 1600 Super KJY519G with a broken left rear leaf spring which meant handling was 'interesting' when you had all your mates in it
err umm....can't remember the kiss, which sort of supports the Daily Mail article
Hi.
Changed the hcv on our 99 zetec 1.25 recently, but only getting hot air while engine is at a fast idle, the air cools at normal idle until just luke warm.
Also noticed the rad is cold including the top and bottom hoses.
The temp gauge only rises to mid way, no matter how its driven or how long it stands idling,and the fan doesnt kick in, probably due to the cold rad, assuming the fan sensor is in the rad.
Any ideas? Thermostat? Water pump?Naughty replacement HCV?
We are selling this car due to a company car coming, one of the locals is interested, but don't want to sell a duffer Read more
Haven't had a ballvalve in for years(jiggle-pin was the correct name)-most now have a nick
I bought a genuine Ford thermostat with a 'jiggle-pin' last year (albeit for a pushrod engine not a mordern thing where the thermostat purchase includes half the engine).
i have a renault megane 2002 diesel 1.9dci i recently added redex diesel fuel additive to a full tank of diesel two days later my service light came on with the message check injectors , is that a coincidence or is it down to the additive and why did the message come up , i took it to the garage who reset the computer and told me to come back if the message comes on again i didnt tell them i put redex in just in case it invalidated the warranty
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"Check injectors?" Those exact words?
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Not a paper I would read of course ; ). Somebody else sent me the link honest gov.
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It's one of those ideas that has sound reasoning at the heart of it but once we're "all doing it" the advantage is lost. Just as all new cars have ABS and a third brake light, people seem to brake harder and later and leave ever shorter stopping distances and so on; if the whole population wore hi-vis vests all the time we would eventually fail to notice them.
Lights on all day is now the rule in Austria, Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic and Scandinavia but AFAIK it will not be introduced in all 27 EU states. The system is optional on new cars and permitted in most states in the USA, where research into accident reduction so far seems to be inconclusive.
Where daytime lights are in force, my own solution to the "invisibility" of motorbikes - is to allow yellow lights only for motorbikes, so that they would still stand out. Clip-on yellow filters could be removed at rider's will (motorways, night time, whenever)
I have 2 problems with my clio
1. Passenger headrest
I took the headrest out whilst transporting some flat-pack furniture and it won't go back in. I've had it back to the dealer and they say that the clip insidethe tube that runs inside the seat is broken and they'll have to replace the whole tubes. He might have called them runners.
Does anyone know what the techincal name for this part is? Would it matter if I didn't buy an official renault part?
Theyhave also quoted an hour and a half labour to fix it. Does this seem reasonable?
2. Back seat seatbelt.
One of the 'female' parts to the seatnelt has stopped clicking shut. I've hoovered it as much as I can and sprayed a bit of WD40 in to see if that helps clean out whatever was causing the problem but to no avil.
Any ideas what else I can try?
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What is it with Renaults? Out of all the cars I've owned the Renaults have always been built so flimsily inside and the seatbelts have failed at the "female" stalk end.
I'd make a trip to the breakers yards if I were you. Try the seatbelts in the scrap car that you find, make sure the thing works, and get two stalks while you're at it. If you don't you can bet your bottom dollar that another of yours will fail a week later.
As for the seat, I'd get a replacement from a scrap car and replace the seat covers with those off the broken one if I couldn't find one to match. Again I'd make sure that nothing is broken on the donor seat first!
Ron
Can anyone explain how Company car tax is calculated in Belgium..? I believe it is based on 'Fiscal Horspower'... how is FS calculated and how is the taxable benefit worked out..?
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Wow, impressive.
So that's why, when I went to the prefecture and asked how much it would cost to register a V12 Jaguar, the woman behind the counter really did throw up her hands and say 'oooh la la'...
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Have a look at the top hose elbow as it leaves the engine. How many sensors are fitted and how many wires are there to each?