February 2008
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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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'...
Hi all.
I have purchased a set of Goodridge braided hoses for my car but have a problem. When the new hoses came the rear hoses have a banjo fitting on the caliper side. I rang Goodridge to check on the fitment and they say i have the right one. I haven't really bought the hoses to improve brake effectiveness as the brakes are spot on but i'm planning on renewing the brake lines and thought that i'd do the hoses at the same time.
Does anyone know the (thread size and pitch)for the banjo bolts that i need off hand.
I could take the hose off and take it to a shop but i need the car for work and it isn't really an option. Otherwise i'll have to buy a new hose from Ford and take the readings off that.
Many thanks in advance.
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Hi All,
I need some help regarding this problem i have. I have seen the previous post about the same problem and it turned out to be the Ignition Amplifier i beleive. I had the same problem on friday and i took it to the garage who instantly thought it was the Ignition coil and ordered a new one. He replaced the part today but it had no effect. I beleive he tried replacing the whole thing, coil and amplifier as i beleive it is one unit (i could be wrong). He said it could possibly be the wiring to the cylinder (funnily enough also the 3rd cylinder).
Im just wondering if anyone has any thought before i take it to another garage tomorrow. I read some things about fuel injectors and ECU's. If the amplifier isnt the problem what is it likely to be?
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Peter
As you will have seen from the previous post, the exact year and engine code is vital as there are differences in the way the coils are fired.
HI, I need to find the flowrate of an audi a6 2.8 v6 fuel pump. I have the part numbers of the pump here. I have
3B0 906 019 and 62 34 30797 22755
Im not sure if its a zero or an o after the B on the Audi part number. Any help is apprecieted, the more info the better. Read more
450 CM3 in 15 seconds for normally aspitated and 600 CM3 in 15 seconds for a 6 pot turbo version. All measured at 13 volts engine not running. Regards peter
The other day I was thinking about cars that were totally new designs that carried over no significant components from previous models.
A few I can think of are the Rover P6 2000 of 1963, the Hillman Imp from around the same time and the Citroen GS of the early 70's. Another obvious one is the VW Beetle. Presumably the Bugatti Veyron is was an all-new design too, even if its W16 engine is loosely based on 2 Audi V8s. I think the Mercedes A-class and the Smart owed nothing to previous designs.
Cars that don't count include the Mini and Morris Minor, since they borrowed engines from existing models.
What other clean-sheet cars can people come up with?
It wasn't meant to say 'Rover' in the title but it forced me to choose a make before I could post! Read more
OK I climb down over the Hillman Imp - I'd forgotten the engine was based
on a Coventry-Climax design.
I don't think you need to SS. The Coventry Climax unit from which the Imp engine was developed was not fitted to cars but was a trailer pump engine for firefighting during the Blitz, light in weight, powerful and reliable...
The first and very beautiful front engined Lotus Elite, with a gearbox at the back, used a small Coventry Climax based engine too. Jack Brabham's garage used to modify Triumph Heralds by fitting a much gutsier Coventry Climax engine and doing something to the brakes (and also, one must hope, the tail-happy swing axle handling). Not cheap but much admired by those they didn't terrify.
Coventry Climax was a jewel in this country's engineering crown at a time when its glitter still outshone much of the world. But things fall apart, innit?
Thinking of getting one for the misses, low mileage as are most of them but have never driven or known anywone who owns one. All I have in my mind is that older Renault autos can be rather tragic - anyone with direct experience? Read more
check out the power steering, get a top of the range jobby, lovely small and placeable
The car was involved in an accident a few weeks ago. Finished building it and drove it around for couple of days. The Glow relay switch stopped working. But it would start, but took longer. Eventually it would not start! I changed the glow plug switch(discovered) water in it, hoping that was the problem but no luck.
We also noticed that the injector pump was not thrusting any diesel. We replaced it only to encounter the same problems. I have checked all the plugs including glow, which are alighting when i tested them.
I do not know how the fuel switch works, as I have pressed but button keeps popping up. Tried to start it while holding the button, but no luck. Now running out of ideas. Cannot afford to take it to Peugeot.
Please someone help
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Unfortunately; you can't. That's a dealer-level job.
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"Check injectors?" Those exact words?