February 2008
Hi Guys
When the engine is hot and the car has been sitting in traffic for a while, the idle speed slowly increases up to 1500rpm. When the engine is hot but the car has been moving the idle speed is ok. So it seems like sitting in stopped traffic causes the idle speed to increase. Any ideas why would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
Read more
I have a 1978 Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith 11 which has been stored for ten years in a damp garage and the cost of restoration would likely exceed it's value. A while back I noticed on TV a specialist 'open air' auction for prestige cars damaged or in need of repair. I didn't get their name but they were in Surrey. Does anyone know who they are? Thanks in advance. Roy. Read more
Having just taken delivery of my new car (ok Landrover Defender) I'm now playing the 'read the handbook and work out what fluid is ok where' game.
Googling it and visiting Shell's website told me nothing.
The EBL I think is the higher spec of this fluid (cos the clutch lists EB) and it does say, if I can't get it. DOT 4 may be used. But the car does have ABS and I know DOT 5.1 was meant for some ABS systems. As far as I know - and my web searches confirm, as the DOT number rises (leaving DOT 5 out of the equation as it is silicon) the boiling point rises. So from that point of view, 5.1 is better than 4, which is better than 3. Which makes me think, it ought to have 5.1
Anyone actually know, or can point me in the direction of a web site that says?
Read more
Chrome - that link says little more than I said in my post. I'm stioll none the wiser, although for a novice, I'd recommend reading it.
Hamsafar - now that would not surprise me. I do wish manufacturers would 'product meeting this spec' and not a trade name and leave you guessing if the product you think is an equivalent, actually is. I could even cope with 'spec' and 'we recommend'. The Shell stuff though I've never seen on the shelves, and is not on their website.
Landrover do quote an oil spec which at first sight is mindblowing, but is a common Ford number. Translates to 5w-30 ACEA A1-B1. And a common oil is known to meet, thanks to this forum (old thread from Ford owners).
A mate is selling his S60 and has offered me first refusal.
2001 2.0T S on a 51 reg in Maya Gold
124k with a full Volvo history to 110k. Now 4k overdue a service.
11 months MOT
Timing belt done in the 90k service at a Volvo dealer.
New clutch (Volvo dealer) and new alternator (local indie auto spark) in the last 10,000 miles.
Drives absolutely A1 - engine is smooth, very punchy, sounds lovely under load, has bags of grunt and there are no nasty clonks or wandering on the road. A couple of minor trim creaks only. Otherwise quiet and refined.
Good spec - all electrics, part leather, radio/CD, cruise, air-con (all working)
Things wrong with it:
It's falsely reporting a blown sidelight bulb
One of the boot lid struts is broken
Minor scuffing on bumper corners.
Shortly in need of two front tyres.
It's going in Autotrader at £2800, but he's offered it to me for £2,500
My concerns are:
120k on a turbo petrol engine. It drives well, but how long before it's going to need a turbo?
I know nothing about these cars in terms of what goes wrong with them, what to look for, and what they cost to service and run.
Fuel economy. He really doesn't care about this and genuinely doesn't monitor it. What can I expect from it on a gentle motorway run? It's not going to be a diesel Mondeo, but neither does it go (or sound) like one. Could I get 35 mpg out of it on a gentle commute?
Strikes me as a heck of a lot of car fo £2500. What do you reckon? It's not a car I've considered, but you know what it's like when something comes up at what seems like a decent price and you know the recent history of it....
Cheers
DP
Read more
Glad you're liking it.
I loved my old Volvo V40 2.0T, the best seats I've ever experienced and the overtaking punch / relaxed drive was great (even better after adding a bleed valve from Kalmar Union :-D)
Just been reading Leo the Lion's thread about his diesel pump and so thought I'd get in with a question of my own.
My Bosch diesel pump on my 95 peugeot 405 is leaking from where two parts of the casing are joined. It's the join nearest the out lines to the injectors where there appears to be a slight recess on both sides of the join. It started as very small but now it's weeing out.
I'm dreaming it's a gasket that's gone and I'll be able to pop down the local corner shop and get one. In this dream I'm also able to refit the gasket without having to remove the pump and faff with the timing belt.....
Whaddya reckon.... Ta Louie Read more
Ta Richie tried tightening the bolts first off to no avail.
Yeah I'd kinda always feared the worst so it's off to the scrappy on Monday for a 2nd hand one then replace the seal at my leisure for a hoot. Found a step by step guide with pictures to reassembling a bosch elsewhere ont web. Just thought there might be an easier way.
How I'm gonna get to the scrappy is another question entirely. Thinking of using a liberal amount of brake cleaner then chemical metal the join and see how that runs in the morning..... or maybe just gaffer tape hmmmm hahahahaha.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7260484.stm
If you are flushed with success then pass it on? ;-)) Read more
More likely the end of the financial year and using up all the unspent budget
to be sure of getting the same allocation again next year!
Well, if they have so much money that they struggle to spend it all, why would they have closed all the toilets in the first place?
I'm sticking to my theory about competition money wasting.
I have had my Scenic 1.6DCi for 1 year and from new the heater has not worked
very well. Seems to be two problems;
1) heater takes for ever to get warm. Sometimes the full 5 bars are never achieved.
2) very little air flow into drivers foot well. Much stronger on passenger side.
Even with fan on number 4 the air flow all round seems weak.
Could 1) be caused by faulty thermostat?
Car is late 2006
(year & engine details added to the subject header - thanks for ignoring the 3 separate requests to do this yourself!) Read more
Broke down recently on the A1(M) in Co Durham. Five mins later, at 7.10 am, pleasant chap stops his HA Discovery and asks me if I have help coming. I say I do - I'm told it will be an hour - and he takes my mobile number and says he'll ring in an hour and check everything's okay.
An hour later, the tow van man having been given duff info and thereby delayed by the motoring organsation, another call. Said info related, and the promise of another ring in another hour.
Just after 9 am, another ring (by which time I was in the tow van).
Very courteous, very helpful. Read more
I meant to add earlier (about getting the motorways open quicker after a temp closure), that it is easier for HA Officers to clear debris up as you often find them 'hunting in packs'. whereas the Police are often much rarer to find more than one on a stretch (no offence MLC - its since the budget cuts I guess .. have resulted in less obvious marked motorway police vehicles)
(as I believe it's called).
White squares, one facing each way, atop a pole. Maybe a foot across. On the M6. One has a speed camera logo just underneath it.
What are they? Read more
AS, between J34-ish and J37-ish. So I suspect a bit North of where you'll be. Though if you stay on until J38, come off and go to the Southbound caff ("J38") then you'll find a stonking plateful of good English food.
According to the BBC website a new camera is to be trialled in Leeds to check how many people are in a car. It is proposed to use this to monitor car sharing lanes, a concept the government is keen to expand upon because it is cheaper than building roads. The camera apparently works by detecting water and blood content and is to be used to detect cars with a single occupant. Apparently in the US it is common to carry a dummy passenger or large dog to cheat the system and our government is keen to avoid similar abuse of the rules here. Read more
Fair, if a little politically incorrect comment from the ABD
Nigel Humphries, spokesman for the Association of British Drivers when asked his views on the cameras said: 'We haven't got enough road space in this country for multiple occupants, buses, cyclists and three-legged dwarfs. You'd actually be prioritising school-run mums, and I thought we didn't want to prioritise them. '
Browse
The current Shoolheifer Tender Sale has a variety of vehicles from starter classics through to prestige projects. It is probably worth visiting their web site at shoolheifer.co.uk/