February 2008
My 1996 1.8 petrol multi point fuel injected 306 is difficult to start and when it does start it will only pick up revs to 3500 rpm very slowly even under heavy throttle. It is running rough and appears to be running like the timing is retarted. when the revs do eventually reach 3500 i can hear a solenoid click and the revs drop back to around 2000. is very hard to drive as it has no power at all. Can somebody help, thanks Mark. Read more
After reading numerous posts on fuel consumption and that coasting in gear instead of letting it idle in neutral uses no fuel I was a bit sceptical espically mine being an older car. So I tried it, at 60mph in 5th briefly switched engine off (under the most safest circumstances) and it was like I had just took my foot off pedal and slowed down like the engine was on. I was expecting it to slow down much quicker. What amazed me was that it seems that an engine dowst need fuel to preduce an engine sound, it must be purely compression and friction that makes a engine sound and not combustion. I want to learn more about this, it is like free driving down hills.
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Thanks to NC for helping to explain.
here are two key facts:
1 - A modern car will use less fuel on the over run if left in gear
2 - A car will coast further if left in neutral due to absence of engine braking.
here's some very crude maths to try and explain. Lots of assumptions in here, I'm hoping someone may be able to help with some more accurate figures, but regardless of the figures and accuracy it should illustrate the point.
'In gear'
Travel for 1 mile up hill, using 0.1 litres of fuel. Travel downhill for 0.5miles (due to engine braking) but use no fuel. Distance travelled is 1.5 miles using 0.1 litres of fuel.
Miles per litre = 15
'In Nuetral'
Travel for 1 mile up hill, using 0.1 litres of fuel. Travel downhill for 1 mile (due to no engine braking) but use 0.02 litres of fuel. Distance travelled is 2 miles using 0.12 litres of fuel.
Miles per litre = 16
Hi,
I am contemplating renting a car from Zagreb (Croatia) airport, driving into Bosnia and returning it back to Zagreb a week later. My question is about the UK driving license.
Is it valid in Bosnia? I have always thought it was international but someone else has put doubt in my mind. The Bosnian border guards are meticulous, pedantic and gagging for any excuse to find fault at the best of times.
The car hire company allows cross border rental for a fee so that's appears not to be an issue. My full driving license is the old paper type.
Many thanks,
Steve Read more
Hi HG,
Thanks for all that info I have been to Bosna before & you're right - it is great but I have never driven there.
Thanks for all the useful information. I'll print it off & show the wife - might calm her down a bit :)
Steve
Can anyone advise a realistic value for my car?
It is my company car and one I am looking at maybe changing whilst it still has some value to change back to an estate car. Whilst it is a great car that I am particularly pleased with (lots of poke and 52mpg) it's boot is not designed to take the kind of big loads I can get into a V70 or BMW 5 series Touring. Our company buys our cars outright so no leasing deals to consider, just the value of my car set against the cost of a new one.
It is a 2005 / 05 plate Volvo S60 S D5. No extras other than the metalic Magic Blue paint.
81,000 miles on the clock, very good condition and a full service history.
Many thanks for your help folks. Read more
The word technology may be stretching the point but my question is this:-
Having read one or two reports about the so called reliable brands having trouble with new models or technology, namely Mazda with the early 5's, the first Honda Civics (being only as reliable as a Golf in recent surveys) and Honda diesels (e.g. - new technology to Honda) giving people problems, should we wait a couple of years after the launch before we buy with our own hard earned.
The particular car that springs to mind is the long awaited diesels from Scoobeeroo.
Should anyone interested wait to see what problems emerge first - particulalrly as IMO the so called relaible brands do seem very quick to fix stuff when it gets hi-lighted - so the logic being buying a couple of years after the release should make it trouble free.
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Susukino has got it spot on from what I have seen of japanese companies in that they like to do things themselves - that way they can learn from the experience - which means alot to them for their long term strategy and also they can gaurantee the quality better than buying in.
Unfortunatley most european companies think the opposite is true and that if you outsource, you can reduce costs, increase profit and all is well with the world - even if it does mean letting the customer down from time to time - that does not matter as long as we can make a profit this year.
Not true for the long term unfortunately and if you look at Toyota as an example - they make huge profits yet they outsource less of their parts than anyone else.
The bit I found strange about the article the link takes you to is the line that says " Europeans love the smooth, high-torque, low cost.........."
Since when has a diesel been smooth - they're having a larf ain;t they.
Although maybe that will change with a diesel boxer !
.... without so much as an attempt at haggling, paid the full manufacturer's advertised price and signed up for the four year finance deal - not interest free.
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I have just secured an 18% discount off my new Renault Clio.
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Obviously no one has noticed or commented it's back, so it must be just as bad as before.
I only caught the last 20 mins of last nights episode (was this the 1st one of the new series?) and saw from the mention in the paper of a shootout between a Lotus Carlton and the Vauxhall VXR8. Anyone know which car won? I suspect it was the latter, but will have to wait until Saturday's repeat to see the episode.
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- perhaps he's seen the error of his ways?
You'd hope so.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Shaw_(DJ)
is a fairly sanitised version, according to my youngest daughter.
Apparently, He's not nice to know.
Hi,
can anyone help? Our Rover has got my hubby baffled! Its starts ok from cold, on the morning, but after its been for a run out and then stopped for a few minutes, its difficult to get it started again.
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Peter
Yes - it's a Bosch VP21 electronic pump. You're thinking low pump pressure when the diesel is hot and thin?
Might be a crank sensor issue? Perhaps....
OK Guys (and girls)
This could be an interesting thread. Some clutch changes are so easy - I remember Vauxhalls from the mid 80's, where you removed a cover, slid back the input shaft from the end of the gearbox, and changed your clutch. Engine didn't need to come out. I counted that 'Good'
Wouldn't really count most rear wheels drives bad, because apart from P6 Rovers, you could just pull the box off after undoing gear lever, propshaft and support.
Then along came front wheel drives. Some of them are not too bad. I changed the clutch in my 1986 MKII Golf TD, and that wasn't too much of a hassle. But now I've got an '05 Mondeo, and from the manual, you either have to take the engine and box out from the top, then split them, or you need to remove subframe, steering rack - sounds like a real pig of a job - definitely 'Ugly'
So what would you say todays (or yesterdays) Good, Bad and Ugly clutch changes are? Read more
Agree with NC about the Renault 5. Not just the turbo job, but all of them.
Another awkward one was the original Daf 33 - 46 range. Engine out and six little centrifugally operated brake shoe sort of things to replace.
A few weeks ago there was a discussion about the use of mobile phones to detect traffic movement in urban areas.
Someone asked how the system differentiated between cars and pedestrians and as far as I can remember there was no answer given.
I was at a meeting last night where one of the contributors is an advisor to the Higways Agency and I asked the above question.
It seems that sophisticated mathematical pattern and movement recognition algorithms are used to classify the various phone user types.
So now you know! Read more
The real irony is that TomTom almost never happened. The company that built it was struggling to sell a related product in mapping/GIS to government and corporates. They were losing money and realised they had the bones of the TomTom product, so gave it a go. If they'd been successful with the main product they'd never have made TomTom, or the money they've made since....
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cant afford sparks,am an oap so either I fix it or its the junkyard,so far a 1995 306 would not start,original code buttons worn out and no beep when pressed,so I tried 0000 and keys beep green light lights when 0 pressed but does not stay on,engine turns over but will not run,after 2 or 3 trys the battery looses charge,had it checked and they say its good But I have my doubts,here in spain techs not too reliable,new keypad is 190 euros,will a used one surfice if that is the problem........desperate jonsky