March 2008
My rover 620ti recently blew its mid section of exhaust, and near at near enough the same time, my engine will not go above 2800rpm in any gear including idle. It basically cuts out to below the threshhold before it started to drop off in revs. Does the fact my exhaust have a hole in it affect teh engines rpm range, as in is there any type of sensors that link into exhaust emmissions to the engine management system? I would like some advice, before i take it into a garage for a hefty bill. Could it be the fuel filter, if so where is it located?
Regards.
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Since, it's launch I've seen just two, the second one was a diesel in brown and looked really rubbish.
Is the car not selling? I have a sneaking suspicion that it isnt, at all.
Problems:
i) It's not very practical
ii) Too expensive
iii) that rear door-safety concern on UK roads.
iv) It looks like a toy, and with optional privacy glass it looks like a pocket hearse.
v) Unlike the Mini, men don't seem to like it as much as women
vi) A lot of women would probably prefer a soft-roader.
vii) Who actually wants one?
The only positive I can think of is the good emissions. But is that enough?
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But don't worry about it;
Worry ? On the contrary, it would be fruitless to worry about it. Negative sort of emotion.
No, there are many more positive things to be felt. It would seem that those who have bought them are pleased. It would also seem that BMW should be proud of their sales. Add in the amusement value to some others and you have an "everybody happy" situation. ;-)
P.S. as for the question "Why ?" Could the answer be 42 ?
I was driving my wife?s 06 Zafira 2.2 design this weekend and on two occasions I nearly had an accident.
Once at a roundabout where I didn?t see a Toyota Previa (I know its huge) and once where as I was turning at a junction a pedestrian crossed the road in front of me
I gave him and me a bit of a scare as he was invisible behind the blind spot which is the very thick A pillar. My other car a Toyota Sera which I have recently purchased has incredible visibility due to its virtually panoramic glass roof, I guess I?m getting too used to the sera and forgetting about the Zafiras blind spot when jumping between the two. Does anybody know if there is any kind of aftermarket device, modification or tips that could help me. I have experienced a wide range of cars over 25 years of driving but have never come across this problem as bad as this before. I am severely having to alter my driving style to be safe in this car as I am constantly looking out for things that may or may not be there.
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Glad it's not just me.
I?ve been driving the wifes Zafira a bit more often recently and have noticed the most dangerous part of any journey with the car is returning home.
I live in small residential road with a sharply curving right hand bend with cars quite often parked on the bend
So as I drive around the bend I try to look through the a pillar/side window, but can?t because of the thick pillar, so, to see if anything is coming I physically have to move and look through the windscreen sideways , otherwise I would be driving blind. In comparison my 18 year old Sera has excellent visability and the same bit of road is never a problem.
I just wanted to share my own experience with the v-power diesel which I've been using on/off for last 3 weeks. I filled up the car with v-power diesel (fuel tank was almost empty). Drove the car and after few miles I could feel the smoothness and a bit of extra power in particular when driving in 3rd/4th gear. Then I filed it up with the normal shell diesel and the car felt really rough and loud. Drove it until the tank was empty and filled it up last night again with the v-power diesel and this morning I could feel the same smoothness, bit of extra power and the quieter engine.
As far as getting a bit better mpg is concerned I haven't really experienced it but I'm quite happy with the mpg my mazda is returning.
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Well actually my local Shell garage doesn't sell it!
Which is a shame because Shell Drivers Club have sent me vouchers that give me
extra points (money back) if I use V-power.
Shell had a National Launch of VPower Diesel - but you may as well have missed it - their website missed it - it was 3/4 mths out of date last November. I have not looked in the last few weeks but in Feb it was stil out of date - there was a PDF File in county order with some of the V-power sites - £14Bn profit and they cannot generate a website that promotes their Premium Product?
What would ity take? A Post code query that would give you the nearest site - could be run up in a matter of hours - Shell probably have a committee of 20 Highly paid execs looking into it!
I have inherited an immaculate 1996 Polo 1.4CL with 18000 miles. The engine bay is almost like new, car drives beautifully, and has always been garaged. I don't think the cambelt has been changed. Should I get it done ASAP? Engine is AEX
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I would replace it,
I've just been quoted £130 incl. VAT to fit a cambelt to a 1997 golf MK3 - with 77k on the clock -
it is far better and for piece of mind to have a new belt to avoid costly failure.
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In praise of an Audi dealer.
Girl on parts desk (on first floor of swanky showroom) at Stockport Audi went to endless lengths for me to find some poxy bits for a 12 year old car, and also to tell me what other VAG cars had been made with the same obscure but rather expensive part so I could find a second hand one.
Could I please ask if anyone recognizes the manufacture/distributor name " ANEL " in relation to electronic components or small digital readout units, such as rev counters, temp guages, oil pressure guages etc,etc?
I have done the usual searches on the net and the nearest I have come up with, is an industrial electrical contracting concern in Turkey.
If anyone has heard of or knows of this manufacturer, I would welcome any information that could be supplied.
Many thanks.
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Hello, i was wondering whether anyone knows where the central locking control unit is found on a peugeot 306 (2000) i have read on this forum and others that if the central locking goes wrong then a good way to solve it is to close the loop on the circuit on the Central locking unit however i have struggled to find it despite looking in boot, under seats and in middle consule? ... however more worryingly i did find in centre consule a bunch of wires and 2 connectors which were not connected to anything? (is this normal?) thanks very much in advance
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Yeah same with passenger door, it will lock if both front locks are down, otherwise it will autounlock, what i'm really baffled about is the two connectors in the centre consule which are not connected to anything?
I?m already pre-occupied on the RTB household motoring solutions for 18 months hence. I suspect that many other BRs are in a similar frame of mind half the time so I thought I?d record my current thoughts and see how these change and develop over the next 18 months.
We run two cars. SWMBO has a 2005 Grand Scenic and I run a 2002 52 Mondeo. The Scenic is used mainly for my wife?s business and school runs. It doubles as the family car on those increasingly rare occasions when all 5 of us go out together. The Scenic is leased on a good deal including maintenance, but I doubt that we will get close to the 48k allowed by the lease over the lease which is up in September 2009. The Mondeo is owned and has just reached 70k meaning I?ve clocked up some 40k in the 30 months that I?ve been running it. To my surprise, I quite like the Mondeo. It handles well and goes OK although you would never find yourself popping out of the house just to admire it in the driveway.
Suspect that budget between the 2 cars will be around £14k so quite a lot of scope. SWMBO ideally needs a people carrier for her business which is good as it leaves me with the opportunity to go a smaller ?fun car?. So she could have a CMax or Zafira and I could have a warmish hatch, perhaps. My likes include the Leon FR or more radically a last generation Celica or a late Pug 406 coupe. Perhaps even a MX5, but is suspect I might fall out of love with it on the M5 commute. Dream car is still the A4 convertible which is out of the question ? but I would n?t mind a convertible ?.. Saab 93 perhaps?
Then SWMBO says she would really like a Micra. She had a 99T Micra, which she loved, and has tried a more recent one. Of course, that would leave me needing to run the family car which leaves me considering a Legacy Tourer perhaps. Others that I like include the Mazda 6 and the ?. Erm, well I?m not sure.
Of course, RTB junior is 17 in 18 months time. I should be considering a visit to the auctions to pick up a suitable learner/first car. (Note to self ? does Joe Dowd bother with £1,000 motors?)
Much to ponder. Sigh.
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Well bintang, not quite 18 months since your post but looks as if they are still going to be legal!
Amused by my earlier musings and am pleased to provide an update having purchased a 4 year old Honda CRV this week. Wouldn't have envisaged that back in March 08.
Why a CRV? Well SWMBO is going to get the smaller car (still maybe a Micra) which will also serve as a learner for rising 17yo lad. That left me needing to find a family machine for myself. After much contemplation the idea of a soft roader grew on me. I didn't want another Scenic type machine or a bog standard hatch/estate. Then there was the episode getting lost in the steep, oh so steep, hills above the Exe trying to locate a birthday party location ....
Hard finding what I wanted, but eventually found one at a Honda dealer in Kent and the deal was done with the dealer taking the reliable but fading Mondy in part ex.
After locking the car with either the remote or the key in the door, after about 2 minutes the alarm starts with no obvious reason. The first time I unlocked it remotely and re locked it - no problem. The second time last night it took 2 goes to get it to not go off. This morning it would not cooperate. I have tried opening and closing the doors, windows, boot etc in case a sensor has not connected - no luck. Any ideas welcome before I have to resort to a VW dealer!
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Just to complete the story, from a search in the archived messages there would appear to be two sources of false alarm common to this model of Passat.
One would be that the rear wash-wipe is leaking onto the tailgate switch. I prised the trim off the bottom of the tailgate but did not get very far, it's not at all obvious how it comes off despite removal of the two crosshead screws at the top. However, peering in with a torch revealed no sign of dampness.
The second cause is water leaking into the passenger footwell where the electronics are situated. I did have a few leaves under the corner of the bonnet but not sufficient to block the drainage and cause water to enter the footwell. However, the carpet was damp on inspection and I dried it out with a fan heater, over a couple of days to make sure everything around was fully dry too.
This was over a week ago and I've had no false alarms since then.
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I'm probably invoking the Curse of Murray Walker here; but petrol filters rarely suddenly clog in the UK - the fuel is too clean. Unlike ships; no black, bacterial, goo.
The filter should be on the bulkhead, driver's side. Little round, black, metal, thing. [Unless it's not the original type.] Follow the hose back from the fuel rail.
Combined with known exhaust problems; a car that won't rev always makes me think cat blockage.