March 2008
my heaters are rubbish, if i turn them off for a while then turn them on they will b hot for a few seconds and go cold, i tried bleeding the system and nothing,
water is going through the radiator orite and doesnt overheat, but another problem tha i find strange is that my temp gaugh always on about 70 degrees C and a maximum of 80 when i high rev or stationary.
can anyone help with my heaters to try and sort them out.
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My driver electric window has come off the rail, its okay for the bottom but the one that runs vertically up has come out and my window goes sideways so I can't use it.
but on closer inspection the window has a glass flap sticking out on the side with a hole in, and i felt inside the door frame and can feel a roller. but I'm unable to fix this problem and dont know what to do.
can any one help please. thanks
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Easy that one take it along to your local garage they will be happy to fix it for you.
I was sitting in a queue slowly shuffling off the A40 onto the Paddington slip.
There was a a traffic car two ahead of me and then I heard a loud voice on a Tannoy.
As the road widened to three lanes the blues and twos came on and the lads pulled up behind a newish MB with a sheepish looking business bod looking a bit shocked.
I can only assume it was a "On the phone sir? Emergency call sir?".
Although it was obviously a very very low risk activity using the phone He deserved all he got for being a wally and not using his mirror.
Also later, I was slowly pulling out of a parking spot in a small no through road when I was almost hit by a 911 diving off of the main road. He then proceeded to reverse at me ( as he was intent on doing a rapid three point turn ) and then he was off.
No wave from him because he was on his hand held phone the whole time.
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It isn't a question of something in your hand or something else going on that
may distract you. It's a question of being trained to be utterly clear about priorities.
What this means is that if necessary you ignore what your passenger or telephonic botherer
Absolutely. At critical moments you have to snap at your passengers to shut up. If I'm trying to find my way in unfamiliar roads or spot a shop or turning I turn the radio etc off too.
Think of it as like chattering to the pilot just as he's coming in to land.
If a car is modified, and this alters the CO2 output I presume that DVLA would need to be informed. How does one go about measuring the new CO2 output, and getting the registation documents updated? Read more
In an enlightened "green" society, your car would be tested for CO2 output at the MOT test and then you pay your car tax based on that. So that those who never service the car would pay possibly more and those who modify cars to reduce CO2 would get a saving.
But the issue would be that a test where your car is tested for CO2 under load (idle CO2 levels and revving under no load would not give realistic values) would need to be developed and placed in every MOT test station. It would be nice to think that the money would come from the increased "green" based annual car tax - but I suspect the reality is that the garage owner would have to pay for this then get the money back via a higher MOT test charge.
Hi all, this is my first post so please be gentle!!!
Moved into my new home 14 months ago. Last owner but one who left here 2 1/2 years ago keep getting parking tickets and speeding fines tax reminders etc. Now there getting bailift letters to this address. I keep sending back letters with "not at this address return to sender" on them, i have phoned police and dvla who say they can do nothing.
Does anyone know of the procedure for this sort of problem, i am concerned that this address will get blacklisted and obviously feel that these people need prosecuting for there wrong doings!!! (i have no forwarding address for them)
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It is - have a look at the Experian website, they'll tell you more about that sort of thig.
The oil consumption of my '97 Ka, 78000 miles (75k start of Jan so I've done enough mileage to monitor it) is best described as not good... I've just driven 150 miles back from my Mum's and another 50 up and down a steep hill to work and back and around town, admittedly all short journeys on a cold engine.Edit - I meant to say, in this time I estimate it to have used half a litre. In the first 800 miles it used a litre, so the consumption seems to have increased a bit over just 3k miles. That or I'm used to the car and driving it harder ;)
I suspect most of the oil will be used on these short journeys but all the same I realise the amount I'm using is above average.
Can I use cheap 15-50 stuff as a quick fix, as its thicker?
And for a proper solution... how much should I expect to pay for new valve stem seals? Ford quoted me a small fortune and I refuse to pay a third of the value of the car to replace a few seals. They weren't sure the job can be done without removing the head. Can it?
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Oil consumption at this milage is more likely to be worn pistons/bores(cured it in the past with a new set of std. rings).Valve stem seals will normally cause a puff of smoke when first started but the seals will soften as the engine warms.
It is compulsory for all drivers of BMWs to act like morons, showing a total disregard for other road users - Discuss Read more
No its not. Its been discussed ad nauseum here before. It leads to personal attacks an jibes. So do a forum search and unless you can find something that hasn't been covered the thread is locked.
Are BMW taking the mickey with their spares prices nowadays?
18 months ago an oil filter for an E46 6 cylinder diesel engine was about a fiver+Vat. Now it's 15 quid+Vat and all the local dealer can say is that it's rising commodity prices. They still fit the cylinder (which is only the textile inner) to current models so they can't claim increased costs for limited production runs.
How does one get BMW to justify this increase?
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Maybe they're charging list price now when they were discounting them? I used to be able to buy Ford oil filters (and other service parts) at 62.5% discount.
Have you tried another dealer?
Following the usual Budget hounding of the beleagured motorist, why is it always us that has to pay the price for pollution control.
We are the end user. The government should be forcing the manufacturers by way of penalties to produce the cleanest engines. The oil companies cleaner fuels. But no, we are an easy, soft target. They should penalise these large multi national companies until they get their own house in order before coming after us.
They are trying the same tactic with shoppers and plastic bags. Its not the shoppers who are to blame, but the bag manufacturers who should be making bio degradable bags.
As we all know all these taxes are an easy option dressed as "green" policies. And to combat congestion. No, its just poor traffic management that needs overhauling. The French wouldn't stand for it so why should we. All roll over. Read more
a 2000cc on w year 2000 with 31000 miles on the clock
i just done a long trip and i have use 3/4 of tank of fuel it was 264 miles round trip. i have done more than that when i went to york the round trip was 400 miles i have just serviced the car belts,plugs, oil and filters could the lombard (or lambda even ? PU) sensor be at fault giving a high fuel usage.
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I would try the lambda sensor. I have a 2.0 2001 focus and get 40-43mpg on motorway runs and never less than 30mpg on purely town runs.
After the Tesco fuel problems almost a year ago I had a sudden drop in economy, dropped to 33mpg on the motorway and 25 in town. Tried a few things exactly as suggested above and it turned out my lambda sensor was covered in a white deposit. It turned out my Tesco was affected and luckily all I needed was a new sensor (There were some rumours of Vauxhalls and Mercs needing new cats etc). As a temporary fix I soaked it in engine cleaner but I did get a new one straight away and it solved that problem.
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My 1996 N Reg 306 D Turbo runs at 80 deg on the gauge, even after a genuine thermostat was fitted when I did the head gasket.
I'd echo that the TD models seem to run a lower thermostat rating - 82 seems about right. I should have looked on the waxstat part to see if there was a rating on it.
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