March 2008
This is realy begining to bug me.
fuse F9 keeps blowing,not when i use something ,but when the car is parked up,not every time,it will be fine for weeks then have a hissy fit and go through one evry time i park,I've disconnected windows,power points and rear level switch and makes no differance, has anyone got access to a wiring diagram.
at first i thought it was tied in with putting a wieght in the back,but that makes no change,are there any boxes that dont like moisture,could it be spiked on start,i've tried the reset electrics routine but again no change. Read more
Hi All
On my way home on nights today i noticed what looked like a puff of steam from the front of my bonnet, i stopped and had a look and its was not water from the radiator but it looks like a bit of oil around the seal of the top rocker box and around the spark plugs,
does this indicate the head gasket has gone ? can i still drive it without ruining the engine ? and any ideas on the price to fix from a local garage not a dealer.
Thanks
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DP does mean nip otherwise you do what my garage did (had they never serviced a Ford OHV before?) and turn the cover inside out.
Hi, does anyone know the name of the grey paint on the lower half of the doors on the Rover 216 range 89-96?
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Thank you for all of your replies.
The code was REA.
I ended up going to Halfords and using Tempest Grey, which was a pretty good match. I'm not sure if it was the right one or not though.
I did get some info from a company:
'The colour is called Japan black matt.
Hi Trevor The code REA is a dual code which breaks down to UME which is carribean blue andpmq which is the Japan. It might be called black but is grey. There is blackviolet and white in the formulation so it will be a grey. '
I didn't fancy taking a chance on a grey that was called 'Japan matt black'!
Be interesting to know if it was the right info though.
Hello,
I have a Xsara Picasso 1.6HDi 110, 57 reg.
I took it for the 12000 miles service yesterday. I mentioned to the garage there was a wobble when braking from high speed. They changed the brake pads AND disks. Is this normal? What could cause pads and disks to fail so quickly? (I am normally quite light in my use of brakes)...
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Pascal Read more
One of the discs will have warped you cannot just change one and it is always best practice to fit new pads when you change the discs.
Just had a call from the Renault dealer - Renault UK have agreed to a 100% goodwill contribution to the window regulator that failed on the Scenic around Christmas (3 months out of manufacturers warranty). The dealer wants the car in 2 weeks to fit it.
I have to say that Renault customer services have been brilliant. One guy assigned to the case from the beginning, always rang when agreed, and the outcome was exactly as I wanted. Didn't have to argue for it at all. It's taken a few months, but we got there.
Of course, you could argue that it shouldn't have failed in the first place, but the other side of the coin is that they weren't obliged to do anything at all. Covering the full cost is more than I expected.
Cheers
DP
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>I had a couple of regulators go on my 2004 scenic>
Also a problem on the Meganes, not surprisingly, according to a work colleague who had to replace 2 sets. 'French' and 'electrics/onics' seem to be a contradiction in terms. FiL had to replace 2 dashboards on his Laguna and the third one is now misbehaving.
Hi
I'm looking to buy a car from a main dealer. The salesman has offered to pass on the finance commision £1500. He says after I have made one payment I can phone up for a settlement fee and cancel the finance deal allowing me to take out a cheaper personal loan. The £1500 would be knocked of the price of the car.
Is this legal?
Will I be getting myself into a sticky mess or is it a good way to save cash on the deal?
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I was certainly offered a deal like the OP's when looking at a Toyota Yaris
a year or so ago.
When i worked for toyota they frequently had similar offers on a number cars in the range where if you took toyota's finance you got usually between £500 and £1000 deposit contribution. If you were to pay the finance off pretty much straight away you were quids in.
I'm in the States at the moment, and driving a people carrier, or 'mini van', as I've got to carry a fair amount of equipment around.
I've got a Toyota Sienna, a big, 8 seater thing, and it's fine. Comfy, massive, and with a good stereo. What I don't understand is that it has a 3.5 litre, 266 hp V6. Why? Why on earth would you want to go that quickly in a massive barge intended for carrying many many children?
Saying that, the complete lack of steering feel does translate to impressively little torque steer.
I can't think of a more mismatched spec, can you? Read more
> a big, 8 seater thing, and it's fine. Comfy, massive,
Would you want one with a 2L 4cyl?
No, I thought not.
>Saying that, the complete lack of steering feel does translate to impressively little torque steer.
It's a people carrier designed to appeal to US soccer mums ferrying kids around. Pin-sharp steering and torque steer would be unacceptable.
Kevin...
The engine in this car used to run like silk. However it developed an irritating vibration about 2100 revs and this has developed into a general roughness with another vibration high at just over 1000 revs. (The crankshaft vibration damper was replaced before this problem started.) The local garage claims to have tried all sorts of things to fix it. Does anyone have any experience of what the cure might be?
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Richard
As far as I'm aware; the RHY doesn't; but the 110hp RHZ does.
Last night I noticed the front foglight (just the nearside one) come on as a Mercedes driver came round the corner. As he straightened up, it went off. Then it dawned on me - cornering lights! And in a car park the same evening, I noticed a Grande Punto with the same system. I'm beginning to think I'm now the only driver without them!
Unlike the original swivelling auxiliary lights of the Citroen DS, this system operates on dipped beam, although the BMW X5 has dip/main lighting in the foglights, matching the main headlights. (Well, it would, wouldn't it?!!)
Cornering lights shouldn't therefore cause dazzle and should usefully throw light precisely where it's needed.
A brilliantly simple idea and I can't think of any disadvantages (maybe higher than usual bulb wear?)
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"although the BMW X5 has dip/main lighting in the foglights
...I don't doubt they do something fancy but main beam foglights??"
www.bmw.com/com/en/newvehicles/x5/x5/2006/allfacts...l
Cornering lights are a good start: EDC-AUOI* is the next step, but this will apparently take another few years of research and several thousand brains will have to undergo major rewiring...
(*Enhanced Driver Consideration - Appropriate Use Of Indicators.)
Jeremy Clarkson has become the subject of trial by media as a result of some poor quality photographs indicating he was using a mobile whilst driving.
For those in the UK interested in such minor traffic offences........
I deeply regret that whilst travelling both too and from work today I exceeded the speed limit, I flashed by headlamps at some silly woman who cut me up (Highway Code breach not an RT offence) and I may have nipped through some traffic lights just as they turned red.
Such things have happened to me most every day of my driving for the past 20+ yrs , I know I am not alone.
So what have you done which may create a media stir, if it's death by dangerous you may wish to consider your post. Read more
Yep, did something like that near Heathrow yesterday. Was passing a stationary (and left-signalling, at a bus stop) bus, which abruptly moved off as I was fully alongside, thus filling the gap that I'd been aiming to use between it and a small traffic island. Rather than perform a sudden stop on the wrong side of the road, I accelerated round the island, passing to the right of the keep left arrow.
Driving in the western fringes of London - as I do rather a lot now that I work in a London borough that appears to consist mainly of broken glass and discarded fag packets - is a peculiar experience. In particular, every time I go through an amber light and think I cut that one a bit close, I look in the mirror and see that the two cars behind me have come through as well.
There's a roundabout on my way home at which turning right from the left-hand lane appears to be some kind of local custom. I saw someone go right round the outside of a fully-marked police car the other day without any reaction from the officers inside. Perhaps whoever it was had received the freedom of the city of Uxbridge, who knows?
Browse
hmmm,the winter project should be out of the garage soon,guess i'll have to start 'simply removing' bit by bit,starting with various trim panels,oh joy..are there any manuals available for this thing yet,mate got a cd rom one for his F..t Useless from e bay.