May 2008
Hi - We are buying an 2004 04 Ford Fusion from our neighbour who can no longer drive due to disability.
The car only has 4400 miles on the clock and I'm hoping this does not mean it will be prone to problems caused by under useage (anything I should check).
Someone mentioned that the valve stem seals can get ripped if the engine has stood idle for a long time - to look for white smoke on start-up.
I did this today and no smoke on start-up, but a bit if white mist as it ticked over (could this just be condensation - if might just need a good drive??).
I also wondered if the cambelt or pulleys might suffer from under use?
Does anyone know the service intervals on a 1.6i Duratec petrol?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
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Hi All just got a vivaro and want to ajust my handbrake is they anyway i can do this. Read more
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I have had a fault code P1448 on my peugeot 307sw RHS engine. Have googled it and it says ELC system 2 fault -can anyone put this into non technical terms for me so i can understand it?
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I'd want to know why the sump was over-filled; but it has no obvious correlation to the FAP problem.
Hi- looking at replacing our '02 1.0 Yaris, which is driven mainly by SWMBO, and she's very keen on the Colt. However she likes the spec of the CZ2, but that only comes with the 1.3, which I've read is inferior to (although faster than) the 1.1 of the CZ1. If we went for the latter, we'd have to add on AC as a minimum.
Has anyone driven a 1.3? Might go for a test drive this weekend, but others' opinions would be welcome.
Also under consideration is the Grande Punto, not least because you can get a brand new 1.4 16v Dynamic Sport for £8k from Drivethedeal. Bit of a left field choice, but with those looks and at that price...
If it was for me, I'd go for a new Yaris 1.3 T3 (£8.4k from DTD). But it's not, and my wife doesn't like the look of the current model.
Budget is (currently) around the £8k mark - might consider low mileage used eg. Trade Sales look like they've got a batch load of Grande Puntos at the moment.
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For the warranty to remain valid they'd have to use genuine Mitsubishi
parts and carry out the full service schedule and not miss bits out.
You got me worried, so I just rang up TS (they always answer pretty quickly, human receptionist as well) and got put through to chap in customer care. He told me that they do use genuine parts whoever the manufacturer is, and they do whatever the manufacturer stipulates needs doing. I asked if anyone had ever challenged them and he said no, because they always do it 'properly'.
Call me gullible but I believe him, so thanks for the advice but I think I'm going to risk it this time.
When I turn ignition key nothing happens, but battery is fine and when I run a direct live feed to the solenoid the car starts and drives ok. Mechanic suggested that either the ignition switch or the starter relay is faulty, but I cannot locate the starter relay, any ideas where it is located or has anyone had a similar experience. Read more
i have a gremlin in my taxi i,m sure start engine central locking locks all by itself turn engine off c/locking unlocks by itself could be driving along central locking either locks or unlocks tried the disconnecting the battery still no difference any ideas on how to get rid of this gremlin? Read more
my misses asked me this poser.... if she bought some land and used half to grow bio- fuel and the other half to build a private road (track) would she still have to pay fuel duty on the fuel she uses to drive around her own track? oh not agri- vehicle but car before any one asks... just wondered like? Read more
I only take half an interest when watching TG these days...
That's because of BD Clarkson.
Very best regards..............MD
A few years back I had a really good set of tapered bungs that I used to use when working on cars, I cant seem to find them.
They were really hady and you could push them over or in a pipe to stop ever coolant or whatever from leeking, while you carried out a repair.
I can see where do get anything like this, you can see how handy they would be, can anyone point me to a link or anything please.
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A response to the post on the Honda Accord suggested it was just a "duff car".
Someone said the other day that Fiat Mareas are ok unless you get "a dog".
With automation and quality control, how can it be that a problem car turns out to be a problem in all sorts of different ways?
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I had a Volvo S40 that must have been a "Friday overnight after downing 16 pints in the local pub" job.
5 pages of faults by the time it was a year old,a nd most parts replaced. Rust (yep!) had to get taken out and sorted, and the dealers had to provide me with 5 itres of oil every copple of weeks since I couldn't get more than 400 miles to a litre - even after new piston rings, vales, camshaft.....
And their Service Department was, to be quite honest, attrocious.
Never had a Volvo since - wonder why? (And I wonder why our company dropped the dealers from the suppliers list!)
1994 Ford Granada 2.0i DOHC 8 valves
Failed on C.O. and thinking it's the single Catalytic Converter, is that right ?
See here - please click onto the link - thank you!
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Passed !!
It's was the dead Catalytic Converter and a new one have made the different!
Thank you to all!
Cheers!
you should have rear disc's on this vehicle, yes they are adjustable, but be carefull you dont give it to much, there should be 0.1 to 0.5 mm clearance on the lever on the caliper's, wind it on much more and run the risk of burning the pads out or worse