May 2008
Hi all,
My mother-in-law drives the above car (2000 x-plate 2.0 vtec in sport trim), and gets appalling mpg (as a guide, it uses nearly twice as much fuel on a long trip as our 1.8 Avensis; we get about 40mpg+ on a run, she must get early 20s). Local Honda dealer has had it in & change a couple of bits (not sure exactly what), but to no avail. Any ideas as to known issues with this engine? As she does a lot of local journeys (quite a few of the family don't run cars), it's costing her a fortune. She really likes the car and doesn't want to change.
Thanks in advance,
Alex. Read more
when i drive it, it needs to be revved or it keeps jumping and missing, its been like this for a while, didn't know if it needs a service or could be a common problem. Read more
i have worked out the centre section is blowing and the back box is knackered! But how do i work out if the cat has had it?
HJ,
My car is a 2003 Leon 1.9 TDI SE110 which I believe is quite old VW technology, but is it old enough not to have the infamous dual density flywheel issues?
As the car approaches 70K miles it has a slight increase in the normal agricultural VW diesel vibes and was wondering if new engine mounts would help?
Regards,
Chris Read more
It is possible that could cure it, you should be able to see the engine rock excesivly when you rev it up from under the bonnet if its the mounts being worn.
My 1.9 skoda had a bit of a vibration until I did the cam belt and it vanished (timing must have been so very slightly out). setting it up with the correct locking kit worked well and the amount adjusted to bring it all in to line was tiney almost un noticabe, but the vibration has now gone!
Saxo VTR W (2000) plate has developed a fault which has totally immobilised/stopped the car.
Problem:
No power, no lights, no ignition, Clifford alarm de-activated, no electronic/electical signs of life at all.
Tested battery and alternator. Both OK, in fact the battery is only a month old anyway as it was replaced when car had a previous start up problem.
It's as if the power is not getting from the battery to the car engine management system (assuming Saxo's have one?).
Oh and when the car is running we also have the normal airbag light warning but..... I think that is likely to be the connectors under the seat and not at all to do with this issue.
Have asked a Citroen garage for an opinion, all they want is for me to open my cheque book up for them to have a look and run diagnostics. problem is I have very limited financial resources and I'm not prepared to do that without some form of idea about the size of the problem first.
So that you are fully in the picture, the car first had a problem 2 nights ago, no power, no alarm (Clifford) nothing, slammed the driver door in frustration (in a multi storey car park at the time and had visions of AA getting stuck at the barriers) and everything came back on? Got home no problem. Next day. Nothing at all worked again and has remained that way.
Would an earth problem or a loose terminal cause this sort of symptom or is it more like to be something else? I don't think it will be a fuse issue as the power loss is total but, could something fusing have caused some sort of trip?
If you have an idea please tell me where to look, I don't know a lot about the mechanics of a car at all. Oil, water and petrol is about my limit. Probably a bit more than that in truth but you get the idea.
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Thank you :-)
Will have a look as soon as I can. Will let you know if it cures the problem.
lol, if not, you will probably hear me yelling at the car anyway.
Di
"Fat people blamed for global warming"
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1973230/Fat-people-blamed...l
"British scientists say they use up more fuel to transport them around and the amount of food they eat requires more energy to produce ... "
So that is what Gordon and Darling are trying to do. Reduce use of big cars, make us walk more, so we get thinner, and can now happily fit in to smaller cars! At the same time, UK's contribution to global warming gets cut!
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It's a pity we don't practise the WW II era thinking of "Waste not, want not".
I've seen an Astra 1.4, 55 reg on the network Q site as a replacement for Mrs midlife's Getz. The only problem is it's over 100 miles away. Are Vx dealers amenable to moving a car to a local dealer, or do you have to commit first. It's not a bad price for a dealer buy (assuming I can get something half decent as a p/x for the Get) Read more
I have now...just thought it would save me going out in the rain. They were
adamant I would have to buy from the supplying dealer. The salesman didn't even offer
to see if he had any similar cars. Strange really I wasn't exactly fighting my
way through the crowds.
On a serious note I had cause to seek a van some years ago and inquired of Nidd Vale Motors up north somewhere of a van they had on their books. As a huge cynic I have to say that I was impressed by the salesman's attitude. He basically said that he would describe it in as much detail as I wanted and that they would have it delivered to my door (Devon) and if it was as described they would expect me to accept it. If it wasn't they would get the driver to bring it back. The guy actually spoke my language and not a load of bull.
No I didn't proceed, but bought new, but their price was not a million miles off of the mark.
Good luck MLC
VBR.....MD
Hi Guys,
I have just bought a Rover 45 2.0 24V V6 automatic, it has a good service history and the cam belt was changed a few thousand miles ago and all seems to be in good working order. I was wondering if there is any known faults that I should keep an eye out for or any other suggestions from experience.
Cheers
JonR Read more
:-)
All input welcome
Nice!
Looking at the pictures could n't help thinking of the Hyudai Coupe and the Fiat Coupe.
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Any WhizzGo members here? How has the experience been? We could use something like this in my area, suitably localised and up-sized. Read more
I put on the fuel thread last night about this. We have whizzgo in Leeds and I don't live far from one of the bays. If 99% of the time you don't need a car and can manage on public transport, or live in a city centre and can walk to most of your destinations it seems like a good idea. Having a car on demand so you can go shopping, go out for the day, they even do weekend hire.
The big downside for me is the requirement to drop the car off where you pick it up.
If you could use it like true personal transport and use it to commute, leave it parked for others to use, then book a car to get home it could work very well.
With the petrol / diesel price differential getting worse instead of better as it should in the summer months, it might be heloful if between us we could come up with examples of particularly fuel-efficient petrol engines - clearly not the 1.6 Ford Focus as the current thread shows!
I'll kick off with:
Honda Jazz - a hard worked 1339 cc engine but people seem to get mid to high 40s with ease
New (08 model) Mini - SWMBO's Cooper does 40 mpg in town and 46 on a long run, about 5 mpg better than the'06 Mini One she had before. Read more
>>On the K-series, the MGF was known for giving very good economy figures - my sisters was a regular 45 mpg.
Driven normally my TF 160 achieves this quite easily. Using all of those VVCs and it drops to mid 20s though :-(
Girlfriend is still using our old 214 to go to work and back and over a typical week of 450 miles she is getting about 46mpg according to my calculations - about 380 miles on 37 litres is pretty typical.
Haha- good one. No, she does change up to 5th. She's a pretty good driver, aside from a propensity to sit rather close to the wheel & a mistrust of cruise control.
I will discuss a change of car with her, although a smaller model might not be useful as there are two grandchildren on the way this year, with associated car seats & paraphernalia to cart about.
Thanks for all replies,
Alex.