May 2008
I have had my 306 about 6 months now and it has always started perfectly, until a couple of weeks ago when it was taking longer and longer to start; hot cold it didn't matter. Until at one point a turned the car off and in the same motion tried to start it again straight away and it would not go. I got it started with easy start, but after a couple of miles it cut out. It would start fine with easy start but not straight off the key.
A run off test gave high readings so I tried changing the injectors, the car started first turn of the key. Great! One week later same problem.
I am sick of people scratching there heads at this one, has someone got an idea on what this could be, please!!!!! Read more
I'm toying with the idea of having a day out to the above event in a couple of weeks - it is on the weekend of 31st May/1st June (see www.vscc.co.uk for details).
Has anyone been before, and if so do they have any advice ie: is it best to arrive early, how quickly does the car park fill up, that sort of thing.
I will be taking my two boys (12 and 7, so they get in for nothing) and a picnic. Does the panel think there will be enough entertainment for them, though I am sure there will be plenty for me. Read more
I took my 12yo daughter to the VSCC hillclimb at Wiscombe Hill 10 days ago. Fanstastic selection of cars and that was just the public car park!
Great event and all allowed to get up close to the cars in the paddock. We both enjoyed ourselves and will happily go again.
We popped into our local Toyota dealer, my misses wanted to have a look at a Yaris auto as shes really keen to go for something smaller what with fuel costs rising at a now silly rate.
Anyway, we got pushed through what appeared to be a set process that the sales staff religiously stick to and finally got to the px figure on our Forester, an 04 2.0 X AWP auto with 35k - Subaru dealer local to me said its worth £6k maybe a little more, retail for £8k. Sounded fair enough.
Toyota dealer had the sheer cheek to claim it was only worth £1000 - I nearly slapped him one! What on earth is this game he was playing? Ive never come across it before to this kind of extreme. Read more
"No because we would have to just add her to my dads policy and we would pay the difference so she still needs to be insured on something."
When SWMBO passed her driving test we bought a ten year old group one banger for her and insured it TPFT, she wasn`t on my cars policy at all.
She had a few incidents in it and I was able to sort things out myself using body panels bought cheaply from a scrapyard. For example I bought a same colour door complete for around £30 and just fitted it on the drive in a few minutes.
We saved a lot in that way, by having a car that could go to the scrappers if necessary without touching the insurance.
Eventually she built up a full no claims bonus and at that point we bought a new car for her and put her on my cars insurance.
Hope this is broadly on topic as insurance was mentioned as the problem.. I think..
Regards
Hello out there, can anyone help? My vectra has an intermittent fault in that it sometimes won't start. It turns over very well but will not fire, an A.A. man came to it lifted the rear seat, uncovered the fuel (petrol) pump and hit it with a mallet, needless to say it started right away. Since then it has happened about half a dozen times, sometimes the "Applied Mechanics" strategy works sometimes it doesn't, if I leave it for half an hour or so it starts first time as if nothing had happened. Since then I have tried to find an answer but they are many and varied, fuel pump, dirt in tank, relay, engine management thingy or even "it's a common fault with Vauxhall's". So if anyone can shed any light on this irritating problem, I would be very greatful
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HI i used to own a vectra 97 1.8 that did exacly the same it turned out to be the crank shaftsensor £35 pound from vauxhall,messa.....
Can't get started on this as I can't remove the facia!! I have consulted my Mr Haynes and removed three screws as instructed. I have then inserted a screwdriver again as instructed and levered away at various points but nothing moves.
Any advice, preferable detailed, will be greatly appreciated.
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Many thanks, I shall try again!
Am I right in assuming that having your air con set on 'recirc', you are only cooling the (already cool) air circulating in the passenger compartment. Whereas if it is set on 'fresh air' (outside air) you are having to cool the hot (summer) air coming in from outside. Have I got this completely wrong or am I helping the planet (and my fuel bill) having it on set on recirc? Read more
Set your air con to the best setting for your comfort and don't beat yourself up over CO2.
Where does the temp gauge on the dash get it's reading from? I thought it was the coolant temp sensor under the coil pack. but i unplugged that and drove the car, but the gauge on the dash returned to where it was before i stopped the car to unpulg the sensor.
For years, mine was, under normal conditions, in the centre. In the last year or so it seems to settle more towards the cooler side, and definitely fluctuates more.
Any pointers? Thanks.
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From the gauge sender mounted in the thermostat housing. Finis number 1657685. Cost about £17
mk2 polo 1988
my old cluster went to hell after id been messing with to cure a rattly speedo
so ive got another set out of a junker...most of the issues are cured but the blue headlamp main beam led/bulb doesnt work
ive swapped in another bulb and still the same...also when i operate the main beam stalk it makes the coolant lamp flash
ive checked over all the connections are clean, nothing obvious broken
any ideas as its driving me mental
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Had to change a stop light bulb on a Ford Fusion today; 1st time I have had reason to touch the rear lights and had to comment on the design.
To release the light unit from the car involves 2 self tappers (outside of car) a plastic screw fastner (inside) and a ball socket (unreachable). Any 2 of these would have been sufficient to hold it securely in place!
Then to release the bulb holder from the light unit there are 6 plastic clips; all of which have to be released at the same time, making it very awkward to do by your self! Again, 2 clips would have been sufficient!
Why do manufacturers make theses assemblies so hard to do? Considerable cost savings could be made (pennies per car admittedly) by a simpler design, so why the extra costs?
Any other contenders for over engineered design? Read more
Had to change a stop light bulb on a Ford Fusion today; 1st time I
have had reason to touch the rear lights and had to comment on the design.
You should try changiong the rear bulbs on the old shape (B6) Audi A4 if you want a real challenge !
I couldn't believe my eyes the other day. I saw a 56 reg Focus - virtually brand new as far as I'm concerned - drive by me in an absolutely terrible state. Rubbish was piled up to the roof in the back of the car and the exterior was filthy, the front bumper had a chunk missing from the bottom and there were dents and scrapes all over the front wing and driver's door. The alloys were absolutely wrecked from kerbing. Whoever's responsible for the upkeep of that car ought to be ashamed of themselves.
It is not the first time, I've seen a few new cars go buy me that are in such poor condition my old banger puts them to shame. If you don't care about the car, why buy an expensive, shiny new one in the first place? Read more
Observations of colleagues and employees over several decades of company-car use have convinced me that the attitude to and treatment of the company car is entirely consistent with the attitude brought to the job as a whole. As ever, behaviour with cars is merely a manifestation of the intrinsic nature of the individual. Having inherited one company car from a departing colleague, I'm proud that the company mechanic said it was in better condition when turned in than when it was given to me, and that wasn't for lack of use as at times I was doing over 30k a year.
Unfortunately Screwloose is no longer a contributor to this forum. Maybe someone else *might* be able to help.
DD - BR Moderator.