May 2008
Hi guys,
Can somebody tell me how to swap the alternator of a cavalier 95 1.7TD step by step? Do you believe is that possible to be done home with some mechanic knowledge? thanks la lot.
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Just came across a 2005 Astra 1.7 cdti. It struck me that there's been plenty of talk about common rail problems (especially Ford and Mazda) and VAG comparisons, but not much mention of Vauxhall (unless I missed it).
Any views welcome.
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My pal had a Meriva with the 1.7 oiler and didn't rate it. Sold it after two years from new.
He now has an Astra with the 150hp 1.9 unit and likes it. I understand this is actually an Alfa engine, which impressed me when I tried it in the 156 Sportwagon.
Does anybody out there remember the location of the fuse or fuses for the electric windows of my 1979 Scimitar SE6A ?? They worked off and on when I bought the car for restoration, but have now packed in. The official wiring diagram shows that an inline fuse covers them, but not where it is located. HELP please! Read more
Have you asked this question on the Yahoo Reliant group. You will almost certainly get an answer or the answer may be in the files on specific items. From memory I think the motor also has a built in fuseable link. The inline fuse is quite likely to be either behind the dasboard above the steering column or behind the glovebox or may be behind the trim near the switches. ReliantScimitar@yahoogroups.com is the group site.
Any BRs have any conspiracy theories to do with motoring ?
Having read that many of you are sticking to or below speed limits to conserve fuel and save money;I think fuel price hiking is the perfect big brother tool to get us to obey speed limits, so controlling traffic flows,without the government forking out for expensive road building, or satellite monitoring. Read more
The oil cos. have bought up all the patents for water (or other free/near-free commodity)
powered engines and somewhere there is a tropical island where the inventors of these wonder
engines live in total luxury surrounded by delightful young ladies who cater for all their
needs.
DAMN! My secret's out. (the young ladies are indeed delightful ;-) )
Hi!
I am about to buy a NEW car and have been checking out some brands. the brands that I have in mind Honda, BMW, Mercedes, Audi och Lexus.
Just wanted to check if anybody knows what kind of service they provide there soon to be customers, I've heard that some of them offer champagne and such..What kind of offers were you given when buying cars?
Appreciate your answers!
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Somehow a friend of mine managed to put the latch on the boot lock of my Laguna a couple of days ago, simple we thought, press the button on the boot (next to the number plate) and the latch was in open position again.
The problem is we couldn't get it to re-synch with the central locking. We tried all combinations of locking and unlocking the car with boot open and closed. Nothing! So now when i lock the car the boot stays unlocked.
Anybody got a bright idea of how to solve this?
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i hope you have had success but if not then the same thing happened to my laguna (N reg)
to resolve it i had to take off the inner-cover in the boot to expose the locking mechanism and found the corkscrew plastic lever was stiff, so after adding some miraculous wd-40 and moving it a lot it freed up the mechanism then i put it back together (it simply unclicks from the latch)
it locks the boot now from the central-locking, but to now open the boot i have to insert the key into the lock and twist anti-clockwise slightly and push it in then it releases
a pain i know, but better than having an unsecure boot
hope this helped
Hi!
I am a Master student from Graduate School at The school of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg, Sweden. I am conducting a research on the approach luxury car manufactures take when confirming or welcoming their customers after purchase.
The purpose with this research is to evaluate how manufactures of luxury products confirm or welcome their customers in connection to sales and to identify how this creates value for the costumers.
My questions are:
-Do the brands BMW, Audi, honda, Lexus and mercedez-Benz have any kind of ?customer contact programme? that welcomes customers as new car owners?
-If yes, what is this package/programme comprised of?
-Do the packages differ between car models?
-How do they differ?
- Do car retailers and dealerships have the possibility of adding components to your package?
-Is the customer contact programme offered the same worldwide?
I would appreciate your answers!
Sincerely,
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Sounds like a BMW spy to me.
Don't tell him your name, Pike!
Front wipers not working, keep getting stuck in various positions. I know it could be many areas to look at, but is there any common fault known. If it's the wipe motor at faults how much for a new one?
Thanks for reading this....
Nick Beckwith.
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My Sharen had the same problem, you need to strip down the linkage and pull it off the pivots. Will need two pairs of grips for this. Use plenty of penertrating oil and with a bit of luck it should come off, grease well and then re-assemble. Took me a couple of hours. Don't leave this to long or the motor will burn out. Very expensive. Sparky 100.
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i have a Peugeot 306 D turbo and it starts first time but shortly cuts out afterwards as if it is chocking even when i give it revs - i need to pop the bonnet and prime the fuel line before i can start it again, and once it is running it works fine. I recently used biodiesel for the first time but changed the filter as i know this can become blocked but the aforementioned problem still happens. I have made sure there is no air in the fuel line.
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I just refitted an XUD to my 306 with a LUCAS CAV pump, and had devil of a job priming it and making it run. In the end I followed the Haynes manual advice and removed the plunger from the stop solenoid as they emphatically state that if the "STOP SOLENOID malfunctions" the engine will stop/not start and not run.
Sure thing I pulled the plunger apart, and the car started and ran as soon as I refitted the modified stop solenoid. You could try this as its an easy check. To stop after starting push the stop lever. (LHS of LUCAS pump) if when you put the solenoid back togther and refit it stops then its solenoid.
Thats what mine is trouble is I cant get it to start and run with an exchange solenoid so I am puzzled by what to do next. Maybe the pressure pump in the injector pump is crook. I hope not and i hope my advice helps you fix yours. let me know thanks.
In the process of buying a Discovery. Best price and finance deal is from www.carsandfinance.com/. Anyone used. Replies appreciated.
Cheers
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£35k on a Disco?
You could get a decent car for that money why on earth would you buy
one of those dreadful things especially when they are liable for huge RFL are expensive
to run have terrible reliability issues dreadful to drive and are as attractive as a
Bedford Rascal van.
I love tree huggers. Don't blame me, blame the car designers for insiting that 99% of cars on the market now have as the middle seat in the second row an arm rest. We have 3 kids and 2 large dogs, we aslo needed a car wiht 2 seats folded in the boot. I drive 40,000 miles a year. Weighing all these up no car came anywhere near the Discovery. I also test drove one, it was the best of any car I test drove.
Thanks for the advice and you will be gald to hear I have ignored it and ordered a Discovery as it suits my needs.
It's nearly always a circuit fault that's at the root of the failure on these; just replacing the alternator itself will often just ruin the new one.
Get the system checked by an auto-sparks.