May 2008
I am looking to buy a second hand van (around £3k) for transporting dogs around in (e.g. Berlingo/Kangoo maybe an Expert/Dispatch size)
Does anyone have any advice on what commercial vans convert well to LPG. I have heard to avoid Japanese makes and Berlingos suffer from valve seat discretion.
Also, do any vans have sunken spare wheel compartments? I need all the room I can get in the back of the van for cages.
A local LPG garage fits tartarini systems. Are these well regarded?
Any comments would be greatly appreciated. Read more
Hi , my 1998 Nissan 200sx speedo has stopped working, does anyone know if it is cable driven or by electric sensor?
It stopped working once last year but fortunatley it started working again of it's own accord! Regards, Will Read more
My neighbour currently has a 97 version,and has recently broken for parts,a 94 version.
E.mail him on grifflm500@yahoo.co.uk and ask the question.His name is Mark.
Don't know if the 94 version was the same,but I'm sure he'll tell you.
Also,ask on the sx owners club site if you prefer.
www.sxoc.com/
Squeaking sound come from front brake every now and again. It doesn't happen consistently i.e. sometimes work perfectly while other times just give out this annoying sound. This annoying sounds come out more often than usual in the past 2 months.
Just got the car back from service & MOT. The mechanic suspect it might have something to do with brake disc being distorted perhaps? He hasn't fixed it as he couldn't work out why after checked and polished brake pad etc.. What else? It passed MOT as it worked perfectly then!
The mechanic works from his back garden workshop, but has been really good all along. Will a proper car lift shows up something wrong, which means I need to bring it to a more well establshed garage? Read more
"Low pad warning squeal device?"
My Mazda 6 certainly has this - check your Corolla's handbook to see if Toyota do something similar.
Fiat Punto ELX Automatic/Speedgear Experienced total instrument cluster failure. Watchdog ran a program in April 08 on Ford Focus cluster failure and Ford willingness to make good. Was wondering if anyone out there with Fiat Punto experienced similar fault and what they have done about it? Fiat dealers quote over £450.00 to repair. I thought this excessive, your opinions appreciated Read more
I, too, have a Fiat Punto (5years old) and the instrument cluster failed. I paid £500 to have it replaced! After seeing the Watchdog programme, I contacted Fiat using the letter format on the Watchdog site. Fiat's response was that there was 'no intrinsic problem that they were aware of', end of story. I replied indicating my disgust and comparing their response with Ford's. Ford offered to reimburse customers their costs over £99. I suggest you contact Fiat. The more customers who make them aware of the problem the better chance of a more positive response. Good luck.
This evening I followed for some distance on a busy city road two cycles. The first ridden by Dad had a box like trailer affair and inside was a baby. The second bike ridden by Mum had a child seat on the back containing a child aged around three. On its head was a an oversized cycle helmet The child was leaning heavily to one side.
Is the absence of common sense is there any law against carrying children like this?.
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I was going to put an entry on this thread myself...but there's no need to. DP's entry sums up my thoughts entirely.
When i ride my m/c on a road, there's plenty of things i ought to be able to do...eg. ride down a main road with the right of way...but in reality i have to adjust to stay alive. It's the same principle with kids on bikes.
Off road..................................yes
Very quiet residential street......yes
Busy road...............................you must be stark raving bonkers
Hi there!
I have a question about fitting new oil filter. I heard that it is better to put some oil into a new oil filter before threading it to its' place after engine oil change. Is that true? Or it's fine fitting it as it is - fresh and clean without any oil?
Thanks in advance! Read more
Probably a good idea to fill your filter with oil but, as most filters are installed horizontally, the oil drips everywhere before you get to screw the filter in. Hence the advantage of filling it is lost, lots of mess and wasted oil.
OK, so when you start the engine the oil pressure is low for a couple of seconds but it hardly wrecks the motor. After all, you don't give it max revs at that point.
Hi all,
Am in the process of selling my car via autotrader. I've just received an offer for 100 more than asking price, which was a fair (and good) price which I'd have accepted. There hasn't been a bidding war or anything, or any other offers to compete against - just this offer out of the blue.
It's possible that there has been a mis-communication. But it seems very odd.
My nose tells me something is wrong: are there any BR'ers who know about this kind of thing?
Many thanks
Peanut. Read more
>>In the USA, apparently they take Nigerian scams seriously>>
Ah, but not the same when you read the story. That was about malware installed on a PC when email was clicked on. What we are talking about here are 419 scams and "money mule" scams where the unsuspecting are asked to part with money
Whilst it is right to say police here rarely respond to individual attempts or actual obtainings, they have made great efforts to stem the crime at source by close liaison with highly placed Nigerian police(who have had a modicum of success - Look up Fred Ajudua, king of the 419'ers on google)
In addition, a number of international courier type aircraft have been raided on arrival at London airports from Nigeria. These have contained scores of thousands of ready made out cheques (previously stolen in transit and expertly altered) ready for dispatch to "south east london addresses" to send to unsuspecting car/bike/toaster/table and chairs sellers advertising in Loot, E&M, local papers and Auto Express. That is far more cost effective and..........well.........effective.
It appears that the guy who predicted oil will hit $110 a barrell whilst it was priced at $55 is now saying it looks like reaching $200 which means £8 a gallon.
Still at least that will make Darling and Brown happy. Read more
4 weeks. approx... But if there is a petrol shortage, 0 weeks.
Hi All,
My 306 is giving me approx. 190 miles from 20 litres of diesel with nothing but urban driving/short journeys, this equates to 42mpg.
The problem is that i am getting the same mpg when i drive entirely on the motorway.
Parkers/Peugeots figures state that i should be getting about 25% more when driving on the motorway.
This is not a one off test, i have performed this comparison a number of times, even refuelling from an empty tank to ensure a fair test.
Does anyone know what could possibly be causing this?
Thanks in advance Read more
I'm not feather footed at all and in my Xsara with the 2.0/110 HDi , I never have a problem reaching 50mpg whatsoever on the M'way and easily 40mpg in the city (though i'm much nicer on the pedal then).
Lowest brim-to-brim with the majority of the tank going to city driving was 47mpg.
How are both of you measuring your fuel usage? Do you give it a italian tune each week?
I suspect the (somewhat) lightweight Xsara chassis is helping a bit, along with what I suspect is a better than usual drag co-efficient.
Could i run my vw sharan AFN 1.9 110 BHP on bio diesal. Would it sludge up im my tank and filter. Does it need servicing more frequently.
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That's the 64,000 dollar question. What exactly is "bio-diesel?" It seems to mean many different things to different people.
Some awful concoctions are already wreaking havoc; on most diesel problems now, one of the first things to establish is what's in the tank.
Goo-clogged filters are common; the longer-term effects may make any savings look very poor value.
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Plus the dog is mighty grumpy if its thrown around the back and likely to bite its handler on exiting same.
(mind some forces dogs are so wimpy they cant bite thier pedigree chum, let alone a scroat I saw one case where a handler had to lift and carry his dog over a 5 bar farm gate - I ask you - suprised the handler didnt bark himself)