June 2008
Bought a 2 year old Mondeo tdci from a garage in April, and from marks that I've discovered on the interior tim and bumper panels I'm strongly suspicious that it may be an ex-taxi (and subsequently a clocked one!). Does anyone know of any vehicle checks (hpi etc) that would confirm if a car has been previously registered as having a private hire license?????? Read more
Anyone know what would cause an occasional misfiring in my 2.0 TDi Passatt - happens at about 1800RPM with light throttle at say 42 MPH in 4th gear or 30 in 3rd. I get a series of coughs until I change gear or boot it.
Tried new fuel, no dash lights, no apparent probs if I boot it through the revs. Happened every day now for the past week. 6K miles on clock.
Thanks.
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You need to post this on www.vwaudiforum.co.uk in the correct section. Regards Peter
My V70 Cross Country All Wheel Drive is playing up, when driving a buzzing ABS noise comes from the pedal area without even touching it, if you brake lightly the ABS activates every time and makes the pedal vibrate and click as if ABS is needed, which it is not!
Have fitted two ABS control modules (six plug type ABS/TRAC units) and cleared any fault codes to no avail, still does it!!! Help please, any ideas?
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Has anyone come up with a solution for the juddering brakes. My 1998 V70 developed the same problem. Juddering through the pedal as if ABS has come on , only more severe. Sometimes accompanied by a whine from the front left, even when ther are no kids on board. No warning lights. I have been told it might be e problem with the vacuum pump, either knackered or electical fault. Still trying to get to the bottom of it without spending too much.
Hi, anyone know at what mileage the timing belt needs replacing on the Jaguar X-Type 2005, 2.0lt diesel I believe they have the Mondeo engine.
Thanks
Geran
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Care to try again without upsetting the swear filter.
DD - BR Moderator.
What's the normal procedure for a garage renewing brake fluid? Would there normally be visible evidence of the renewal, and if so what would that be? I've paid for this work to be done but I'm suspicious that it hasn't been. I've purposely not said what I've seen (and not seen) on the car so that I don't influence your answers. Read more
mustangman wrote: '...Just a question that bugs me about Focus brakes. Do you find them
rather poor with little initial "bite" and a rather dead feel ...'
The brakes on my 2002 Focus TDDi were excellent right through to when I parted company with it at 100,000 miles. Plenty of bite, without being overassisted like on most cars today. I think if you compare them to most current cars, there is more pedal effort needed because the servo assistance is much lighter. In my opinion, many current cars have ridiculously over-servoed brakes.
Cheers
DP
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I am about to purchase a Volvo XC90 (D5), but i dont want the earlier 163BHP engine as i am told it is a little too slow and has no pull. How do I know whether I have the newer, more powerful engine or not before I buy? having not driven them before, I have no idea what to compare against on the test drive. Someone told me that there is a slight cosmetic difference with the 185BHP one? Read more
What are peoples opinions - Auto or Manual? Looking at a 2005 2.4D (163bhp)....
My 5-year-old Focus has just been serviced and I was surprised to be advised that the sump was rusting and might only last another year before it started leaking. Was I being naive in expecting it to last for the car's lifetime? Is sump corrosion common?
I've knelt down and had a look under the front of the car and the sump looks as I would expect ~ dirty black but no sign of oil leaks. I think it's time I made use of my inspection pit (well, there's always a first time for everything!) and get a closer look at it. Read more
I honestly don't know L'e ... The Dinitrol name is well known (by me) for Donkeys years
... maybe a "belt n' braces" job of their rust converter, followed by say their heat resistant wax or maybe their paintable stonechip ... I have no connection with Dinitrol btw, (but any offers will be gratefully receieved : )
Another coating that I can highly (can't spell thoughroughly) recommend to withstand an air-burst thermo-nuclear explosion, is Sikkens opaque - tough as ole boots.
Will it start running again if some fuel is poured in its tank? Or running dry will cause serious damage to engine?
Is the situation different in petrol or Diesel cars?
I'm asking because recently on occasions I found that car ran out of fuel slightly away from petrol station and blokes are filling from a jerry can. Didn't wait for the outcome though.
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Interesting... mine has ran dry twice and completely refused to start the cure was to
disconnect the battery for 10 minutes.
Which is what I suspect they did.
The exact story was that I ran out of fuel (with 40 miles left on the range indicator). Walked about 300yds to the petrol station I was going to stop at anyway, and bought a can of diesel. Put it in the tank, and went to start the car. It went into ECO MODE and then threw a complete hissy fit and shut down completely.
Recovered to Pug garage who rang my fleet manager and said "It needs a new ECU and because it's run out of fuel, the warranty won't cover it. The cost will be £1800." Fleet manager - who was mechanically ignorant - goes nuts (at me) and starts talking about taking it from my salary etc. I go down to the garage and ask them to put in writing that these cars need an ECU replacement if they run out of fuel because I intend to escalate this to various people including Peugeot UK, Trading Standards and VOSA. Told to wait a few minutes while they fetch the workshop foreman. Workshop foreman comes out and says "we've got around it this time, but it will need the ECU replacing if it happens again!". And no, they won't put it in writing, because "we don't do that."
Draw whatever conclusion from that you will. To me it smacks of thwarting an attempted rip-off. The very idea that such an expensive part could be wrecked by running out of fuel is ridiculous enough, but to then suggest they can "get around it" - either it breaks or it doesn't.
Has anyone any detailed info about the prohibition on Kuga sales?
I'm told that Ford have banned the supply of all models, even those that have been paid for and are already at the dealers, due to insuperable problems with the DPF blocking.
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The engines you refer to comply with Euro IV but the addition of a DPF
helps collect diesel particulates and then safely vaporises them whereas a Euro IV without a
DPF chucks the particulates out of the exhaust and anyone can breath them in which
in turn can cause/aggravate health/lung conditions.
Can I comment here that much of the health concerns of diesel particulate matter (PM) relate back to studies done in American cities in the 1950's / 1960's. PM production in the modern diesel car is only a tiny percentage of what was happening 40 to 50 years ago.
Even a Euro III engine is producing far less PM than previous generations. My Mk3 Mondeo TDCi is Euro IV, but thankfully without a DPF.
I therefore question arguments that rely on the extrapolation of 50 year old data, when so much has changed.
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I bought a Mk2 2 litre Capri in the 1970's - under the back seat squab I found 2 double cupped handfuls of assorted self-tappers, trim clips, spire nuts and those peculiar grey wiring clips that Ford used on their cars. I'm still using the odd screw from that cache today!