August 2008
I have the chance to acquire a car from my employer's fleet, it is a 2004 Rover 75 CDTI with 114000 miles covered, It has been 100% reliable and cared for by a specialist garage.
They are asking £ 2850 -
I think it seems like a bargain, is it this cheap for a particular reason ?
Seems too good to be true - What do you think ? ? Read more
Advice needed please, im going to be changing the cambelt and tensioner
at the weekend and wondering if i should change the water pump
while im at it, seeing as i will have that end of the engine stripped.
I have only owned the vehicle for 2 months its a 1.6 zetec has done
63k, full service history dont have any problems with leaks or cooling.
what is the average life of a water pump?
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Thanks for all the replys you are correct in saying the pump is driven off the alt
belt.I need to take pully off pump to get covers off so while im doing that i will
put a new pump in only £28 from motor factors.I bet that if i dont change it come middle of winter pump will give up. prevention is better than cure.
I am trying to read any error codes that might be stored in the ECU. I have a 30 pin socket located behind the coded key pad, and I know I have to use C2 and C3 terminals with a LED and switch. But does anyone know if you can get a female socket to fit the terminal so I can extend the pins to make it easier to bridge C2 to C3.
Cheers Bob
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hello, i have got the Autodata 2004 and it says the 406 1.8 16v 1995-02 engine code XU7JPE (LFY) does have the flash code facility, and the connector is the same as mine. I did do some research, and they say the Maxidiag FR704 is the reader I need, but looking at the connector its not the same. I have just bought the car, and I was just going to check if there was any error codes stored from previous faults. I did the same with a VW golf I had, and sorted a problem I had with that.
bob
for no apparent reason while driving along the oil light will flash on about 4 or 5 times then engine will cut out. sometimes when driving the revs will suddenly drop then return to normal. i put it in for a service thinking the fuel filter or something may be dodgy. also had the plugs, oil filter, oil and air and fuel filter done in the service. i bought it 2 weeks ago.
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Spooky, fixed one of these today with exactly the described fault. Main relay (30) was the problem, soldered up the pcb in the relay and all smiles. New relay en-route from VW.
Andrew
I have just bought a 53reg Octavia TDi. It's my first non-Vauxhall car for twenty-five years. Can anyone please tell me if the MIL lamp is the picture of an engine symbol or the glow plug warning lamp, as it sometimes is on diesel models?
When I switch the ignition on the the engine symbol does not light up, but the glow plug symbol does. Is this normal for this model or is it a fault?
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Thanks for that, I certainly will......
Hello,
A week or so ago I noticed my immobiliser was not blinking as usual and my digital readouts were faded when I got into the car but then went blank after first attempt to start the car. I figured the battery had died (I hadn't used the car for a few days and thought I'd left the lights/radio on or something) so quickly got my powerpack out and jump started the car and thought nothing of it - I took the long route to work to allow the alternator to build up enough charge for starting the car in the evening.
That turned out to be the case and the car started fine after work and drove home. However, the same thing happened the next day so I checked the fluids in the battery and they seemed ok. However, the battery was ancient and I'd had it since I bought the vehicle and I decided I'd buy a new battery.
I installed the new battery and everything was fine for about 6 days and then the same problem occurred - all electronics out on the car in the morning and it would only start with the powerpack connected.
I checked the battery charge level and it was very low (between 1 and 2) so charged it fully through the day - I installed the battery again and tried to start the car. It worked like a charm.
However, overnight the battery has drained somehow and the car will not start.
I'm at a loss - I've not changed any wiring and all the fuses appear to be fine. Read more
This could be a failed rectifier pack in the alternator. No only can this fault discharge the battery but it does not charge it very well. Disconnect and leave overnight. Reconnect and start, if all is well then that may be your problem Regards Peter
Er...I want to scrap my old car. I picked a company from the list of ELV scrap dealers from the DoE website and spoke to them. They said they'd come and take the car away and I should give them the V5 document (I don't have a VC5) without filling it in and they'll send me a CoD later on.
Is that how it's done? I'm a bit worried about just handing over the car and the log book. Should I worry? Read more
I wouldnt risk having the COD sent later. They should give you one there and then.
It's been over 9 years since the previous post!
I was googling for car sales and came across a few articles saying that the sales of new and used cars has basically ground to a halt. Probably why so many firms are now offering 0% finance on new cars.
I also gather that sales of 4x4s, MPVs and large saloons have ground to a halt with dealers now refusing to take them in part-ex out of fear of being unable to sell them on - does this mean we are all going to be driving around in tiny cars in the next few years as everyone ditches their big cars?
It might sound like the green and financial thing to do but surely this will proove impossible for tall guys like myself, people with families, those who are overweight and people with disabilities?
Anyhow, I am digressing my own thread. Anyone know what is happening in the UK car trade, both new and second-hand, at present? Read more
My friends had a crash in France on our summer holidays and their Scenic written off.
Insurance have just paid out their settlement and I have told them that the longer they can hold off buying a car the better as the values seem to be falling.
Although theirs was a 15 month old Scenic, I think they will now go for a 3 year old one and put some of the money towards clearing the loan.
They are also in quite a fortunate position of now being able to buy a car with cash, no trade in so think they will get quite a favourable deal. Yes, dealers normally prefer customers taking finance but I would imagine in this day and age they will be happy with a customer full stop?
Hi all new to this, i have a vectra 2.0 petrol 1999 t reg,
Having some problems ecu light on all the time idle poor and only revving to 4500rpm, have done the paper clip trick and have a number of codes, camshaft sensor, intake air temp sensor and Hego oxygen sensor can anyone advice on this as i am having a right nightmare with it. Read more
Any one with any advice would be much appriated.
2001 Passat estate 130TDI
I've just managed to blow a fuse (or two) while repairing/checking a trailer light board. I found and successfully replaced the 5A tail light fuse in panel at RH edge of dashboard but cannot find a fuse for the rear fog lights and brake lights. They are not listed on the card in the fuse panel. Does anyone know if there is a second fusebox and if so where is it? I read another post about the brake light circuit being linked to the engine management circuit - is this a clue?
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Well I think my eyesight must be on the way out. I just checked all the fuses again and one that looked good had in fact blown. So could have saved myself hours. Anyway all lights on car and trailer board now working. Hurrah!
Thanks again.
Browse
I have made enquiries Niallster.
The price I was given was from Interleasing, they will send it to auction now as nobody wants it.
I guess they got this price from the recent auction values for others they have sold. It would possibly be good value for somebody, but this one was in appaling condition, many of the accesories had fallen off or didn't work any more, the interior parts were falling off, the boot cover didn't retract, it was going rusty, the paint was coming off the steering wheel. it truly was atrocious when I got to have a close look.