August 2008
After a diagonistic test it sounds like my tps has faulted.My car keeps losing acceleration and the glow plug heater light flashes but the car still ticks over;when re-started it's fine till the next time.Any ideas where I can get one of these and is it easy to fit? Thankyou for reading. Read more
Driving this morning to take car for MOT at 80mph on dual carriageway (Italian tune up), and engine management light came on. Mechanic at garage read code (PO132 - I believe this is the o2 sensor). He advised circuit voltage was also high. He cleared code, and car passed MOT - no probs.
FSH - 62000m
Can anyone advise what to do next as driving car home it never came on again???
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Maybe it just got a bit excited then; wait and see what happens.
They're around £300, so you don't change them unless you have to. It's in the exhaust; just before the cat.
Back in March, I had four new tyres fitted to my leased Citroen C5 by well known tyre fitter as required by the leasing company. In the last week of July I had the low tyre pressure warning for the N/S Front wheel. I pulled in within a mile or two to a service station for air, but on fitting the hose onto the valve, it broke off. I started to change the aluminium wheel, but had to call the RAC as I couldn't budge the wheel from the hub (clearly the "WKTF" had not copper greased the hubs). The leasing company then required me to use a Citroen dealer to replace the valve/sensor and initially wanted to charge me for the privilege. However, I argued successfully that the valve must have been damaged and that the damage could not have been caused in normal motoring. Then, last week, with the car having been idle for two weeks, the pressure warning appeared again, this time for the O/S Front. I didn't try to add air before I inspected the wheel and, sure enough, the valve/sensor is cracked. One changed wheel later (thanks RAC - no thanks to "WKTF") and the leasing company are now interested in finding out if this is normal through their channels. I thought I'd try this independent route as a fan of Honest John. Anyone out there who can throw any light on the situation as I'm now fearful for the back wheels!
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I had exactly the same fate befall my C5 a few months ago. The RAC man that kindly removed the wheel after it had flattened itself when I tried to put some air in it said that the valve are very prone to break in this manner and, once one goes, the others are quite likely to follow. So not sure the fitter can really be blamed - I think it's one feature on an otherwise very nice car that's more trouble than it's worth.
We need to uprate our suspension on our diesel tourer as it drops too low when we hook up the caravan .does anybody know of a specialist garage ? Also concerned as to how it might affect steering geometry
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Hi.
I bought a 2000 Honda Cr-V ES Exuutive about a month ago with 109,000 on the clock.
The car has had a brand new exhuast in Nov 07 front to back including a new cat.
I have got the MIL light coming on and have got the code P0420 showing which is Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold (Bank 1)
One of the silencers (can't tell which one) has like a 'rattle' when revved, someone said it may be a baffler knackred inside one of the boxes.
Phoned local main dealer he said exhaust wouldn't turn light on and it's probaly on of the o2 sensors, but car is running as sweet as a nut and is really good on fuel.
He also said, and I have read this on the net, that they don't like 'aftermarket' cats.
If anybody has any advice on this I would be most gratful.
Regards, Mark
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Surely the problem wasn't the car, but the dealer?
Why not take the car elsewhere?
Despairing of my VW Passat again (see separate thread re intermittent ABS problem) and swearing that I'll never touch another VW, it seems that my mother-in-law may soon provide the answer. She has an '04 Jazz 1.4 se with the CVT gearbox which should be available to me at a significant discount - I'm hoping about £3.5k to £4k.
As someone who tries to perform most of his own maintenance, my main concerns are the valve adjustment and the CVT gearbox. I used to do the valve clearances on my Yamaha 600 and was hoping never to tinker with shims again. The CVT has been great to date - 45k - but it hasn't yet had a fluid change. Any views? Would you buy it? Read more
He wasn't wearing his glasses.
I have a Zafira on a 56 plate with the panoramic roof option and now I wish t add a set of roof bars to carry the children?s bikes. I already have tailgate bike carrier so I need to explore this option. Has anyone purchased a set of roof bars for a Zafira with this option and if so could you tell me which set? The middle section of the panoramic roof is about 2 cms above the level of the roof rails so there is a clearance issue that I am concerned about.
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I'd suggest consulting your dealer's parts desk first. I wouldn't think you'd have a problem - the roof bars for both our rail-less cars (Volvo and Toyota) have more like 50mm of clearance from the centre of the roof. In any case, my experience is that you pay about the same for manufacturer-branded items as for the likes of Thule - and the quality is comparable, since I think my Volvo bars are made by Thule anyway - so that's what I'd be inclined to do.
does any one know how to beat the tracker on my audi rs 8 as it keeps sending out gprs signals and i have had it into local dealer 3 times to be told it fine any ideas thanks in advance
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sorry to all. my mate was messing around and posted this under my name. sorry for wasting your time chaps
In which case, LOCKED.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7583788.stm
I guess this occurs in other parts of the country.
From the above link
" But Nigel Humphries of the Association of British Drivers said speeding should only be monitored from the ground.
"The way it should be worked is that the police officer decides a person is going too fast for the conditions, then uses the radar gun to check what speed they're doing," he said.
"Then they can produce evidence to prosecute them for that. You can't do that from 3000 feet." "
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VASCAR was the equipment-Visual Average Speed Computer.
My 2l petrol Hundai Coupe has cruise control- my first experience of it.
Going north on the French A75- pretty steep and twisty at times and rises to 1500m- the cruise control could not maintain the desired 130kph (80mph) at times and just cut out. The torque gauge indicated 175Nm max in 5th.I could only get up to the desired speed in fourth which was a rather noisy affair. Miffed to be overtaken by a bog standard Corsa on one hill.
My old 100Ps Passat diesel turbo would have taken the hills easily with its greater torque.
The scenery was very spectacular and the Millau Bridge is worth a photo session at the north end aire.
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You're not the only one to struggle on that road. I was there a fortnight ago, and there were plenty of cars which had earlier shot past me at high speed who I then reeled back in on the hilly bits because they simply couldn't keep up the pace.
As motorways go a lovely drive though.
I would agree about the rest station on the north end of the viaduct, although I have also now found out (since I got back, annoyingly) that there's a little road you can go on from there which leads under the viaduct, and from which can be taken truly breath-taking shots.
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Sorry,I don't know what codes were stored,but they said it was more than likely that.I'm on a tight budget and wondered if they are easy enough to fit and buy as I don't want to fork out £60 odd + vat for another diagnotic test.(i got first one free done by a friend).I'd rather have a go myself anas this seems quite common on this model.
Cheers