A fuse that controls the windscreen washers keeps failing. When it fails the windscreen wipers come on for long periods of time, although not permanently. When they are on I have no control over them i.e. intermittent wipe or fast wipe don't work. When they do turn themselves off then I regain normal control.

With the fuse to the windscreen washers replace everything returns to normal for the short period before it fails again.

My local garage don't seem to be able to suggest what would cause this problem and I am hoping some backroomers will be able to point us in the right direction.

Thanks in anticipation

thewildrover
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Hi,

I've recently bought an Escort 55 van as a cheap runabout. It's a 2000 model on a W plate, it is a 1.8 diesel (the non-turbo version). I want to give it a quick service but am struggling to find out the oil capacity. I could add a bit at a time I guess and keep checking the dipstick but if anyone knows how much it should take when oil and filter are changed it'd be much appreciated.

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Why do so many people get caught by speed cameras? After all, they're qute visible in their yellow colour and there are usually advance warnings.

When I got caught exceeding 60 it was by a police officer in a car hidden in a side road and he timed me (with a clock on the dash) between two roadside trees. I'm not making excuses for exceeding the limit, because I knew I was, but at least I didn't just miss seeing a big yellow box on a post because I wasn't paying attention. Read more

Every so often someone describes a car as "boring", and I wonder what they mean.

I can understand a car being badly-designed, badly-engineered, unsafe, fast, underpowered, ugly, ...

and I understand "boring" when applied to music, books, films etc ...

and I'm prepared for this to be one of those "If you have to ask the price you can't afford it" sort of questions (I do, after all, have an Avensis, which people seem to think boring) ...

but how can a car be boring?

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Hi

I accidently drove over a bump recently with my 97 306 XSi . No initial damage to the under carriage was immediatly evident. Even after driving 70 miles home, the car seemed fine. The next morning however, after starting the car fine and driving for a mile the engine cut-out. I had it towed to a garage where the mechanic said that my sump was cracked and that the Peugeot 306 was designed to force the engine to cut out if oil loss occured so as to avoid further damage.

The mechanic replaced the sump; and here it gets interesting. The car failed to start. The mechanic first demanded payment for replacing the sump before investigating further. Has anyone ever had oil loss that resulted in an engine cut out without having had valve damage? If so, is there an engine mechanism or electric fault that just needs to be reset?

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.
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