November 2008
1981 Mini - recently both brake lights have stopped working - any ideas what i can do to cure it??
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hi, i have a 1999 1.2 petrol clio. Appologies for my ignorance regarding cars and engines :) Ever since weve been having colder nights ive been going to start the car in the morning and as the ignition is turned (be it starting the engine or not) both the fuel gage and engine temp gage etc will rise to indicate a level of measurement and then suddenly they will fall to zero and then rise again. As in, the needle on the fuel gage will shoot to the top then the lights will go out on the dasboard, the needle will fall to the bottom, and then come back and rise to full etc seconds later. On top of this the clock will reset and i will lose my trip mileage. This will happen several times, although the engine will start without any problems and the sterio, lights etc all work fine without cutting out. I believe i have linked a cause and effect with this problem to the engine being cold as the dials function normal once the engine gets up to temperature. This is becoming quite a problem as it affects the speed gauge aswel while im driving as it will indicate a speed and then suddenly drop to 0mph, this is quite frightening if im going through a speed camera :) I would be greatly appreciated if anyone could help me with this
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indeed, it has never affected the working of the car
but that was the advice i was given that it could be lots of things that are causing the problem
and i dont think id have the time or money in that case to check/change everythin
just hope the problem is fixed as it does seem to be now :)
Just looking at Manheims auction list for Thursdays sale and note a lot of the cars that may interest me are listed as "No V5". Why is this, and is it a problem? Read more
Ignore the catalogues - they are often wrong. Check what gets announced when it comes through to verify V5 status.
A surprising number of ex-fleet cars have no V5 and an even larger number have no second key and no history.
hi im new on the forum and would like to know why the turbo has cut out on my friends 307 hdi i have just changed the particulate filter and filled the liquid levels that cleared one code for antipoluuttion filter and now have just one code coming up which is po246 (turbo pressure solenoid valve) is this a quick fix? i have been readind the forrums and found screwloose to be something of a genius when it comes to the peugeot any help will b greatly appreciated.... Read more
Google "Peugeot Planet Owners Map" to find some local fellow Pug owners with dealer level diagnostic equipment.
My Fiat panda 4x4 needs two new front tyres. The existing Bridgestones are not available. ATS say Viedersteins Snow Traks will give me twice the mileage of the Kumo Snow tyres being suggested by my local garage. ATS say the Kumos are a budget tyre but the garage say they are mid-range. The Viedersteins will cost £150 total fitted. The Kumos just under a £100. I want to support my local garage but not at the price of half the lifespan. My local garage can't get the Viedersteins. Help?! Read more
A guy on www.fiatforum.com/panda-new/ has just had 4 of the Quatracs fitted to his Panda
And i got my local place to slip 4 of em onto my daughters 106 for even less, and they're the cats whiskers, stick like the proverbial in the wet.
Just as an aside, but with good quality tyres being so cheap for sensible sizes, why would someone fit ditchfinder rubbish to such a car, thats why 4 went on if you hadn't guessed, i checked and some of the tyres fitted were below £20 with tyretest reviews in the abysmal categories.
This weekend I purchased a copy of 'Best of Car' 1970s and 80s. Excellent reading, including great ads for an in car phone and a Vic 20 computer!
February 1979 featured their top 10 cars in various price bands: Main basis was the best 'all round' car in the band so good to drive but also practical, so no 2 door cars were considered!
<£2k - Citroen 2cv
2-2.5k - Fiat 127 1050L
2.5-3k - Citroen G Special
3-3.5k - Alfasud 1.5
3.5-4k - VW Golf GLS
4.5-5k - Lancia Beta 2000
5-6k - Renault 20TS
6-7k - Renault 30 TS
7-10k - Pug 604 Ti
10k+ - Jag XJ5.3
Lots of French, one German and no Japanese. As the Alphasud and Lancia Beta are in there it obviously wasn't based on long term ownership experiences!
Would a French or Italian car feature in a 2008 list?
Volume 2 is here:-
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Oh I could indulge in Jewish/Christian humour, but its off topic and may offend.....ha, but I would never complain about the spelling of Hebrew words into English - there are so many variables that even Jews can't agree.
Oldest Jewish joke - Ten Jews; Eleven opinions!
Last week whilst driving steadily along a country lane the gearbox on my Seat Leon gave up... the transmission specialist's report noted that the Cross Pin in the differential broke, which in turn smashed the crown wheel and pinion plug casing.... nice.
Complicated stuff, but the easy bit to note is that one call to the AA and three days and £1,100 later the car seems back to it's pre-broken down state.
I note that the internet is trawling with 1999-2000 VAG cars with reports of failing gearboxes; are there other people out there with newer cars suffering a similar fate? Honest John notes gearbox failures in his what-to-look-out-for section on the Leon; I'd be interested to know just how widespread this problem is.
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the VAG 1.6 gearbox between 98 and 05 is a very poor one and always a good seller for breakers. If you buy secondhand just be sure to spin it manually by hand in all gears and ensure its nice and smooth before parting with your cash.
My wife's Focus Zeetec doesn't have a factory fitted front heated windscreen. Recently a replacement screen was fitted (the original was chipped) but the installer had only a heated type at hand - and fitted this. I've bought the fascia switch to control a front heated screen. Could my local garage easily connect up the electrics to make the new, heated screen operate, or should I forget it ? Read more
Mike
Have a look in the engine-bay box for fuse position 4 - does it have terminals fitted?
Ditto relay position 3. If that is wired, then you only need to connect the fusebox to the screen and wire the switch.
Since the new C5 employs Hydractive 3 Plus (as does the C6), do you think the whole thing will last ?
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Hope disconnecting the alarm hasn't disconnected your insurance policy boxterboy.....backache isn't pleasant but insurance company induced headache is much worse! :-(
Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon announces in today's Sunday Telegraph that speed traps could be replaced with "fairer" cameras.
Thereby demonstrating beyond any doubt that we are firmly established in the hell described by George Orwell in his seminal work 1984.
Mr Hoon is of course referring to average speed cameras.
The government is very lucky that millions of motorists contributing £40b to the economy and receiving £4b of road spend in return have not found an effective way of defending their interests.
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From a rival Sunday broadsheet yesterday:
"The only road approved by Geoff Hoon, the transport secretary, under a £400m highway improvement scheme is adjacent to his constituency, it has emerged. A new £100m section of the A46 will run alongside Hoon?s Ashfield constituency. The remaining £300m will be spent on projects such as extra speed cameras."
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Got to get the priorities right eh?
Kevin...
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Re-posted to Technical - and merged with the original thread.