November 2008
Hi, i bought this Zafira 2ltr dti on 13/10/2008, from a main car dealer, on the day i was collecting it,i noticed a warning light on the dash,the one with the car,with a spanner ,but after a few minutes it went out,on day 2 of having the car,again i noticed the warning light,and also the water temp gauge not working,i contacted the dealer,and they told me to bring the car over to them,the car was then sent to Vauxhall,as they could find no faults, Vauxhall put 4 new glow plugs in the car, no more warning light,but now the car revs up,when i slow down,and will run on its own,(NO FOOT ON PEDAL),also temp gauge still not working,unless i drive about 30 miles,i have again contacted the dealer,but they told me the car,is out of there 2 week warrenty,they also say,that they want me to bring it to them today 4/11/2008, were again it will go to Vauxhall,i contacted Vauxhall myself,and told them,the car was driving ok,before they put the glow plugs in,but there reply,was that its not the glow plugs,and they need to check it,i really dont know what to do,i feel as if,ive been done,i still am waiting on the dealer giving me the log book,for the car,and even the tax is up, is there anything i can do
Thank you
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Got a problem with loss of power and revs when the engine is cold. It feels like automatic choke cutting out too early and engine is short of fuel. It never happens when the engine is warm just when cold. Any ideas? I don't even know if cars still have automatic chokes Read more
Finally sorted by local Garage, faulty Lamda sensor that gave occassional emissions warning light. They were sceptical it would sort this out but when they changed it the problem dissapeared. Cost £160 to get fixed with original parts.
My other half has a 307 SW 2.0 SE Auto. registered as a UK import (new) in April 2004, we bought it in 2006
Super car, lovely to drive, all the fancy Gizmos work (touch wood). It's coming up to 40,000 miles. I assume it has a timing belt, so should we get this changed at the next service?
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Hmm, well, for the first year we owned it, it covered mostly motorway miles. This last year it's done a daily suburban commute of about 20 miles. Only 'adversity' I know about is it driving thru some flood water (happily) about 18 months ago.
Maybe we can leave the timing belt for another 10,000 then ..
Does anyone have any advice on changing the cambelt on a Scudo van please ?
Is there anything else I should do while I am in that area of the engine ?
I dont have the manual so do I just mark it up and change the belt or is there somewhere on the web I can get a diagram to help me ?
Lot of questions I know but any advice will be much apreciated.
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told you , you would get some help , just need a link to a autodata picci now
alan
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The cooling is working OK in normal use, but when the coolant temperature rises into the read on teh gauge, e.g. when stuck in traffic, the radiator fan does not come on.
I have just brought the car. The previous owner obviously had an issue as the radiator thermostat plug was missing. I have:
- Put a new plug on
- Replaced the thermostat
- Checked when the plug terminals are shorted the fan does comes on.
- Double checked the plug is firmly into the themostat
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Thank-you both, Screwloose and Andyjarv.
Your combined wisdom is pointing to the coolant pump or maybe the engine thermostat. I'll check them out.
Are there any easy ways to detect a faulty pump? I mean it is obviously working to some extent.
Maybe I'm being a bit paranoid, but would appreciate any advice about whether it is safe to give out log book details and VIN number when a potential buyer asks for such information in orfder to carry out a HPI check. Could this come back to bite me in any way - cloning, ID theft etc.
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Then they can collect lots of deposits against the car from those
who don't know that there is no such thing as a bargain!
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Serves them right if there dum enough to put a deposit on a car they've not actaully seen!!!
We are just back from a tour of France in our motorcaravan and during this visit; we got a parking ticket from the local Police Municipal, in Sts Maries de la Mere.
The circumstances were that we had parked in an area of a quiet road, which was prohibited to motorcaravans (this was not obvious at the time) and when we arrived back at the ?van, a Police officer was writing out a ticket. I asked him what the problem was and he said that motorcaravans (?Camping Cars? in French) were not permitted to park in this location. I asked him why not and he said that it was due to a local ordinance dating from 1999 and that I should park in a specific area at the entrance to the village. All this time he was still writing out the ticket and when he had finished, he made a pantomime of placing it under the passenger windscreen wiper before telling me that I could pay it at the Police station in the village centre.
We asked the very nice lady in the tourist office what we should do after the ticket was issued and she said that given the amount was only ?11, she did not think that Interpol would get involved and that we should throw it away!
As the cost of the fine was so low and being good law-abiding citizens of the UK we walked round to the station and paid.
Two questions for the knowledgeable members of the Back Room.
1) If I had driven off before the ticket was placed under the windscreen wiper blade, would I have escaped all consequences?
2) If I had simply thrown the ticket away (as suggested) would I have escaped all consequences?
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IIRC the usual speeding ticket fine is still 135 euros, reducing to 90 euros if paid within something like 10 days - although there is a lower fine for offences of not more than 10k over the speed limit. Look on the back of the document for an address for the central ticketing office, which I think is the same for all France. Again, IIRC, it is in somewhere like Rennes in Brittany.
Motorcaravanners should be much more strictly policed as to where they park, anyway, in my opinion. They seem to think they can stop where they like and the French who aren't motorcaravanners don't like them because they don't spend much money locally. They have a particular down on the Dutch for this reason.
Backalong I found a family camping on (and blocking) my back drive - they hadn't bothered to walk around the corner and see the gates and garage!
I was in my local VW dealer yesterday looking at trading in the good wife's Touran for a new one. She's lucky enough to have just got a fantastic new job with a very generous car allowance, and is therefore expected to have something new and reliable for the job. So, the 4 year old Touran with 52k on it and 4 years of child/dog related abuse is looking a bit below par. We have settled on getting a 2.0 TDi SE DSG as the replacement and are very much looking forward to enjoying the extra power and equipment over our current poverty spec 1.9 TDi S.
Now. On to the subject of the post.
Sitting in one corner of the dealer's showroom is a brand new, unregistered Phaeton 3.0TDi V6. In black. The price tag says £29,995. So, I ask the salesman: "Why so cheap?". He says they have knocked 20 grand (!!) off list to try to shift it, and if it doesn't sell in the next week or so it'll go to work as a demonstrator.
Am I completely mad to consider spending 30k of the children's inheritance/my pension fund on this? I know it will depreciate like a heavily depreciating thing, but I would be inclined to run it for at least 10 years and probably wouldn't put any more than 100k on it in that time.
I mean, is 30k that much more than a top of the range Mundaneo? I know people who have spent more on unspectacular Volvo estates for heaven's sake.
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"practically one owner from new"
Isn't that like being a little bit pregnant..?
Hi everyone, this is my first post and i hope someone will help, i have an astra 05 reg 1.7 cdti. the problem is that this car was running spot on before i parked it up last week and it never started again. on the fuel filter are two pipes one saying in and the other one out. when you turn the ignition on is there suposed to be diesel coming out of these pipes? because it doesnt. can anyone help. Read more
no, no fuel will come out of these pipes, the pump suck's the fuel through, are all the lights working on the dash , any ones on that you have not seen before, have you tried another/spare key, do's the car crank over but not start, or not crank at all, is there enough fuel in the tank (these are known to collapse the fuel tank, remove the filler cap and listen for a sucking noise) that's enough questions to be getting on with, post back some answers and i am sure someone like me will help just need as much info as possible
The A1(M) northbound tunnel Hatfield Tunnel will close from July 2009 until May 2010 and then the southbound tunnel will then be closed until April 2011.
The Highways Agency propose to operate a contra-flow system for traffic on the A1(M) when each of the tunnels is closed.
The closures are to make the tunnel compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act.
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Let's take this to the "N" th degree - I'd love to see what they're going to have to do with the Rotherhithe tunnel, Blackwall and Dartford tunnel -non of which would a disabled person manage to escape from.
Especially the first two tunnels they'd have to make them single lanes, JUST IN CASE a disabled driver breaks down and NEEDS to get out.
I just hope they've factored this into the long winded Hindhead tunnel !!
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thank you for your replys, car is now with the dealer,as of yesterday,will let you know the outcome.
cheers