December 2008
Hi,
My car has an intermittent misfire (which is accompanied by the EMU light) that can be sometimes cured by stopping and restarting the engine.
I have great faith in this forum, TOPBLOKE sorted out an earthing problem with my MAF / temp sensor earlier in the year !! Thank you once again !!
Anyway, I have used the paperclip method and have retreived the following code from my ECU :- 0352.
Via google, I have found that this is listed as 'Ignition coil 2 and 3'
What does this mean ?
What do I need to do to resolve ?
Cheap options are preferred, we have just had a second child and cash is short !!
Thank you, in advance,
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Have had our 307hdi d turbo for about 4 months now all was well until about a month ago when my wife recons its lost power, i dont drive the car all that often so didnt really notice but have done more recently and it has lost its low end power.
It is a 2002 model with the stupid fap system. It has had new fap fluid, filter and deisel filter when we bought it and i have just changed oil oil filter and air filter.
The symptoms seem to be worse when the outside temperature is cold.
When we purchased the car we were bombing about in it and ws getting 40ish mpg out of it now with the most careful of driving we can only get around 29mpg and it is really sluggish until you get the revs up.
It doesnt smoke and there are no odd oil leaks or diesel leaks.
Any ideas anyone dont really want to give the main dealer all or xmas money just yet
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You can clean out your existing filter.
The replacement that you buy from the dealer will probably only be an exchange item that has been cleaned, not new.
I successfully cleaned my old C5 filter.
Should imagin the 307 has a similar set-up.
Here is a link to how I cleaned the C5 filter
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=48159&...e
My daughter has mentioned clutch judder when the car is first driven from cold on her petrol-engined Corsa D. She mentioned it to the dealer at the first service but they just suggested she book it in again which she did not have the time to do.
However, I have a 2008, 1.2 Corsa D as a loan car just now with exactly the same clutch judder.
I'm not a great one for getting dealers to strip down cars if it fails to cure a problem.
Is this clutch judder when the components are cold a common characteristic of this car?
If others have noticed it then I wil advise my daughter to leave well alone. Read more
I have the same problem with my 2007 Corsa D 1.2. If it wasn't for the judder, it's a great car but when you find out about a common fault like this - that Vauxhall must know have known about for some time - it just shows you can't trust them. My next car won't be a Vauxhall, sadly.
- Wrong-way deaths motorist jailed
wow pretty clear cut you say.
now read the details.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7767693...m
My view? this is an accident caused by a series of circumstances. What on earth has been achieved by sending this guy to jail for 20 months. Just another example ~ in my view ~ of the refusal to accept "accidents" as a concept, and the desire to punitively punish drivers for understandable and forgiveable errors.
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I think you're mostly right RR...other than stupidity isn't an excuse .. and.. the truly stupid sometimes need some timely reminders to ensure they are forced to think a bit more....so if someone is jailed for something that a stupid person might think "Oh Goodness that might have been me", then hopefully they might be persuaded not to do similar themselves
I had to fill up at my local station this evening before a long journey tomorrow, at the pump both of the petrol fillers were shut, not a problem as I was after diesel. I started to fill up but found that the pump was running very very slowly, I seemed to be standing at the pump for ages when suddenly fuel started pouring out from the car's filler pipe, I stopped filling immediately but diesel spilled out all down the bodywork and covered my rear tyre/alloy.
The nozzles auto cut off hadn't worked for some reason, I told the staff in the station who said they would close the pump and cover the spill with sand.
Will the diesel cause any damage to my rear tyre? When I got home I tried to wash off as much as I could see, but by then I guess most of it had dried off (or is it on?). Read more
I cleaned it off the bodywork without a problem as that was easy.
Hi.
Can anybody tell me what changes were made to the Ford Focus MK1 when it was face-lifted in 2002?
Were these changes purely cosmetic and external?
Or, were any of the internal components replaced and/or improved? If so, which ones?
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I had pre and post facelift models (TDDi LX) and there was no difference in how they drove. Post facelift was much better specced though, with alloys and ABS as standard. It also got a CD player instead of a cassette deck. The post facelift car also had a Quickclear screen and heated mirrors, although I think these were part of an option pack.
Shame they never fixed the one part of the car that really did need attention - the seats.
Dear All,
I've recently put my car through it's mot and passed with flying colours. All was well, then on a cold morning my front o/s suspension coil broke off and lay there on the road! I've read some of the discussions and this appears not as uncommon as I would have thought. On closer inspection the coil seems to have rusted and obviously this contributed heavily to its weakness.
My main concern is that this was not discovered a little while ago by the Vauxhall service & mot team - is this something that should be picked up on? If so, is there some legal comeback?
I can still drive the car with no obvious affect at present and would like to drive it the 100miles home, for my brother to fit a new coil. Anyone experienced this, and would it cause more damage to do so?
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Springs are made on the cheap now. A proper spring is bevelled and thinned for about half a turn at each end, so that it sits evenly, usually in a preformed rubber cushion.
That way there is no local distortion under compression, and the next turn rest or move away progressively with suspension movement. Modern springs are just cut off abruptly.
Look at the careful shaping on a valve spring as an illustration of how it should be done.
I've never had a properly made spring on an old car break - they just slowly sag with age. I've changed them after 20 years, but some have lasted over 40.
Anyone know what engine oil I need for a Vauxhall Agila (e.g. 5W30, 10W40 etc.)? It's on an X plate with a 1.0 engine.
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Info is on Vauxhall's website. 5W-30 from March 2000 onwards.
tinyurl.com/6p57cx
Following on from my thread about changing our Xsara for a £4k Focus I'm wondering what the real life fuel consumption figures are for 1.6 petrol vs diesel??
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AndrewT
Yes, the original exhaust. I hadn't really thought about it. I went for a Focus on reliability but from what you (and my cousin) say, the 306 diesel has many fans for the same reasons. Long may we enjoy cheap motoring.
MM
It sounds like you're more familar with Focuses than I am really. After a few flaky Citroens in my younger days I've happily got used to the firmer ride of the Ford though the relatively smooth roads around here don't test the suspension very hard and I'm a bit of a dawdling doris on speed humps. Have often read that bumpy environments suit Japanese suspension better but this is not an area I'm knowledgeable in. I agree that a £300 difference means the diesel makes more sense than the petrol. After all MPG is what this thread is about.
Good luck anyway and I hope whatever your choice serves you well.
RM
The EU Directive - The Batteries and Accumulators Directive 2006/66/EC
and
The UK Statutory Instrument - 2008 No. 2164 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION The Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008
both mention Automotive batteries which are unsealed and on-sale and not in a way which prohibits them and as the latter Statutory Instrument only came into force two months ago, it sounds unlikely they are banned to me but I agree they seemed to have disappeared from the shops..
www.eef.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/796445FF-72A7-4C49-AE4...f
www.eef.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/796445FF-72A7-4C49-AE4...f
www.eef.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/796445FF-72A7-4C49-AE4...f
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Hi there,
I used ot use Bat Aid on my cars years ago, not always sucessfully!!...
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glad that it was a cheap fix (cheap ish) !!!!!!!!!!!!!