December 2008
I like to save money, so these days I hardly ever buy a newspaper, I just scan through the newspapers' web-sites.
Today, I was pleasantly quite taken aback by the aggressive Global Warming scepticism expressed in comments responding to a Guardian / Observer web-site article on 'How continually cooling global temperatures is not evidence that Global Warming is not happening'.
Here's a link to the article & comments: tinyurl.com/55apbv
I also note that Saturday's cross-Europe environmental demonstration day has been a cold, damp squib.
I'm starting to feel optimistic that the tide is starting to turn on the Great Global Warming Hoax.
The Conservatives are talking about dropping 'Green' taxes. The Eastern Europeans are insisting on continuing with coal-powered electricity generation. We're all worrying about the survival of the motor industry.
Motorists are amoungst the biggest victims of the Great Global Warming Hoax. It gives politicians an excuse to raise taxes on cars & driving, cut back on road-building, interfere in car-design.
One thing that's amazed me is the way 'Global Warming' has fallen out of the news since the credit crunch kicked in. Apparently, the survival of capitalism is more important than the survival of the human race!
Global Warming: The new secular religion of the post-materialist middle-classes.
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>>are probably as fast as the cheapest Celeron based notebooks.>>
Are you discussing the recent hike in 7in or 8in screen mini laptops i.e. Asus EEE types?
If so, then you might find the fact that XP boots up so fast on such machines (even with a modest processor) as intensely frustrating as I do when compared to a standard desktop alternative...:-)
I am planning of replacing my oil pressure light this week as I have a bit of spare time. My mechanic says there is the correct oil pressure getting through to the engine and there is no symptons of oil problems but I would like the warning light to work anyway.
At the moment the bulb doesn't come on when I start the ignition so I assume its the bulb.
There is a buzzing noise sometimes from the engine bay I am not too worried about it, but in case there is a possibility its a dying pump I would rather get this light working.
My plans are as follows:-
1) Remove screws from the instrument panel
2) Prise the instrument panel cover off careful freeing the fog and rear heater switches
3) Remove instrument panel
4) Replace defective bulb
5) Try and put everything back
Will I need ot disconnect the battery? Am I likely to get into complications while doing this?
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I needc a bigger keyboard really - or smaller fingers
;)
But Rattle is impressive - he`s typing on his phone I believe at times
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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glad that it was a cheap fix (cheap ish) !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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?
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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.
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Global Warming? It all seems like a load of hot air to me.
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