December 2008
Hi my Girlfriend has a 2002 vw lupo 1.4 tdi .A fuel hose has split that can be changed very easily .How to bleed the pump (system) is what I am not sure of.
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At RTJ70's suggestion, let's not confuse a general, though interesting, issue with Oldgit's original question specific to the VW Golf 1.4 TSI.
The more general issue - which some people have commented on already in the other thread - is "is there a risk of early failure in a small, highly tuned and (presumably) highly-stressed engine like the VAG 1.4 TSI, as compared to a bigger, less stressed engine?"
I'll reproduce what I said there:
It seems logical that a big, comparatively unstressed engine will last longer and be generally less temperamental than a small highly-tuned - even highly-strung - powerplant. The big engines - even some petrol ones - tend to have plenty of low-end torque which is surely far more useful for the sort of driving that most of us do every day.
Particular favourites of mine have been -
- the B-series Austin engine in my first car, the beloved A50
- the 2.0 Renault engine which I had in a 20TS and two 18 GTX estates in the 1980s
- the V6 24v in the Laguna
- the 1.8 XUD in the Peugeot 205
- the 2.5 TDI in the A4 Avant of blessed memory and the current VAG 2.0 TDI (though I believe both these can give trouble when they get to high mileages).
I've only test-driven the VAG 2.0 TFSI (in an Octavia vRS) and liked that too: I suppose I should reserve judgement till I have a go in a 1.4 - but it does sound as if it may be at its best only at high revs - which isn't what I want.
One comment - which may be the answer - is that it depends whether the small engine is turbocharged or not.
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I doubt someone coming from a 2.0TDI would think it was as instantly quick because
it doesn't have the hit in the back kind of delivery but it's certainly not
slow.
Trouble is, my Octavia 2.0 TDI PD engine can be very annoying on take-off as for a moment there is naff all acceleration then the wallop you describe. Not useful for a quick entrance onto a roundabout or pulling out from a junction.
I'd much rather some more low-down useable power.
I have been driving since 2002. For the past 4 years I have had a company car, and obviously incurred no 'no claims' bonus.
I?m about to purchase my own car and have been looking on the Insurance comparison sites. About 2 weeks ago I was getting quotes for around £400 fully comp. I?ve just been back on and now the quotes are around £650.
One of the comparison sites (I can?t think which one) had an option to tick what previous driving history you had - i.e. private or company car use.
I?ve searched through the main ones - Compare the market, Go Compare, Confused.com and Money Supermarket.com and none of these have this option.
I swear i used one of these sites and it had the option. Can anyone advise if they know a site which does this or why this option has been removed?
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I had no problems getting full no claims from Liverpool Victoria with a letter from my previous company's insurance broker.
I think, though, that LV will give a 50% introductory discount to anyone who declares a clean record (their full NCD is something like 72.5%). I've found that their quotes vary though - for me (and my brother) they were very good, but others I've referred have found them very expensive.
Strange one this but I'm sure someone will have experienced this problem.Car's a 55 reg Berlingo 2.0Hdi with 25k on clock .Have checked the oil level and found the dip-stick about an inch out of it's holder.Oil level fine,not over-filled or anything.A week later the same thing-about an inch out of the holder.Anybody any ideas whats going on?Car's running fine.Never had any problems with it. Read more
Check that the plastic engine cover hasn't become loose as they have a habit of doing, they then vibrate about and lift the dipstick slightly exactly as you describe.
This is a very common problem on Picassos fitted with this engine !
You may need to replace the rubber mounts on the engine cover, these are very cheap items from a Citroen dealer.
Just wondered if anybody can help me??
My niece's just phoned me saying that she has no Brake lights only the one in the middle of the boot which is on permanently,
Just wondered if it might be either a fuse or relay,Or a straight short,
Any help or advise would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Tam
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Update.
She has checked the fuse and that is ok,
So I'll get her to get 2 new bulbs and try that,But she told me that she thought they were ok,
Thanks for eveybody help,Just seem strange that both might have gone,
Tam
single point injecting system, 8 valve (fire engine), car starts & drives very well, replaced vaccum pipe which had air leak, possibly since then engine idles likes its running a bit rick or weak, injection light came on dash, fault code oxygen sensor fault - replaced, clear fault code.
Replaced coolant sensor & still problem is still there
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if it has a Dizzy check the advanced unit , it may have punctured which allows air to leak at idle & the timing retards by about 10 degrees
Handbrake is seizing on right hand side.
Presumably I need to remove the brake drum to free/ lubricate.
How do I do that?
Or is there another likely cause?
Thank you
Stevie
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The rear hub nut torque setting is 175Nm or 129 lbf ft
www.r2rc.co.uk/home/content/view/27/97/
Seems like these money grubbers want to make sure we all get totally screwed over by main dealers. They have already been lambasted for over priced and poor quality service so the EU in their wisdom want to stop us choosing where we take our car for repair! I assume the disappearing legislation is something to do with block exemption coming to an end
In my opinion the car repairs industry needs to be competitive. M/Fs should not force dealers to buy hugely expensive equipment to service their cars. All technical information should be freely available and all TSBs should be available to all in the industry not just the main dealers. The practice of tying a part to a car so it can't be used on any other should be banned (citroen do this to the chagrain of many citroen dealers). Warranties should be m/f based and not dealer backed as they are just a way of forcing owners to put up with overpriced and poor quality post sales servicing and repairs. Giving consumers choice will put all the rubbish dealers out of business and rightly so.
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Hang on a minue didn't the E.U state that it was cracking down on makers who refuse to honour warranties when a car has been serviced by an independent. Sounds like a scare story to me as to force you to go to a dealer would be illegal as it goes against E.U competition law. I can't see this happening and when (long story) my Skoda dealer wants to charge me £350 to replace dodgy front suspension carrier bushes (need to replace the whole front suspension guv) and my local VAG indy quotes £100, I think I know where I will go....
I recently did a 360 degree tight turn and when I came to the end of it and straighten up the steering the power was completely lost from my powered steering. I pulled into the side of the road and turned off the engine to give me time to think what to do next. When I restarted the engine the power was back to the steering and no more problems with it on 10 miles back to home. I presume it was the tight (full lock) turn that cause it to misbehave but is this normal if you do a tight turn, or have I a problem in the making. This is as I have explained in my post header is electric assisted power steering not hydraulic.
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I have been very pleased and not entirely surprised by the immense charm of Australia and most of its inhabitants.
Speed limits are the same as ours, but fussier in town owing to kms which mean lots more different speed limits. People mimse along relaxedly on mostly very fine empty roads in NSW anyway. This despite the presence of many old and new V8 engined cars and utes with fruity aftermarket exhausts. The Aussies like their cars.
I have been driving my SiL's deadpan high-mileage Daewoo. a bit foxed around the edges but fingers crossed still OK. In the Blue Mountains the other day the car in front suddenly stopped causing us to brake sharply. A little spiky thing with a snout was the cause, an echydna, the only egg-laying mammal apart from the platypus. Haven't seen one of those, or a live kangaroo although there are dead ones at the roadside like foxes in England.
Happy New Year. What's the weather like (snigger)? Read more
Avant - One thing that will catch you out is the undertaking is legal here, so, if you are not in the left lane, beware of someone running up the inside. The other thing is that "Give way to the right" is absolute. If you are turning left at an intersection, and another driver wants to turn right into the same street, then YOU must give way because he is on your right. Utter confusion, because, if there is another driver behind you who is going straight on, the right-turn driver has to wait for him. Do you sneak around, or wait for ages ?? It is all a mater of judgement, which is just as lacking here as the forum suggests it is in UK.
Auckland is rather competitive [ I live on the outskirts , and found Naples to be quite comfortable by comparison] but otherwise driving is fairly relaxed. Boy-racers in cheap grey-import Japmobiles abound.
Browse
Got it done there was no need to bleed the fuel line it fired straight up .We took it for a 100 mile round trip.
Neil