January 2009
Is possible to fit a dump valve to my saab 9000 cse as it is fitted with a low pressure turbo?
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I've noticed an increasing number of drivers that indicate right at all roundabouts, even when going left. This used to be the case when I was young, I'm now 65, but it was modified in the Highway Code years ago. So why the change? Read more
My IAM instructor (in the 80s) had a nice turn of phrase - one of which was "left hand brakeaway indicator" when turning off a roundabout still sticks in my mind 25 years on. Taught me on how to tame a 3 series rear end without software as well !
I'm going to look at a brand new Vectra Exclusiv today and was wondering if anyone can report what their real world mpg is on long runs? I commute twice weekly, a distance of 400 miles and would hope to be getting at least the combined 40mpg they quote as achievable. Read more
Hello all,
Can anyone bestow some knowledge with regards to swapping phase 2 front end for phase 1?
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I personally love the phase1 and cannot believe renault thought it could be improved.
But for every phase1 in decent condition there are about 5 phase 2s so im in the market for a phase 2 with the intention of swapping the front bits for phase 1 bits
Is it simply a case of souricng phase 1 bonnet, panels, bumper and headlights and fitting them or would it involve welding / adjusting any hinges or fixings?
any feedback v.much appreciated
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They're working fine now.
How the gang could have saved the gold:
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I don't understand why the (Italian I believe?) Royal Society of Chemists would do this. Shouldn't it have been the Society of Physicists? After all they've not got much to do while their new toy is being repaired.
JH
"A police spokesman in Kwara State has been quoted as saying that the "armed robbery suspect" would remain in custody until investigations were over."
No nanny State, that one!!
Hey all,
Toady my wife was driving our 06 plate Titanium X 2.2 when it died on her. She states that the glowplug light came on when it died. A short time later she turned the engine over and it started and got her home.
When she got home i went out and tried to start it, but it just kept turning over. I left it a few minutes and it then fired up. I tried this again 20 minutes later and it was the same thing.
Any ideas what the problem is? Is it easily recifiable? Should i be taken the motor to a Ford dealer (all services are through Ford).
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My car had to have an EGR valve replaced. This showed as a flashing glow plug light. It was an intermittent fault!
Recently had a "health check" on a car which returned a couple of areas for inspection.
Are either of the below likely to cause an MOT failure?
Oil leak on gearbox selector seal & O/S drive shaft seal.
Exhaust flexi split & corroded.
Car driving perfectly well and no exhaust noise.
TIA
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Yeah split in a drive shaft U/J gaiter is a failure
The description "Oil leak on gearbox selector seal & O/S drive shaft seal" sounds like just a seal on the gearbox, not a gaiter/boot leaking. The car would pass an MoT with this fault.
If oil leaks were failure items then a lot of old cars would be off the road, and you wouldn't get oil stains on parking spaces.
Well Well Well
I passed my old Touran, HG05***, on the A1 this evening just south of biggleswade. Not seen it since it went back to the leasing company nearly two years ago.
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I had a rover 25 (yes I have learnt my lesson) back in 2000. My employer had a deal with Rover and we all got large discounts. When I picked up my new one I found that there were 4 others in the car parks where I worked that were sequential in reg number - very odd, but they were all different colours so no mistaken identity!
I used to see a Mk1 Mondeo I had driving around bath - it had 160K on it and was nearing the end of its useful life when I sold it to a guy who claimed he wanted it as a run around, but was obviously in the trade (he was a mini Aurther Daley driving an almost new Disco). Was still on the road 2 years later, although I suspect it may have had a hair cut along the way.....
I'm sure most people will have made some fairly big bloopers in their early years of motoring. Making mistakes is, after all, conducive to experience and learning. Unfortunately, the penalties for making mistakes on the road are often very severe and this gives new drivers very little margin for error when developing experience.
Are there any backroomers willing to reveal their earliest near-misses or, for those unlucky enough, accidents? What experience did you gain from them? What advice would you give to inexperienced drivers to stop them coming a cropper too? And does it ever make you feel uncomfortable how close you once came to meeting a sticky end? Read more
Here's my classic.
1971, in my delightful charcoal gray Fiat 1500 (the precursor to the 125) FWY 999C belting up the A64 York Road in Leeds at somewhat more than the 40 mph limit. To my left, a fair distance away, a brand new Mk1 Ford Escort is waiting to leave Killingbeck Hospital turning right across the dual carriageway towards the central reservation. I am in lane 2 passing a line of three cars as the Escort lurches across lane 1. I hit the chrome horn ring and come off the gas. The Fiamm horns shriek as the cars I am about to pass skid untidily to a halt. I am confident that the Escort driver has heard my horn, has realised how important my journey is and has decided to stop. The truth is, the Escort is wearing "L" plates and the driver has made a bold but unsuccessful attempt to cross both lanes of the carriageway but has stalled. As I am batting towards her, back on the gas, listening to my fruity exhaust, the Escort's engine fires up and the learner driver tries to complete her manoeuvre at full throttle and without looking.
I guess I was doing about 50 mph when the Fiat contacted the offside wing of the Escort. The front-hinged bonnet of my car sprang up as the cars ploughed up the central reservation so I couldn't see the Escorts front offside wheel move to where the engine had been. The Fiat's engine fan tunnelled through the radiator and there was a lot of steam. Despite being dazed and having a massive bruise from the seat belt buckle, I came in for a lot of abuse from the learner's passenger. I never met the driver; she was apparently too shocked to participate in exchanging names and addresses.
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Why would you want to?
If it's so you can hear the car go "Psssshhhhh" whenever you change gear, maybe you need to visit www.barryboys.co.uk for inspiration ;-)