January 2009
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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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.
From today's Mail.
Car in front overturned and rolled. Following driver, with others, helped the driver, who seemed to be 'walking wounded' and sat him in his car to keep warm. Services arrived and the Paramedic ordered the fire service to cut the roof off the car to enable them to get him get out.
Good samaritan left at roadside with roofless car and all his possessions getting wet.
Now £500 out of pocket,,,,, must have been a 'banger', but nevertheless, his property.
Probably 3rd party on that value car but would comp pay out anyway. I
Knowing this, I think I would have let him lean on my bonnet to keep warm. Driver taken to hospital by ambulance and released later uninjured.
Ted
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Interesting couple of comments in the paper today.on the car being cut up. Two writer, the first saying it was completely unnecessary in the reported circumstances. The second saying it must be done every time, just in case.
The first writer....A 30yr service Paramedic Instructor. Gave his name
The second........A Red Cross first Aid Volunteer. Anonymous
I have nothing against volunteers, my daughter, a paramedic, loves them because if they are at the scene they always volunteer to carry the stretcher !
Ted
Hi there this morning i went to start my car ( P Reg 2.0 xsi) and it wouldnt start.
It wouldnt turn over and when i turned the key all i got was a click noise.
When i got home tonight i opened the door and the alarm kept going off and the alarm light on the car kept flashing?
If it makes any difference i dont have a key fob only a key.
I tried some jump leads on it but still it wouldnt turn over and just clicked.
The car did have trouble before with starting but it just sounded like it was struggling to start but only for a second.
I noticed aswell lastnight that when i was driving along the road my lights were flickering dim the bright abt every 10 secs.
Anyone got any ideas, i was thinking maybe the alternator is knackered and battery is completely dead?
Any help is much appreciated.
Dez
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hi Dez,
almost definetly a knackered battery, id replace the battery first.
Should the problem continue after a new battery then it could posibly be the alternator but i would say quite unlikely... unless you have been seeing the alternator light coming on while driving (the one that looks like a battery, yes thats the alternator light) then a new battery will probably solve all your problems.
kind regs
Richie
Just driven from Sunderland to Carlisle and back, along with quite a lot of pottering around Carlisle. My route to and from Carlisle involves climbing up and down hills on the road parallel to Hadrian's Wall. I drove at the speed limit virtually all the way as traffic was light.
The dashboard cmputer tells me that my Panda Cross with its 1.3 turbo-diesel engine has averaged 47.7mpg.
Just wanted to tell you all how pleased I am with that. Read more
Prior to running this diesel Panda 4x4 I had the 1.2 petrol Panda 4x4 and would have been lucky to see 40-41mpg on the same run.
However, I changed cars, not for the better fuel economy but because the diesel version is much faster and reqires fewer gearchanges to keep up with traffic.
The car is currently at the dealer who is scratching his head.
When turning right the beep which sounds for low fuel / low temp etc sounds. Sometimes sounds on the straight.
Only thing logged on the computer is an intruder alarm - different beep.
When it beeps there is NO warning light on the dash although these still work (I got low fuel and the right turn beep within seconds on Friday - same beep).
Annoying, especially on those long sweeping bends on the M40 and large roundabouts.
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Maybe low window wash fluid or low front brake pad (with failed warning lamp). Does sound like low somthing or other any real fault should log a code.
My Daewoo Matiz (02) has failed an MOT and needs new rear trailing arms. Are trailing arms and radius arms the same thing? Read more
hy everyone hope someone can shed some light on this prob.
2weeks ago flywheel knackered, had new one done.ouch.
started to have probs with immob system. car when locked going off at night. cant remedy it so in garage not locked. then car refusing to start.
turn key all lights on can work all electrical stuff but wont turn over. 1st thought immob was responsible in some way so id leave car for a while and on return would start 1st time no probs. then started to do this more frequently and could leave for a day and refused to start so figured waiting for immob to reset wasnt what was happening as would start just 5mins
. i would drive somewhere get out come back 10 mins later ...not turn over. spoke to garage who said firstly i may need a new starter motor? i have experienced one going before but have heard the clicking of solanoid? first and this isnt present here. its as if no electrical power is getting passed the turn of the key.
i asked garage if they think a wire may not be connected properly... they kinda said its poss but i feel they are after putting a new starter on it and i would rather explore more cheaper routes first!
desperately need pointing in some direction... have read ERG valve sticking etc? all advice welcomed!
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the spanner light comes on stays on for 5mins then goes off
When started? That sounds like a glowplug fault. You need to get the faults read anyway.
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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!