January 2009
I wondered has anyone come across this before and are my thoughts correct?
My wife has bought a new Volvo C30 with the D5 engine. I have noticed a groaning fromn the power steering, esp when nearing full lock. Last night, the steering went dead, with total loss of assistance when parking. Restarting the car brought the assistance back. I can now reproduce this loss of assistance on demand.
The main dealer is having the car in for a couple of days next week.
There was also a warning came up saying "power steering service reqd"
I am wondering is this a safety device that prevents the pump overloading on full lock?
Incidentally the car is barely 2 months old with 1000 miles on the clock. Read more
My clutch pedal keeps sticking halfway?
the garage has bleed it number of times still not working
then decided to put a new master cylinder on next few weeks
still not right so bleed it again several times still no luck so
decided to put another master cylinder on and still sticks halfway
and have to lift up with foot, any ideas please?
thanks in advance
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Hi can anyone tell me where this heater blower relay is located?
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Hi - I have fitted a 1998 Escort TDi (Endura DE) engine into my 2000 Escort Van (originally non-turbo). Fairly straight swap apart from the need for an engine wiring loom and ECU to run the fuel pump advance/retard etc, etc. I have the loom from a doner Escort TD and do not have a real problem in physically integrating it with my existing loom, but the problem I am having is how the ECU takes a live feed?? Can I just put the loom and ECU in and connect it up to all the sensors and actuators on the engine and it will work?? Or, does a separate 12 volt feed need to be run to it?? It is a Ford EEC V PCM with 104 pin connector - though which wire is the 'live in' is the problem!! Where can I get a proper wiring diagram for EEC V engine looms/ecu's??
Cheers,
Stuart. Read more
From the Beeb news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7833280.stm
"Honda has announced that it plans to stop production at its plant in Swindon for the months of April and May, because of a collapse in global sales." Read more
I'm short sterling already so go ahead:-)
A work colleague is looking for a small to medium sized automatic. His wife has MS so needs the auto for her occasional use and the car will do at most 5,000 miles pa and probably less, with most journeys being about 3.5 miles each way to the office.
He wants a small to medium sized car costing no more that £4,000 and probably no more than five years old. There are many obvious suggestions, but he does not want to hear about the great value Mondeos/Vectras... :-).
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Almera will be of more consistent quality I would imagine
The brother of a friend is emigrating and currentlt drives an 04 Merica 1.6 Easytronic. It was an ex-motability car and has done 23,000 miles. If you want to search for it, it's on Autotrader within ten miles of Manchester city centre.
It is suitable as a replacement car for a work colleague, but it is not a company car. I think there have been issues with the Easytronic gearbox (I have looked in the Forum search), although the vendor advises that he has had no problems and I trust him. Asking £3,750.
Any thoughts?
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My father's 54-reg Meriva 1.6 16v has the easytronic gearbox.
It's fine the following engine, I don't think the gear changes are that sloooow as peeps have mentioned on this forum.
However when pull to a halt, it does feel like you're grinding to a halt with a thud, it doesn't stop progressively altogether.
But he's pleased with it & wants to buy a new one this year!
Just called Mr Clutch, as my clutch is slipping. They asked me whether the clutch is cable or hydralic! There's a vast difference in the price and I've no idea. Does anyone know that has the same car or does any know how I can find out?
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Does the car have a hydraulic cyinder that needs its level maintained? Look in owners manual if in doubt?
If so its hydraulic. If not its cable.
I just happened upon your other post concerning a leyland roadrunner, and I'm hoping somebody can help me out as well, so I hope you don't mind that I've followed similar tactics. I've got a problem cold starting in the morning. The engine fires initially but then stops firing and I have to keep winding it over for about a minute before it finally starts. I don't know whether this will damage the starter in the long term, but its annoying when you're rushing to get off in the morning. The plugs seem O.K. and everything else checks out. Help please! Read more
Hi Phil,
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Hi,
My x reg 2000 golf v5 remote central locking is playing up.
The fob on the key is not working, on both the fobs, ive tried changing the battries with new ones, and re-sync-ing them via the vw manual. but still not working.
The central locking works fine with the key although i have noticed that when unlocking the car via the key the indicators keep on flashing and the red led on the drivers door lock keeps flashing red until i start the car??
Any ideas, just want my rcl back.
Cheers
Danny Read more
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Glad your problem has been resolved. Maybe you could post an owner review in the discussion forum as I still only see C30s very rarely. Just wondering what it's like to live with on a day-to-day basis....