February 2009
Just put car through MOT last monday - next day it started pulling to the left.
this morning took it to Kwik Fit - as thought it could be tracking. Fella at Kwik Fit said it wasnt tracking - said garage had put wrong tyre on and it had then caused wheel rim to buckle - hence car pulling to the left.
I just dont see how a garage could put the wrong tyre on - what other causes are there for the wheel rim to buckle?
It didn't pull to left before the MOT - I'm taking back to garage who did MOT tmrw morning.
Anybody got any advice on what i should say to them? Surely I shouldnt be liable to pay for any of the work that needs doing if it was the wrong tyre they put on.
How can I be sure they just don't fob me off and they claim it wasn't that but something else which i would be liable to pay for.
cheers
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Where do I find crankshaft sensor - no mention or diagram in Haynes Manual?
Is it difficult to replace? Read more
Stand by the passenger side front wing the gearbox is nearest you (assuming its a K series) the sensor is on the right hand side of the engine as you are looking at it low down and is inserted through the crankcase web where the engine and gearbox meet in a horizontal plane above the offside driveshaft. It has a short lead which plugs into a blue coloured plug which you may see quite easily amongst the coolant pipes running across the end of the engine and round the side. Its held in with two bolts (8mm hex) but can sometimes be a swine to get out. Use a squirt of wd40 and try to get the sensor to rotate before pulling it out towards the offside of the engine bay.
Phew!
My normally well-behaved Xedos has developed an odd tendency to lurch at low(ish) revs in low gears.
This is most noticeable when pulling away - there is no power below 2-3k revs - and I have to feather the clutch a lot more than I would like. Even then, there is a fair amount of what feels like fuel surge, but I'm not up to speed on how injection systems behave, I'm afraid. The slow running is lumpy and I've wound in the butterfly stop screw, with only partial success. If it had a carburettor, I would suspect the low speed jets, but I don't know what the equivalent would be! It could almost be an ignition problem (HJ mentions this in the car-by-car) but there are plenty of sparks at idle, despite the lumpiness, so I suspect fuel, although at high speed there is no problem.
I'm hoping these are symptoms of something obvious that I'm just unfamiliar with. Since we've had Mazdas, I've got very rusty on fault diagnosis...
TIA
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I have had exactly the same symptoms in the last 2 weeks - with exactly the same cause - cracks in the large air hose - I've just taped up the cracked hose for now and the engine is running perfectly again. I can have a new hose fiited at the next service.
Thanks to this string I was saved a lot of frustration and cost.
We've all seen some TV series or other where our erstwhile detective hero jumps into the passenger seat of some third party and demands 'follow that car', but is there any legal authority for a policeman to commandeer a car ?
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We have police foot patrols in our (small) city centre shopping area, and also around the football stadium on match days. Both an easy walk from the police station. Usually a few mobile police around as well so not much chance of being hijacked for a car chase. If you were, would any speed camera penalties be withdrawn? I would not count on it!
I recently changed both the alternator and starter motor on my Rover 214i and now my car won't stop running, even when I take the key out of the ignition or take the battery off. The only thing that turns the car off is switching the headlights on. Any suggestions as to what might be the problem?
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I have a 218sd (peugeot XUD diesel engine) which had the same problem.I fitted a new stop solenoid to the injection pump which solved it.The price varied between £130+vat at the dealer to £15+vat at a local car parts shop.You have a petrol injection engine.Whether they have a stop solenoid with that model I cannot say.
In Sep 2008 my engine temp went to 100 degrees when idling. Had the radiator flushed, new thermostat fitted, and water pump replaced. The temp. was fine for 8,000 km and then started playing up again. I had the thermo fan switch replaced and temp was still going up to 100. Last week had a diagnostics guy look at it and the little computer that runs the cooling system (sorry, can't remember what it's called)was replaced. Now the temp goes up to 105. Head gasket and spark plugs have been checked and are fine. At the same time the outside temp. display has gone haywire, the aerial has worked twice in 2 months, sometimes the roof won't work, and once I couldn't eject a CD for 3 days. Any suggestions (other than torching the car!) would be greatly appreciated. Read more
Is the fan cutting in and if it is does the temp still rise? Temp gauge in car is not linear so how do you judge the actual temp of 100?
hi, I need to buy a cheap car, £350 max, to use in a charity race. Having never bought at either before what is the best place to buy. I've hunted around on ebay, but I live in the countryside and bangers are few and far between and I work weird shifts so it can be a bit of a problem getting to see them. An auction is obviously risky but I can buy it and be gone in a couple of hours. Oh I've also got my eye on 1990 325 with 170k anyone ever owned one, anything to watch out for?
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went down to the auction last, it was hard at first to spot who was making the bids. Seemed a bit odd no-one wanted it be known they had made a bid. It was quite fun in the end, some cars were making very little saab 900 96 plate went for £250. Yes the race will take place on the road, I don't think there are that many races in S. England, we are only traveling through to europe.
Hows this? I run two 05 galaxys, deisel within my cab company. Had an intermittent gear change problem and also dreadful clutch burn when in traffic, on one of them. Fitted x3 clutches, (some even free from Ford). Had Ford Tech look at gearbox. No problem says they. Master cylinders, etc., pipes etc. everything changed more than once! On going problem for over a year, difficulty sometimes selecting first and reverse. Struggling to get gears without the aid of a 10lb hammer was not a good look as far as customers concerned.
Fords technical help reply, no known problem. My sheer coincidence, overheard complaining by a Gearbox guy. He says, I KNOW WHAT IT IS. Turns out, although Fords know of no problem, there is a replacement modified gearbox housing produced, by Fords!
It has now cost me 1400 squid. Which I actually dont mind, as it gets my car back on the road, and working correctly.
What I do mind is that Fords know there is a problem, hence the modification but they will not offer any information on it. Is there not something we can do.
Also, I noticed several owners complaining of clutch burn, this is one of the early signs we had with this gearbox problem. Can we make people aware of this
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Or is it just me?
In the back room, the column on the right has three things - 1) the "Honest John's Back Room" block, with Log in/out, Forum search, etc. 2) Honest John's Road tests, and 3) News.
It used to be that they were always there.
But now it depends on the print-size I choose. In my preferred print size they go down to the bottom left of the page, and the centre block - the one that I am writing in and that you are reading in - moves to the right. If I drop down one print size, it switches back to the way it used to be. If I drop down 2 print sizes, the stuff in the right hand column is back down at the bottom left. If I go down yet another print size, they go back to the top right again.
I find this disconcerting.
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Not for me using the latest Firefox - don't worry about it, one of life's little changes, it happens.
the doors keep unlocking on thier own... very random no set pattern... tried different ways of locking doors etc. sometimes when doors are locked they unlock immediately and i stand there having a power struggle with my car, which i do when, but when my back is turned it unlocks itself.......heeeeeeelp Read more
Is there a fix to this I’ve tried absolutely everything
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Rims can buckle if you hit a kerb or similar.
Take any information from KF with you.
Unsure what "the wrong tyre" means, exactly.