February 2009
any 1 know where the thermostat is on a 2.0 diesel mg zs Read more
Hi there,
I have a 1.4 SX Chevrolet Kalos. I have noticed on a few occassions that it takes a few turns of the key to start and the performance has slowly dropped off.
On the review on this site I noticed that it states
"TSB 12th March 2007. If customers complain of poor running due to carbon build up on the valves, replace the valves with a modified scraper type which will eliminate carbon built up and running faults."
Does anyone have any further detail on this? From past experience with the dealers round here I will immediately get fobbed off and my warranty expires in about 6 months so if needed I would liked this done soon before I'll have to pay for it myself a year down the line when the problem is worse.
Any comments would be appreciated.
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Hi all I have a 2005 54reg sorrie 2.5 CRDI Auto and would like to ask anyone in the know if side steps made for a 2006+ sorrie would have the same chassis fitting as my sorrie, I have found a really nice set on ebay but aren't sure theyll go on mine, thanks for any help ADE :-)
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I'm wanting to connect an MP3 player, with a USB connector, to the stereo system on my Hyundai Coupe.
The car has a flying lead in the centre console for plugging into an iPod. Can I get an adaptor to connect up with my MP3 instead? If so what is it called.
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Yes, the flying lead,a flat connector, is intended to plug into an ipod.
I have an HMV MP3 player.
One end of the lead /adaptor will thus need to be a female adaptor ipod docking socket and the other end a female USB or a male 3.5mm jack, to connect to the MP3 player.
Tried to find via Google without luck. Any ideas exactly what I should be searching for?
Having failed to find a s'hand small-ish Jap diesel with a torque-converter auto' I'm looking at the petrol versions: the Micra 'frog' and the Yaris with the grille like electric-shaver foil.
Main use will be 60-mile m'way round-trips. Which is the 'nicer' at 70 m.p.h., please?
Thank you,
AF. Read more
That is a very good point, retgwte, and I didn't mean to be overly critical of the Myvi's seemingly light build. I didn't have to adjust the rear-view mirror; it was fine as is, as luck would have it. So it could have been 'wrong' from the off.
However, over poor surfaces not quite a rattle, more a resonance, could be heard (felt?) from the Myvi's tail-gate area: totally absent in the Sirion, which I have since driven.
I'll post further comparisons and contrasts, later.
AF.
www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/carreviews/convertibe...l
The article starts:
The Reverend Morgan began building cars 100 years ago - and the first fruits of his labours had only three wheels.
Wrong, HFS Morgan was never a reverend, it was his dad! And even then you can argue as he was the Reverend Prebendary Morgan.
Blackjack Zero sounds fun enough but I'll keep my Morgan three wheeler.
(I'd have made this comment to the DT but could not see where and I guess HJ has a better way in). Read more
I'm no wiser about the difference between Reverend and Reverend
Prebendary.
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I think titles often have to do with how the office-holder is paid - or the source of his income.
Generally, re Morgan - good for them not trying to maximise profit, I say.
I've got a 2004 Mondeo Estate Diesel 130bhp Ghia
Has it got Check Control?
Thanks
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Careful! What the towbar supplier really means is "has the car got a canbus/multiplex wiring system", which I'm pretty sure your car has!
If so, then you cannot simply wire in the old fashioned towbar electrics into the lights like the good old days. Modern wiring systems like those I refer to above carry the main power down one wire and very low voltage signals in the light wiring to tell which light to switch on. There isn't enough power to light the towbar electrics from these wires. Plus, if you start tampering with the wires you risk the computer getting confused thinking that tail bulbs have blown. It may then start compensating by lighting the brake lights at low voltage to emulate the taillight, for example. In short, it won't work!
There's two options, either you can fit a bypass relay that powers straight from the car battery and gets a signal from the lights as to when to activate without messing them up, or you can buy a vehicle specific wiring kit that usually plugs straight into the rear fusebox and often requires activation from a dealer.
Guess which of the two is more expensive!
If in doubt, ask a Ford dealer and then buy the right electrics from your towbar supplier.
This explains it better than me:
www.towsure.com/bespoke/wiring_chooser.html
Afternoon all. I have just finished replacing the head gasket on my 1991 Mk2 1.3 Golf Ryder, torqued it up to the Haynes spec's. My question is this, do I need to re-torque after a few miles, or after it's first warm up and cool down? If so what torque does it need? Many thanks in advance. Take care. Read more
>>By what you have written it sounds like I should've used new bolts? Darn it!!!
Possibly, it depends upon whether they were within the length spec (If VW give a length spec rather than just stipulating new bolts should be used)
Just wondering if any one has any ideas on this.
When the car gets to 76 - 78 on the motorway - the steering wheel begins to shake sending a noticable vibration through me! there is a slight rattle or juddering noise from behind the cloumn / display unit.
It doesnt sound like it is really bad or anything and i rarely do that speed - i have had new tyres put on and had them balanced which should have done it but still it does this rattle?
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It's possible the wheels need balancing again. If not, there may be a tracking problem. But I would think the balance of one or both front wheels may be a bit out.
A badly out-of-balance rear wheel can also cause vibration, but it won't come through the steering wheel.
The high level stop light has stopped working on my son-in-law's Megane Estate. There does not appear to be any access screws. The owner's handbook says refer to Renault dealer.
Surely there must be an easy way to change this bulb. Can anyone help me in this respect please? Read more
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Oh don't mention it. More than glad to help
Oh you didn't. :-O