February 2009
Well, when is it acceptable? And when is it necessary, whether acceptable or not? Whose driving would you comment on? And who would you allow to comment on yours? Read more
Has there been a website problem? no posts since 22:30 last night and 09:47 this morning?
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AE it appears so. Haven't been told why yet.
No need to discuss. If there is anything to add I will post in here later but will lock this for now.
hi all.
i have a golf vr6 which i am finding it hard to get or find 1st gear. i have to like try and put it in reverse push down on gearstick then as if going into reverse to get into 1st gear, drives fine but not good if goes into reverse by mistake?
i drove the car and all seemed well, not sure if its a simple gearstick linkage problem or something else as the gearstick suddenly feels slack and you can move it around a bit ,drives fine in gear but 1st is a apain.
can anyone please advise if its a simple adjustment or something.
thankyou all.
stu
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I think you need a full synthetic oil in the gearbox of a VW. I don't think Syntrans is good enough, I think you need Castrol TAF-X.
I have recently changed the gear oil in my Passat, after finding the gears a little bit stiffer. I was going to use Redline MT90, which is a synthetic 75-90 GL4 oil. But I was told by Screwloose to use the proper VW oil, which is also synthetic. I bought 3 litres of G052911 gear oil from my local VW dealer and was charged £8.50 per litre, which was less than the other oils I had looked at.
Now the gearbox is much better, so my advice is to get the correct oil from your local VW dealer and pop it in.
PS It needed a special socket to undo the drain plug, the level/filling plug was a 17mm allen key.
Please can you help me i have a 04 1.4 16v 307. It has done 40.000 miles. Recently the engine diagnostics warning lights comes on and the multi funtion display shows anti-pollution fault and catalytic convertor fault. Does this mean i need a new cat because i have read that a faulty lambda sensor can effect the cat and the running of the car. Pease can you advise me what to do.
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Dont panic just yet.
Suggest you get a gas test of the emissions for some figures to work with.
presumably some body (garage) has read the codes and told you this info? Did they detail what was needed? or just guess at whats needed? if so, get another opinion, but fairly quickly.
Doing nothing but still driving with it like it is will not help it!
hth
I called at my Toyota main dealer today for a new rear wiper, casually mentioned the car had had developed a squeak when the clutch was depressed.
"Ah, yes, that will be the release fork sir, gearbox out, lubricate, 3 or 4 hours labour but no charge for the grease!"
I said "in that case I'll just turn the radio up" and went straight to my trusty independent, who cured the squeak by peeling back the gaiter and carefully applying spray grease to the pivot, 2 minutes, no charge!
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Wouldn't you just love to go to the parts desk at your Toyota dealer and say "Fork 'andles ?"
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Hi
Could anyone help me on this matter have ford fusion 1.4 diesel which is pumping fumes into the car on tickover
smells around cambelt area
heard it might be valve sticking?/???
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Your concern could well be due to the injector seals leaking which will allow combustion fumes to escape.
Hi, I have a problem with the drive belt routing. I've spent ages trying to figure this one out but still have drawn a blank!
I've fitted a new cambelt, tensioner and waterpump and correctly tensioned the cambelt and replaced the bottom, middle and top covers.
I removed two auxilary drive belts and bought two new ones. I can't for the life of me remember how the inside belt routes.
The outside belt fits around the alternator and crankshaft pulley. The alternator is located higher up towards the rear of the engine underneath the engine mount bracket and incorporates a manual tensioner.
Now for the problem! The car only has power steering and no Air con. The power steering pump is located towards the front of the engine and the pulley on the pump has a tensioner type bearing located below. The problem is that these two pulleys are on a completely different centreline to any of the other pulleys and I can't remember where the drive pulley was or is located?
Please note the crankshaft pulley does not line up with the centre line of the power steering pulley only that of the alternator pulley,
I have had one idea that I.m missing another attachment pulley that fits behind the crankshaft pulley(one with three bolts on it) but can't find one or remember taking one off.
I hope someone can remember and help me out!
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Hi, i know this post is old but it sounds like we have the same engine setup 306 tu3jp.
Looking at doing cambelt too, my Haynes manual says just to remove the three bolts on the crankshaft pulley (which I can easily turn) to get it off and get to the timing belt covers, remove them and then I can get to the timing belt, I.e. I don't need to touch the big central bolt in the crankshaft pulley.
However I'm not sure if it works as there are two belts and hence effectively two crankshaft pulleys, and I don't have the tools to take the big bolt out if I need too. Same set up as this engine in this thread:
www.saxosportsclub.com/index.php?topic=49304.0
If I need to take this central bolt out to get the timing belt off, i can't, ill have to pay for the garage to do it.
Any help would be great, cheers.
My 20 year old son who's at Uni has been looking for some time for a Focus 1.6 Zetec 3 door in black. After looking at a few he's bought a 2002 car with the climate pack.
He did this himself and as he has a good head on his shoulders I was happy to let him get on with it on the basis he could always phone me for advice - which he often did.
The car he bought has done 88k & my advice to him was it was too high and to pass it by. However, I agreed it was his final decision.
He bought it at what seems to be a long established trader who had sourced the car from a nearby main dealer and came home with it last weekend. Having seen it I am impressed. 2 owners with FSH + invoices. 4 nearly new Firehawk tyres and cambelt, tensioners etc plus waterpump changed April 08 at £496.
Major service Feb 09 £350. Front discs/pads changed in Sep 07
Car came with a new MoT plus all previous ones & the Mot history confirms only problems as being due to tyres.
Seller provided clear HPI check --- my son also did his own to get full protection.
The car has clearly been very well looked after both inside and out and it drives and sounds spot on.
I still feel uneasy about the mileage as it is the highest of all the cars he's looked at. I would be glad to know any views on this --- I understand Focus's are fairly tough cars & if looked after can take high miles. I know nothing is guaranteed but would welcome what will hopefully be re-assurance on this.
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island, your son is obviously an intelligent chap. ifitheps and humph know their stuff. The price is possibly a couple of hundred too steep for an 02 car, being a three door but these cars are in demand and someone would have snapped it up jolly quickly if your son hadn't.
Mine's done approx. 74k on a T-plate (1999, bought in '02) and I absolutely adore it. No rattles, nothing has EVER "gone wrong" with it (apart from the usual wear and tear of course), even from cold it's solid, willing and a joy to drive. The dashboard pastics are a bit rubbish but don't be fooled - it's a tough beast. I even feel a tiny bit guilt when I look at other cars...
Now I'm looking for an upgrade, I'm in no hurry whatsoever. My next car has extraordinarily big shoes to fill.
My friend has just had a crash she lost control in a national speed limit zone and rolled the car.
The tyres and brakes were brand new (fitted last week) could this be a connection? She went against my advice and put the new tyres on the front.
She is ok just suffering from delayed shock, the car has a cracked windscreen not sure what else, the airbags did not deply. She managed to get out the car herself and the fire brigade put the car back onto ground level. The police have told her off and given a producer but it dosn't seem there will be any further action as she was not braking the speed limit.
What is likely to happen in next in terms of the insurance she is fully comp. She says she has learnt a lesson about speed and bends :).
Am I right in thinking the car will be a right off as its too hard to tell for chasis damage?
I am in a bit of shock because this could have been so much worse.
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If she has he same policy as mine (More Than), as soon as the Vectra was declared as write off I had to give it back. Had it been being repaired, I would have kept the courtesy car till my own was repaired and returned.
Walked into the office at the swimming pool where I work and there it was next to the conference table, a real live Deauville. Seriously inconvenient, front wheel hard against a filing cabinet and at risk from coffee being spilt on it. Motorbikes look much much larger when they're indoors, don't they? I recognised the bike as belonging to a regular swimmer who we can refer to as Luke. Luke had experienced enough chest pain to stop him swimming suddenly and trigger off a rescue from our, ahem, talented and ever-alert lifeguards. The bike had been moved from the bike parking area indoors to save it from the local scallies after Luke had left in an ambulance.
Luke lives a short walk away so I went round to his place and found that his neighbour reported that Luke had asked about his bike in the first few seconds of her visit. She had keys to his garage so I opened it up and found it nearly full of Ford Focus; that was a shock; didn't know he had a car. So, after a quick call to my insurers and a lift back to the pool, I found myself astride the Luke's Deauville. Although similar in concept and power to my own 650 V-Strom, it was different in nearly every other possible way. A noisier and much more agricultural engine with vibes to be felt all the time. Mild panic at seeing the ABS light on until I got to 10ish mph. A low seating position and a feeling of unshakeable stability making cornering more of an effort than the V-Strom. Was it the ABS making the front brakes feel like hard work? A nice plush ride and lots of v-twin urge once I had got used to the high first gear and heavy clutch. No wind at all behind the nicely designed screen and a delicious precision feel to the gearbox. A feeling that it would outlast my Suzuki by several decades, but I'm still happy with my choice.
So I arrived at the Focus-filled garage. The bike would have to go sideways and pretty close to the car or the garage door would swipe the screen. No, not that way or the garage door would clout the top box. I wiggled it and shifted it for ages but the top box had to come off. Finally, my assignment complete, I handed the keys to Luke's neighbour, wished Luke a fast recovery and strode home, sweating gently in my leathers. Read more
I know it's a few months after the event, but how is Luke (and his bike)?
John R
Browse
It's acceptable when they're doing it from the back seat of your car!