February 2009
I have a Vauxhall Vectra 2l that runs on both petrol and LPG I have problems with it not starting properly. When it is cold it is fine it starts first time. After I have driven it for a short run to drop the kids off at school and the engine is warmer it struggles to start. It will start after a couple of attempts and holding the ignition on for some time. There is an orange light on my dashboard(looks like a picture of an engine) which stays on whilst on petrol but not whilst on LPG.
Any hints as to what it might be.
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Just watching the BBC news with the fragrant and delectable Fiona Bruce. Sorry, mind wandered off then. Report and film showing a stunt man testing an air bag jacket. Garment connected to bike by a cord and a plug. Jacket inflates in 1/5 of a second and protects the torso and organs . Seemed to work very well.
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Can't help thinking that anyone foolish enough to wear one in a real bikers cafe or other haunt would be running a real risk of being "let off" at some point during the proceedings........
"See that bloke at the bar ? Tenner says you wouldn't pull that cord ! "
"Tenner you say ?" .......
When cruising car runs fine but if you lightly ease off the power car starts juddering. To stop this you take your foot off completly or push down hard. In the second option you get some black smoke out back then car takes off. Anyone any ideas. Read more
Cheers will give it ago. Have also ben told it could be maf so will try all one by one.
On another discussion forum with something to do with heads, there is a 4 month old car advertised /sales/892916.htm which cost 163k and is up for sale, with 1,600 on the clock for 95k. Ouch.
Don't buy a Lamborghini Spyder if you want to save money...
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The Mega-rich have them airfreighted to the factory for service, allegedly!
I see a fair few Mitsubishi Outlanders and the odd Citroen C-Crosser. But I don't think I've ever seen a 4007. There might be one in a Peugeot showroom, of course, but I've not been in one of those for ages.
This is an extreme example but it fits my thoughts on Peugeot at the moment: while Citroen seems to be riding a new wave of confidence and style (although whoever picked the name C-Crosser?), but Peugeot seems to have completely lost its way. There will always be the small cars, I suppose - for those with feet small enough to select a pedal rather than pressing all three - but the 308, 407 and 4007 are so gobsmackingly ugly they would have to be (a) utterly fantastic or (b) free to attract customers away from Ford or VW.
There's another thread here criticizing Renault's design direction, but I think Peugeot has a much worse problem - don't you? Read more
My mate has one. Again its the top of the range diesel, its very nice. However I think that its the ugliest of the Outlander platform cars.
I have a lease with Peugeot & they have called me three times in effort to get me to change before it expires. During the last call I told them that bar the 407 coupe (good looking car with decent kit imho) there isn't a car in their range that I find appealing.
It saddens me to say it as I've consistently had Peugeots for the past 12+ years & I've owned some crackers. I now have a family so my circumstances have altered. But Peugeots have become so dull, uninspiring, stodgy (& plain ugly in some cases) I will driving a different brand shortly.
When people ask me about driving in the USA I usually limit my advice to 'if you get pulled over don't do anything to make the officer nervous'.
Here's a good example of why
tinyurl.com/aeyf66
Police opened fire on an unarmed couple during a routine traffic stop late Tuesday night because one officer "thought he was shot," a high-ranking Salinas Police Department official said Thursday. "He saw what he perceived as a threat and thought he was shot, and based on that both officers discharged their firearms," said Dino Bardoni, commander of investigations.
In spite of that, fortunately,...
No one was hurt in the 11:24 p.m. incident at North Sanborn Road and Freedom Parkway, but the couple's SUV was riddled with bullet holes and its rear window was shattered.
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Not excusing this at all, but the city of Salinas has some real problems with violent crime, gang violence and unemployment.
Hi
I know this may sound like a stupid question but i have recently been given a 98 VW polo. Yesterday i came to fill it up and couldn't get the petrol cap off.
Is there a special way of getting this off, which I haven't heard of? Looks straight forward - unlock (manually) and turn?!
Someone help! The petrol light is on and i have no way of getting in to fill it up!
Thanks
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Many cars now have a torque setting on the fuel cap. You turn it until it clicks, presumably to ensure the gasket seats adequately to perform a decent seal with the filler neck.
I find it quite difficult to undo some of these caps (arthritis).
Get a gorilla to give it a go! ;>)
Have had intermittent power loss in my Expert van for several months now, originally started one day whilst driving in very wet conditions. Usually this van/engine combination has plenty of power upto about 90MPH and right through the gears. When the condition occurs it is only capable of about 70MPH and then only if you keep the revs high. It also becomes very sluggish through the gears.
The condition now appears to be there permanently.
Over several weeks I have replaced MAF and diaphragm. I have also replaced return pipe in fuel line as all these required replacement. Each time these seemed to cure/help the problem for a limited period of time.
I have had the fault codes read several times which helped with diagnosing the parts already replaced but yesterday the code displayed was:
Diagnose Code ( 000246 Relay A Of Turbocompressor Exhaust Valve
I have no idea what this means. Can anyone help?? Read more
I just thought I would mention: I own my car!
After 37 months and 83k miles, I've actually finished paying for my car. In celebration, and so I don't get complacent, the auto bit of the drivers window has stopped working; fortunately, as I extended the warranty, this last bit of mischief on its part has fallen flat. :-)
Not that I'd anthropomorphosise a car obviously. Read more
Tut tut, Gordon. That's really not playing the game, old boy. You're supposed to look at your car and think, "I can't be doing with this tatty old thing any more. I must get me down to Mr Honda's shiny shop, use what's left as a deposit on a new one and begin the whole sorry cycle all over again."
Ahem, sorry. What I meant to say was, "Congratulations!"
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fault is an intermittent one
when I turn ignition key to start engine I get nothing not even a click this can go on for sometime until eventually when I turn key it starts, this happens generally first thing in morning then ok for rest of day any ideas please?
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Usual problems with these are poor connections to either the battery terminals or the starter motor.hth
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Just checked my 98MY lovely green Vectra 2.0; yes it is the 16 pin connector as per your link above, only difference on my car at least is that that the socket is the other way round i.e. the pins 1-8 row is nearest the driver with pin 1 nearest the front of the car.
I'd check the codes with ignition on engine off, you may get crank and cam sensor codes anyway under this condition, doesn't necessarily mean they're broke.