February 2009
This is a bit of a strange one and I don't know if anyone will even be interested, but here goes!
I have fitted a s14 200sx engine and gear box into an e30 bmw, in the nissan everything ran fine, I have put everything in the bm including the full wiring harnes. When I start the car with the afm disconnected it will rev fine up to 2500 where it seems to hit a rev limiter, as soon as I reconnect the the afm it struggles to idle and won't rev at all. Does this sound like the afm has been damaged in storage? The two wires in the afm look in tact.
Please someone help.
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Hi,
Just bought a 58 reg Zafira life, but am worried about the lack of a spare wheel.
If I go hunting around the scrapyards - What other VX models use the same rim. I suspect the Vectra C? but am looking for confirmation
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Evening all, great forum.
Have a small problem...
Had my eyes on an A6 3.0 TDi quattro for a little while and finally found one (2005 model) at a franchised garage.
Asked all the usual and model specific questions I could find including the obvious does it have a full history, to which the reply was, yes, we'll do a computer printout of all the work that has been done.
Fine thought I. Picked it up last week, went away for the weekend and I took a quick look at the service details. According to the book the first service was done at 48k, just before I picked it up.
Now, this raises a few questions for me I'd appreciate some pointers on;
1. Providing this is true, can I reject the car (it is an Audi Approved vehicle)?
2. What sort of damage might have been done by only just having been serviced after 3.5 years and 50k?
Any ideas?
Will be speaking to them tomorrow...
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I have a slight problem with the central locking/alarm on my Corolla 1994 1.6Gli.
It has an optional toyta alarm system, specified as an extra when the car was new by the original owner.
When the weather is cold, usually below 5C when I unlock the car from the drivers door (only this door operates the central locking//alarm), the central locking often will not unlock the other doors, and the alarm goes off when I open the drivers door.
Sometimes the central locking opens, but the alarm doesn't switch off......
Central locking works fine from inside the car - using the dashboard locking switch, so doesn't appear to be a fault in the solenoids operating the locks.
I have tried the usual WD-40 into the drivers lock which sometimes sorts it out, but the problem regularly returns after a day or two, and often it doesn't cure it.
unusually it NEVER does it when the temp is above about 5C - so only on coldest days of winter, never in summer. It doesn't seem to be affected by rain.... just exterior temp.
I am not v. popular with neighbours etc. with young babies with the alarm going off if I open the car at night, and there is no way of locking the car without switching the alarm on as well that i can see.
Clearly the central locking and alrm are linked, but where do I start sorting this prob out.
Is it a new lock barrel, or is there something else in the drivers door to do withthe centrallocking I should be stripping out and lubricating/cleaning ?
Haynes manual does not give any info on the alarm (it is a re-write of US model manual, so some stuff isnot covered)
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I have a March 2008 Fiesta Blue with only 6000 miles on. There is a knocking noise when I turn the wheel mostly "hard lock". The problem is it doesnt do it all the time and it mostly does it from cold. When I took it to the main dealer they said they needed to hear and wait until it is doing it all the time so they can identify it but I am getting worried and dont know what to do
Can anyone please help me?
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My Focus TDCi barely gets warm on my 12-mile commute in this weather.
So I've just covered the radiator grille with bodge tape in an effort to reduce the throughput of air.
Do you think it will make any difference?
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...diesels run cooler than petrols...
If I open the bonnet of my 1.8 diesel Focus after a good run, I can't feel much heat.
Do the same on my brother's 1.8 petrol Civic and the heat hits you.
In that sense, diesels run cooler than petrols.
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This story already made it into the Mr Angry thread...www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?f=2&t=71...5
Hi All
I would really appreciate some advice, last night while driving home my battery light started to flicker and my headlights went really dull then bright again all the way home.
When i got home i stopped the car then started it again and it started no problem so i must be getting some charge through to the battery.
I checked the battery today with a voltage meter and with all the electrics on i was getting readings between 11.6 - 13.2 and with all the electrics off i was getting about 13.0 - 13.7 =. the light flickers away all the time and it dosen't make any difference whether your not using any electrics or you have everything on.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks in advance,
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Thanks very much for all your replys i will check out all the wiring and earths tomorrow, im hoping that is the cause as that will definatley be the cheaper solution,
failing that then it looks like time for a new batt and alternator, im not looking forward to crawling about under my car in this weather..lol
cheers guys
Just wondering if any of you's guys have ever encountered anything like this,having replaced the front disc's and pad s the week prior I am now left with a non-running vehicle,which gives me all the faults displays,but points to there being a fault in the abs system,it will turn over but not start and does not display the glow plug light in the display when the ignition is turned on,Everyone I have consulted says this has to be taken to a dealer for diagnosis.how does it go from a running vehicle to a breakdown with no prior warning,the audi dealer at which it presently is have placed it on their machine and comeback saying it will not communicate with there computer,surely this was the aim of these machines to narrow problem down,their now telling me it could possibly require a few hrs labour to issolate the problem,no guarantees.where do I go from here????????
so much for audi reliability and customer satisfaction!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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>>In relation to your corrosion issue don't know how they can dispute it when they give a 12 yrs corrosion guarantee
Neither do I - They have said its due to stone chips in the front wings! Bearing in mind it has a full service history, never been in an accident (its been family owned since it had 8 miles on the clock) and is galvanised is a mystery. I have given up as getting rid soon anyway.
Regarding the wipers - the wiper mechanism seizes up and stops them working - usually starts by sweeping very slowly and then stopping altogether. Common on Passats as well according to the local VAG independant - he recons he does about 5 a week!
Petrol Engine
The car has a very tricky to read dipstick but anyway, having used the car about 3 hours ago the dipstick now reads about 2-3mm too high having topped up yesterday. Any issues?
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Thanks for that.
Browse
I'd be straight back to the dealers, politely but firmly asking to speak to the dealer principal to get this resolved one way or the other. It clearly doesn't have the history you were led to believe it has, unless they can produce something othewise. Have you got the V5 back? If so, contact the previous owner and find out what they have to say about it.
Good Luck