May 2009
Hi,
I'm after a rear wiper motor for my poorly pug - Mot in a month and rear wiper motor is completely knacked. It's a bosch part ADO12V 0390 201 545. Can't find a breaker anywhere near me who has one available - can only find online breaker at near new price.
This is wiper motor where the washer jet is integrated with the motor. Does anyone know if this is fitted to any other makes/models??? Not seen it anywhere but need to get it sorted, Mot in a month.
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Hi,
I was driving up the M40 last night when the car started to have some problems and the engine management light came on.
In the preceding 50 miles I'd felt a slight hesitation from the engine but suddenly the engine stuttered and felt like it was misfiring, I lost all power and had to pull over to the hard shoulder.
A few seconds later I had power again and gradually wound up my speed to around 50 and made for the nearest exit which went fine and I was able to pull off.
As luck would have it, as I joined the road at the Gaydon junction, an AA van pulled out in front of me, I flashed my lights at him and he kindly pulled over and had a quick look. His engine management code reader pulled fault code along the lines of 'Camshaft Position Sensor' I didn't think to note the number or the exact text, but it was definitely a camshaft code.
He reset the code and I was able to continue for another 30 mins before the fault re-appeared but by this time I was only a few miles form my destination and so decided to carry on.
So my question is, how big a job, in terms of cost and time, is it to replace the camshaft sensor? I'm assuming that there actually is a fault and it needs replacing, but maybe I'll be lucky and it's just a loose connection or some other transient fault.
Also I'd like to say a huge thanks to the AA patrol guy who kindly stopped and spent 15 minutes to tell me what the fault was and to put my mind at rest that I'd be able to limp the remaining distance to my destination. Not that he'll ever read this, but he was a great advert for the AA!
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Fixed yesterday.
Turned out to be a loose connection, car now running fine and no OBD codes or engine management light to be seen.
I have a vauxhall astra, which has had two new EGR valves in as many years - the car appears to have the same fault (cutting out unexpectedly) again, is this normal?
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my son has very similar car, similar problem, he had his isolated by local dealer, but it didn't seem to correct itself, but then weeks later it mysteriously righted itself! so I'm a bit unsure if to go that way or not! thanks for the the reply tho
I recently purchased a copy of 'Roadcraft', the highly rated police driver's handbook with a view to becoming a better and safer driver. I had also shortlisted a Telegraph publication called 'How to be a Better Driver' or something similar but was advised against it as it tended to focus on physical car control rather than real-world situations. Having read 'Roadcraft' I can now safely say that I wish I'd bought the Telegraph publication instead.
As somebody with a moderate enthusiasm for motoring, I drive by feeling and understanding what is going on underneath me and applying that to the situation in hand. I do not need to be told about abstract 'mental processes' and the merits of 'push-pull' steering.
I feel that if you learn how to drive properly and have an understanding of the physics going on underneath you, everything else falls into place. I recommend learning real car control at a racing circuit over the pedantic nonsense found in 'Roadcraft'.
Without meaning to come over all Mr X, I feel that the police drivers would be better off learning more about the physics of car control than the stuff that is taught in 'Roadcraft'. The current system seems to instill a rather wooden driving style. Read more
Heel and toeing is as outmoded as double-declutching. You have to move with the times!
MULTIPLE ID's.
How are these monitored and prevented - are they even checked for?
Has consideration been given to IP addresses being shown, as other forums do to increase security and prevent individuals from having multiple ID's on HJ and answering their own questions/fuelling debates? Read more
I was here first :-)
And I'm locking this thread as I see no need or point to the discussion.
hi can anybody help me its doing my head in keep losing rev counter and loss of power changed all the filters thought it may have been fuel filter clogged but no its doing it can anybody help please Read more
This happened to me at the weekend.When I looked around the engine compartment I found a split hose going into the EGR electric pump thing behind the battery. Piece of gaffer tape sealed it.It also took off the management light and gave me my power back. Got me home no problems. Now I've replaced the thin rubber 90 degree bend. Must have saved me a small fortune finding the split !
Totalled a rear door on the jalopy. Assume if we claim on the insurance - our fault entirely, no-one else involved - we'll pay for it at renewal, so paying ourselves.
What sort of price, would you say?
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...It took me less than 10 minutes to fit it...
Hats off to the oily one.
I say this having struggled with spacers, restraining strap pins, central locking/leccy window wiring, all while supporting said door on a trolley jack.
Hi,
I recently bought a 1998 ka3. Only done 35k one prev owner and has every piece of service/repair history you could think of.
However, in the week i have had it its as stalled when the clutch is depressed 3 times when either stationary or changing down a gear. Having done some reading on here and other forums a common theory is the Idle control valve. I took the car back to the dealer i bought if from today, they road had it on a rolling road, ran all kinds of tests but couldnt find anything wrong. They did clean the ICV but i did this last week and it hasnt fixed the problem.
I have read that there was TSB issued for the early ka's, i havent been able to find a copy online i beleive its TSB 095/200.
Does anyone know how i could get a copy of this or get something i can take with me to the dealers if this happens again. I have got 6 months warranty on the car, problem is it came from a nissan dealership not ford so they are not familiar with the ford engine.
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Here is an easy to do job that may do the trick.At the end of the Icv where the 2 pin connector is located , is some white silicone compound.Cut it away to reveal a large crosshead screw.adjust it either c/wise or anti c/wise about 1/4 turn at a time ,drive the car and see if there is any improvement.If it is worse,then the adjustment needs to go the other way.Worth a try.hth
I don't think we've done this one recently, so here goes.
Why oh why do people feel the need to put two wheels up on the pavement when parking on a road which is obviously wide enough for them not to? Seems to be mainly younger drivers, but not exclusively. I'd guess it's mainly visitors to the parade of shops, but not exclusively.
We're talking here about a residential road, the one I live in. It's not really bothered me until the last week or so when I've been walking to the newsagent for the paper (now that I'm unemployed!!). It's a wide pavement and they take over half of it.
I'm not going to bother citing the prams, pushchairs, wheelchairs arguments - it's hard enough just to walk past.
Anyway, I have a cunning method of dealing with it. I cross over. :-) Does anyone have any better ideas (not including keying cars, breaking wing mirrors etc)
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The simple answer is that more people have cars than the roads were ever designed for.
If you really want to see on-street parking at its worst, take a trip to Wales and go up the valleys. Garages are virtually non-existent, and owing to the topography of the area there is little scope for off-road parking. Add to this that most of the houses are narrow terraces, and you get a situation where (especially on Fridays) it's an absolute nightmare. I deliver to pet shops in Treorchy and Porth on a Friday and I have to allow at least an extra hour if those two drops are on my lorry. Give me the mountain roads any day, far less traffic!
Hi Moulder,
The one you saw on e-bay, is it this item no "120427864664". If so thank you anyway but that is the Valeo version with different connectors and not the part I'm after.
Thanks anyway
RM