May 2009
My Skoda owning friend, who is very happy with his 1.8T 4X4, says he wants to get another one, this time a diesel, to keep at his house in Croatia. He has found an 03 1.9 TDi from the same specialist garage (clearly an excellent place) that supplied the T, fsh and clean as a whistle but nearly 100,000 miles.
Is the 1.9 Tdi unit decently solid or not? I doubt if the car has a DPF, but does it have one of these absurdly fragile dual mass flywheels, and is there any risk of the fuel pump going? It will spend quite a lot of time not being used, and most of the use it gets will be pootling.
I've promised to call him later today so if anyone has an opinion... Read more
Hi,
just put a new cambelt on my 306, it bent two valves as it snapped, I removed the head myself, and put in the two new valves.
I did not have a manual and did not know anything about the cylinder liners. Consequently, i turned over the engine (spanner on end of crank) with the head off and one of the liners popped up slightly, resulting in coolant disappearing down the sump i think. I was very careful when turning the engine over again to make sure that i held the liners down.
I have put everything back together, drained the oil. refillied with oil.
CAr strarts o.k. and runs but there is a lot of water still in oil. I have run engine flush in the oil and will drain again today. to see if there is any improvement.
Is there any other way of knowing whether i have disturbed the seal in the liner without taking apart again ?
Do I have to remove the sump, pistons, then liners, and have to reseat them ?
I cant find any good pictures of liners to see where the seal is and how i could have disturbed it.
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hi,
Thanks for your help, I have the car running. Oil does seem a little better. I have a problem now that the car seems to be fluffing (Chuffing sound) through the exhaust. Timing has been rechecked and is still correct. I have checked compression and that is 200 PSI on all cylinders. Valve clearances checked. Spark plugs seem very sooty, and generally the idle is not very good. Any clues on what i can do next to remedy this. Plugs have been cleaned all leads seem in good condition and are sparking correctly.... Could I have disturbed one of the sensors, or have a vaccuum leaks ? How do I check this ?
Any ideas on poor idle. I have time to clean/ check Inlet system / injectors do you think this will help....?
THanks Alun
my vectra started to flash the engine management light the other day net day i started the car there was no power and the and it was very very sluggish i red a few forums and it said i should get it code read i have now done this and the error came up saying
booster valve voltage high
problem is it was a friends reader we used and i have been trying for a few days to find what could be the fault and how to go about fixing it
is there any one out there that can help me sort this problem i know a mechanic but hes quite new to the game and tells me if i can find out what needs doing he will sort it out i tried the paper clip trick but didnt have it and have tried clearing the error via the reader but to no avail
please please some one help me its a 2001 2.0l dti vectra facelift model
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Yes I totally agree, but try and use your Brain to get the Management Light to go out!
Hi. I have a 307 SW HDI 110 on a 52 plate
I have a problem with the drivers window which I hope is easy to resolve
As it was a hot day I left the car with the drivers window slightly open but with the locks on. When I started the car, the window wound down and stayed in any position but when I tried to close it, it would close then reopen to the point it had been previously left - almost as if it was programmed. Even with the key control all other windows will close but the drivers closes than reopens.
I can't find anything in the manuals about this or in previous posts. Has anybody else had a similar problem and if so how did you resolve it? Would it clear if I disconnected the battery for a couple of seconds or would this create other problems?
Any advice would be helpful
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Allan Read more
This should fix the problem but disconnect the positive end for at least 3 mins. Then reconnect and leave for three mins, then start it. Your window should then be open and closed fully at least once
I try to replace the fuel filter and leak off pipe for my zafira diesel 51 reg. after that do i need to prime the fuel line. if needed how its done.because i had a starting problem in cold condition. i check the glow plug . that is ok .need to crank for a long time to start. after that it start with bit white smoke.Thanks Read more
hi the system is a self bleed fit pipes and filter switch on and start
hello there, i own a e46 330i year 2000,4 door salon,since i bought the car 3 weeks ago there has been a problem with the windscreen wipers,the first notch on the stalk is meant to be auto mode(rain sensitive),the wipers just sweep the screen,they seem to work ok on the faster settings and the headlight washers work,my previous car a e36 325i,wipers had a thing where when you stop the wipers stopped and restarted when you set off again,should the e46 do this as they just sweep regardless of moving or stopping?
i took it in to a garage who said i need a new wiper motor? how can this be as the wipers do work??
i have posted this on three bmw sites and have had no answers yet,can anyone help me out there please!!! Read more
hello,yes had a new windscreen fitted by auto glass,this fault was there before new screen and has not affected the function of the wipers(exactly the same as previous),today i took out the 15 amp fuse thats in the glovebox fuse box thats marked up as the rain sensor fuse,i heard of somebody doing this and having control over the intermitent setting,nothing changed so that rules out the sensor?perhaps the garage might be correct in saying a new wiper motor would be the cure,i still dont understand this as the wipers do work but just not on intermitent and they do not adjust on the roller switch on the stalk??!
any more advise or things maybe to test before biting the bullet and taking to the dealers/bmw! again thanks.
{please note, the word dealers starts with 'd' and not 'st' ;o) }
For 30 years or more I have driven a company car doing high business mileage and liked the security and peace of mind on costs, despite ever increasing benefit in kind taxation. Recently some friends in similar jobs have switched to privately owned cars and say I should do the same.
The principle is that my employer increases my salary (I am a basic rate tax payer) by the same amount as the current cost to them of the contract hire, fuel, insurance etc, so they are no worse off. I run my own car and can then also claim the mileage against income tax which friends have worked out would be about £9000 a yr. based on my 30,000 buisness miles p.a. I know I have to do this at the end of the tax year by claim.
I currently drive a Skoda Octavia 1.9 diesel and would look to buy a direct replacement or similar. My annnual mileage is about 35,000 total and 30,000 is for work.
Any advice on the financial sense of this and how practical it is from those who may have made this change is welcomed, as a the current car is coming to the end of the contract period and a decision 'point' is available . Read more
Apologies if this factor has already been discussed. In the current uncertainty many people are being suddenly and unexpectedly made redundant. It happened to a friend of mine recently. He had a company car which of course disappeared with the job.
another side to it Humph. Your friend could have been landed with a lease/loan payment charge each month, which he wouldn't be able to afford with no job. At least with the company car set up he could give it back with nothing hanging over his head and make do with public transport for a while, however inconvenient.
Previewed on BBC 6pm news yesterday:
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/whos_watching_you/8...m
The existing cameras which use ANPR to log/store journeys will soon all be linked to a central computer. Information Commissioner says "We are not actively monitoring that area. You're right to ask the question. No one's checking it at the moment".
"The police themselves say they have nothing to hide and would welcome the introduction of a regulatory code."
Personally I don't worry too much about this sort of thing, and I'm more interested in the technology they use and how they manage to store all that (mostly useless) information. But I can see why people are concerned.
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The security services were so stretched that they didn't pick up on the 7/7 bombers. What on earth makes anyone here think that they are going to pick up on someone sitting outside a butchers shop?
Let's be a bit more forensic. I have never read so much drivel in a long, long time as I have read here.
Hi, i have an 97 Escort Estate TDI (think it's 1.8).
The performance is excellent and I'm getting between 50 and 58 mph on long runs between Riga and Cesis in Latvia.
However, every so often it "coughs" or hesitates. After this, it carries on as normal. All other performance is fine, expect it has (as a result of one of these coughs, cut out about 3 times when standing still).
If it was a petrol engine, I'd say I had an intermittent ignition problem, but I'm not all that familiar with diesels.
Don't think it would be the fuel distibution pump or an injector, or it would happen more often. Could it be a fuel filter maybe ?
Any help or guideance would be much appreciated from you diesel speciallists :-)
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Priming pump is a stand alone unit, which when pumped, draws the deisel up the fuel lines to the diesel pump at a pressure.
It aint connected to either the camshaft or any belts, just bolted to a bracket on the side of the engine, with 2 snapfit fuel pipes.
I bought one yesterday and it cost just over 72 quid with vat.
I have a similar problem but this did not solve my fault, i now have slight fuel leak coming from the snapfit pipe on the main feed from the primer pump to the diesel pump, which i think is allowing air to enter the fuel system overnight, causing erratic starting and running when cold. I have ordered replacement main feed fuel pipe and hope this sorts it out.
My symptoms are trouble starting when stood overnight, slight white/grey smoke, erratic idling and loss of power, however after a short run, when hot it runs great.
I have replaced primer pump, glow plugs fuel and air filter, so hoping its the leaking fuel line.
Any other ideas ??
i have a ten year old car which qauiifys under scrappage scheme.my problem is my mot expires on 19th may,as you cant place your order untill 18th may is this going to be a problem? im aware you can pre order now which i intend doing, however the garage wont able to procces order until 18th may.i set up a deal with a garage for this scheme only for them at the last minute to say i needed another mot.the way i read it on direct.gov.com is as long as deal is procesed on 18th may my mot will qualify me. Read more
Just my luck that I decided to chop in my Mondeo this time last year for a brand new car, got £300 for it....oh well.
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Thanks to everyone for this. I think he is buying the car.