June 2009
Overtaking the Golf 6 then Focus... Read more
Enjoyed the road test of the Yeti over on AutoTrader, but puzzled by this line:
Date and place tested: July 2009, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
July 2009? Is Stuart Milne the new Doctor Who? Read more
apparently im going to lose my car keys next thursday according to the carrot cards
Hello all,
The clutch appears to work - i.e. not slipping. However it's lumpy when re-enaged making the car difficult to pull away & drive smoothly - and 1st/2nd are harder to get into than 3rd/4th.
I think its the original clutch and the car has done 77k miles.
Is this likely to be the clutch (i've had similar issues with a punto where the springs on the plate had collapsed) or an adjustment thing? I know these have a auto adjusting cable - can anything be/need to be done to that?
help?
James
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oh - does anybody know if these cars have dual mass flywheels (DMF's)?
My son has had starting proplems with this car for sometime but always managed to get it to go eventually. Until yesterday.
He called out the AA and the guy managed to start it but when tying the leads together with a cable tie behind the ignition switch the main wire came off so now he doesn't have any supply at all now. He could then do nothing about it so had to leave it.
I'm going over to see if I can make the connection good in any way possible. Is it a soldered connection or possibly a spade connector into the switch?
I suppose it's likely he may even need a new ignition switch fitted but as he can't move the car we would appreciate any advice please. Read more
Sorry for delay. Thanks again Robin. No joy with it I'm afraid so its going to be transported to an auto electrics garage on Monday.
Less than 4 yr old, 53,000 mile on the clock, recently got error message "insufficient coolant". VW garage (which has always maintained it) advised oil cooler and camshaft needs replacing, £2,500 bill! Considering age & miles, does this seem strange to anyone else? I know very little about cars, however considering warranty is 3 yrs or 60,000 miles, surely these parts are designed to last longer than this? Thanks for your help
{if it's less than 4 yrs old, guessing 2006 for the year then? Got to be closer than 20 which is what it was previously - if incorrect, then please post correct year - DD} Read more
Would one of our France-based contributors mind telling me what a litre of gazole costs these days? We're heading that way tomorrow night and I've still got time to decide whether to travel with a full tank or an empty one.
Much obliged
WdB Read more
You can even have the details of prices emailed to you when they change for each chosen specific filling station along your route by using the itinerary menu on the prix-carburants website - I can get up to 6-7 emails a day letting me know what the price is at any given filling station I would use on my regular route through France which is very helpful.
It rained all day today and my GTI lost its tach on the way home, and the oil light started flashing at the same time.... (I have an oil gauge; the pressure's fine.) The tach reads for a second or two after start up, then quits.
I checked the ground to what used to be the oil sending unit (fine) and the three prong courtesy light door switch per another post about the same problem on a diesel model... nothing.
Anybody know this problem, or what the tach and oil light have in common?
I suspect water is the culprit somehow
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I don't know what the MIL light even is...
It's a picture of an oil can that flashes every two seconds. there's also a loud oil buzzer which is NOT coming on. (I recently replaced the sender with a mechanical oil pump and grounded the sender lead to the block because that annoying buzzer kept coming on)
In any case, the problem fixed itself... not confidence inspiring at all, but I'll take it!
Hi
First post so hello first of all!
Have noticed recently a feint whining noise above 2krpm. Not sure if it started when I was reversing once and the engine laboured due to low revs but is a annoyance never the less. I don't want the usual dealer run around - can't see the problem or say that is normal
It is noticed at higher speeds (50+) on straight runs so no ability to test on corners as this isn't an F1 car
Different topic...
My warranty is to end in a few weeks and am thinking about the renewal but not sure if I will keep the car as it has been the most problematic of any I had tbh but need a 7 seater. Does the extended manufacturer warranty cover disks/pads as they will need changing in a few months? Read more
cam belt or aux (i.e. alternator/coolant pump/power stearing etc) belt sounds like. Does it squeek when the car is first started in the morning?
Best get it checked.
J
Hi chaps,
The Omega is noted for rotting rear wheel arches. But, does anyone have any experience of how much they cost to repair?
Thanks ............... Robert Read more
Having owned 3 leggy old Omegas and hung about on Omega / vx forums for
years I've never heard of problems with rear wheel arches :-/
Agree - In fact after I'd posted I meant to add I didn't think Omega arches were a rust issue - do you mean Carlton?
It`s Summer (maybe) are you still pumping out the pink slime? Or perhaps the blue?.
Or due you flush the bottle out and just have water as a clear, non screen smearing douche for a glass that`s usually rimed in opaque stains.
Did you ever try going into Carlisle and asking for some meths to clean the screen - third degree from the Chemist - only 21 then though... Maybe I looked like I drank it... Read more
Which has reminded me of the immortal lines :- 'I want you to fill that bottle'. 'What,from here?'
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Heck. I've driven the hill route at Millbrook, but at nowhere near those speeds. Unless the video makes it look faster than it actually is.