July 2009
hello
car misfiring on 2nd cylinder (intermitent) suspect coil pack
How much is a coil pack and leads from ford or buy one from ebay ?
Any other faults which may cause misfire ?
Hard or easy to fit new one ?
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Due to road changes, several sets of traffic lights and pedestrian crossings in my area have been renewed and each supplied with about 6 cameras. Some of these point down at the crossing, some up and down the road. What are they for? Read more
Infrared sensors so that the crossing will ignore the stupid kids(and adults)who push the buttons
as they walk past and the delay in changing the lights after pressing the button
will be affected by the amount of traffic.
Isn't it an offence to obstruct traffic? Many years ago a friend of mine was done for driving through a red light on a pedestrian crossing after an oik walked past and pressed the button. The police saw what had happened but weren't interested in stopping the pedestrian. Hmmm.
Not police bashing but obviously the motorist is an ATM and the pedestrian was probably on benefits smoking roll ups
I jave just called the dealer that we bought the car off last November and they are wanting to charge £194 for its first service.
The car was registered in July but we bought it in November with 8 miles on it. It is now due its service for time rather than miles as it has only done 8,000.
I asked them what they were going to be doing for £194 as I think that is very expensive for a first service and they said they would change the oil/filter, air filter, clean brakes and replace the spark plugs.
Why do plugs need changing after 8,000 miles? I have never had plugs changed every year and certainly not after that mileage.
Does this sound right? I might ring another dealer on Monday! Read more
My 307 has had 4 annual/12K main dealer services and they have never been over £200 even including a list price MOT (£55). Well pleased, so far. Mind you I haven't yet had any £25/litre EOLYS or a DPS service!
Can anybody help?
Recently my two and a half year old Vectra's air-con packed up.
It is completely standard 07 plate SRI cdti 150 with @ 32,000 miles.
I 'phoned the local Vauxhall garage & booked the car in to be looked at under warranty.
They told me that the compressor condenser needed replacing, and that the part and labour would be covered under the original 3 year warranty.
The garage order the part and when it arrived I took the Vectra in to the garage. Two hours later, they 'phoned me saying that having removed the condenser, they found that it was "stone damaged" and that Vauxhall would not cover the repair under the warranty.
The cost was £352, which I have paid.
Have I been had? - if so, what can I do? - if anything.
Thanks,
Phil
{incorrect word replaced with correct one - DD}
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Good point well made.
There are thousands of components in a car. If every one were to be made bulletproof, the car would be so heavy that it would not be able to get out of its own way-and it would be prohibitively expensive to boot.
Hi
My Astra Design (06) has a intermittent starting problem. More often than not it starts on the button, but occasionally, normally when warm, it will take a good 5 seconds of turning to start, then splutter into life. I have been informed it smells of petrol when it does - which figures!
Any ideas? The intermittent thing leads me towards a sensor or something, rather than any regular service item?
Cheers
Dave
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bigtee - No I don't touch the throttle at all. Just turn the key and wait. When it is normal it fires instantly. When is it being slow it will take 5 secs, and then when it fires it will 'chug' a little into life- maybe like its a bit flooded temporarily or something. Clears almost instantly though.
I would like some advice on the following.
Approximately 18 months ago I bought a second hand Vauxhall Astra. The car was a 2006 model and still had some manufacturers warranty on it.
My car has run well from the day that I got it and I have been very happy with it, I have kept the car maintained to the highest standards although I have not used Vauxhall for any servicing. Last year whilst the car was still under warranty my oil light came on, when I checked the level the oil was fine.
I took my car to Vauxhall who gave the car a clean bill of health.
On Sunday whilst travelling home my oil light came one. I pulled over and checked that my car had sufficient oil, the oil was halfway up the dipstick so I turned the engine on again. The light went out and I continued my journey, about ten minutes later there was a loud bang and my car broke down, I had to be towed from the motorway and then have the car towed from the depot to the nearest Vauxhall dealer. This cost me £150 and £100 respectively.
I was obviously very unhappy that my car had broken down so contacted GM head office who told me that the dealer I had towed it to would investigate it for me, they have came back and said that the issue was due to the car being run with no oil.
They also state that I had to pay for their time investigating the problem.
They then also claimed that the works will cost me apx £4000 as I need a complete new engine. The car is 3 years and 3 months old so according to GM I am out of warranty, the car has only covered about 38,000 miles. Even though I am technically out of warranty I believe a car should last more than 38,000 miles.
I am very disappointed that my car has not lasted as long as I anticipated, when I informed GM of this they claimed that the damage was caused by no oil and that I was negligent.
I know that I have looked after the car and immediately before the incident it had enough oil. I also took the car to Vauxhall with a very similar problem whilst it was under warranty and nothing was done about it (They informed me it was fine!)
Is it worth me pursuing this as it is pretty much their word against mine, I cannot prove that I check the oil before long journeys which they are stating is the car of the damage.
I cannot afford the repair bill or a new car, please help.
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Thanks captain zetec, anywhere that I can find this information out . . i.e how can I know it is a saab engine?
My wife has a ten year old Honda Shuttle (2.3 VTEC). She always puts in the cheapest petrol and was quite cross when I treated the motor to Super Unleaded fuel. But isn't better fuel supposed to help old engines? Can anyone explain the technical difference that justifies the price difference in the petrol? Cheers Read more
My test of the quality of fuel is the run up the A3 onto the Hoggs Back at Guildford.
If I have good fuel I can poodle up at 55 ish in 5th gear, if the fuel is poor quality I have to downshift to 4th.
What HJ says is correct, the biggest difference I can detect is the improved torque at low revs.
MVP
I checked every fuse in the car and none are blown. The bulbs are still in good condition. The only thing I can think of is the wire connection to the bulb in the tail gate is loose or disconnected. I don't close the boot hard but could this be the problem?
I've had 3 fuses blown in past year - central locking, elect windows, rear lights but I checked every one today and they are OK. Is there any thing else I can check or should I open up the tail gate and check the connection? Read more
"Following the wiring to a break" presumably means he's going to trace the wiring back through the car from the light unit until he finds a break in the circuit.
As you may have seen in technical, a problem with my washers turned out to be green jellified algae at the washer pump. I was 'comforted' by the news that BMWs suffer the same problem........
Any ideas for the reasons it appears and how you stop it forming? Read more
A few drops of ordinary household disinfectant (no more than a teaspoonful max) will do the trick, added to a full bottle.
My daughter was in a very narrow street in town and had to back up to let someone coming in the opposite direction come down the road. Unfortunately she backed into a parked car and made a small dent in it - no damage to her car. The parked car was on double yellow lines under a sign saying 'no stopping at any time'. Is she liable for the damage? She doesn't want to go via insurance company as she has a large excess anyway as a young driver. Read more
Hello Mum, so glad to hear your daughter did the decent thing, you can be proud of that. The lesson she has learned here is that there is always an alkward, devious customer out there on the make or ungracious enough to accept that accidents do occur and it is how they are dealt with that counts. I did get the impression from your first post that you were looking for a little 'wiggle' room because of the parked car and I apologise for that. But as you accept it is irrelevant to the collision. I am sorry you are having to deal with such a charmless nerd. If I were you I would write to him recorded delivery, keeping a copy, and inform him that he is in the very fortunate position of having someone who is taking resposibility for their actions and is prepared to restore his car to the condition it was in just prior to the collision. Furthermore if he is not prepared to be civil and polite in any future communications either written or verbal then all communication will cease and you will be compelled to take the neccessary action to ensure this. Practically, there is little you can do but he probably does not know that and it may shock him into being more accommodating. Legally though you do not have to deal with people who are rude and abusive and quite within your rights to refuse to. The beauty about doing the 'right thing' is you have now offered restitution so you are now virtually fireproof. He has to come to you, and be nice, or he things don't proceed. You have all the Aces. You didn't want a quiet life anyway, did you? Again, best of luck. Concrete
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I found the leads from Ford to be as cheap as those from Halfords. Cured a single cylinder occasional misfire on the 2-year old Bosch silicons!
The coil pack will definitely be a different story though.