August 2009
I am considering buying a Previa that has been miss fueled (petrol > diesel) according the dealer printout. Is this a reason not to buy ie. does it cause long term engine problems ? Read more
I have just purchased an old but reasonably well maintained 1.6i Volvo 440 SE. The mileage is now 54k which looks genuine.
There are a lot of main dealer service stamps in the book but I can find no reference to the cambelt change.
Can somebody tell me when it was/is due and how much it would be for a replacement at a good independent garage?
How easy would it be to do it by myself? Access to the cambelt area looks very restricted!
I assume that the cambelt also drives the water pump? Any history of problems with these engines?
Lastly I notice an auxiliary water pump, (electrically driven) on the heater side of the cooling system. What is this for? The car has no air conditioning and this item looks kind of strange, (to my eyes!).
Thanks for your replies.
Q.
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Thanks for that.
Does anybody have an idea how much a belt change would be?
Thanks, Q.
Hello all,
A quick one I hope! Is there a definative source for flywheel marks for ignition timing information for these cars? (Picture's would be handy) The Bentley ones don't seem to match my car. I wonder if the US/UK ones where differently marked?
Otherwise is it valid to work it out by measuring the cam angle x2 to get the crank angle? (x2 because the cam rotates twice per crank rotation). I.e. measure 12 deg's for a 6 deg BTDC angle?
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the cam rotates twice per crank rotation
Er, no. It's the other way round.
changing 690,000 window switches,just off to work dear see you in 2139
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No Hand Signals - it's a Toyota.
Anyone else having problems.
When I went to Backroom I got in the centre of the page a long black column headed cars for sale on the right, and a shorter red column to the left. Had to keep going back to the Back Room heading, and then got to Discussion.
The same thing has happened when I have clicked on one of the headinhgs. This has happened three or four times. Read more
Thanks we know about it. Rob is contacting the site people.
Rob (the other one)
I`m presenting the pic of the 1.9D again for a new test of detective work by the technically interested.
It seems (not 100% sure)a bodge to me and there`s evidence of it if you click and expand the photo up to full size.
It`s not the EGR blanking plate - it`s visible not hidden.
I was going to present this as a straight technical debate on the issue but thought if it gives a little interest, why not do this first?
Half marks for identifying it. Full marks for explaining why it may have been a less than satisfactory job.
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The court entertainer, AKA jester, should be free from harm as he attempts amusement.. ;-)
I`ve considered the (hot) coolant reservoir and having a go at me for choosing a Fiat (engine) and attempted to address these points in my original image link - In my first post in this thread.
All images in all recent threads will be deleted shortly - to make way for new `entertainment`
oilrag
What's the present price of 95 unleaded in the UK? We arrive Wednesday morning for a brief visit and I'd like to know whether to do what I did earlier this summer, ie wait to fill up until we get off the boat.
At the moment its about 1.25 euros a litre in France - roughly 1.07 sterling.
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Looks like a system error - Rob's got it in hand
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Hi
Recently bought a use vw polo 1.4cl 1995.
Was running ok but now car seems to judder when accelerating in all gears and sometimes feels like it will cut out. However it has not. Yet. It starts every time and the problem only really happens when engine warms up. Happens more when tank low on petrol. Has been recently serviced with all new parts. Thought problem was sparks which were really worn but still persists with new sparks.
Also engine makes a 'put' 'put' sound even on stand still and while driving and when the car judders also can hear slight mis/backfiring.
Its my first car so not really an expert on cars. Please can someone put their finger on the problem?
Help would be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks Bell boy..i did read another post and thought maybe some carb cleaner may do the trick...ill take it down to a garage and get them to look at it. most people i have spoken to have narrowed it down to either the dis cap or the carb, but thanks anyway.
At the popham airfield bike show yesterday, I was amazed by a Kawasaki V12 - made from a kawasaki 1300 straight-6 with an additional block.
I couldn't figure out how the exhaust exited from the rear blcok - and I didn't hear it running.
I think the same guy has previously built a kawasaki V8 - from two 750 straight-4 blocks.
I did hear this runnig at Beaulieu, and thought that was very impressive.
I know other road going V8s (e.g. the Boss Hog !) have been built, but I've not seen any other road-legal V12 bikes.
I wish I had the engineering capability - I'd love to put a small capacity V12 or V8 into an Elise ! I prefer my bikes to be V-twins.
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Yes, the builder is a bloke called Allan Millyard, well known in classic circles for making incredible engines.
There was a lengthy article and a road test of the bike in Classic & Motorcycle Mechanics in 2005. To make the V12 crank, he had new master / slave conrods fabricated with a secondary rod and big-end forked off the main rod. Huge issues with camshaft timing etc too.
The exhausts for the rear bank are siamesed into the pipes from the front bank, under the engine.
In contrast the Kwak V8 was relatively simple, he just milled the rods so that a pair would sit side by side on the same crankpin, and turned up some offset liners for the cylinders.
Simple, did I say? It absolutely boggles the mind.
He started out by making 4, 5 and 7-cylinder variants of the Kawasaki 2-stroke triples.
Hi everyone,
I have a VW Touran 2.0 TDI SE, 2008 58 plate that I bought last October at the height of the discounted offers available through the various internet brokers. It is in black metallic and I optioned a few extras such as rear sensors, 17" alloys, MF leather steering wheel, winter pack, convenience pack, leather seats, 3 services free package, etc. I paid £19k in total. 6 months ago I also had the factory fit sat-nav system fitted (RNS510) at a fraction of the cost it fitted originally, once I sold on my RCD510 that was in it to compensate.
It seemed a good idea at the time, two babies, etc. so I sold my E39 saloon (520i SE) and thankfully I was able to buy the 'bus' without any finance needed.
However, I hate it. It now has 10k miles on the clock, and I can't get my E39 out of my mind. In comparison the Touran is noisy and the ride quality is nothing to compare! I thought I could live with it but it's annoying and I've realised I don't really need all the space either.
In short I want to go back. I find myself drooling over ads for nice 530i sport tourings (still E39), and I'm seriously contemplating getting rid of the boogie bus and heading back, and most probably end up with £10k cash in the bank to boot. I don't do much mileage around 12k a year, so I would/should be able to afford any increase in running costs.
It was an expensive mistake to make and all that but life is too short and thankfully I can swallow any financial loss that making such a tardy move has meant.
I will have exclusive use of my parents volvo estate for about 6 months from November onwards, so I'm planning on selling the Touran mid November-ish and then sitting on the cash until May at the latest, so I have plenty of time to look for a good 530i or 530d. Hell, I may even go for one of the E61s.
Anyway what to do - sell mine privately which could be difficult as at this age most people would tend to buy from the dealers, or use the services of sure-sell.info especially as the recent HJ report from the BCA auctions had a similar car go for just under £16k. All depends on what the difference in money I get back would be!
Any suggestions, insight, criticism (!) much appreciated!
thanks
valmiki
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Browse
150,000 cars a year in the UK are misfueled.
At least if there is a record of it, they probably didn't just drive it rattling and smoking until they could refill, so at least the paper trail shows a proper remedy was sought.