August 2009
I have recently had the plastic facia around the wiper arms replaced and found the front passenger footwell gets wet with water - this runs down from behind and underneath plastic facia to glovebox near the central housing for the gear selector.
Could this be from heater matrix? - have already tried checking hole underneath battery - this is clear and water runs out through to floor. Also have checked that pollen filtre water trap is clear. Heater still appears to be working ok both in hot temp and cool modes. The most recent water appeared on Tuesday which was a pleasant dry day.
I have kept a check on the footwell and after a run, when I see a trickle of water I have tried to reach up behind the facia and can feel what appears to be a pipe with a foam surround which seems to go through the bulkhead. Not sure if water is dripping down on to this pipe from above? Any helpful ideas or suggestions greatly appreciated.
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I have a 2002 manual ford focus 1.6L. Recently noticed a hissing noise coming under the front drivers side wheel arch after driving the car, which stops about 15 seconds after parking the car. Sounds like its coming from the wheel/brake on that side. Tyre pressures are fine and no obvious problems on tyre so don't think its air leaking from there, but the noise is just like the noise of a puncture. Any ideas what might be causing it? Read more
Any neighbours reported a missing cat lately?
Perhaps a large, long, unidentified, scaly object under the bonnet? ;>)
After a bit of opinion/advice please on this problem.
Recently bought an 06 Mondeo 2.0 petrol Ghia hatch, 1 owner, Ford SH, only 60k miles, lovely clean car.
However I've noticed for a while it shakes/vibrates slightly at motorway speeds. It starts at around 60mph and carries on right up until 85mph, well thats as high as I've been (in Germany!).
There are 'sweet' spots of no vibration around 75mph and 80mph, but overall you can feel it through the steering wheel and through the bases of both front seats. On a long journey its annoying.
Its wearing Michelin Pilots all around on 16" Ford alloys, all look in good arder, no cuts or bulges, tyre pressures are as recomended by Ford. I've had the wheels rebalanced and swapped from to back and this hasn't made any difference...
Its got a years warranty, but before I let a garage look at it, any ideas?
Its recently had new front disk and pads, but it brakes from speed without any judder, so those should be OK. I'm thinking maybe a driveshaft is damaged, maybe its had a big clobber on a kerb at some point prior to my ownership?
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You said:
"the tread blocks also look to be slightly 'feathered'"
I'd use that as a starting point. Incorrectly set tracking doesn't necessarily mean it will pull to one side.
ive been given a cdr 500 cd player for my astra but when ive plugged it in the only thing that lights up is the code button on the front of it and it wont let me do anything else.
is the cd player totally broke or is there something i can do with it? Read more
Many thanks for your reply dynamicdave I had lost my radio after a flat battery,the radio manual I found very offputting with what could happen if you cocked it up,I was going to leave it until I had to visit the dealers,your instructions were so concise that I printed it out and this morning successfully recoded it.
Thanks again ndbw
I have long been toying with the idea of having a fun 2nd car, mainly for weekend/evening blasts
I have a budget of around £5k, and would like to keep 4 seats and a bit of boot space for trips to France/Belgium etc. I have (I think) narrowed it down to either a Saab 9-3 Viggen convertible, or a volvo C70 2.3 T5 Cabriolet.....
Does anybody have any real world experience of these cars? They seem like cracking value for the money (esp. the Volvo), and £5k would buy me 02/03 example with reasonable miles.
Aside to this, does anybody have any other recommendations? I dont really want something as small as an MX5/Z3, more of a 4 seat GT car. Read more
When driving my Zafira it slowly came to a halt with smoke coming from the front left wheel. The wheel rim was too hot to touch. A mechanic collected car next day and replaced brake caliper, hose, disc and pads. It seemed fine but two days later my wife was driving home a short distance and the same problem occured. I contacted the mechanic and he told me to leave it for an hour and try to move car then. The car did move but I returned it to the mechanic next morning for him to check out. After running it at various times over a week he did not experience the problem and I took the car back.
When I returned home the car drove fine. However I left the left disc and it appeared much hotter than the right disc. I do not have the confidence to do a long journey in the car. Can anyone offer advice on this?
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Should have replied sooner but I replaced the master cylinder and all seems fine.
Thank you Simon
Hi
2002 Ford Modeo 2.0 TDCi. Air con has been working with no problems.All of a sudden A/C light is going out and A/C is not working when the fan speed is switched beyond the first position.On the first fan speed every thing working fine with cooled air trickling out of the vents.When the car is driven at speed the ram air effect is pushing cool air through the vents so can only assume the A/C is actually working OK. Read more
As with most Fords that suffer with this problem,take a look at the fan speed resistor and wiring plug .Situated in the heater air intake system,behind glove box.hth
Hi, I have lost the keycode for my 9000 radio/sat-nav, is there a simple way of finding it? Thanks. Eddie Read more
Thats GREAT, thank you bell.
eddie
Further to the excellent Private Parking Fines (Read Only) information Martin Lewis, of moneysavingexpert.com fame, has brought the topic up again in his weekly newsletter.
See:
www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/private-parking-...s
Used in combination, both items could prove invaluable in such cases.
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John Redwood was a Vulcan, from another planet! BBC Website says:-
"She later sealed her fame when she wrecked Michael Howard's leadership bid with her claim that he had 'something of the night' about him."
HI - I have been having problems with my micra K10.
It really doesn't like mornings. Most mornings it won't start at all - turns over perfectly but won't fire, then later in the day when it ha shad the sun on it's bonnet, it will start first time around.
I have replaced distributor cap, rotor arm, and leads which have made it sound a little less "rough" when it does start, but doesn't actually help with the problem. Yesterday I charged the battery fully (as I thought that I had been trying to start it so much I don't want to completely deaden the battery) and this mornign it did try to start.
I am sort of guessing that I have got some leaky wiring somewhere maybe?
Can anyone help with this please
OH - yes it is a pretty new problem, I have had the car abotu a year, and it started this in July.
Many thanks
hoggie Read more
OH ugh - Have just spent some time scratching my head over the Haynes manual and figured out why I can't find the points - it has an "integrated circuit ignition unit" in the place where the points should have been AAARRRGGGHHH. I am not happy - this was supposed to be a car I could learn to work on myself :( And the thing that is REALLY bugging me is that I had to go and get VI number to order parts for it in order (so they said) that they could check that the parts I was ordering were the right ones :(
Oh well - rant over - just thought I would add this piece of info in case it changes anything. Although according to the Haynes I still need to check the gap between the "reluctor" and the baseplate poles.
hoggie
Browse
He we have a 2000 1.8 petrol which has done this to us twice now. The fix seems to be to clear accumulated crap from around the battery bay and the back of the engine compartment around the wipers - there is a drain or drains here that can get blocked, after which water finds its way into the rear passenger footwells. We've had a couple of inches at times.
Hope this helps