August 2009
Apologies if this has been posted before - I haven't seen it. I thought my car looked impressively squashed when the tree fell on it ......
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Vauxhall Vectra B facelift - 99 2.0tdi its a diesel Trouble starting hi i have trouble starting my car it stolled on me in a car park then took a while to start up then it was fine for the rest of the day. today i went to start my car and it will not fire up it turns over but will not fire. no engine management light on can you please help thank you Read more
No pump in the Fuel Tank on Diesel's, only a swirl chamber and Sender Unit for the Fuel Gauge ! Looking expensive but sometimes its only the Pump ECU ( bad soldering) and its only about £300 to fix instead of £1000 + DO NOT OPEN THE PUMP yourself or no one will attempt an ECU repair-Do a Google for more facts-Good Luck.
My new policy started 00.01 today the 16th, checked on line with MID, car not on data base.
I have a tempory cover note for the first month and receipt from card payment.
I cant contact the broker till 08.30 Monday morning, if I am stopped by plod will the documents be enough to stop them seizing the car, they will have the same problem, the brokers dont open till Monday morning.
Main problem is I work in a rural location and need the car tonight to get to work, and to take swmbo to work in morning...Help.............
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keep them well out of sight. some thieving sod will think they are worth money.
you could use photocopys. plod never had a problem with them from me. if they do want the original doc's you will normally have 7 days to present them at the cop shop.
I currently have a personalized number plate on my car. I am wanting to put this on retention and get a new plate for my car. Does anyone know how i would go about this, how much it would cost and how long the process takes?
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Straight down the throats of those once pristine inlet tracts - and into the cylinders as gritty grinding paste for the bores and rings.
That`s the EGR. Or rather `the facilitator of filth`
I`ve just blanked off the EGR on the 1.9D (as in tech)
But woa.. what wet oily filth has been descending..
I`m amazed engines keep running...
Now add DPF..
Engine designer thinking...
"Well. we`ve got filth descending from the EGR on the intake stroke - lets squirt neat derv into the bores on the exhaust stroke"
Engine oil really must be amazing stuff these days, don`t you think? To say nothing of rings bearings and bores... Read more
Mondeo 2litre TDCi 130bhp Engine No 5M66646
Car registered - Sept 2005 55plate Mileage 40,000
Car driven home on Sunday night and would not start Monday morning. After testing injectors and cylinder pressures told by Ford dealer that the timing had jumped and subsequently damaged and bent the camshaft. Total cost of repair just short of £2000.
Anybody else had a similiar problem?
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Did the garage look at the cam shaft, and crank, position sensors? Might be worth eliminating what seems to be fairly common, trivial failure before jumping to conclusions.
I have a persistent rattle/vibration on the gear change transmission of my Rover 75 deisel. The noise is most audable when in 2nd & 4th gears and the vibration can be felt through the gear lever. Moving the lever changed the tone of the vibration but doesn't stop the rattle. Neither the service team from the former Rover dealer nor a very skilled mechanic from an indepedent garage can locate the source of the problem. Does anyone have any ideas? Read more
Our daughter has been driving now for 18 months but in common with a lot of youngsters, she had no sooner passed her test than she was off to college. Consequently, her driving experience post passing her test comes in fits and starts over the holiday periods.
She is returning to college in September and will be taking her car with her for the first time. Can anyone recommend a course that would act as a refresher to her driving test particularly in relation to 'defensive' driving and also provide practical advice on motorway driving ( which she has done a fair bit of but doesn't really understand the dynamics)? Read more
You have to take pass plus within a year of passing. For your daughter some refresher lessons are probably the best bet.
Just recently bought the Volvo which has a fault of the oil light coming on when warmed up and displaying message "low oil pressure stop safely asap". Replaced the oil sensor switch and changed the oil. But again the car runs fine but after about five miles the light goes on and off and remains on then a little later. No other problems, the engine runs great, no noises or bad running.
Any ideas?
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Thanks, it was a private sale but it has only done 57000 miles.
The auto box on this picanto has started to make a thud on set off in drive only when the car has been running for more than 10-12 miles,less than this or still cold it is smooth.The gear changes hot or cold are not affected.it is only from pulling off from rest.From reading other sites on auto boxes i hope it just needs a fluid change(done 34000 miles)anyone got a better idea? Read more
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Deepwidth following your e-mail I remembered it was posted last year.
Rob