September 2009
I ordered my i10 in July and was told that it should arrive mid September. Mid September came and gone and we are almost end of Sept. The dealer could not commit to the delivery time. I am getting very impatient with the non-committal attitude of the sales team. I saw delivery of several of the ones I ordered arrived before mid Sept. I waited for a call but nothing happen. When I spoke to my dealer a couple days later they told me that they are still waiting delivery. I told them that I saw the delivery. To that he said those were for people ordered way back in May! Is that possible? Is it possible that they have sold mine to another buyer?? Anyone experienceing the same thing?? Read more
My Focus has two ways of opening the tailgate - the remote and a button on the boot. I now find that the boot button has failed - so limited to the use of my remote. Having read a few discussion forums it seems it's a common problem with a dodgy seal having let in water to impact the mechanism - a part that has been modified since.
I've spoken to Ford Customer Service with a view that as they have a design that limits the means of opening coupled with the dodgy seal we should perhaps share the cost of repair. They admit the part has been modified but this is for 'continued improvement' rather than a problem.
I'm rubbish at diy so need any guidance on simple things I can try or advice on how I can escalate within the Ford organisation. I'm happy to pay for the part but not the extortionate labour that would come with it! Read more
Try taking the component along to a local garage, they usually do jobs like these for a few quid.
My brother has a Jaguar X-Type 2.0 diesel. Just last week it cut out and he thought it had run out of fuel because it was low. He filled it up and it started straight away. He thought that was that until it happened again after about 25 miles. The engine cut out and would not re-start. He cranked it over, and it sounded like it wanted to fire but it wouldn't. He left it for about 20 minutes and it started again and ran normally.
He drove for about 3 miles and it cut out again. I went out to him and towed him back to my house where I had a look at it. It's a TDCi common rail system and no indication had lit up on the dash. I have VCDS, the VAG diagnostic software which also does OBDII on many other makes, but it will not communicate with this.
I removed the fuel hoses from the fuel filter and drew fuel up with a hand primer. No problem there. I got him to crank the engine while I forced fuel on to the main injection pump and it still would not start. That makes me suspect that the main fuel pump could be faulty, or some other sensor which leads to the ECU switching the pump off. Then it started again. I checked the connections on the main fuel pump and on the fuel pressure sensor. Needless to say it broke down again after another 3 miles.
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I think its quite likely that the fuel filter needed changing anyway, typical symptoms. I have used supermarket fuel every since it was available, probably at least half a million miles or so and never had a problem.
I had a feeling that it would be expensive when the glowplug light started flashing...maybe 400, but not £550.
£250 for the injector (No 2 is beyond calibration limit)
£xx for the diagnostics
£xx for the steel pipe (pump to injector).
Add labour, add VAT.
It would have been £1400 to change all 4 injectors.
I just told them to fix it.
Question: Would it have been significantly cheaper elsewhere? Read more
The car has done nearly 90k miles, so if 60k is the average, then things are going well. The Ford dealer is ½ mile from my house and I needed the car.
Yes, I gather that the very high injection pressures wear the metal away until the bore of the nozzle is too large for electronic calibration to correct with respect to the other injectors.
Someone I know had all injectors changed on his Transit a few months ago for £1200.
I am very wary of reconditioned injectors. They aren't that much cheaper and will probably not last 90k miles either. Looks like injectors are simply a consumable on these cars.
Bit of advice please, guys.
The coolant expansion tank of my son's Rover 25 regularly requires topping up--at the current rate of loss it would probably go totally dry in a matter of a couple of weeks. There are no other obvious signs of head gasket failure; no mayo under the oil filler cap nor on the dipstick, and the car drives just fine, usually starting first time. Doesnt overheat, either.
When its stood idling, a fair amount of water (which I assumed was condensation till the water loss became obvious) drips onto the floor from a perforated seam under the rear silencer, but there appear to be no water drips under the engine. Theres a sludgy, brownish deposit on the inside walls of the coolant expansion tank, but it doesnt smell of, nor appear to contain oil. He drives about sixty miles on an average weekday.
Could we still be looking at early stages of HG failure, or might there be some other reason for the water loss?
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Hope you got sorted, Tink.
Just by way of an extremely late update, my son's Rover finally gave up the ghost on a local stretch of motorway about six months ago and we had to bite the bullet and get the HG done. Fortunately we located a semi retired mechanic who works from home and who did the work for a very reasonable price--around a hundred quid less than anyone else had quoted. The car has done around ten thousand miles since and rarely requires a top up....
Hi there, my timing belt failed on my 2001 1753cc Endura diesel engine Focus TDDi, car had done 140,000 miles and the replacement belt lasted less than 45,000 miles before half the teeth stripped with the inevitable result, but enough of that, should have followed HJ's advice about changing it every 35k!
Anyway, I am in the process of removing the cylinder head which needs replacing (camshaft in 3 pieces etc etc) but the question is, how do I check the pistons/conrods. I have been told I need to check that piston extension and check they are all the same (using a dial test indicator) but what measurements are acceptable or unacceptable and is there anything else to check? I was going to buy an exchange cylinder head provided the bottom end is OK but am unsure what is acceptable or not acceptable!
Thanks for your help... Read more
UPDATE - just thought I would update you all after your good advice....
In the end I bought a reconditioned exchange cylinder head from a helpful company in Telford (called Head First if I am allowed to mention them). Changed the water pump as well as it was on the original that had done 140K - just as well as there was about 0.5mm of play in the bearing so it was on the way out!
I bought a Ford belt and tensioner and noted that the belt looked a lot meatier than the non-Ford one that had stripped its teeth.
Also worth noting the EGR was very gungy and with the inlet manifold I scooped out several spoonfulls of tarry gunge from each port. After cleaning the EGR with carb cleaner and the inlet manifold with Jizer it was all a lot cleaner!
Anyway with it all back together it is driving sweet as a nut with little smoke and all seems fine.... phew!!
Thanks again!
I have seen a 99 T reg 2.2 petrol 5door for sale. Its done 108k with no history as it was lost. Its cheap. Not sure what the actual MPG will be as i will only be driving it around town (HJ C by C is quoting 19)
Thoughts please? (will i be expecting big bills?) Read more
Rates plumbers charge a Bentley with a roof rack would be quite affordable.
Hi all,my question is does anyone know what message should be displayed on the service interval display after having my Octavia II serviced and the interval computer reset at my local Skoda main dealer.
My display shows a message "Service now". I may be wrong but this seems wrong to me after being reset by the dealer using their vehicle system tester.They did it again in my presense which showed a mileage of "0" ok I agreed that this is correct having been reset but they could not tell me why my display shows "Service now".
Anyone any ideas if this is correct or not. I`ve emailed Skoda Customer service as yet no reply.
Thanks
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Thanks to both Altea Ego and bursty for their replies much appreciated.
Altea Ego,I agree with you about the competence of factory trained engineers.When I was showing him what was displayed on the service Interval computer by "holding the trip reset button in then turning on the ignition to display the contents of the computer "Service now" he said "what are you doing that for?".My reply "because my user manual tells me too".His reply "I don`t read user manuals I only use the VTS.Still waiting for Skoda Cust Service to get back to me,I won`t hold my breath.
bursty, thanks for your istructions regarding resetting "service events".
Similar to what my manual states on page 13.The only difference being your item 3 switching between service events which didn`t work on mine.
I have found that by turning the ignition on, then pressing trip reset for more than 2 secs it now tells me how many days and mileage to the next service which is reassuring.
Why the message "service now" initially displays beats me.By the way my display differs to that shown in my manual probably because mine is the Maxidot version ie no spanner key symbols.
Thanks both
Mal
Dear All,
As I complete technophobe, and being fairly new to car ownership, I would be very grateful for some advice please.
About a month ago, I started up my car and the engine roared with the rev counter shooting up to a little over 3,500 at the usual 1,200 or thereabouts. This problem persisted every time on start up and I had a Ford engineer look at the car ? he attached the ?Ford diagnostic computer? but no fault codes were shown. The engineer decided to reset the codes for the throttle body (forgive me, I?m not totally au fait with the technical jargon) and the problem seemed to temporarily disappear (the engine stopped roaring and over-revving on start up) but a few days later it returned.
I called the engineer again and he suggested that the problem was probably mechanical and fitted a new throttle body, re-programming the necessary codes again. (the Ford computer still was not showing any fault codes). But, just as had occurred previously, for a few days everything appeared to be ?normal? again but the problem then returned. Yesterday I started the engine and the rev counter again went up to about 3,500 revs. I switched off the engine and restarted again, and the rev counter only went up to a little over 1,200. I switched off and turned on again several times, and on the fifth restart the engine again revved up to just over 3,500, dropped slightly to just under 3,000 revs, then peaked again at just over 3,500, before dropping to about 1,200 revs. This all happened within seconds, and would suggest that the problem ? which is intermittent ? isn?t with the throttle body at all?
Do you have any ideas as to what may be causing this problem on start up please? The Ford engineer I have been dealing with has now drawn a blank! The actual drive of the car doesn?t appear to be any different, although I do drive very infrequently so my ?testing? is fairly subjective.
Many thanks!
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As the problem is repeatable, by repetitive restarts, an experienced engineer who knows how to use a laptop & engine diagnostics equipment will be able to analyse and diagnose the problem. The live engine data needs capturing when the problem occurs, a prognosis can then be provided.
Why do (some) diesels have/need DMFs and petrols don't? Or do some petrols have DMFs as well? Read more
"Why would this lead to failure?" - due to the torque reversals the dmf has to absorb between tickover compression (diesel - high cr) and power stroke? (Must say that I've often used the VAG TDi ability to run on tickover - not so much now!)
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Hi PrincessM
Can I ask what combination of spec of IX35 it is that you're waiting for. I'm waiting for a right hand drive, IX35, Premium, 2.0 Diesel, 4wd, Black and media pack which I ordered in May....