October 2009
Filled the tank to full done around 30-40 miles and when i looked at the fuel gauge it was on three quarter full. Whent and refilled and it took 12.15L to take it to full again .
Cannot see any leaks anywere or smell of petrol. I have had no problemslike this befor please can any one help. Read more
Driving south through Glen Coe in Scotland I met several racing cars on trailers going the other way.
The cars I could identify looked mostly to be from the 70s, a Talbot Horizon, a VW Golf and several 'Roger Clark' rwd Ford Escorts.
None looked to be heavily modified and reminded me of the cars you used to see in Rallycross events on television.
But where were these off to? Clearly a meeting of some sort, but there's no racetrack in the Highlands that I know off.
I stopped for lunch - ham sandwich, salad and a few crisps - in Crainlarich and made a few inquiries of mine host.
He had been watching the cars go past his premises most of the day, and told me they were heading for an event on one of the islands, almost certainly Mull.
There's no track there, but the roads are closed to enable a series of races over the weekend.
Can anyone confirm the location and add a few details?
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I was in the 6th form at QEGS in Blackburn with Neil Molyneux, whose father used to run the Mull Rally and, I think, has since died, and Paul Tattersall.
These guys drove like loonies but loved going up to Mull for the rally.
Neil appears to run the event now.
Good luck to him.
The mechanic rebuild the head on this motor 178K and the motor would not start. He killed the battery, recharged it and got running. But at different times the compression now fails sporadically on various cylinders. We took in because number "2 cylinder had no compression. It died on the way.
Mechanic pulled head, had it rebuild, motor would not start. Finally got it running fine and the compression losses started randomly in different cylinders. He used two separate equipment to confirm it. So after rebuilding top end, new fuel injectors, swapped cold packs, many confirmed tests, we have a mystery motor.
Any suggestions on tests he can run? Will a new computer module help fix the problem.
We are stumped and will have to sell the car for parts if we can get a solution.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Remove the plugs and place the cylinder at TDC compression stroke and connect a compressed are line in the spark plug hole. Listen for air in the inlet or exhaust. I would also suspect blocked hydraulic tappets. If you leave the piston there for 10 mins does the compression return ? Regards Peter
I posted a question about this a couple of days ago. Anyway I took my Ford Focus to a Ford garage today and the mechanic noticed when he turned the steering wheel from side to side that he could hear a clicking type noise which he said was a bearing in the steering rack that was faulty. He said that it is not dangerous to drive the car with this problem. The rack already had a slight leak - would this be related to the bearing going ?
Also as I intend to part exchange the car soon would I do further damage to the rack if I don't bother to repair it now (i.e. a complete new rack) ? Read more
I posted a question about this a couple of days ago.
Unless you've another alias, the date of your last post was on Wed 26 Aug 2009.
Entries due in by 8.00pm Tomorrow ! Read more
please can anyone be of assistance i require wiring diagram for above vehicle and location of relays. Eng code Ayq bosch ecu 038 906 013 an
best Reguards Mickeybo Read more
We bought my wife a Ford Focus some months ago and love the car apart from it's tendancy to stumble and hesitate. This is most noticable when pulling away or when slowing down, dropping into 2nd and then trying to increase speed once more.
Car was still under warranty and had covered 30k miles when we bought it.
Soon after purchase I booked it into Ford to have this issue fixed - no joy, booked in a further 3 times with no fix (also raised a complaint with Ford UK).
I then realised that the mpg was way off the quoted figures (approx. 25%).
Booked car in for this to be investigated and guess what they fixed the hesitating/stalling issue!
I think mpg is now better but not overly concerned as drivability is now as it should be!
and the fix...
Ford dealer checked the chassis plate and found that the final drive ratio of our car is 4.06. They checked the engine management system and found that this was set for a final drive ratio of 3.41. They corrected the setting and all is ok now.
It appears that if you book car in for hesitating they follow one set of procedures, if you book in for poor mpg they follow another set...
I have posted this as I had previously searched for a fix and never found one.
Please post a reply if your car has this problem and is fixed in the same way. Read more
Also,re-programming the module for an axle change would affect speedo/odometer on this model and take it outside the legally required accuracy!!All sounds a little suspicious about first(?) owner.Is it the correct module? Part number normally shown on door frame.
Although since November, 1997, when I bought the first CRV in Passion Orange ( for once both my wife and I agreed on the colour), I have had each of the later models and currently have a CRVIII (Petrol ES Automatic), my original CRV keeps turning up in various local car parks to haunt me!
I live in the Nailsea\Clevedon area and it seems that every few months my old CRV turns up. Some time ago it was in my local car park and I was fondly looking over it, when a very presentable young lady returned to claim it!
We had a chat and she was over the moon with it, as it was just the vehicle to use both for her cleaning business and for leisure.
Some months later I saw it on the forecourt of a local car dealer for sale at what I thought was an exorbitant price.
Yesterday it turned up again in Tesco's car park looking as bright and clean as the day I took delivery. My wife's comment was "look at all the money you could have saved if we had kept it - it looks as good as new!
I guess she has a point.
Has anyone else suffered similarly?
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In the late 80s my sister lived in Edinburgh and drove a horrible yellow Talbot Samba. She eventually sold it.
A couple of years later she moved to Porthcawal in Wales and 2 doors up from her was her old Talbot Samba!
My nearest dealer is quoting £350 for a 4 year service. They tell me it includes change of oil and filter/air filter/spark plugs/brake fluid / fuel filter and inspecting the rest as normal.
The Issue is I also have a noise that can only be described a 'piston slap' in the engine.(more than tappets) I want to get this sorted under the 5 year warranty and as service is slightly overdue and have no other hyundai dealers nearby feel I have to go with this!
Im aware I could save a shed load and get an independent to do it with Hyundai parts but do this may complicate the engine warranty issue (so feel almost obliged to take the hit to save any grief over the warranty issue if its something serious. )
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I know it's not very helpful, but the annual service on my BMW M3 used to cost around 250 Euros at the main dealer.
hi,
i've bought a pug but i cant find where to get a cam belt tensi0n testing tool any ideas,
also i've had a good look round and granted i dont really know what im looking for but i cant find any sort of how to for fitting lowering springs, and are they enought to achieve what im going for(40mm drop) or do i need to change dampers and torsion bars and all that malarky.
any help at all would be really appriciated.
Peace. Read more
thanks for the replies everybody,
I think I might just get slightly larger wheels for the car (but this is by no means a priority at the moment it was just an after thought really as i DO like the look of a lowered 306, but i DO also like its handling) before i think about this does any one know, will this upset the dive shaft at all i'm just thinking does putting a bigger wheel on the car change its relationship to the drive shaft at all?
if any of you would be so kind could you also have a look at my more recent post about rounded bolts please as i really need some help there.
cheers :-)
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This short test is not enogh to know if there is really a problem - you need to run a full tank through and see what that gives. However, Renaults of this vintage are prone to coolant temp sensor failure - does the exhaust still smell like it's running on choke when it's warmed up? If the consumption is still looking high, I'd be tempted just to change the CTS - it's cheap and easy.