November 2009
Hi,
Good morning to you all.
Im asking this question on behalf of a work colleague:
He is looking to Purchase either a golf gtd tdi 150 (2004), seat leon tdi Cupra 150 (2004) or the Seat Ibiza Cupra TDi (2004).
His personal preferance is the Ibiza due to its looks etc. Also it has a 160bhp engine compared to 150bhp for the other two. I assuming it is a PD type engine?
Asking price is £5895 for the Ibiza, 82000 miles, 04 reg, red colour, 3 door, recent cambelt etc. Only thing is it has got aftermarket audi replica alloy. Im not a fan of after market mods. Should this be a bad sign if it has got replica wheels? Car is on the pitch of a local well respected car seller.
What is your opinion on this purchase? How reliable are these engine? I have read that the PD130 engine is very reliable. Is this also?
Any things to be wary of?
car will get driven about 550 miles weekly.
Any opinions welcome
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Well, we've just had the CRV serviced today and was told that the n/side front tyre is showing wear on the outside edge.
(apparently according to Mr pda, I have to start going round roundabouts the other way to even the other side front tyre up).
It currently has Bridgestone Duellers 205/70 R15 on it all round.
We have been quoted £293.02 fitted for a set of 4 from our local Central Tyre depot, which I was quite happy with.
The problem is that the rear tyres still have 8mm of tread and the fronts have 5mm.
That's a lot of tyre to throw away but we're sure we've read somewhere that on CRV's all four tyres should be replaced together.
So do we bite the bullet and replace all four, move the fronts to the back, or just replace the 2 front tyres?
The worn tyre is still legal.
I have searched the backroom and googled CRV tyres but can't seem to find where we (thought) we read about this.
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Switched my CRV from Bridgestone to Avon - much better grip, less noise, and looks better too!
Does anyone know if it's possible to turn off the front passenger airbag on a 2006 Ford Focus?
I would refer the owners manual but I didn't get one with the car when I bought it last month.
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Is this to facilitate a youngster in the front seat. In days of old that was the last place you put them and I think that still holds true in my book. Regards Peter
Hi,
I have a 2.0 TDCI Focus and noticed a leak near the manifold. Turns out that it is probably a leak off pipe that is leaking (a small amount of) diesel. My initial thought was to simply change the leaking pipe (leak off pipe is approx £25). However when I went to get the leak off pipe this morning was told by parts advisor and technician at Ford dealership that I would need to replace the leak off pipe, inlet manifold gasket and all four injector pipes. Is this correct? I thought the leak off pipe that is leaking could just be replaced but apparently not so. Any advice appreciated.
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Hi, I have a 05 2.0 focus and have a similar problem. I've replaced the let off pipes however, iv still a diesel leak! Has anyone got any answers from previous problems?
Hi,
Just purchased my first golf. It is a 55 plate 2.0 TDI 140 4motion. 53k and FSH.
When the engine is accelerating and de-accelerating i hear a small like siren noise coming from the car. This happens most and at it's loudest when the car hits smaller revs.
The car runs fine but this noise is starting to irritate me. Do i have a major problem here?? Have any of you experienced this or know what's causing this?
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Anyone else enlighten me on this further and give me an answer on what this could be for sure.
Not had time to get to garage due to work commitments....
Thanks
HI any one knows or have an idea why im burning oil,litre per month,no leaks,no smoke,regular oil changes,correct oil? Read more
hi there, i have a vectra b x16xel that i just put new head gasket, 16 new valves and new stem seals due to slipped cam belt, i started it and it runs fine for 10-15 mins but as it warms up starts to smoke slightly, then if i leave it ticking over it starts to missfire, at this point if i drive it down the roads it puts out a road full of smoke and smells like oil burning kinda smoke that lingers for ages, this slowly clears after 5-10 mins of hard driving or if i rev it hard and stay still then the same shed loads of smoke and after 5-10 mins revving clears up and missffire goes until ticking over 10 mins or so and comes back. i read somewhere that when installing stem seals you cant push them on too far or they open up or not enough n they get hit, well i hammered each one on quite hard, how am i supposed to know how hard or far to put them on and do you think this could be my problem, also how can i prove this, what if i run it till it misfires n remove plugs or something could i tell??
what is wet / dry compression testing, dry i assume is normal compression test what is wet?? and would this prove it was stem seals or rings?? or other?...
I've just bought a new satnav for SWMBO and it's set me thinking about the difference between actual speed and distance and that indicated by the car's instruments.
From comparing the speed on the clock against my satnav I know that my speedo is about 5mph on the optimistic side at an indicated 70. This is an error of ~7%. As the speedo drive also drives the milometer am I right in thinking that the error is also reflected in the milometer? If this is the case I can knock something like 14k off the car's mileage:)
I'd be interested in other members' opinions and experience; I've got to drive over to Wales this afternoon so I'll compare the mileage from the satnav against the trip meter.
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Ok now consider that you can only be at a single point of any one of the cones at any particular timing cycle, and that gps works on distance from each satelite, and then tell me what you have.
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Mapmaker, thanks again.
The buyer is paying for an independent report. Fingers crossed that will show the true state and we will have to go from there.
had my corsa engine light checked today.came back as maf sensor.injector 1,throtle sensor.egr valve.this is a new engine i have put in to the car.i have tried replacing all of above but dont have maf sensor.but even after changing them faults cannot be cleared on ecu.why is this does mean there an electrical fault somewhere.please help dont want pay garage a fortune Read more
hav just spent all nite trying to fix it.still run like crap.starts better when cold??wont when hot.noticed to when checked the spark plugs cylinder 1 is not wet with fuel.looked into and is dry.others are wet.why could this be?changed everything the ecu said was wrong.ahhhh help
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@ Altea Ego -
Our cops sometimes do exactly the same things as American Police except they hide the Mobile speed cameras a.k.a Talivans.
However, I wouldn't like to say that they don't jump out on suspected speeders as I nearly ran a suicidal Police officer down when she was "checking" my speed.
I was going along the A36 towards Salisbury, I was cruising at 57-60 along a single carridgeway around near Whiteparish. I was comfortably cruising around a light bend when suddenly a Female cop jumped out of the bushes in my path, quite literally in the middle of the road.
I swerved hard to avoid killing her as she was on a suicide mission to catch me speeding. I blasted the horn at her but she still had the contraption pointed at the back of my van. I saw that there were only 2 officers doing the speed checks, both female. They had parked the Volvo estate so it was well-hidden behind the foliage. I wanted to stop to get their car registration & their numbers on their shoulders to complain bitterly to the Police about it. I couldn't because I would have been late delivering the glass so I had to forget it.
In reguards to the americans hiding themselves I think you should see some of these pictures where our mobile speed cameras are camoflauging their vans better than the army does.
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It was a £32,000 car new. Ask him if he can afford to service and run a £32k car