November 2009
I seem to have an intermittant problem with my heating in my volkswagen polo. When I put it anything past 22 degrees and then put it back to cool it stays hot which obviously is very uncomfortable when you are on a motorway and boiling alive!
However it doesnt do it all the time, could it be to do with the dial? Or is it going to be a more complex problem? My A/C seems to be working fine! Read more
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wow so we do live in sad times
The cap guns we had looked fairly real - right size/colour of real guns. Hence my comment originally.
What I had looked a bit like this I think:
world.guns.ru/handguns/colt_python.jpg
And we ran around with them in a shoulder holster. Spud guns were a bit boring. being seen with a replica Uzi at school is another story - not mine I will add.
Hi,
This is my first experience with a diesel so I feel I may be missing something stupid!
Last week it rained buckets, and my Aux belt started to slip, and I saw the battery light more and more. Eventually, the car lost power, stopped and refused to start again.
I got a tow home, on the way I tried starting again under tow, and got it to start for a second then it died again.
Got it home and saw that the auxillary belt was not straight on the crankshaft pulley - was about one rib rubbing against the timing belt cover. I decided the aux belt may be harming the crankshaft pulley bearing by rubbing the timing belt cover and hence adding excess pressure so I cut it off. Car still didn't start - but now I guessed the battery was pretty dead.
I charged the battery overnight - but still no joy! Am I missing something - as far as I can tell, theres nothing powered from the aux belt that should stop the car starting (Alternator, Air con, power steering is all?) I checked all plugs in the vicinity and nothing looks loose. Found fuel inertia switch had popped up and reset but still no joy - car turns over really fast - see almost 500rpm on the speedo but nothing!
The other odd / ominous thing - the aux belt looked in good condition, but I can see big chunks of rubber on the crankshaft pulley that I originally thought to be from the aux belt - not sure where these have come from...
I did take the oil filler cap and gently turn it over to see the cams turning so I believe the timing belt is ok.
Any ideas - please tell me if I am being stupid if I shouldnt expect the car to start till I replace the aux belt!? Read more
your first course of action has to be remove crankshaft pulley bolt 22 mm socket
withdraw ckt pulley its the only way you can you can get the shredded bits of your
aux belt if these are not removed they will certainly snap your timing belt You could
at this stage remove front timing cover 10mm socket. Next remove rocker cover
5mm allen key and check forany broken valve rockers. If your timing marks check
out ok then the non start could be caused by other problems. Ie fuel cam sensor
wiring please post engine code
reguards Mickeybo
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Also if your relative has an O2 mobile phone they do proper boadband for just over £7/month.
But only if you're in an area that O2 Broadband covers, otherwise it's £17.13 if you're an O2 customer.
The heater on our Micra has been playing up recently.
We've fitted a new thermostat, flushed through the heater rad (which is getting nice and hot) and the fan motor is whirring away quite happily.
Unfortunately there is no air being blown through the vents.
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does it work on setting 4 and not 1.2.3 if so then its the heater resistor card
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I am sadly somewhat surprised that all you rufty tufty roustabout sorts of guys out
there seem to know so much about what is basically a girlie toy.
Joan Collins - "take it away and have it gold-plated".
What is the BRs advice on car batteries.
I have an 06 Focus with the original Ford battery. So out of warranty and coming up to 4 years old. My experience with Fords is that their batteries in the past don't last long, and I've usually had to replace everyone.
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Modern charging systems-those using "smart" alternators must use "calcium" batteries.Calcium batteries can be used with any sort of charging systems,even three brush dynamos.My Escort Diesel has just had it's battery replaced at 9 1/2 years-it hadn't failed but was definitely cranking more slowly and,as I was going on a long continental journey in it,changed it just in case.This car is not used regularly;goes out about every three weeks but never on short journeys.The one removed was a sealed unit(as is the new one),so it was never checked in all that time.Never had any bulbs replaced,no electrical problems and the A/C still works!!
I bought my Mondeo over 8 weeks ago, and yet I am still not the registered keeper.
I think that the dealer took 3 weeks to send off the paperwork to the DVLA, but the DVLA say that it is still not on their system never mind processed (they say that it could have been received but not yet put on the system).
Of course, there have been postal strikes, but it still seems to be taking a lot of time.
I could send off my green slip and apply myself, but I wondered whether I should hold onto it in case I need to prove ownership (although I do have the sales invoice).
I'm not generally concerned, because I bought it from a franchised dealer, so there is never going to be an argument over ownership, but I am concerned that if I ever got a ticket for something, the delay in finding out might cost me.
For example, I went 3 minutes over on my parking in Westminster last week, where there is roughly one traffic warden for every 3 cars. No ticket on the windscreen though.
Anyway, has anybody else had a delay of this length, and do I really need to worry, or should I leave it a few more weeks before applying myself? Read more
Thing have come to cumbersome - to many bits of paper and writing.
I took my 2002 ford fiesta in to be serviced today at my local Ford garage, and while changing the oil the sump plug would not go back in. The garage said the threads had gone on the sump and I now need a new sump cost £105 - has anyone heard of this happening to the Ford Fiesta 1.4 d zetec before?
I know sump plugs can give out but the actual sump?
Should I have to cough up on a new sump when they must have damaged it? cross threading the sump perhaps Read more
As soon as expedient you need to dump that garage. They are monkeys.
Unless Rebelgirl66 knows otherwise, it could have been damaged during a visit to an entirely different garage, or by a previous DIY owner.
Hi
Without opening the debate on attention to detail and all that. My sister has just bought a car privately, she then immediately took it in for service where she was told that all four tyres are illegal!!! Does she have any rights to fall back on with the private seller?
Made make/model non-specific. Read more
Used car expert vehicle check was fine.
If someone else checked the tyres and thought they were OK then my money would be on the dealer exaggerating the situation.
lecture from servicfe manager that it equates to 12 points and a ban.
That's not true either - it's treated as one offence so normally only attracts one set of points. Even the guy who killed the cyclists in N Wales only got 6 points and £180 fine and he was charged with having 3 defective tyres.
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If you have A/C then the temperature flap isn't cable-controlled.
I had a similar fault on a Polo which I traced to the V68 temperature flap control motor, which is mounted on the passenger side of the blower box. The motor and/or the potentiometer were sticky, and so it would intermittently blow very hot air....