November 2009
I happened to spin my front wheels accidently in the rain when exiting a side turning and apart from going nowhere the driving wheels were just banging?? and felt terrible. The whole car shook and it felt like something was broken. I have checked everything seems ok and the car drives fine. Any ideas? Could one of my wheels be buckled, seems strange as the ride is fine? Tyres are good brand (Goodyear) and whilst needing imminent replacement they are not down to the TWI.
The car hasnt got traction/stability control btw. Read more
hello i started doing my cambelt on my 2001 passat 1.9 tdi pd 130. everything was going ok till i came to setting the tension. i have a guide from autodata but its not very clear about setting it, ie using a 4mm drill bit.
any help would be great as the car has to be out of the garage before the end of the night.
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hello. its an awx enngine code.
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many thanks :)
Ineed to change this part in my old mitsubishi i was hoping that it would be a straight removal and replace, would anyone know if i need to reset the computer also, or any forseen dificulties.
I am a bit of a novice at these things so any help would be greatly appreciated.
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thankyou for the very fast reply i will get on it first thing in the morning.
A few weeks ago i asked for help in finding a suitable incar camera following an accident I experienced whilst stationary & a young girls flying along miss judging a gap. Disappointed by the ins companies decision to take a 50/50 approach due to no witnesses I decided I am not going to get caught again. I purchased a road hawk from www.roadhawk.co.uk/
Service was excellent & received product next day, fitting was fine, took a little while to hide all the cabling but thats all hidden now.
Drove 350 miles on Saturday & checked all the stored files today. Quality very good even the night driving came out in an acceptable state.
Almost needed it as a car pulled out a side turning without looking & whilst my wife was driving she missed the car by about 4 ft!.
Thank you for the help that was offered & I shall now purchase another for my daughter.
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Dave i agree. i have nothing to hide about speeding or driving but obviously fullaflava does.
Wait till he gets caught with his pants down when he's involved in a prang & no witnesses!
Who will be smiling then?
Does anyone watch it???
This week they stopped a guy in a Saab with no insurance, he said it was a mistake and he had another car with insurance that allowed him to drive any car
Oh no said the cop, it only allows you to drive if the car your driving also has insurance.
Does that make scence?
He got £200 fine and 6 points Read more
But the snag would be that the instant you got out of the car ie
ceased "driving" it it would be uninsured?
No, because you're still "using" the vehicle.
There is a legal case which sets a precedent on this (driver stopped at a shop to buy a newspaper or something like that) but I can't for the life of me find it.
Hi folks,
I bought my 2005 Ford Mondeo 1.8 Zetec from Cargiant a couple of weeks ago and I seem to be having some problems with it.
These are two separate issues that I've noticed, though they may well be linked.
1) First, sometimes the car doesn't start properly. I turn the key, the electrics come on perfectly, I turn the key further, and (forgive my lack of technical knowledge!) the engine turns over but it doesn't start. I think it's that classic noise of a starter motor turning an engine but the engine not getting going. (Does that make sense?) It doesn't always do this. Sometimes it starts perfectly. It can happen when the engine is up to temperature as well as when it's cold.
2) I've only noticed this once. The car had been parked outside and not driven last week (it's been fairly cold - but not freezing - in the North of England). When I came to use it, I put the car into reverse to drive out of my parking bay and I heard a whirring/whining noise. The noise got louder when I revved. I got out of the bay, and put it into 1st. Within 5 seconds or so, the noise was gone and it hasn't been back since. In total, it can't have been there for much more than 20 seconds. Does anyone know what it might have been? Could it be linked to my first issue?
Thanks in advance to anyone who may be able to help! :) Read more
Just last week I had the same problem with my mondeo, electrics come on with the starter motor turning but the engine not starting. With the cold weather this affected my battery which i have now replaced and everything is fine. Are you sure it is not the battery, i only replaced my battery after 9 years.
Not sure what the other issue is
My rev counter and fuel gauge are playing up. The rev counter is sticking at 2000 rpm, and only comes unstuck if I press or tap the plastic screen. And the fuel gauge drops to zero sometimes, and comes back up when I go round corners. I am thinking of getting one from the scrappers but I need to know is the mileage stored in the ECU or the Intrument panel.
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I know its been a while but I thought I would let you know. Quick fix I bought a second hand one off e-bay, and it works fine.
bob
Anyone driven one? Does the turbo make it feel nice and flexible?
Any experiences?
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Anyone else?
My brother had a 1.2L turbo Clio as a hire car last year and was impressed with it. He is very tall and usual transport is an S60 or A6. I was surprised.
BBC reports Lada being rescued by Russian Govt & Renault/Nissan
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8383206.stm
Coming our way? Probably not
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The "new" Lada of 2002 actually looked quite respectable, although I can't speak about its underpinnings. Visually, it looked to have a lot of Daewoo influence although I am told that it was Avtogaz's own design. I gather that it is their "upmarket" model; and the old Fiat clone is still available.
During my travels in that part of the world, I read an interesting article on motorcycles that could reasonably be applied to their cars as well. The advice given was, if you are going outside the main cities, buy a Russian motorcycle, take it home, strip it right down, rebuild it with the correct clearances, nut torques, etc, and you will heve a reliable machine that will go anywhere in Russia. If repairs are needed, spares and technical knowledge are available everywhere, whereas, for "foreign" machines the support is available only in the main cities.
My car has trouble starting usually in mornings or when it hasnt been used for over 12hours.
The engine turns over, but slower than usual then speeds up to start after about 20seconds. it also kicks out a cloud of white smoke while doing this.
any idea what the problem is or how it can be fixed? thanks! Read more
And your battery
Browse
I've noticed this 'front-drive-axle-tramp' now I'm driving a fwd car after a few years in rwd. Not nice at all.
I think the problem is that when I used to drive fwd, they didn't have so much power - now they have too much power for their own good. 'Power corrupts' etc.