November 2009
my c5 as done 272k now anti pollution fault always comes on when engine is running ,with engine management light and service light on , it does go off when dio has been done to find fault only to appear after a few mins down the road , any ideas would be helpful , thx . Read more
Not a tonneau, but a canvas type thing with a frame, as is usual with Land Rover defenders.
Anyone know who sells them in the UK?
A hard top is too difficult to remove and store when not required. Read more
do you think they'll achieve 1,000 mph?
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8374491.stm
Andy Green must be stark raving bonkers Read more
oops...sorry mods....that'll teach me to read them all before posting...you'd better disable this one
hi i'm new at this i've got a 306 lx d 1.9 v reg 1999 with air con i think my engine or gearbox is dead. does any one know if turbo diesel engine can be put in to the car if so what engine would i need? does the whole loom need to be changed if not just the engine loom? and the ecu i guess that would have match the pump and the key? any help would be great thank you.
and what way does the engine com out aswell thank you
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You would be better off getting an earlier engine with a purely mechanical pump and no key pad. I don't see to many problems fitting a turbo engine except that the exhaust is probably different. You will only need two connections, one to the fuel solonoid and one to the TDC sensor. You will also need a bonnet liner with provision for air intake to the intercooler.
What is the problem with your existing engine?
I'd vote for Cortina to Sierra. My company Cortina needed a new clutch every 20,000 miles, a new gearbox at 65,000 miles , a new diff at 80.000 and new discs every 30,000miles. It was completely knackered at 90,000 miles. My Sierras (two of them) did 135,000 miles and 140,000 miles with very little apart from regular servicing(one alternator and a couple of sets of discs). My susequent cars only showed a slight improvement on model change : Peugeot 405 to 406, Carlton to Omega and Audi A6 to....A6.
Going back to the 1950/60s, I can imagine big improvements in say a Ford Pop/Anglia (sit up and beg) to an Anglia with the reverse rake rear window.
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Almera to Qashqai
HJ has recommended we ask main dealer if it is possible to convert this 4wd to 2wd, due to failure of viscous coupling, transfer box and prop shaft and extreme cost of repair. Can anyone give us more info on this before we contact the garage tomorrow morning please, we would like to be forewarned and ready with our queries. They have offered 1k to walk away. Would you?
Thanks in advance.
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' failure of viscous coupling, transfer box and prop shaft ' - I'm a bit surprised that all of this has failed... Who has diagnosed this. I would think one of them has gone, but all of them???
I would think that if all the above has failed, then you might be able to source secondhand from the various online Japanese dismantlers.........
Any given reason for such catastrophic failure? A few years ago I flooded my engine in my Peugeot and insurance took care of that.
Robin the Technician
Hi, My Renault 2.2DCi started smoking excessively as well as having a lack of power. Coupled to that each time you out your foot down hard the Injection system light would come on, if you turned the engine off took out the card it would reset itself ?? Now not sure if these are linked, however after looking at some forums and talking to the garage that just serviced it we decided, after looking in the intakes ( lots of oil found there), that the turbo may have gone. Turbo seems to be a problem with this car !!, just bought second hand turbo and have had it fitted. The garage have just called to say that the smoke is as bad, when the blip the accelarator there is clouds of smoke - (blue) exits. So any ideas where this smoke could now be coming from and what should I do next, I want to get rid of this car ASAP. I have seen posts of people who have successfully gone to Renualt and received part funding for a repair, can anyone help out on that as well ?
Many thanks.
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These people might have an opinion:
www.turbotechnics.com/docs/index.htm
Does anyone know how to spot the new model (ie not supercharged) Mini Cooper S? Is there any chance that a late model 2006 Cooper S could be one of the newer models? Read more
If you do a search on Auto Trader or a similar site you can get pictures of both models on the same page and the difference is easy to see.
Hi All,
I have a heating problem in my Fiesta Freestyle 1.25i (Y Reg). It started about a year ago when I would have the heat control on cold and all of a sudden hot air would come through. This then gradually got worse until around May this year when I could not get any heat out of it at all. This didn?t really matter as the weather wasn?t cold then so I left it. About 2 months ago my car developed a coolant leak and needed a seal changed underneath the engine (not sure how else that describe it!)
I did some searching about the earlier problem on the Internet and found that it was most likely caused by a faulty heating valve, a common problem in Fiestas like mine. I took it to a garage so that they could fix both problems at once and had it replaced and everything seemed ok for the ride home, lots of hot air, I was happy. However, come the next day I got into the car and turned the heating up and nothing happened for about 30 minutes, then all of a sudden I got lots of hot air through. This seemed to have coincided with me hitting a stretch of dual carriageway and the engine having to work quite a bit harder than usual.
Summing up, since then it is only when I go on fairly long journeys (40 mins or more) or really push the engine hard that any hot air comes through. Even when the engine is at optimum temp and I rev it hard once the hot air will come through then go again if I go back to normal driving, so that suggests it?s definitely only working when the engine gets rather hot.
I thought that it may have picked up some sort of air pocket so I have run the engine from cold to optimum temp with the reservoir cap off but this has made no difference. I even asked the garage to replace the valve to see if I had a faulty one, they did this but it has made no difference.
If anyone can shed some light on this, maybe give me some pointers as to what I need to try next, I would be very grateful. The weather, I feel, is going to get pretty cold soon!
Many many thanks in advance,
Ken
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Thanks for this, have just ordered a new valve so will let you know how it goes once i've replaced it. Can't believe the one I have now hasn't even lasted a year! Hope the new one is not another duff one, these things seem to be the most unreliable component ever made!
Thanks again,...
how do i remove the cabasse auditorium stereo, as it is faulty, also where is the aerial on this car, or better still how do i tune to a radio station? All i get is static and cant manually tune, help!! Read more
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Thanks guys.
Yes Manatee, that's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for. I think they're american, but can't find a listing for Isuzu or Chevy Colorado with the right size bed. I'll give them a call tomorrow and see what they say.