November 2009
Hi, I wonder if I could draw on your collective knowledge.....?
With the onset of cooler weather, I have noticed that on my 5am drive to work, the temp gauge barely gets into the "normal" zone. This is on an 18 mile route that is predominantly downhill on 40mph roads. However, a fair amount of heat is available for the cabin.
On the way home (warmer air temp, mostly uphill) the temp gauge appears normal but if I put the heater on full I can make the needle drop back out of the zone.
Is it normal for the cabin heater to make this much difference to the engine coolant temp?
(I've heard of mini drivers using the heater matrix as an extra radiator in summer traffic jams to stop the engine overheating - but I would have thought my mondeo would have more in reserve than this!)
I'm aware from reading another site that Mondeos have a couple of weak spots in the cooling system, so is there anything I can check before speaking to a garage? (i'm technically minded but not practically handed, so my preferred way of dealing with these things is to try to have an idea of diagnosis, then get an expert to fix!)
Read more
been chatting to a ford senior manager today
did anyone realise the costs involved if you take one of their cars as standard with no spare wheel?
if you need to use the foam kit in the boot you will need to pay 200 quid plus to have it recharged afterwards and a new pipe as once used the pipe is useless, you will also defintely need a new tyre as even minor issues which could have been repaired if you had a spare will now require a new tyre as the foam ruins the tyre
and of course if you find this out and try to replace the kit with a spare wheel you will need to buy a jack and brace etc for 200 quid plus
when ordered as factory option with new car order a spare is only 20 quid, as an after market retro fit its 300 quid
so ford are doing all this to save about 20 quid, but they will also make lots of money as we will have to go to them to get the foam kits recharged! when previosuly all the money was going to the tyre fitters and makers!
rip off my friends Read more
Ah but did you find the tool for releasing the electric handbrake if it should
fail and stick on?
After reading the handbook that was what led me on the quest of the toolkit.
SWMBO can't get used to the manual operation of the electronic park brake. Winter is coming and I just know that handbrake is going to stick on when left overnight below -10.
Now might be the time for me to buy one of those small gas blow torches to heat the caliper when it sticks.
Fortnight ago tomorrow my wife was driving through this junction when someone hit her.
tinyurl.com/yf25ehu
She was driving right to left down the single carriageway road in the straight-on lane when she was hit in the offside by a car turning right into her lane travelling top-to-bottom out of the dual carriageway through a stationary queue of cars in the right hand turn lane waiting to turn into the dual carriageway.
Quite straightforward accident you would think, wife in main road, other car turning right through give way signs into main road hits wife in side.
Other driver says someone in the queue waiting to turn right 'flashed me through'. Still straight forward as that, as we all know, means sweet FA. Wife even has independent witness at scene saying to other driver, 'so what?'
When we reported it to the insurers even they straightaway said 'No problem, obviously other driver's fault, hire car on way, will pick yours up tomorrow.' Easy.
Now, up to now I've been pretty laid back about the whole thing considering that said damaged vehicle is the first new car I've ever owned, is mine, bought with my own money, is 14 weeks old and I had to wait nearly as long for delivery and has not so much as had a bird relieve itself on it to date. I have taken the attitude, as always, that it is, when all said and done, a bit of bent metal and the important thing was that no-one was hurt.
Now comes the rant, despite all the above, damage evidence, witness willing to give statement to court, insurance co. onside, road markings, et al, I have now been informed that the other party is now refusing to accept ANY liability for the accident whatsoever and has told her company she is not willing to settle if she has to take any part of the blame; all this based purely on the argument that she was 'flashed out' so it can't possibly be her fault!
We now have to go through all the form filling, diagrams, witness statements, etc.
I know that at the end of the day we are still going to win the argument: BUT, IF YOU KNOW YOU ARE IN THE WRONG AND EVERYONE IS TELLING YOU SO, WHY DON'T YOU JUST HOLD YOUR HANDS UP AND ACCEPT THE FACT - YOU ARE WRONG!!!!!! and let us all get on with the rest of our lives.
Thanks for that, feel a lot better now.......... Read more
...The technology is there for cars to have a built in video recorder at very low cost...
I was looking at a new service bus the other day.
It has either six or seven cameras, three or four inside and three more outside, looking front and back.
The bus was being prepared for one of the major operators and I was told the internal cameras were there mostly to defend false injury claims from passengers.
Routine scenario is bus stops quickly, half of those on board claim whiplash, until they are shown the footage of themselves sitting comfortably throughout.
Does anyone know what this amount is?
Read more
Maybe the terms I have put into the search engine does not come up with much >>
try with the English spelling [s in place of z]: Car Hire Pre Authorisation
Maybe I am doing something wrong >>
possible:
1. did you use the forum search button next to log in button?
2. limit search period to 1 month [coz Pug says plenty of "recent" discussion].
3. spelling of "authorisation" as I suggested.
Q. I have just had a rather nasty surprise with my Espace 2.2 DCI. The Problem appears to be the engine running on ( ie screaming) its own oil. It ceased initially after a few seconds, then drove normally for approx 500 yards, to then happen again for a few moments then back to normal. Both these times the motor was under light load accelerating. The Service and ESP dash lights came on and remained on until parking the vehicle probably three miles later.
On restarting later that day to drive home, a great cloud of oily smoke emitted from exhaust, but car drove (steadily) home (17 Miles) and seamed OK. have this morning taken the vehicle to service dealer (another 13 Miles) who have checked it out with the diagnostic tool and a road test. Nothing amiss reported until parking up for me to collect, when the engine started screaming (running on own oil). They (mechanics) now believe that the rocker gaskets etc will need replacing at an incredible cost with labour of 670 spondoolics.
Previously I have had a new Turbo and two EGR valves replaces ( LIMP MODE) thankfully under AA warrantee.
Is anyone else having this problem or any knowledge of it and a curative measure?
Thanks in anticipation. Read more
Seems like "leaking" turbo oil seals problems are developing, which are well documented if you do some research. You need to have the turbo examined now, including the air intake intercooler pipe, to establish if (much) leaking oil from the turbo is evident. But note that the air intake intercooler pipe should be slightly oily with normal turbo operation. If you do not do this and the problem gets worse, the engine could run on out of control using its own oil as fuel (leaking past the turbo oil seals) until it is all used up ......!
But you may have experienced this already to some extent.
Did a short trip locally last week, it was dark, pouring down and rush hour.
We came along a road with temp traffic lights....it was, frankly, chaos !
Did the same trip today in the light and got a better idea of the situation.
It's a major road, urban but without any cars parked, etc. The road is single carriageway each direction and each side would easily accomodate two buses, side by side.
The roadworks were a hole, against one kerb, about the size of large car.
You sat there on red wondering why you were stopped when there were the equivalent of three lanes between the hole and the opposite kerb. Of course, they'd managed to block the opposite kerbside lane with the traffic signal and it's attendant signs No sign of any men or machinery...of course.
Just another example of trying to keep the traffic from moving ?....I guess.
Ted Read more
I feel a song coming on:
You'd think that people would have had enough of silly road works
But I look around me and I see it isn't so.
Some people wanna fill the world with silly road works
And what's wrong with that
I'd like to know
Passed the local Ford dealers - lots of Ford Kugas - JNM 123 U/124 U..............
Plates said Castletown Ford
I have never seen reg plates with a U suffix? Where do these cars come from? Read more
Ex hire cars. Our local dealer get theirs from Jersey and they start arriving about now.
Hi there I have engine problems as when I start the engine from cold and drive along and then the engine will cut out when I apply the brakes. It seems to happen when I get to about 40 mph and start braking, I notice the rev dial drops to below 1 and then it normally comes back up to 1. What happens is when the engine cuts out it goes below 1 and totally cuts out. I have to restart the engine which is embarassing when in a queue.
Another thing I noticed yesterday was the coil symbol started flashing yesterday when driving along and was warm and suddenly cut out. Someone said to me that it could poss be the central locking connected?? I had problems where the double locking wouldnt work cos of a sensor problem with the bonnet lid. I cure that with spraying with WD40 and then it ok.
Can anyone help.
Thanks Read more
hi there
yeah it a LX 2.0 TDI 03 REG
SQ
Hi, can anyone help with this problem?
I have recently aquired a 1999 (S) 2.5 diesel Voyager that does't start. The vehicle cut out and failed to restart.
The obvious faults are no glow plug light/no crank(even with clutch depressed)..Fuse 17 (PCM) in the Power Dist. Centre had blown and was replaced by an attending RAC patrol (before I got the car) but made no difference. I've stripped the car considerably checking for poor connections at the PDC, PCM, Junction Box, earths, etc. What is very interesting is that if you power up the Diesel pump stop solinoid with 12v the glow plug light comes on, goes out and the vehicle starts and drives as normal, except that there's no turbo boost. Everything is pointing to the PCM(ECU) loosing a feed/earth. I've got a CD ROM with a complete service manual on, including wiring diagrams, which has been a great help, but some of the diagrams, wire colours, etc don't correspond. The car is perfectly drivable with the bypass, except for the lack of boost!! Does anybody have any ideas?...thanks, Simon Read more
Hi mate, Thanks for this...I'll try and have a look today........if it ever stops raining!!!!!
Works fine in 1st, 2nd & 5th gear but no power in 3rd and 4th. It is a manual deisel American import. This is the same problem reported on this sight a couple of years ago but I don't know if anyone found the asnwer. The turbo has been checked all okay and it has been put on Snap On fault finder and checked out okay. Any ideas would be great Read more
Hi did you find that sensor cured it as it is the same on my d22 thanks
Browse
.jpg)
Hello all. Firstly thanks for your help and apologies for my late reply. Have secured myself the use of my father in laws nice warm garage next weekend, so will shut myself away with Haynes and a new thermostat and see if I can improve matters.
Thanks again for the help - I'll report back!