December 2009
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Evenin' all
My neighbour's Astra has been making loud high pitched noises for the last 24 hours, I assume the alarm has thrown a wobbler. ( there are no signs of damage to the car, so i suspect water ingress or similar) Sounds like a deranged parakeet.
Anyway, they're off skiing somewhere uncontactable ( return date unknown) and us folks are getting a bit peed off with it. IIRC we are within our rights to phone the police and report it as a nuisance, but we'd rather not go down that route yet.
Any other ( legal) suggestions as to what to do, other than a job lot of earplugs??
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Thanks for the replies folks, after 24 hours of random WEEE - WOOOO WEEEEE WOOOO it stopped about 10 minutes after I poster here on the BR! Must be special backroom magic :-)
Merry Xmas to one and all, as I set here amongst a sea of Lego cars and Scalextric :-))
The wallet on the roof after filling up ?
The petrol cap left on top of the pump ?
Well, this week I very nearly got it badly wrong. Four AM alarm ...yuk...200 mile journey to make with a view to being away overnight in this weeks lovely weather....oh joy....went outside at 4.30 AM to defrost car, turned engine on using keyless ignition switch wotsit ( why should anyone else get any sleep if I'm up ? ) , went back into house to fetch briefcase and absent mindedly laid car keys/fob thing on kitchen table. Back out to car still running, got in and set off. Fortunately got only a mile or so before realising key thing was still on kitchen table. Returned to house. Had to phone Mrs B to wake her to open front door..... she strangely irritable that morning for some reason....
Thank goodness I didn't get to where I was going without the fob. Could have turned the engine off but couldn't have locked the car or started it again. Phew !
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...that cloth will hold the hot radiator cap...
Did a motorway breakdown on a Saab 99.
Arrived at the car on the hard shoulder and it was clear it was very hot - I could smell the heat a few yards away.
Explained to the owner that, before anything else, we needed to let it cool down a bit.
He was an impatient, go-ahead type and took a rag I was holding and started to release the rad cap.
I shouted 'no' just as he lost control of the cap and, fortunately for him, stepped back.
At this point, it's worth remembering Saab 99 bonnets are hinged at the front.
The jet of scalding water shot about 10ft into the air, there being nothing to stop it.
We eventually found the radiator cap somewhere on the motorway embankment.
Nice rough looking one with odd coloured panels too. I've had two like that. One was the quickest Estelle I had.
I am envious Dox! Let me know if you want the rear halfshafts and bearings I have. Got a 130 in the bushes too but the engine. or most of it, is different from yours.
washers are freezing up even if sitting in the car with the engine on and heater on windows. i am a taxi driver and I am wondering if this is a problem with passats as my wife has a hyundi i30 and she has had no problems in this weather.
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it may not look cool but it works.
I've been known to use my son's water pistol in such circs. Wouldn't recommend waving anything which looks too much like a gun out the window mind. Upsets some people....
Front tyres on my Titanium X diesel seem to be wearing quickly.This was a Ford direct vehicle bought with 15k on the clock. I have heard that Mondeos are prone to this front scuffing and wear. Rear seem OK. Checking what is available I have come across comments on "summer tyres". I wonder if this is why cars these days cannot handle winter conditions and owners are not aware of the tyre types. I would rather have an all season. Blimey,are tyres expensive these days or what! Can anyone recommend. I have been looking at premium tyres, would the mid range out these days do? I am on 235/40R 18 W95 Read more
15K was quite good (unless it's on its 2nd set), mine (Titanium, 235/45/17") got to 13K with 2mm tread left before I changed them. At these rates of wear and the fact that I just potter around locally, I went for a mid-range tyre at £70 each rather than the Goodyear excellence which were around £120 each.
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Keith
would anybody know how to put this awd into 4 wheel drive?
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There is a video in today's Sun half way down the page on the LH side that shows a car sliding on iced up block paving - just like my neighb had done at the cost of £????'s.
His drive was very icy whilst my ruff concrete drive was ice free.
My daughter's screen washer has stopped pumping screenwash. You can hear the pump running. I have removed one of the pipes under the bonnet and blown liquid out of the little hole in the bottle cap. With the same pipe removed it still doesn't pump. We are pretty sure nothing is frozen.
Where's the usual place for a blockage? Any tips gratefully received.
Merry Christmas to all. Read more
You were spot on Dave, filter needed cleaning. Who designs these things that turn a simple task into a major dismantling job?
Thanks again.
Ive tried to report this using the button at the bottom but the cursor problem even seems to stop me doing that.
When typing a post the cursor will not stay on the right hand side of the page, its ok now as i'm typing continually but if i make a mistake i have to go to all sorts of lengths to split the text up to enable the cursor again.
Only on this site, i presume others have found this too.
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It's been made aware to Khoo Systems.
All I can say for now is that it's being looked into, but like most businesses, the Christmas break will cause a delay in getting it sorted.
If you place the cursor on the top part of the report box, click your left mouse button and then drag the box to the left hand side of the screen, you'll then be able to fill it in. As said though, there will be a delay in getting this resolved.
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My mondeo has failed its MOT because they refused to do the emmisions as there is blue smoke coming from the exhaust? its worse in the mornings but if i pump the fuel filter it seems to stop and run better whilst pumping. my friend seems to think it may be a problem with the fuel system so i changed the filter and still the same. any idea's???
many thanks
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just add approx 1pint of home heating oil to your tank before taking vehicle to test
this will not harm your your pump or engine in any way. A guaranteed way to pass
your mot test
Best Reguards Mickey bo
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