December 2009
Hi All, I have had starting problems with my Voyager (2.5 VM engine). 3 days ago I replaced the glow plugs, started instantly. 24 hours later wouldn't start and flattened the battery.
Cracked injectors, lots of fuel. Jumped from other car span over and over for ages, plumes of smoke from exhaust, Unburnt diesel I guess, then for no reason eventually fired up.
If used within a few hours, will start OK, leave it for 4-6 hours, same again NON START.
No flashing lights on Dash, removed plug from exciter ring, alarm light flashes on, plug ring back in, alarm light off when key in - transponder side of things seems OK.
Am I looking too hard into this, and could I still have the original glow plug problem (Wrong set Fitted?)
Any Ideas please hep
Regards
Phil
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Hi,
my coolant level drops from max to min when the car reaches operating temp and stays there unless you release the cap then returns to max also has stored pressure for 24hrs or more any ideas I have replaced the stat, temp senser, & coolant so i am stuck fans never keep in but car never over heats + rad stays cold
Help pls the coolant thing is the opposite to what it should be
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IF the system is not loosing coolant then it sounds like air in the system.
Take it to a garage where they have a vacuum coolant filler (lots of places use these now) and get them to refill the system for you. Make sure they use G12 or G12+ coolant.
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SLIDING AND RECOVERING ON ICE LIKE A PRO!!
So i've been googling like mad for a tutorial about how to handle a car once you've gone over the edge, past the limit of traction. How do you rein the car back in, once it's lost traction on ice?
Yeah, yeah grandpa, "just dont get into the situation", but what if you've no choice, what if THROUGH NO FAULT OF YOUR OWN (see #1 for an example) you've gone over the edge? What then, huh? How do you get it back?!
COULDN'T FIND A TUTORIAL, SO I PUT ONE TOGETHER WITH WHAT I LEARNED, HERE IT IS!!
There's tons of alluring titles for articles on the web, but you dive into them only to find they mention things like "pack a warm blanket", "take a thermos flask". No! The title of the article was "How To Drive On Ice" not how to prepare for winter driving! Argh, i know that bit already! Teach me the driving technique already!
So anyway, after much frantic searching, many hours reading (80% at least wasted / duplicate info), i have learned and compiled the perfect "how to drive like a pro, on ice" article.
HERE IT IS!!! 10 Steps To Ice Driving Nirvana!
1. Just don't get into a loss of control situation in the first place. There's no going back.
2. There's no going back. Just don't get into a loss of control situation in the first place.
3. Just don't get into a loss of control situation in the first place. There's no going back.
4. There's no going back. Just don't get into a loss of control situation in the first place.
5. Just don't get into a loss of control situation in the first place. There's no going back.
6. There's no going back. Just don't get into a loss of control situation in the first place.
7. Just don't get into a loss of control situation in the first place. There's no going back.
8. There's no going back. Just don't get into a loss of control situation in the first place.
9. Just don't get into a loss of control situation in the first place. There's no going back.
10. There's no going back. Just don't get into a loss of control situation in the first place.
Damn!! Turns out, there's a reason there's no step by step how to recover a slide down an icy hill, blindly into a junction. It's because there is no way to recover. It all revolves around not getting into the slide in the first place.
Whether it's fitting tyres with ice studs, or even just deciding to park up and not drive down that steep hill which could be icy, the key to each solution is always the same, its about never losing traction on ice in the first place.
Double Damn, wish someone had written a short article that says YOU CANT and saved me a ton of wasted searching / reading time.
I wrote this in the style of that non-existant document i really wanted to find. I'm gutted it doesn't exist so i thought i'd let off some steam in a way that may (or may not) help others :-(
Happy Holidays!
Footnotes
#1 There's no such situation that's no fault of your own, you're in charge of the vehicle, YOU are 100% responsible for what it does. You're responsible for choosing to tackle that bit of road in the first place, it's your fault you're too much of an ass to do the right thing.
P.S. pack a warm blanket, take a thermos flask! \\o/
P.P.S. snow (and to a lesser extent slush) is different, but for that you really, really, cant beat just going to a big car park and teaching yourself.
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>>... could I "add window open a crack" too?
Of course you can. I was waiting for that comment. Also very useful in thick fog where sheer terror brings every sense into play and eyes out on stalks.
Dear Backroom Agony Aunt, I am at my wits end after being let into a well-kept family secret and I need your advice.
I have been told, by 'someone who thought you ought to know' that my son's new mother-in-law owns a Mazda Bongo Friendee.
I questioned my son closely when he told me he planned to marry, but apparently he thought it better that this fact was kept from me.
Luckily, I am happily settled in France, 500 miles from any potential face-to-face embarrassment, so I don't feel the need to emigrate. But how will I keep a straight face if I ever see it? And what will I do if my friends find out?
Any down-to-earth advice would be very welcome.
Yours sincerely
'Credibility at the Crossroads'
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There was a dreaded "Bongo Friendee" or whatever it is called parked outside my frigging house today!
Kill it, kill it with fire, but not too close to my house if you please.
soon
now that ford are selling volvo to a geely good company
are so
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Tata have been good for JLR so perhaps Geely should be given the benefit of the doubt ?
I have to admit that I haven't seriously considered a Volvo since about 2003 when I realised the Ford Mondeo Estate was a cheaper (purchase and lifetime costs), roomier and better handling alternative to the V70 I was considering. Since then I don't think their products have stood favourable comparison to BMW, Audi or even their cheaper Ford brethren - certainly not worth a price premium. Possibly an argument against the overall component sharing strategy of Ford ?
I guess this means I personally won't consider Volvo in the future either, although by putting a 1.6D in the V70 they'd lost the plot imho anyhow.....
Hi all,
Hope someone can help, I've seen the drivers side indicator has stopped working and tried changing the bulb with one I had spare with no luck. All the other bulbs are working and I'm currently trying to identify which fuse to try replacing but is there anything else that would cause just the drivers side to fail?
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try another bulb
be sure the pin on the bottom of the bulb (i assume you mean the one in the bumper) is the same as the one you took out
Hi,
I have a land rover series 3 but I want to put coil suspension on it to remove the leaf spring also so I can have better ground clearance is this possible? Read more
Talk to Paddock - maybe parabolics might do it. As the guys says, you're always limited by the diffs front and rear.
For about the last 6 years I have run (amongst other cars) two P plate (08/96 and 02/97) 16v Fiestas. The older one I had from new, and the other was owned by my father for the first 34k of its life. I had always maintained that the earlier one was livelier, more economical, more flexible, slightly more economical and just nicer to drive. The only difference in specification was the newer had Power steering and ran on 165/13s rather than 155/13s. There was a slight mechanical change around 1/97, which requires a different cambelt/tensioner kit. I had always put it down to possible power loss in the PS and possible software changes in the ECU.
I recently had the cambelt changed in the newer one (at 70k and 12 years) (no lectures please), and believe it or not this car now feels much better - almost the same as the other one!
The only conclusion I can come to is that the original factory fitted belt was fitted so that the timing was 'slightly' wrong. I know that the cam pulley on the crankshaft is an inteference fit, ie no keyway, so is this explanation likely or possible?
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direct2000
If you dont understand the question, please just dont answer with random links.
I realise that you are a new member - look listen and learn and recognise the culture.
My respect goes to the driver.
What a decision to have to make with 44 people on board, it's bad enough with 44 tonnes gross and the cargo is only baked beans.
Pat
Just did a 60 mile drive. On returning to town i parked car in a regular slot in a supermarket i use. When i say regular i mean usually within 3 bays & 3-4 times a week. I had a full car. On returning to the car the rear nearside window was open. Can anyone offer a reason. I know early model Passatts had a simmillar problem. Read more
The window switches are very poorly positioned and I don't think I have ever opened the front windows at the first attempt. It is then a fight to close the rear window before tackling the front switch again. In, fact, I very often have to have a lightning sideways squint to find the right switch.
Another switch that I feel is poorly positioned is the rear window/mirror demister switch which is for me almost an arm's length away and is so small and fiddly that I invariably pull in and stop for pure safety reasons before operating.
The windscreen demister switch is again small and fiddly and too low.
Really, I suppose it amounts to those switches being out of the driver's vision. Oh! for the days of the large click down for "On" and click up for "Off" type.
Browse
Glow plug relay could well be the problem also could be struggling to hold fuel pressure in the rail due to a bad injector.