December 2009
Enjoy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEoYhjEVn-o
The music "rejoice" from Handles Messiah says it all
If link doesn't work just type "YOU TUBE - BENTLEY SOMERSET" in to Youtube
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A quick Friday quiz. I'm just about to go and collect my company Qashqai from the local main dealer after it's second service. It had had its first one before I was given it. Not aware of any other work required.
Now, I've not had a car into a main dealership for servicing for years but my new employer wants it fettled by Nissan. Fair enough.
I have not the vaguest notion what the bill will be, not a scooby doo.
I will make a £1 donation to charity this evening on behalf of the nearest guess.
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Sounds good legacylad. I'll pop a little contribution in our local Macmillan in return. Mrs
B got the all clear on a little something yesterday. Quite a good Christmas present
all told.
Thats one service well worth paying for then. ;)
I have a Honda 2004 Stream 2.0l i-VTEC (K20A) semi-automatic engine with a fault code P1739.
I have noticed a flashing D (D4) indicator light at the dashboard when driving. The flashing is intermittent and goes off when I shut and re-start the engine. It had happened at least 4 incidents in 2 months time. The transmission is shifting normally and could not notice any problem.
What's the cause of the fault? We have a long journey this week-end (about 70 miles each way). Is it safe to drive the car with this fault and would not harm a serious damage to the transmission? Is there anything really I have to worry?
I would really appreciate your help.
Thanks again,
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This is a transmission fault indication. It could be a pressure switch, wiring fault, faulty solenoid or hydraulic fault. It will need to go to a transmission specialist for proper diagnosis.
these transmission have a habit of wrecking their diff bearings, then swarf gets into the rest of the transmission and causes more damage.
I would drive the car as little as possible and get it to a trans workshop ASAP.
Thing is my youngest daughter tried to learn to drive about 9 months ago but couldn't get the hang of gear changes/steering, etc all at the same time (whats that about females being able to multi task?!)... So she gave up... However she's decided to have another go, this time in an Automatic and came back yesterday after her lesson wanting more!
So I want something cheap for her to practice in, it won't be doing much miles, just local pootling and as its just for practice I don't want to spend a lot of money... I don't normally bother at this end of the market, but am now having a look round and a local trader (from home) has an old 1990 1.6L Escort Auto for sale for £195 with 3 months MOT.
I went and had a look and from what I could see its just what I'd expect from a car that age, body looks ok (if a bit faded), tyres legal, a little bit of oil under the sump, but not dripping, the underside looked ok, no obvious things I could see, even the boot had no rust! On the test drive the auto seemed to work ok, though the brakes juddered when stopping from speed (50mph)...
I know that its a lottery at that end, but is there anything obvious I need to look at, especially re the auto 'box and brakes, especially with early Escorts? Just seems like it may be worth a punt, even for 3 months and then scrap it - just those brakes...
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Sorry I am thinking of the Mk2.
In a word...dreadful.
Wifey took her car to work this cold morning, phones me and says it is flashing 'OIL' on the dash. She gets home and it is still flashing and beneath the odometer it also flashes a number of miles, initially saying 50. I check the oil level and it seems fine, I add a little bit of oil and it is still flashing, the figure has changed to 68. I have looked in the manual and cannot find what this means. Any thoughts ? It was last serviced in April, and has done 32,000 miles in total. Read more
Ah, I think its asking for a service!
What will cause a battery light to stay on whilst driving?
the battery charges ok and the diesel engine has no trouble starting.
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Can anyone help. I have Xenon Headlights on a 9-5 estate. A £1000 option, but a nightmare when they go wrong. I replaced one headlight unit (with a second hand unit), as it was flickering. This worked for a year, but now the headlight has stopped working....there seems to be a water trap, and so the electrics corrode, and once this has happened, it is a whole new headlamp unit again...£595 new, not including the bulb at £150.
I have decided to change the headlights back to normal. I understand this is acheivable, but someone I contacted said they would not do it as it was 8 Hours labour and a right fiddle....you need to change the headlight ecu, and there are lots of wires.
Does anyone know anyone who has done this before, and would be prepared to do it again. Does anyone know what exactly you have to do, as my mechanic is very good, and may be able to do it, with guidance.
Please help!!
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I'l be using this stretch over the holidays. The last time there were road works controlled by lights (Swindon side of Shrivenham?) which held us for twenty minutes or so. Got hopelessly lost trying to avoid them on the return (SWMBO bimbo navigating).
I'm someone here will be able to tell me if it's improved? Read more
Thanks for those.
I'm aware of the speed cameras, not that they bother me as I tend to drive at a speed that doesn't trigger them. The 50MPH stretches on otherwise NSL roads amuse me. Watch the antics of those drivers who think the NSL is 50MPH (I mean cars and light vehicles that aren't otherwise restricted!).
Just saw my neighbour is struggling with his 08 plate C-class for last 10 minutes!
The car is just spinning its rear wheel....
Yet all FWD cars are ploughing without drama.
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Just listening to a neighbour with a corsa failing to reverse off the drive. All I can hear is wheelspin! He's all over the place. I don't think the going nowhere in snow is down to the cars drive train at all. Think it's more to do with the driver and a lot of people's total inability to feel what the car is doing.
Got to go out later. Can't decide whether to take the rwd to make a point or the 4wd as it doesn't have abs which I think might be better in current conditions :-)
"WWW"? Eh? Read more
The link probably automatically detects a male poster and deactivates. What women definitely don't want is to listen to a bunch of men talking about cars.
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Fantastic!
That is what motoring is all about to me!
its not the arriving, its the getting there!