January 2010
Recently my focus has picked up a tapping noise from the top of the engine when running, any ideas of what could be the cause of this?
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Hello there. Recently the ABS light came on my dash, I had it diagnosed and the problem was with one of the rear sensors which had become damaged, I replaced the sensor but the ABS warning light has stayed on.
I have already tried disconnecting the battery overnight, to no avail.
Does anyone know if this faut should clear itself after I drive a few miles?
Or do I have to actually delete the fault code? and if so, is there anyway I can do this myself without taking it to a garage?
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Right, PROBLEM SOLVED!! Took it to the garage, they cleared the code, warning lights went off, went for a drive, lights came back on, turns out that it was not only the sensor but the reluctor ring as well that was damaged...Thanks to you all for your input, even if some of it did seem a little patronising!
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Just to ask what people recommend for this job. Dealers seem to squirt some spray grease in the general direction once a year, but this must be totally inadequate for such a heavily worked mechanism. I doubt that the grease ever even reaches the contact surfaces. And nothing ages a car quite like doors that drop half an inch when you open them... Thanks for any suggestions! Read more
Thanks for the continuing info
That's not the check strap that's the hinge pins!
I see the title is ambiguous ? meant it to mean: lube of the hinges and checkstraps :o)
I think its fair to say that all over the country, the roads are full of potholes and some serious ones at that. Now, although the roads were not ideal prior to the cold snap its fair to say many of these are as a result of this cold snap.
Its easy to criticise Councils and expect them to get out there and fix them all immediately but in reality that can't work due to manpower, budgets etc.
So unless the Govt wave a magic billion extra pounds to the Councils for road fixing, how do you suggest they go about repairing these?
Would it be a suggestion for each council to do a survey and then publish a plan of works ie. here are the priorities and here is the list of the roads we will fix this week?
Its easy for us all to moan but I am not so sure what the solution is. In the past you could report a serious large pothole and it would get filled that day but now there are so many of these seriously large potholes you wonder how they prioritise them!
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When my friend from the council used to do emergency repairs to pot holes on the A34 that had been reported, it was basically park the lorry on the verge, put on flashing beacons, fill shovel with tar, aim for a gap in the traffic and then run out into the road and chuck it in the hole and flatten down the best he could with his shovel in the time available before the next car / lorry came along and get out the way pretty sharpish. The rest of the flattening down was taken care by the vehicles that then came thundering by. Scary stuff.
i have just got my 1st familey car ie my peugeot 307 sw .
the problem being i am having to disconnect the battery every night due to head lights coming on when connected ...when key is put in lights go off... take the key back out 5 seconds later head lights an ignition both come on together an stay on till battery is disconnected ........ can anyone help no one has got a clue who i av asked an am all out of ideas thanx rye ....
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hello rye ktm, i have a 307 with the same problem,that you had back in 2010, with the hedlights and ignition lights staying on did you manage to cure it, any information would be great, from kev,proud owner of a 300 exc.
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I've just had a yellow warning light come up. In the book it says it is "exhaust emissions" warning light. RAC came out and read it on the computer and it said "manifold atmospheric pressure sensor fault".
RAC didn't look beyond reading the computer, but said safe to drive home even though had an 80 mile journey. It did drive home okay though.
Am I safe to drive this for another 4 days (160 mile return each day) as I can't get it to a garage before this? I'm clueless as to what the manifold pressure is! EPC light came on also but went out on its own.
Does anyone know what VW would charge to diagnose what the fault is and give a quote for repair? (RAC said only a VW computer would tell more about the fault).
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Although a diag test has logged a fault with the map sensor I would be
very surprised if this is actually the problem.This trouble code is often set by a
problem with breather /vacuum hoses split or perished and possibly a dirty throttle body.Also the
map sensor can suffer oil contamination and just needs a clean out.hth
totally agree with above, apart from cleaning of sensor. Quite a few weve cleaned seem to come back faulty. We cleaned them with brake cleaner (bit less agressive than carb cleaner) but they seem to get permanently damaged once oil gets into them.
Hiya, Im hoping someone out there may be able to help. I have an 03 renault laguna 1.9dci privelage it had an intermitent fault where when your driving it very briefly looses complete power like the engine has cut out then just as quick as it happened it carries on as normal. someone reccomended cleaning the egr valve which i did using carb cleaner, i cleaned as much of it as possible and put it all back together again. that seems to have solved the problem of the cut out issues but now has a different fault. When driving it almost feels like the car has very little power to what it had before i cleaned the egr and takes a while for the turbo to kick in. then when aproaching motorway speeds it splutters a little and a message appears on display saying "fault in fuel injection" and then continues in limp home mode until the engine is switched off and back on again which clears the fault untill were back up to speed where it happens all over again. I look forward to your advice and comments.
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It's really not wise to put a private mobile number on an open forum. It is also best for the OP to reply directly on here, and thereby also help others with the same problem.
Firstly, a big thank you to Panda_man for the excellent advice on how to remove my suspension arms from my ball-joints! I tried to thank him a little while ago on my original thread, but the site seemed to be having problems.
So, now to the present...I have just replaced the clucth in my pug 406 Hdi 90.
All has gone well so far (Inexperienced DIY mechanic) but I am having a problem with my clutch release bearing. The old one was completely disintegrated (so that was what the loud bang was!) and so I am unsure of the fittings that go along with it.
How do I post pictures on here?
On the transmission input shaft, there is a loose sleeve (looks like a short piece of pipe with a lip at one end - not sure if it has a specific name. This tube seems to fit in the new release bearing, but I am unsure if it is just a remnant part of the old bearing. The inside surface of the new release bearing is plastic, so I don't think it would go directly onto the input shaft. Also, the back end of the release earing is plasic - would the release arm push directly onto this?
Thanks in advance to any help you can give.
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Hi Richard,
Thanks for all of the advice. I got the part (£11.01 inc vat, so not bad). Car has now been re-assembled and the clutch is working.
I now have another small problem which I will post in a seperate message.
Thanks again,
Kevin.
hi,
is it possible that a loose timing chain could be causing the horrendous rattle coming from my micra engine?
my tiny car has gone from being as quiet as a mouse to sounding just like an old diesel taxi!
thing is, it came on immediately yesterday. was fine at 9am when i went to the shops, by 10am on the way home the noise was there.
the oil/water are fine and are checked weekly and the car starts and drives as normal.
can these chains be adjusted up if a bit loose?
or is it a complete new chain kit thats needed?
is it safe to drive as it is?
I know the noise is coming from inside the engine as the noise increases when i remove the oil filler cap as the car ticks over.
it really sounds like a diesel engine now - thats the best way i can describe it.
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has been changed twice a year so not quite sure what point you are trying
to make.
> you dont give all that information in your post
so obviously my Chrystal ball needs a re shine
I picked my mother in law up yesterday and she announced she has put down a deposit on a Feb 09 A3 2.0 TDI S tronic Sportback, from a main dealer.
She is changing from a 99 SLK 230K, as its too small and low for her now.
She drives no more than 10k per year, short local trips, with a few longer motorway trips over the year.
Now obviously I know she doesn?t need a 2.0 Audi diesel for this and that she could buy 2 ceeds/foci/golf(well 1.5 Golfs) etc that will do exactly the same thing as the Audi for the same money.
But to be far, it looks nice on the drive, its her money and she likes it, so I don?t have any issue with the car choice in general, as they do have a nice (perception of) quality about them.
I?m just a bit worried about the long term, self funded ownership proposition of the 2.0TDI (140) and the tronic gearbox (is this the same as the VW DSG?). Given likely use in short local trips, is this asking for trouble and expense? (Dual Mass wossits and Particle Filters etc)
Any knowledge about engine/gearbox this set-up in the A3 ? is there anything to fear or am I being a worry wart?
My gut says try and coach her in to a petrol manual (but again which one for longevity?)
Incidentally the Audit dealer has offered her £3k for the SLK, which seems low to me. Per AT they are offered around £5-7k. Any thoughts?
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Nick
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All 2.0 TDI PD engines according to him.
Of course, there are millions of these engines out there running happily. It's like every other "common fault" - just because it's common doesn't mean it's necessarily likely to happen to an individual car. Just seems a shame that the 1.9 PD, on which this engine is based, was mechanically bulletproof (as long as you put the right oil in it)
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My money would still be on an injector, as the tappets hardly ever get seriously noisy on these engines even at the stated mileage. The low mpg is quite easily caused by this also .