January 2010
Does anyone know where the diesel spill /lleak off rubber plug goes as this fell of when i took the plastic inlet manifold of to do the injector seals and without this spill /leak of rubber plug will the car start ?
Its the same part thats on www.ebay.co.uk
Item number 260530139692
Also 200427408832
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Has anyone had any experience of buying a used car from an internet dealer offering free delivery to your door ?
I've been looking at a number of sites (Outsidelane, Carsrusuk) which offer used cars at much reduced prices and they will deliver to your door.
The claim is that these cars are ex-lease and are either their own or obtained from other lease companies. They're 1 owner with full histories (usually).
They seem tooo good to be true but I can't find any info from other buyers on the web/forums.
Anyone know of them or other similar sites ???
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I bought a car from Cars r us in January this year and was really happy with the service. We had been looking for some time and found their prices extremely competitive, we were happy with the price they offered to part exchange our old car, delivery was free, the car arrived in very good condition and included full service history, spare keys etc. Only one previous owner. Will definitely buy from these guys again and have recommended them to friends and family.
Any body got any ideas on this.
Pulling badly to the left, straight road at 30 mph take hands of wheel and it heads for the kerb. At 70 mph it,s bad and constantly correcting on steering.
Car has been into local Fiat dealer who acknowledge it,s pulling to the left but cant see anything wrong.
I had the tracking done by local Align my car, wheels are balanced correctly and tyre pressures are correct.
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every car ive had that does that WT pulls the wheel usually to the left as you start it
maybe the poster can check this on startup?
corsa's are the main culprits followed by siecento fiats
is this what you mean?
is it digital on the panda or an old fashioned volume control pot on the steering downshaft do you know?
questions...............questions.............. :-#)
Hi hope somebody can help? Not sure whether the two are connected but for about one week my heater has only been blowing out cold air. Today I got in my car and drove it, after about 15mins the warning indicator came on and my engine temp was on the highest level. I am pretty certain there is water and coolant in the engine. Does anybody have any ideas on what the problem may be. I have assumed the two are connected and thought that maybe the thermostat had gone? I am living on a really tight budget at the moment and ideally would like to sort myself rather than have to take to a garage
any help would be very much appreciated
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thanks peter. you were spot on! saved me some money at the local garage!
Anyone know where I can find a guide to cleaning the engine bay up (I think they call it detailing) not to a ridiculously anal level, but just so it puts an additional smile on ones face when bonnet popped up (as rest of my car does).
For details of the car in question, see separate post on Jag XJS.
I would love to get the engine bay looking better in time for a Jaguar event coming up.
I realise it is a whole world itself, and some people spends £1000s on this, but not me, I just want to know what I can do myself with the right cloths and detergents or WD40 or whatever.
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I have a 1984 XJ12 and have been through this exercise. What you should avoid is splashing a lot of water around the engine. A very useful tool is an electric steam cleaner. The one I have is like a large electric kettle that has a flexible hose and a nozzle. I use a range of small brushes and engine degreaser to loosen dirt and oil in a small area. Then I arrange some absorbent cloth to one side of the area and use the steam cleaner to move the degreaser and dissolved oil and dirt into the cloth. It's not fast, but it does a good job without water getting into the electrics. Enjoy your XJS!
My car is comming upto 200,000 miles and so im going to getting the cambelt changed. I was told it was done around 140,000 but when I looked at paperwork I can only see evidence of one done at 94,000.
Ive only ever taken one car for a cambelt before and paid around £150 with a new water pump on a 96 306 1.9td. However I dont use this mechanic anymore!
I was wondering if anyone can give me an idea of cost for this car?
Also I was considering getting the water pump done at the same time, would it be worth getting the crankshaft pulley done too?
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Engine overheating - Intermittent Heater
Hi all,
Just aborted journey from Liverpool to Bradford as Engine overheated. Things started to go wrong when the blower started pumping out cold air (from initially being on full hot). Temperature gauge then quickly rose to red. Slowed down, but bubbling noise from engine bay persuaded me to stop. Water level slightly below "min" level, but I've not checked it in months so am not sure if its related. Opened up water cap (lots of steam), topped up and drove off 20 mins later. Same problem 2 mins after driving, no warm air from blower, and temp gauge rose to red.
I decided to get off motor way and try and limp back from Manchester on slower roads. Heater began blowing out hot air again as I travelled back down the East Lancs. Got the car back up to 60mph with temperature gauge back to normal. Every so often the heater would jump back to blowing cold air out and then return to hot. Turned heater off when going through Mersey Tunnel and temp gauge started to rise again. Turned blower on when out of tunnel but remained on cold whatever I did. Temps again stared to rise but stuck to slow roads and then got home before it became too serious.
I've read a fair few explanations for this problem on this and other sites but am not sure if they describe exactly what I have written above. The best answer so far seem to be replacing the Heater Control Valve though Other solutions such as flushing the cooling system and collapsed pipes seem just as plausible. If any body has any ideas then I would be very grateful to hear them. Also, if you need anymore info from me i'll do my best to answer your questions.
Thanks for taking the time to read
Adam
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I had the same problem. Turned out to be the thermostat for me, make sure you flush the system after you?ve done the stat.
I?d check to make sure the head gasket?s ok seems as you continued to drive the car while it was overheating
I have one of these and noticed over the cold spell the heater was blowing just luke warm.
Sent it back to the main dealer who said "working to specification"
Had the usual arguments and made the workshop Supervisor check it out after a run of 10 miles and he confirmed by placing the trip computer in test mode that the engine temp was only 50c and it would need a new thermostat.
New thermostat fitted and heater now running a little warmer and engine temp now up to about 65c even though the outside temp has now increased to 6/7c
Has anyone experience this problem over the cold spell and does anyone know what the normal running temp shoul be.
Also the fuel consumption has dropped from a reasonable 59mpg to about 45mpg
Any help would be appreciated in preparation for round 4 at the local Ford Dealer next week
Many thanks
Barry
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Just wondering if anybody can help my xantia has just failed the mot on a leaking front centre sphere. Looking at it the leak is coming from between the metal plate and the end of the sphere. Can anyone tell me whether there is a seal inside and can you just buy the seal or the whole sphere. Can any help with info on bleeding the system after this is done.. Thanx Read more
I will leave it to you Richard LOL
So I decided to wash the car after all the snow and salt has gone. Thick with grime and muck and the labouring task of unravelling my hose and extension cables. Took me nearly 3 hours to go round inside and out. But the results paid off. Bit cheeky I suppose as I live next to a hand car wash, still I dont fancy the swirls and scratches of their many used sponges and brushes even though really I shouldnt be bothered as my car is 12 years old. Used my christmas present of a microfibre wash mit and I can recommend them espically when using two buckets. Now settling down with a can of beer.
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I cheat, but at least they blast off the worst of the dirt with a pressure washer before it goes in to the mechanical hand washerm and it get a wash underneath as well.
Come out gleaming
Browse
hi dieselnut theres no place where it can go on the end injector and this big rubber plug was under the plastic inlet manifold same position with injector 4 so am clueless where it goes ill have to check with the delaers to see if they can place where it goes this is my last resort b4 it goes into the main delaers for a dianostic