March 2010
car intermittantly cuts out for a sec or two when on a roundabout. has anyone any ideas? Read more
Just bought this car yesterday (L Reg). Remote locking/unlocking OK but when I start the car sometimes the alarm goes off. Not on unlocking car or opening doors, but when going to start the car. I somehow managed to cancel it but not sure how. The manual is not very informative. can anyone help
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These are a bit prone to being upset if you open them with the key and close with the plip, or vice versa. Happened with my wifes once and went on flashing the headlights all night.
My car (10 yrs old) was involved in a minor accident a month ago but was written off (catorary c) because of the main dealers huge estimate.
I was able to get the car back and had it repaired, but now i cant get it re-insured.... Read more
Insure just for a day at www.dayinsure.com/ ?
I am annoyed with the gearbox in my van.
5th gear is very short, so I was thinking to fit a gearbox from zx/306 1.9D.... Read more
Rather than pay ford £60 an hour plus vat, a great pc based diag system that will even recode injectors is the autoenginuity scantool with ford enhancement. Autoenginuity/gendan.co.uk sell it for almost £400 all in but you can get the tool itself on ebay, refurbed, from USA, less than £100 , (beware of customs fees) and get the enhancement separately. It is sent via a code in an email anyway so may be transferable.
Has coded my 2002 tdci mondeos injectors, no prob, despite being a pre-2004 diesel. ... Read more
Have a budget of around 14-15k, got to be a petrol because I mainly do short journeys. Need enough space for family and dog, and fancy something a bit different. Am considering New Doblo, Honda Insight.
Other half likes VW Touran and Hyundai i30, but they are a bit dull.... Read more
So anyway....
Had a look at Touran, and was quite impressed but too expensive for our budget really....
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I have a 1998 Citroen Synergie 2.0 petrol that has an intermittent fault.It will suddenly lose power(especially likes doing this at roundabouts) and feels as if it is hunting for petrol.The idle then seems to increase.I have replaced the idle stepper motor and cleaned the pipe that runs from that to the oil filler, but problem is still there.Could it be the throttle position sensor? and is so, where is located.On another point, is there a manual I could download?... Read more
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The Toyota website gives the terms and condions of the offer - see below:
"Offers only available to retail customers on vehicles ordered between 1 April & 30 June 2010 and registered before 31 December 2010." Read more
I have a carina that on idle is idling too high at 1200-2000 rpm. I tried cleaning out the throttle body with no joy. What could be causing this, i.e. which sensors can be tested for this? Has anyone come accross something like this before,
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I have checked the temperature switches/ sensors. Can the idle control valve be tested at all/ cleaned out? Also, out of interest with what are starter motors cleaned with?
I have a scooter and it starting to make a squeeking noise from what seems to be the swing arm. It goes away once it is at a rest, but after a journey it makes a squeeking noise. What might be causing this problem? I tried using WD-40 to no avail.
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What ever it is causing the squeak which is probably the swinging arm bearing, don't use WD-40 or similar products as they are an abbrasive cleaner for releasing moving parts after they have become overly dirty or rusted. If any over spray gets onto the belt or brakes they will be knackered and useless. Keep WD40 for hinges and rusty old padlocks.
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IIRC there is a wiring mod... to solve this issue..