March 2010
engine management light comes on [ the yellow spanner ] and engine keeps cutting out when warm, handbook says engine / gearbox electronic fault or fuel filter. it has been code read twice and cleared any ideas please Read more
I have a high mileage berlingo 1.9 Diesel which I have just bought. The car runs and drives fantasticaly except for a couple of things.
1, The gear change is very sloppy and it is easy to select the wrong gear. Is there a repair kit of bushes available? Or is this how they are?... Read more
UPDATE.
Found part of my problem.
There are three control rods on the gearchange mechanism one long, two short, one of the short ones had excess play in the bushes. With this replaced the sloppiness is improved.
I am a big fan of VW group products, and it seems that every magazine or web article I have seen recently is full of praise for the Skoda Superb. . . .
Now I am sure that the car is really good, but underneath it all is the platform, engines, and running gear, dashboard, seats etc, from a current b6 VW Passat. this was obvious with the last Generation Superb, and whilst slightly better disguised, has to still be the case today.... Read more
No - there's some form of bug our end - apologies. Our publisher and software developer are on the case.
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this is a problem which dosnt happen all the time,very frustrating when it does as im stuck till it decides to go... Read more
A bloke I know had the same problem with his Kangoo. He found a company that manufactured an electronic box that allowed the immobiliser to be bypassed. It cost him £85 and it works perfectly well. It can be easily removed and the vehicle is immobilised again. I haven't seen him for a while so I can't tell you who makes it. Do a google search, you may find something.
I'm about 98 percent certain that my ageing Mazda6 petrol version has a cam chain rather than a belt.
am I right?... Read more
Thanks, bigtee.
I have the oil changed about every 3000 miles....
I recently bought an 18 month old 2.0 TDI 140 PS A4 Avant Multitronic from an Audi main dealer. Combined cycle consumption published by Audi and the Vehicle Certification Agency (www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/) for this car is 45.6 mpg (emissions 164 g/km). Driving like a monk on A roads I can't get it over 40 mpg!
Then I found the "vehicle data sticker" in the service logbook which gives the combined cycle fuel consumption as a very poor 29.6 mpg and emissions of 228 g/km!!!
Anyone else come across this before? Can anyone else with an A4 Avant with this engine tell me what their "vehicle data sticker" says please?
Dealer is playing (very) dumb and the VCA can't explain it either. Also seems the people who can run the standard test to prove the point, won't do it without Audi's co-operation.
Any help anyone can give me would be much appreciated...
(OK, so If can afford the car why am I obessing about the fuel burn....it just makes me so angry!!) Read more
An independent lab.would need road load or coast-down data from the manufacturer to allow them to set their dynamometer to the right load.This load is observed by government approved testing authorities on ALL vehicles submitted for emission/fuel consumption testing and will be checked when that testing is carried out. In addition,manufacturers are requred to keep records of testing carried out on a sample of production vehicles to demonstrate compliance with published figures and these will be checked by the certifying authority.Also, the authority can & will,on occasion,take a production vehicle and submit it to testing on their own facility.There are test vehicles circulating around both manufacturers' and authorities' facilities to avoid discrepancies.
Hi all can anyone confirm wether the Rio CRDI 1.5 Diesel fitted with a timming belt Or Chain .
Regards... Read more
Hi all can anyone confirm wether the Rio CRDI 1.5 Diesel fitted with a timming belt Or Chain .
Regards...
Hi people,
Have a cooland leak!
Have topped up and this morning noticed I think where it is coming from.
Engine is a petrol 1.6 zetec on an 06 plate.
Between the coolant reservoir and the engine is a circular metal component with a metal bracket over it...the coolant seems to be leaking out the top of it...
Can anyone let me know what this component is?
Thanks. Read more
Hi did you manage to find out what the part was? i have the same leak on mine is a 2006 ford focus 1.8 tdci i would be greatfull for any help thank you.
Here I am, another stalling person looking for advice! Problem is that the car will stall if you bring it to a standstill at traffic lights/roundabouts etc - and once when coming off an A road, bit scary. It does this when you put the clutch down - the revs drop very quickly to very low levels. Another issue (poss related?) is that the dials on the dash (odometer, revs and petrol) all sit at zero for about 10 seconds after you start the car. Obviously the speedo should be at zero when the car starts but what about the rest? They do eventually rise to the correct place but it's a bit odd that they take so long. The car has recently been serviced with new brakes, spark plugs, oil change, air filter blah blah.... Read more
<p>As for the idling problem...that was improved slightly when I gave up and took it to Ford. They charged me £££££££ for a diagnostics test I didn't want. They then replaced one of the vacuum tubes as apparently it was collapsing. I checked under the bonnet afterwards and couldn't see any new tubes though....</p><p>The car continued to stall until I replaced the ICV altogether. Since then it's run perfectly. This could be due to the improved weather as intake air is now much warmer than a few months ago. I guess I'll find out when it gets to November!<br></p>
my friends golf has lost all power like as if the turbo is not working, Ive read on forums that by switching ignition on and off it resolves problem only for it to happen again but my friends golf has a perminent loss. Also fuel consumption is up , only getting 30mpg, and engine managment light not on but have had it diagnostic check and the error codes are 17675 and 17668. Garage says could be injectors or even new cam needed. Just wondering if anybody has had simular problem which could be an easier fix. I suggested maf sensor to him but im no mechanic and how do u test a maf sensor? Read more
thanks for the response dieselnut
disconnected maf sensor and there is no dip or improvement in engine running or power when taking it for a spin, its just the same????...
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Was anything replaced or just the codes cleared?? if its a genuine fault the codes will keep coming back no matter how many times you clear them........