April 2010
after some help from backroomers,i took my car into budget to have the exhaust center section replaced , it was replaced and i took the car away this was two weeks ago , over the next few days i noticed a exhaust blow start to appear, i took it back to the same branch and spoke to the guy who had carried out the work,he put it up on the ramp and we both checked the exhaust and agreed it was blowing on the front joint were it bolts onto the cat,he said to give him 20 minutes and it would be sorted,i arrived back 30 minutes later he told me it was a faulty gasket and that it was all sorted i drove the car away it sounded ok, today while driving the car the blowing noise has returned,i really have lost all faith in budget now and having used them for years after kwik fit failed to comply to a warranty claim, i cant find a customer helpline number listed for budget and really dont want to deal with my local branch again, also i have heard a rumour saying that kwik fit own budget,which in my opinion if true would explain the downturn in customer care and satisfaction Read more
On removing the throttle control valve for cleaning, would I be wrong in appling a smeer of copper ease around the gasket on re-application? I will torque the bolts correctly as per the manual. Also, can WD40 be used as an alternative to carb spray in cleaning out the valve, or may this cause more problems? Thanks guys again. Greg Read more
Would copper grease do the seal any good, or would an alternative gasket sealer be more suitable for this purpose?
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I intend to buy a 2.0 TDi 2006 Passat S 140. It's CC is 1968.... Read more
Yes, the 140 in the model name refers to the bhp. The 170 is faster but the 140 is perfectly adequate.
this strange rattling sound is doing my head in! it only happens at certain temperature, usually as the engines warming up, its silent when its warm..
heres a quick video of the sound,
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5_WtzAJIMQ
it sounds almost like static and is coming from around the auxillary area, could it be the tensioner??
i thought it was baffles in the exhaust but this has been checked,
im sure someone must have heard it before!
cheers Read more
If it is the cam belt/tensioner then you won't be hearing it for long, and it'll cost you a £1,000 or so. Regards Peter
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I am having problems refuelling, i cannot fully depress trigger on the garage fuel pump without it cutting out and having to let th fuel trickle into the car.... Read more
Problem sorted....thanks Micky
I have a 2009 S-Max 2.0 TDCi that I purchased 3 weeks ago through Ford Direct. After a week of ownership, the noisy became much noiser sounding like something was blowing in the engine.
The car went into my local Ford dealer this week where they found that an intercooler pipe had become disconnected.... Read more
Yes, I'm calling the garage back first thing in the morning. Hopefully they'll sort it this time.
the heating wire wont heat,so the car wont start, the glow plugs are ok but the heat light on dash wont come on. the mechanic has looked at a few things is now saying he needs to know the right relay for the heat wire as they arent marked like the fuses are, can any one tell me how to find the relay numbers or symblos,
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Hi - A low-life stole my front foglights and indicators during the week and I am having problems replacing them. (VW can only supply the N/S set).
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Not keen on the "dangling bulb", then? I'm referring to the short term solution of attaching an indicator bulb/light unit from a completely different car and gaffer-taping it in place as a stop gap until a genuine replacement can be found. A decrepit Montego I once owned had a couple of "danglers" for a while, as one indicator unit had fallen out just before I bought the car, another one later fell off during hard cornering, and a third one was stolen (!) although the sneak thief had the courtesy to leave the bulb dangling in the gap.
A common tactic used by drivers of a lot of high performance German cars is to drive so shockingly fast that there's never any need to indicate. Apparently. :-)
Have the drop down menus disappeared, which you quickly use to specify make/model of car and filter threads displayed ?? Read more
So it has changed to that type of drop-down menu.
Auto-fill when you type something.
On previous one you could see all options on drop down menu, now you just see options which match what you type....
The Air Con has stopped working working.
I had system recharged a week ago, 3 days later it stopped working.
I assume there is a leak somewhere.
The system was completely completely empty and needed complete refill.
As soon as it was recharged it worked ok, man said no leaks were detected.... Read more
.I would certainly use a uv dye first in the gas charge then nitrogen as the next step
the most common area for a leak on a Cavalier is the a/c condensor radiator,often showing leakage on the reverse side so it is not immediately evident.hth...
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Honda's own exhaust parts aren't too expensive.
Bit late for that advice I guess ;-)