June 2010
Dear All,
I have a 2004 Ford Fusion 1.4TDCi. I had a leak from the rocker cover gasket for a while which turned out to be a leaking fuel injector, when I took it to the garage they pointed out the "ticking" noise of the leaking injector. I thought it was oil initially but turned out to be diesel. It was actually leaking whilst under warranty but the local Ford garage informed me that "Gaskets were not covered", as I thought I had a rocker cover gasket leak. I suspect injector seals would probably have been covered under warranty but they left me to think it was the rocker gasket.... Read more
Hi, Yesterday, I was driving at about 20mph on the near side of a suburban main road in bright daylight when a K-reg Audi seemingly waiting on the offside to join the traffic suddenly turned left sideways just eight or nine yards in front of me and stopped. No way to avoid him. I applied full ABS brakes but just slightly hit his rear nearside. He claimed to be pulling in to his house situated on a parallel service road with joining openings at intervals. My car has slight superficial paint damage, repairable with a touch-up at home. His car however had a long severe dent along the near side (but with no paint of my colour that I noticed). His dent did not match my rounded virtually undamaged front wing in any way.
We exchanged names, addresses and insurers. He was quite heated and blamed me, pointing out his damage, but as he was much taller and younger than I, I said little. His insurer was Tradex, which I see is for car dealers, taxis, couriers etc. Is it likely this is an attempt at insurance fraud, and what are my options? He and I were both alone in our cars, with no other witnesses who stopped. I phoned the police, who did not want to be involved at this point. I phoned my own insurer's agent, who will get their investigative branch to look into it. I photographed my car. I am sure that the Audi was already damaged and that there will be a claim on me, supported by false statements. Has anyone a similar experience? I believe that there is a scam of this type, for which some people were sent to prison, but usually at roundabouts and with "witnesses" in the offender's car. This sort of thing is upsetting and I would be glad of advice.
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Sorry to hear that you've been an intended victim of low-life, dishonest, money grabbing scum. Just remember that you also have their address....
ok so heres one for you,
my pug 1.9d non turbo, has been running rough for the last few days, i put it down to the erg valve, its a sommon thing in these apparently, the engine was rough, struggling on a warm start, and just generally not sounding healthy... Read more
Yes there is a fuse for the fuel pump. It`s number 25 in the engine bay fuse box. I have an interest in this thread, as mine is doing exactly the same thing as the OP!!
Hi, i have a Mk1 fiesta 1981 1.1L, the problem is: when i start my car and drive away from cold it will pull away lovely with just a touch on the accelerator, the pedal feels nice and light and responsive and the car revs freely and pulls along lovely, then as the car warms up it seems to bog down and needs to be revved harder just to get it to pull, and feels like i only want to use a light acceleration and change up as soon as i can because it seems to be killing it if i try and drag each gear out. I have changed the points,rotor arm,leads,dizzy cap,plugs,condensor,air filter,oil and oil filter, set the dwell angle with a dwell meter,set the timing but it still wont play ball, i am convinced it's once the car is warmed up that is causing the problem. One theory i have is the air temp, maybe once it's breathing warm/hot air it doesn't like it. Read more
i never said it works ok under choke, what i said was, i use the choke for a min to get it ticking over, push the choke in, once it's idling i drive it off and it's great until the engine warms up properly, which isnt that long. Now i have the tappety noise too, which is probably due to cleaning 30 years worth of crud off the rocker assembly, but even setting the valve clearances wont quieten it now,it does a bit but not as silent as it was.
Hi,
Was hoping someone can help me. I recently purchased a 2004 Model Honda Jazz 1.4 Sport. Its done 40k miles and is due a service. As it has full honda service history I thought I'd stick with the main dealer.... Read more
Where do they buy the parts £150 you have to be kidding.A service on a 1.4 using proper oil and filter should cost no more than £80 with labour.The reason these glass palaces exist is because people pay stupid prices for an oil change and the tyres kicked because thats all they will do.
Hi all. I only have 1.5 volts supplying coils 4 and 6.All other coils have 10.5 volts being supplied. I have traced the wiring which seems ok to the bulkhead but cant seem to find it again under the passenger footwell where im presuming it should enter the ecu. Autodata doesnt list a wiring diagram for this model so does anybody know of a possible cause for this or know where i can download a wiring diagram?? Thanks for your help. Read more
Cheers......All the info i need!!!! Thankyou
Bad week for the family cars.
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I'm guessing about £80 I cant remember how much I paid to be honest
Above car purchased 10/2006. Regularly serviced by Peugot dealer. 21k mileage.
Recently power steering unit failed at a cost £650. Replaced by Peugot dealer who advised me to contact Peugot Customer Care Unit .This I did with the expectation that in view of the low mileage Peugot would consider a contribution to the cost.... Read more
Sorry to hear your tale of woe but its becoming all to familier now. Most modern cars are less reliable and more expensive to repair than the older ones. The only real way to keep costs down is to do your own repairs as I have done all my life and I am now 71. For the same reason I will not run a car made later the the mid '90s largely because you can't repair them yourself. £650.00 is more than I usually pay for a car and they are much more durable than modern cars, I have three Citroen XMs, one has covered in excess of 250,000 miles and is still going well, I can't see many new cars doing that.
Most manufacturers just don't seem to care, I think the problem is that if they accept responsibility for one claim it will open the floodgates. I think as cars become more and more electronically controlled the are going to be even less reliable - as demonstrated by Toyota recently....
Back in Feb, I was witness to my neighbours car being hit whilst parked in the private car park for our flats.
At the time of the incident the female driver, got out of the car and inspected the damage along with her male passenger and gave me her details on request. At no point was there a dispute that she A- hit the car and B- was responsible for the damage.... Read more
"I had an accident 9 years ago - driver admitted then retracted blame. Court date issued and suddenly they remembered their fault"
SNAP - in my case 20 years ago
Hi, i have a LHD Seat ibiza and i live in spain. It has a VW 1.4 AEX engine.
The tappets are noisy. Any idea if they will cure themselves with it being hydraulic tappets or is replacement only option? (its an old car dont want to spend out on it), drives ok i guess though.Speedo reads 129,000 ms (80k miles) but based on the crook i bought it off, it6s prob false.... Read more
I will be taking my car to the SEAt dealer in Benisano, near where i live, hopefully they will sort it but from what i have read, i think it is faulty sensor, well thats the misfiring anyway, i dont know if their computer can sort the noisy tappets out also as they are hydraulic and cant be adjusted.
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I would stop wasting you money with the garage you are dealing with, since how many times are you going to take it to them....