August 2010
Hi,
Anyone know the sequence to extinguish the "service now" caption which appears on dash at startup?... Read more
Hi, I've recently bought a diesel Peugeot 807 because I couldn't afford to run my very juicy 2 litre petrol automatic Mondeo. But guess what?! The Peugeot is just as bad!! I'm getting 24mpg, but apparantly I should be getting about 40! I've had a look round the internet and a few things to check seem to be air filter, tyre pressures and timing, but would any of these really cause such a dramatically poor mpg? Does anyone know what it might be? Read more
Oh right, yes, maybe it isn't regenerating like it should be - oh no, what a horrible thought :-( I was thinking that it just hadn't been looked after - no services, no eolys fluid left etc, but maybe not :-(
With the somewhat elementary credential of a 40+ yr old Physics 'A' level I'm afraid I must disagree with HJ's opinion that coasting uses more rather than less energy.
When the engine is 'idling', something has to keep it rotating whether it is fuel burning or part of the stored kinetic energy of the moving vehicle - which has originally been created by burning fuel.... Read more
Concratiolations Amstrong you won a bottle of Bols Genever curtsy of the unknown coaster.
Hi all,
after 4 days in a wet field i drove my car and the engine warning light came on. at first it flashed, then it just stayed on and ran fine.I took it to kwik fit who said it misfired and the catalytic converter was damaged. they turned off the light and i drove it home in the dry with no problems and no warning lights coming on. It was then left for a day again in torrential rain, and the next morning same problem, but i didnt move the car at all. I took it to another garage who read it and the reader said it was either an air flow problem or injector problem.... Read more
could it be that i got to sealing the leak too late and my injector or coil pack is damaged?
Thanks
just wanted to know , i have a corsa 1.4 sri 2003 , is it a timing belt or chain , i done 90,000 miles now , Read more
Moved... thanks.
What's your opinion on this question?
I do 25k/year and on average keep a car for 4 years. I've tended to look for cars with low mileages for their age (my last purchase was 20 months old with 7k on the clock.) This is done on the basis that depreciation kicks in regardless of mileage and I'll rack the miles up anyway. I suppose this shows that I view the working life of a car in terms of total mileage.... Read more
To be honest I dont like old and really low mileage cars. I've had a bit of experience of them and you tend to end up paying a premium for the ultra low mileage only to get other problems that are induced due to the 'stagnation' of the vehicle.
Cars degrade with age almost as much as they do with mileage a lot of the time.
I need a diesel for £3-4k and I have my eye on a number of 2.0L Mondeo TDCis at the moment: all 2002-2005 and between 70 and 100k mileage.
What routine servicing should have been carried out at, say, 70k/5 years? Am I right in thinking this car is timing chain equipped, but that the tensioners need replacing at certain intervals? Anything else to look out for/check?... Read more
Click on reviews above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ some comments by the man himself on the mundano
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Does anybody have any comments on diesel additives are they worth it or not? What are the benefits and which are the best? Read more
I agree absolutely with Brum and with several others who have E-mailed us.
Diesel additives are hardly a subject where insults need to be traded. Thread locked.
I want to buy a small 2nd car. I have upto 7K to spend and want something that will be reliable and cheap to run as well as safe. My plan at this stage is to run the car for the next 8 to 10 years. i am predicting an annula mileage of approx 5K/annum.
Any suggestions. I am currently looking at a Fox as I know of VW reliability. A little bit scared of buying a Citroen or Fiat due to past experience and reliability reports/surveys.... Read more
Can't comment on current reliability but we bought an '97 R-Reg 1.4 VW Polo new and sold it 3 years ago, in all that time it never gave us a moments bother, never broke down, always started, never needed anything other than servicing/tyres/brakes/exhaust apart from once it needed a new windscreen wiper selector switch off the steering column which was a cheap part.
It was a fantastic little car and I was sorry to see it go, but new babies meant we needed something bigger....
Hi. What is the law on 3.5t and 7.5t gross box vehicles,in relation to motorway third lane use.
, for example :
The right-hand lane of a motorway with three or more lanes MUST NOT be used (except in prescribed circumstances) if you are driving
* a goods vehicle with a maximum laden weight exceeding 3.5 tonnes but not exceeding 7.5 tonnes, which is required to be fitted with a speed limiter
* a goods vehicle with a maximum laden weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes
Does this mean that a fully laden 3.5t box vehicle,weighing exactly 3.5t or under ,can use the third lane.
And that a fully laden 7.5t box vehicle weighing exactly 7.5t or under can use the third lane,if they are not speed limted. Read more
Thanks dvd.
Warren...
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Essentially the same question and answer to this thread (which should have been in technical):
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=86033...