August 2010
I'm looking to buy a used Mazda MX5. Have seen one locally, seller is asking £2000+ for it. It is the Mazda MX5 Monaco. He states it is in excellent condition ect.
Is this a fair price & what should I be inspecting if I view it? Read more
Hi. I bumped a girls car in an the work car park, with my engine not even on might i add, was trying to push back so i could get at the engine. In any case i bumped some girl n/s wing on her 02 polo.... Read more
She is under a duty to "mitigate" her losses which means she must be put back to where she was with an "acceptable standard" repair as cheaply as possible. Otherwise she is liable for the additional costs. So if you can find a garage that will do the repair for £280 and she puts in a bill for £600 then she would need to stand the £320 herself. Furthermore insurance companies are notoriously careful when they see particularly high bills from garages owned by the claimant's relatives.
This is probably one of the few cases when you want your insurer to "manage" your accident but you need to make it clear from the outset that you want to "self insure" - ie pay for the repairs yourself and not claim on the policy.
The chances are they will put her into one of their authorised repairers - or at least get them to quote. If the bill is lower then you can pay it and she has no argument.
Dealing with it in this way should not affect your no claims discount but you may be quoted a slightly higher premium at renewal because you have had an accident.
i have a picasso 1.6 hdi it has done 90000 miles
The fault is lots of blue smoke out of the exhaust and using lots of oil.... Read more
That’s going to make life difficult as I don’t live near any turbo specialists!
I took it to Citroen and they basically wanted me to write them a blank check before they would even investigate!...
I have owned one of these soon to be classics for 18 years. It is a C-reg, 120K, in generally good shape. The problem is pinking and misfiring. The engine starts fine and runs well cold. The trouble starts when warm, and under load. Sometimes accelerating off a roundabout has it stuttering so much it seems in danger of stalling. Then, usually, flooring it cures the problem, but lifting off and reapplying the gas again can cause a backfire.
Spark plugs look OK, fuel filter recently changed, fuel pump is a bit noisy but seems fine. A light spray of WD40 over the electrics sometimes improves things. Could it just be needing a new distributor cap, or something more serious?... Read more
Sounds familiar. I would get the engine management system checked out but if this is OK it might be the injectors.
I have a 1988 1.9 [not a 1.6] and it has suffered from uneven running over the years. I eventually took the injectors to a specialist cleaning firm [don't bother with your average garage Peugeot or otherwise] and they discovered one blocked, one dirty, and 2 clean. They cleaned them up [not cheap] and all seems well at present....
My first Merc is a 2003 C270 and I love it to bits apart from one thing. The A10 radio/casette has the worst radio reception of any car I have owned. It's fine where the signal is strong but fades quickly at the bottom of hills and even disappears completely in some areas where reception is possible in all other vehicles. I've read that the amplifier fuse connected with this radio is in the habit of blowing or even the amplifier itself fails. I can't check the fuse or the amplifier because I just don't know where to look for either (the handbook is not helpful). Grateful for any help anyone can give me. Dandan the Merc Man.
I was walking the dog and it came to me I fitted a roof ariel to cure the problem.
01 Micra
98k
Engine management light has come on. Its a white engine icon.
Oil, water and engine temp are OK.
Car starts and drives OK.
Is this potentially serious?
I suppose I will need to read the ECU code somehow. Is this a main dealer only job, or will a backstreet garage be able to do this?
Given the age, mileage and bodywork of the car, I'm not keen on paying main dealer prices.... Read more
Could be a lambda sensor or the cat failed.. Cheap aftermarket cats often fail - hence the question..
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Hi im in need of help with the shoes on a 106 1.5d with 4 stud drums.
I have replaced the shoes and cylinder on the passenger side as well as the bearing. The brakes have been bled and drums are on but dont bind.... Read more
So long as the self adjusters are free they should adjust themselves up very quickly once shoes are bedded in.
It is easy though to forget to clip the retaining spring over the adjuster and getting the adjuster spring itself the right way round, if the adjuster isn't under tension then they will not work proper like....
Right...I have a Manual Peugeot 307 LX HDI (2003 Reg) 1398 Diesel, to be fair I haven't had loads of issues with it but one recurring problem seems to be a lack of wanting to start! I hear the solenoid click but the starter motor won't then turn over, it doesn't even try.
I originally thought it was the starter motor (as you would) and had this changed about 4 months ago...the issue seemed to be resolved up until about 2 weeks ago when it started to play up again! I do have the car booked into a garage to look at the starter motor again, but I get the feeling it's not the issue.... Read more
I have the same problem with my 1.4 307 diesel, did changing the starter motor resolve yours? So far i have changed the battery and glow plugs but still doesnt turn over though starts of a bump start..... cheers
Just a quick one this -- I could do with a gallery of the pedal positions of various cars. Having been bitten by the Ford, and not wanting to go through that again but not wishing to traipse around looking at cars on the off-chance, I thought I could use such a set of pictures to rule out certain models.
For reference, the Focus's accelerator pedal is around 2" too far to the left for me, and the brake pedal more like 3-4"(at a minimum) as they have made no effort to group the two pedals together as the typical Japanese carmaker does. They're also set far too high which is going to be more tricky to filter without looking at vehicles but if I can get rid of a fair few it would help. Read more
Just google "focus master cylinder clutch".
The symptom on my car is that the pedal goes all the way to the floor and the bite point seems (relatively) too high as a result....
I am looking to buy a new motor from a online new car discount place. From what I can see, they just buy in bulk and supply with 1 owner on the docs which is like buying an ex-demo. So for me it works fine.
Problem is that I have looked at some of these dealers and their company history is sometimes a little suspect. Some have been going for a long time, others have clearly gone into liquidation and then started another company with a similar name. Others are sole traders so there's not much comeback.... Read more
I would only give you 3 points of advice that MUST be followed:
1. Only deal with a company that is actually a genuine business with infrastructure> their are many websites out there where they are just one man bands working from a spare room at home. They have no premises you can visit or genuine business infrastructure to deal with you proffesionally in the case of anything that goes wrong....
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"the alarm dosen't seem to working. The lights flash as if the car alarm has set, but even rocking the car isn't setting it off. Can this problem be sorted out?"
It will be an aftermarket alarm. Standard alarms didn't come in until the Mk2.5 I think....