November 2010
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i was sold a car last week by a local dealer, i traded my car in as part exchange and bought a car from them. i was told by salesman that he had put six months road tax on my car, and i would recive the disc in the post 3-4day later and i drove the car away. i have since found out by the DVLA that no application had been made and that i had infact been driving around un taxed..the tax expired on this veichle on the 31/08/2010..has any body else ever had this done to them? and if so what action did you take against the dealer??... Read more
New car recently bought makes a nuisance noise in the wet. Dealer disputes the noise. I would be grateful if anyone could recommend an independent tester who can test car in the wet and assess if noise is acceptable or not. Read more
It may be that the door aperture seal(s) is not fully contacting the door. Try rubbing chalk on the seal, closing the door then reopening. Any gap in the chalk witness mark will show where the door is not sealing.
Looking for an affordable van and was considering a Fiat Ducato. Poss around 2004/5. What should i be looking for in a used model? Read more
Hi all I have recently posted regarding a swap with a rover 45 for my 1999 1.8 vectra in which all your advice was great and stopped me making an obvious mistake.
Now I would like to ask if a swap with a 1997 Audi a4 1.8 would be worthwhile. I would like to know if the mpg would be any better with the Audi than the vectra even though they are both the same engine size.
Both cars are roughly the same milage and both have mot. Not sure regarding service history but again trying to get some general advice before contacting he seller again and arranging to meet.
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At that age a relaible car is key. If it's nots broken then i would keep it. To answer your question the motorway i guess the Vectra might use less fuel while the Audi.
My low milage 07 520d Msport used to judder on cold mornings, as if the engine was about to fall out, the revs would dip up and down, as soon as the car warmed up all was ok. The usual elementary checks were made. filters, injectors, compression,glow plugs,etc and all was ok
The local BMW dealer kept it for two days during hard weather leaving it outside, and said the problem was in the Dme control unit that manages all the fuel and air settings.... Read more
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Just a bit of fun,
Here in Germany there are that many hidden cameras even in the deristricted parts on the autobahns you have to be careful because of all the speed limit changes with no warning if you are going 200 plus you can never slow down fast enough to beat the waiting camera.Cameras hidden in waste bins,under camoflage nets,under bridges and they are painted green or silver so you can't see them the UK will go the same way no doubt.
anyone any advice about pollen filters i.e how to find remove and clean. the owners manual is silent on this topic Read more
If your Focus is a Mk1 facelift (aka Mk1.5), then I've posted on this subject in some detail : www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=74997&...f If you've got a Mk2, then I seem to recall reading that the pollen filter is behind the dash and should be accessible from the passenger footwell. Either way, I'd advise getting hold of a Haynes Manual which I found really useful when tackling jobs like this on my old Focus.
hi mike
good advice much appreciated...
where is the oil filter situated on this engine. Read more
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I am driving Volvo 240 's for a long time but this one 1991 with lambda sond is giving me headaches. Basically, my car runs smoothly, sometimes problems with wet start but runs at the end. All electrics renewed: distributer cap, leads, plugs, bobine. But driving around sometimes the car just stops! Then the lambda sond turns on and after a couple of minutes being dead, we can start the car again: it runs smooth again but we never know when it will happen again ...... after one hour, a day, a couple of days or even a week? Went to garage, they can't find it, replaced (2nd hand though mass airflow sensor - MAF) made things worse ..... I found one person online having the same problems; eventually came back with distributor cap problem but as I mentioned before, in ours has been replaced. Getting nuts by the fact that not even a garage, not Volvo, (reading the lambda faults and resetting the system / light) can not find the problem. Please help me out, I am getting nuts here
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Sounds like a typical lambda failure. Often these do not show up on diag's as the sensors poor track the gas/air mix in exhaust rather than dont track them at all. Symptoms sound right for this kind of issue
I,m about to change the rear brake discs on a 51 Reg 1.6 L Polo. Does the hub nut have to be removed, or does the disc alone come off the same as the front ? Read more
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If a dealer sold it to you it cannot be "sold as seen".