December 2010
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I bought a Ford Focus 1.8 2004 zetec with the factory LPG conversion in March this year, which has worked fine until recenetly. About 3 weeks ago the LPG system stopped working for around 2-3 days (i.e. total power loss when the engine warmed up enought to automatically switch over to LPG). Then, just as suddenly as it stopped working, it started again and worked for a few days. It then stopped working nearly 2 weeks ago and has not worked at all since then, however I must add that i'm running the car on petrol at the moment, with no problems apart from the huge expense, doubling my fuel costs overnight!... Read more
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Thinking about buying a 55 or 06 or thereabouts Toyota Avensis 1.8 VVti petrol before too long. Does anyone know for sure if the well publicised problem with excessive oil consumption on the VVti engines was sorted by Toyota by that time?... Read more
Good advice and also check the service book is genuine to many fakes about check with the agents stamped in the book that they know the car.
Hi i was wondering if anyone could help me with my poor mpg problem?
My mondeo st tdci seems to be drinking fuel at the minute i have serviced it changed the fuel filter cleaned all the carbon and gunk out of the egr valve, checked the handbrake cables arnt dragging but no joy. It was booked in for and economy remap today but before mapping adagnostic check unearthed 2 faults P0191 fuel rail pressure range/performance and p2288 injector control pressure to high. The garage inform me i need new injectors. My car runs like a dream with no signs of smoke or poor running.
Any help or advice would be greatly recieved as the £900 price tag santa cant cover at this short notice.
Thanx in advance
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apparantly me changing the diesel filter has got a very good chance of putting on the fault codes so they have been erased and i have got to go back in a couple of weeks to see if there back on.
I've posted on the discussion forum about the fact I was hit head on by a drunk driver on the wrong side of the road. I came out remarkably unscathed for which I'm grateful.
As time goes on I'm more angry that this was caused by a drunk. My insurance seem to be dealing with things (albeit in a bizarre, not particularly organized way - I seem to have been passed on to a subsidiary claims management firm who've provided me with a replacement car at present (at high hire rates looking at the documentation).... Read more
We get many complaints about credit hire companies slowing down the repair or delaying the settlement to extend the (very lucrative) hire. It would help to know how badly your vehicle was damaged and who it is with now. If it is unusable but repairable you are entitled to a replacement car for the period of the repair. If it is written off then you should get one until you get the settlement cheque plus about a week to organise a replacement.
The other side's insurer are an Irish company currently in administration (they invested their premiums in the Irish Stock Exchange and Irish property!). They also received some publicity after a BBC investigation which revealed they routinely sent people around with a wad of notes which they offered "in full and final settlement"....
first to ask, is Coolant Temperature Sender, EEC and Fan Sender? Or coolant temp. sender is Temperature Gauge Sender?
Because on Mondeo mk1 its separated, Temperature Gauge Sender on the bottom of thermostat house, this sender only controls the temperature gauge on the dash. Temperature guage reads OK on my mondeo.
EEC and Fan Sender is on the top of thermostat housing, it controls the EEC computer and the cooling fan. My english is not so good, so i am not sure which one is Coolant Temperature Sender, i think its EEC and Fan Sender.
On my Mondeo, EEC and Fan Sender is not connected correctly to electronics, it controls Cooling Fan, and it works correctly, but EEC dont correctly receive signals from sender thats why i have problem when is cold, RPM (revolutions per minute) is about 1500-2000, and after 15-20minutes its OK.
I found electronic diagram, but i need some explanations, i can find Soldered Joint S48 (what is S48), so i can correctly connect Coolant temoperature Sensor to electronic system. In attachment is electronic diagram.
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Hi All,
I'm new here so be kind and If I've put this in the wrong forum apologies.... Read more
Yup - I can sympathise with this, which is why I'm changing my '03 V70 D5 SE with 147k on the clock. A lovely car to drive, very practical, smooth, quick, comfortable, but every service at an independent is £6-800. There's always something needs replacing and it's getting too much for me now, I just can't afford it.
In 4 years and 75,000 miles I've had a new radiator, a new intercooler, new track rod ends, a new Mass airflow sensor thing, stupidly low profile tyres at £120 a corner, a replacement wheel (!) several rear windscreen wiper motors, a new passenger mirror (£300 cos it's got motors, memory and heating elements).......it's now got a nice whine from the gearbox in 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th, so clearly a bearing is on the way out in there, it needs new rear shocks, new front wishbone bushes and a damn good service, and there's the spectre of a £1,500 spend if the injectors go west - too rich for me I'm afraid.
Hi please can anyone advise me what would be the best estate to buy my budget will be 5 Grand i have been looking at Audi A4 tdi or Petrol version and BMW 320 diesel sport and 5 series diesel and petrol version bearing in mind we dont use the car everyday and only do about 4/5K milege a year we have 2 small dogs and child.
We currently have a Honda CRV 1999 on t reg but now fancy a estate car please can someone steer me in the right direction.... Read more
Nice cars.. but hopeless - and I mean HOPELESS - in snow without winter tyres.
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Car had stood for 3 weeks whilst waiting for snow to disappear, came to start it and it started up fine.
Left it to warm up for 5 minutes, got into drivers seat, I touched nothing and the engine died on me.... Read more
The lift pump inside the rotary injection pump isn't self priming, so if it gets air inside it will remain that way for ever & a day unless it is primed.
Pressurise the tank to get fuel flowing bubble free from the feed pipe to the injection pump then re-attach the pipe....
Hi All,
when I bought my VW Polo Bluemotion I did frequent short tips for the first few weeks and did get the DPF light several times. I have since gone on to a long commute and it's all fine now, but I may at some point move closer and am a bit worried that say 30 min trips (mainly A roads) wouldn't be enough.... Read more
If your VW won't regenerate normally search the forums for people near you who have VCDS. They will be able to use it to carry out a forced regeneration, exactly the same as the dealer does. I've done a few of them now.
I've recently bought a Chrysler Grand Voyager turbo diesel. It has an intermittent boost problem and I am hoping its the egr valve sticking. Where is the egr valve on this engine/ Any advice from anyone who can help would be gratefully received, thanks in anticipation, Bob Monkhouse. Read more
I have a Grand Cherokee 3.1 td and had the same problem. It disappeared when I changed the two temperature sensors on the engine. It has now performed flawlessly for 4000 miles. The sensor problem did not show up on a diagnostic machine. If you have two temp sensors on your engine, one for the dash display and the other for the management system, try swapping them over and see how the car runs before buying a new sensor.
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I get +32mpg Brim to Brim on LPG from my Nissan Note 1.6 auto. The trip computer reckons I'm getting +40mpg but that thinks it's unleaded, So you can see the extra fuel used. However I think thats comparable with Diesel if the Diesel Note was an automatic...which they don't actually make!
My advice is shop around. Texaco today LPG 73.9 Diesel 1.35.9 ...