February 2011
In his review of the new Peugeot 508 diesel HJ comments that he expects a significant shift back to petrol once the public 'discover the disadvantages of EU5 diesels'. What's an EU5 diesel ? and what are the disadvantages? I've asked him what they are and I expect he'll let me know but does anyone else know?
I've got an M-B C220 CDI and I quite like it. Read more
bought before xmas,and was anon starter,replaced battery and checked all basic stuff and after it one day cranking and not firing and then another day not even cranking it finally sprung into life...runs and drives great,but engine light on in dash,but only runs and starts when it wants too..when it starts and runs the light is on,then it will just stop either on a run or while on spot,and not start again,just crank and not fire,at this point the engine light will be off,then when it decides too a few days or longer after it will start again and be great untill the next time.....with the light on again! had code read and got p4020(catalist not effeicent to bank 1) reset engine light and guess what? now its off it wont run again...and sometimes not even crank over all decides on its mood. no fuel pump charge on ignition on when its like this and strangely the air con light glows slighty with ignition on when the car is a non starter...yet when its a runner it dont........my head truly hurts!!!! please help!
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i cant test for a spark or wet plugs as cars not turning over! if it ever decides to do so again then i will. and yes its got the factory alarm/imobilser and all working ok,light gos off when keys inserted etc as by the handbook.
Hi all. I am having a problem with my Honda FRV 1.7SE. If I park up and turn off the engine I cannot use radio/lights/fan or anything 'battery powered' as the battery seems to lose charge very quickly (I'm talking a matter of seconds) and the car won't start. If I use jump leads the engine fires up straight away. I have also noticed the headlights occasionally but regularly will dim slightly now and again.
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We also have an FRV, the headlights dimming occasionally is most likely to be the air conditioning pump & fans turning on, this happens every 30 seconds or so and is normal.
If you have the ignition and a/c on and the engine isn't running the radiator fans still run, this will flatten the battery very quickly....
My electric front windows have stopped working. They stooped on Tuesday then stated again but now wont work at all. Although the front windows are fused separatley I have checked them and are both OK. I have also checked the plug and switches on the door which both seem OK. Read more
I just wanted to add to this that my windows are finally fixed. Took them a long time to work it out. There are apparently two control boxes for the windows and doors, on in the door and one in the dashboard, and it was the one from the door that was faulty. Had somehow scrambled it's circuits.
I have a 57 plate VW Sharan 1.9 TDI I have heater problems when it is icy cold outside when it is icy outside the engine takes ages to reach the normal operating temperature such as 90 straight up on the dashboard heater gauge. in that snowy weather I was stuck on the motorway for five hours with the engine mainly just idling and it still didn't get to 90 because of this the climate control panel along with the engine does not seem to provide hot air around the cabin until it reaches 90 when it is not so cold outside say around 8+ C in the engine will get to normal temperature quicker I am not sure you'd be AUX heater is working either sometimes I hear some strange worrying noises coming from the back of the car anyone have any ideas of what it could all be? Cheers Read more
Are you **SURE** that the aux heater is working ok. What you describe matches failure of that to work correctly. If that is the case then it is usually the glow plug that is a reasonable DIY job, or relatively quick garage job as long as they don't try and get to to buy a new unit. Had similar with my Alhambra and a £50 glow plug (not sure of current price) sorted it.
If you go for a garage then try and get a good independent. I understand that main dealers often want to replace the whole unit rather than repair components....
having used the sat nav with no problems, last year when the car was just over a year old, I needed to use the sat nav, but for some reason I couldnt access the keyboard to type in the new route and seen nothing of it since Read more
thanks I will give it a go
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Stuck on this one, after leaving the above for a few hours, I find the diesel has drained back to the fuel tank. No leaks underneath either!... Read more
Seems maybe one of the one-way-valves in your primer may be duff.
Worth a read................ebt...
Hi, hope you can help, i bought my motorhome almost a year ago, it runs very well returns 30 mpg, does not use or lose oil or water, but ever since i bought it, has smoked on start up . This is not noticeable during normal driving, but when sitting idling you can smell a fuel/parafin odour, and a light blueish smoke is noticeable. Recently i put the van off road on sorn for two months, now when i start up there is loads of smoke which lessens as the engine heats up but does not go away. The van has only done 26k, can i have your thoughts please.
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That's OK, I would have assumed the same except for the 1.9. Peugeot/Citroen engines are the only ones I know much about. They did go on using the 1.9 in some vehicles after the brought the Hdi out, very often in non turbo form - wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding.
I've had problems recently with My focus (82K on the clock). Coming back round the M25 it struggled to accelerate barely getting over 60mph. A mobile mechanic diagnosed a leaking injector which I had replaced. But the car still suffers from lack of acceleration power, struggling to get up hills at times. A local garage with a good reputation says the turbo has failed and quoted £800 to repair. However someone else has said it's a common problem for an injector to be blocked and all I need is to put some injector cleaner through and then 'thrash the engine' until it blows away the blockage. Has anyone else had this problem or know what it could be? Read more
The variable vanes on the turbo may be stuck due to sooty deposits or the actuator may have failed - check if the actuator link moves when the accelerator is floored. In some cases it is posible to vclean and free up the moving vanes, provided the turbo itself is otherwise sound.
How stupid am I ?
I managed to get the pollen filter out, stood up and examined it. To b***** interested in seeing if it looked like it had been changed recently. And hence I made the classic cock up, I forgot which way it was when in situation.
Now when putting my hand in the filter slot, I cannot honestly say which way the air flow is blowing.
So the big question is to anybody who has done one on a Mk2 Focus, does the Air Flow Arrows on the side of the filter, point towards the BONNET or towards the CABIN, when fitted correctly ?
As I don't want to put it all back together, then find I have it in the wrong way.
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Cheers mate much appreciated,
and yes I had it confirmed as such by two other guys on another forum. Unlike me they had both been paying attention when doing te job. Me I was to intrested in inspecting the filter to assertain if it had ever been changed.
Anyway as it turned out, I fathomed it out myself proir to anyone coming back with an answer. Besides I just wanted to put it all back together, I didn't want the neigbours thinking I didn't know what I was doing lol.
I once owned a pub, and in the beer cellar there was a fan behind the aircon unit forcing air through it. As against a fan in front of the aircon unit trying to pull air through it. So I just applied that logic to my problem, and at worst I had a 50/50 chance of getting it right. lol
Photo's of whats involved and instructions can be found by following the included link. I hope I'm not breaking any forum rules doing it, but I look on the web as one big universal help forum. In that we are all here to help one another
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In my post I said most manufacturers addressed EU4 compliance on DPFs - NOT ALL