July 2011
Car is :- MAzda 6 TS2 diesel 143 2006 @ 66,000 miles
My engine oil light keeps flickering on and off at low speeds like a ticking noise coming from the engine. I have being told that the big ends bottoms need fully replacing that has what Mazda have said to me.... Read more
Hi, What is the forums advice about buying a used car of the type with a folding metal roof.
I am looking at early examples of the latest C70 (if you follow), since they are getting to be quite reasonably priced. But nervous of the roof mechanism being faulty
How can you check? sure you can take it for a test drive, but what are the signs the roof might leak. Wind noise? If it is raining you could feel around for water coming in, but if dry would you think it reasonable to ask the seller if you could put it through a carwash?
HJ review of the C70 says the mechanism is very very complicated and likely to go wrong, but then again reviews of the far simpler VW Eos, say that it is almost impossible to get one where the roof doesn't leak so a simpler mechanism seems no better.
Now that the C70 folding roof has been out a while, what is the experience of the industry on them.... Read more
Thanks SFD
I still love the XJS, and err between wanting to change it and absolutely NOT! NEVER!
right now it is on EBAY and a couple of other sites tentatively, at top dollar, no rush to sell, and won't do so for anything other than the right price,
A folding tin top would be top of the list, since it would IMMEDIATELY stop the grumbling from some around me and providing it seats 4, and goes well, should still put a smile on my face.
Contact me privately if you want an update on the XJS story, I am not putting much up on forums these days about it....
Im really frustrated that I cant put my finger on a strange noise my car makes.
Its very hard to describe but its like a high pitched whining or whistling noise.
This happens when crusing at any speed when the revs are constant, but doesnt happen all the time. If im driving and dip the clutch it will disapear but it doesnt sound like driveshafts or wheel bearings more like an airflow type problem
It can be quite loud and very annoying. The car runs fine with no loss of power. The turbo seems fine.
Im just wondering what possible causes there may be? I did have a leak on the inlet manifold a while ago but that was fixed. Any help will be appreciated to get rid of this. Im sorry this is a very poor description, if I could get an accurate sound recording on here I would.
Many thanks
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Apart from fit the mod and try it, not that I know of.
Please can someone advise as to the problem I have with my Vito van, the van has been working perfect until today when the ignition key stopes working. When I try to turn the key it will not move, the key is the new type electronic one.
I have a spare key but it has the same problem.
I have been told it could need a new ignition and I have also been told it is a problem with the steering lock unit, because the steering lock is off.
Can someone recommend an independent Mercedes specialist or mobile auto electrician in the north west, nearer to Warrington the better
Cheers Rennie
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Hi, could someone help me with unscrambling the car allowance Vs company car debate!. Heres my situation.
My salary is 50k and I currently opt for a car allowance of 5k, get a monthly travel allowance for petrol of £230 gross paid into my salary and claim the tax relief on an annual basis on business mileage approx £1500 per annum.... Read more
Hello Sequin123, at 23K miles per annum you can claim £7750 in mileage. Also your tax code would be 747. It is a no brainer. Keep out of the company scheme. If you have paid for the car, keep it a further couple of years to build up some cash. You can average £645 per month in mileage and all you need do is service once a year, put in the diesel and possibly replace a couple of tyres. Factor in tax and insurance and if you have a decent motor it should not cost you more then £320 per month. You do not need to be a genius to work out you are over £300 per month better off. Stick that into a regular savings account with the best rate of interest you can find and watch it grow. I opted out as soon as I could. My car is now 6 and has 128K and goes like a dream. The garage tell me it should do starship mileage if I look after it. It was paid for years ago and is now a cash cow. Also my income tax is less beacuse of I enjoy the full tax code. When the car gives up, then I start all over again. Think about it. Good luck. Concrete
Hi to all, I'm at my wits end - I've got a 2002 Peugeot Expert van, and it's not playing ball.
It drives sweet as a nut, and in my line of work, it's regularly left running for 8 -10 hours at a time, which it's fine with, but when used on a motorway run it's blowing it's coolant out of the expansion bottle over the course of the journey. There's no sign of the van running hot, it's had it's thermostat replaced as a precaution, it's had the bottle cap replaced twice (second one stopped holding a vaccum within a day). ... Read more
Typical head gasket symptoms I'm afraid. If its done over 150k miles its a strong possibility. Driving it gently sometimes doesn't produce enough pressure to expel the coolant but as soon as you boot it the internal pressure increases dramatically and you start loosing water.
If its not to bad you can sometimes improve it by leaving the filler cap loose so that pressure doesn't build up but that also has the effect of lowering the boiling point so you can't thrash it....
hi i have vivaro 1.9 di 2005 wich has developed a misfire i ahve had the codes read and it comes back with, injector one open curcuit, air mass flow sensor, the misfire is intermittent but becoming more frequent, could this just be a bad conection on the injector. Read more
IT COULD BE A BAD CONNECTION BUT JUST TO BE SURE, ASK YOUR LOCAL GARAGE TO DO A SPILL OFF TEST. IF POSSIBLE SPRAY SOME RELEASING OIL OVER THE BOTTOM OF THE INJECTORS THE NIGHT BEFORE YOU TAKE IT TO THE GARAGE AS IF THE INJECTOR IS FAULTY IT WILL NEED TO COME OUT AND FROM BITTER EXPERIENCE I CAN TELL YOU THEY DONT LIKE TOO. A RECON INJECTOR SHOULD COST NO MORE THAN £90
REGARDS PETER...
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There is something going on with my air con fans that I don't if its normal or not. As I understand, when you switch the air con on, the condensor (low speed) fan is suppose to stay on all the time to cool the condensor. My car does this, except it seems on warm days. When I get into the car and start the AC on those days, within a few seconds both radiator (high speed) and condensor (low speed) fans start to cycle on and off instead and continue to do so until I turn the car off.... Read more
One thing I have noticed about the bloke who fitted the condenser and the accumulator, was when he finished both jobs and refilled the system, the refill seemed to take all of 10 minutes. As I understand, the system should be deep vacuumed for leaks and taking out moisture and air and that should take at least an hour.
Could my problems stem from this? (An airlock maybe)
I have a 2005 RX-8 which I purchased last year from a private seller. The car has had 3 previous owners. 2 weeks ago I discovered an oil leak and my engine flooded. My mechanic used to work for Mazda and told me that I needed a new oil cooling pipe because that is where the leak is coming from and it should of been recalled just as my starter should of been recalled too.
When I contacted Mazda and asked them if my car had any recalls they told me that they were not aware of any recalls for the RX-8 and I told them I read many statements on the internet about recalls and they just told me not to believe everything I read...........they keep on denying all knowledge......so I handed the phone to my mechanic who they told was a recall but if the car is not under warranty I would have to pay..................... Read more
The whole car is a design problem I would not hold any hope of getting anything from Mazda,they are normally scrapped at this age due to so many expensive problems you are experiencing the start of many breakdowns to come.
A few weeks ago when leaving a car park i heard a very loud bang from underneath the car. I got out to have a look and found a piece of metal on the ground, it was a kind of arc shape and one end looked like it had been sheared off something. However as i couldn't see any obvious signs of damage underneath the car and it seemed to drive normally i had forgotten about it and decided maybe i just drove over the part and it skitted up and hit the chassis to make the bang i heard. Just yesterday going round a mini roundabout i heard a similar bang. i pulled in again couldn't see any signs of obvious damage under the car. However i found another similar piece of metal caught in under the wheel arch. Since this most recent event i have noticed an occasional knocking noise coming from the rear of the car, although this may just be my paranoia now that i am listening out for something.
So i thought id throw this out to some of the experts on here and see if anyone has any suggestions as to what may have gone wrong and whether im in for a whole heap of pain or not.... Read more
hi. I'm in the same boat as you with springs....my volvo has 101k on the clock and didn't get any loud bangs, just noticed that high speed left turns involved a saggy feeling...
its only when the car was on a ramp that the spring showed any damage the car still had a level ride height when sat in a car park......
Browse
Does the car even have a DPF if it's a 2006 engine? I guess it probably does because the earlier diesel was 136PS?
The problems normally associated with DPF problems on a Mazda is oil level rising due to diesel diluting the oil. The oil is spec'd to cope with this if you use the correct oil. But things can be wrong if the oil gets too high....