September 2011
Well here's a first; asking for advice on my wife's Honda Civic, in 3 years of reliable carefree motoringit don't wanna start :-(
Yesterday she said that she could hear a noise (from under the bonnet), when she started it, it started and ran fine for the rest of the day, with no repeat of the noise.... Read more
Two questions I have.... Read more
Call it a couple of hours to do both,charges vary from place to place so best get an estimate
Ps you was using caps lock, its shouting in cyberspace
I have a mercedes ml420cdi recently serviced around 4 weeks ago full service at 54000miles.All filters have been changed.Occasionaly i have a loss of power wont rev over 2000rpm.It is fine if i restart the car but this only happens now and again.Has any body had this problem before.Please help Susan Read more
Hi Gilesh,
I have exactly the same problem, '07 ML420, only 37K miles. Garage replaced the EGR but the problem is still there....
Hi folks,
Had my '57 Fiesta in for a service today and the tyres came back amber and one red.... Read more
Laughable. Absolutely laughable. Never come across anything more hilarious in my life....
Hi all,
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It's highly probably I've bought laundered diesel fuel in the past few weeks.
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1. Checked for vacuum at the N75 vac side - 25inhg, no vacuum on out side.
2. Replaced N75 with new valve but still not operating.... Read more
Good stuff, hope it's a permanent fix.
My daughter parked on a stretch of pavement adjacent to a garden wall, on one side, and a road with double yellow lines, on the other. Although she was fully off and clear of the road she has been given a ticket saying that she was within an area with parking restrictions. Surely the parking ticket could only apply if she had been physically on the road itself? Steaming!! Read more
Sorry Peter, I am afraid your daughter committed an offence, albeit unwittingly but nonetheless it has attracted a penalty charge notice. Parking on any pavement, unless expressly allowed, is an offence of obstruction. It may be worth scanning the surrounding area for some signage that indicates what the current regulations are. Otherwise, bad luck. Pay up and move on with another of lifes' lessons learned. Cheers Concrete
NB this isn't as detailed as our last resident road tester, jamie... Read more
I think most of the robotised manujals have fairly jerky changes if you keep your foot down during changes. If you lift off during the shift, it eases the jerk. It was obvious from the start, when they started boasting about 30 millisecond gear changes, that such a quick change would be abrupt. You wouldn't bang the clutch around that quickly in a manual.
The other solution is having a large nmber of close ratio gears-but then you just have to put up with the constant shifting.
Car:- Yaris SR 1.3 manual 2008
My partner was driving her Yaris (only had it a week) today and the throttle stopped responding, the engine just stayed at idle. After pulling over and re-starting the car she drove home ok without further problem. She said she didn't notice any warning lights but she was in a bit of a panic at the time.... Read more
Dealer who sold the car reluctant to pay for Toyota to look at it, he says I can either take it to garage he uses for repairs or I can use my own mobile mechanic. Both options have the kit for checking fault codes.
Used the car today for a short journey without any problems, interesting video on electronic throttles http://www.toyota.co...control-system/
My 12 month old Polo had its first service at my local main dealer, 2 days later whilst on the motorway the oil warning light came on followed by the warning buzzer.
Unfortunatly this portion of the motorway has no hard shoulder so the car was driven to the next junction, by which time was making a racket and smelt of burning rubber.... Read more
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Just an update really, which might help someone at a later date;
After all my checks, it essentially boiled down to being either the battery & / or the alternator, the alternator was replaced and hey presto; all is fine in the world....