November 2011
i recently moved bought a house and before i moved in the next door neighbours removed a dividing hedge and built a brick wall without any kind of discussion.
I complained to them that the wall had reduced my driveway access but they disputed this and refused to discuss the matter.... Read more
Evening all
Medium wave on my A3's stereo has disappeared. It began a few days ago with one or other of 693 or 909 vanishing and now I can't pick up anything. FM is still fine and I need to check LW.... Read more
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My daughter in law has today, received paperwork from the Met Police informing her, her car was involved in a hit and run situation.
She does not live or work in the London area and has never driven there.... Read more
I had one of these years ago and , yes it was in London. I found which was the nearest police station to where the alleged offence took place and reported it as a cloning attempt and got an incident/crime number, adding that I had an independent witness who could confirm the car on the day at the time as being not in London. Sent this back-never heard another word.
Hi guys,
Following on from my recent "having a baby, need a bigger car" thread, i'm just doing the sums on second hand versus leasing a new car.... Read more
So would you say £500 a year would be an ok amount to allow....
This is excluding servicing BTW....
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I have a 06 mitsubishi colt with plastic hubs..THe terrible type (IMHO) that make it look like you have alloys but clearly dont!... Read more
Madf - You know the way everything plastic in the 70's /80's was cool becasue they used plastic as a material in its own right to embrace the fact that it LOOKS PLASTIC
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hi guys
was wondering if you could help me?
I'm currently having problems with my 1.8 astra, I recently got the engine replaced as piston failure occurred when driving down the motorway due to low oil, the mechanic said now after the new engine in when He reconnects the battery leads without the ignition on the fuel injectors are staying open and filling the cylinders and inlet manifold full of fuel.
The mechanic said it was a ECM so that was another 150pound, So I purchased a 2nd hand brain off him with chip and reader and the mechanic replaced it with NO CHANGE!
I think I might be getting taken on and was wondering if you could explain if this was the cause or not or what is the problem?
Any help would be much appreciated
Kind regards
Liam ... Read more
Hi guys,
thanks for the replies ;)
Found the starter wires were mixed up (earth and live) as on the vauxhalls the live is black and the earth is brown as I just found out.lol. It was causing a massive short and opening the injectors.
Yes big John I will certainly take your advice and replace the oil again.
Many thanks again
Cheers
Liam
Car temperature usually normal but noticed it was at top of "normal" range this afternoon. I switched on car heater but only cold air blasted into car. Despite this the temp gauge did return to middle of "normal" range.
Got home and turned engine off but fan carried on running for at least 5 minutes.... Read more
There may be air trapped in the system preventing it from filling properly. Start the engine and (carefully) squeeze the larger coolant hoses. This may loosen air bubbles.. As it's a diesle it will not warm up idling.. So
Carefully check coolant : and top up if needed....
I recently had a new master brake cylinder fitted which involved opening the gearbox. A new clutch was fitted at the time and I was told that the dual mass flywheel was in the middle of its tolerances and did not need changed. However there has been a problem with the clutch with it being extremely stiff so they are going the strip the box again and fit another one. I have read a lot recently about dual mass flywheels failing and wondered if I should get it replaced at the same time as the car has done 102k miles. Suggestions would be welcome. I do intend to keep the car for a good few years yet. It is an 07 model 2.4 the last of the old shape.
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Thanks for comments I will join a Volvo forum
Hi there,
Not long ago I bought a Nissan Almera. It's high mileage (157k) and got it for £250 so if I cant get this annoying problem sorted I wont sweat much for the money I payed.... Read more
Sounds more like a misfire or one cylinder down on the others to me.
Have you had the plugs out to check them?
With Christmas looming it's time to buy a member of the family an MP3 player. As stated, the budget is up to £40. Does anyone have any experience of the above? Or can someone suggest a good one i.e. straightforward to use and without too much treble. If necessary, I think the latter could be sorted by different headphones.
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