December 2011
I am experiencing heavy interior condensation to my Volvo 940 Estate now that winter has arrived. It occurs if the vehicle has not been driven for a few days and at its extreme, water gathers on the inside of the glass sunroof panel and drips on myself and my passengers. Any ideas to cure/reduce this problem. I have noticed that this condensation will sometimes occur during the summer, although not to the same extent as now. Read more
just heard a rumour that audi are recalling diesels for the problem injector issue. can anyone cofirm and is it extended to all vag motors? Read more
Is the recall only for the 170PS engine? I have a 140PS and have not received any notification.
Hi guys I've owned a Polo 6N2(1.0l 2000-x reg) for about two years, the car is fine but the steering has got clunky when steering both left and right, it isn't the CV joint, has anybody experienced this and what was the problem? Its done 102,000miles by the way.
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Check track rod ends for wear & steering column bushes & universal joint in column.
Also check steering rack for wear & suspension mountings.
I have a 1996 (N) Fiesta 1299cc and im having problems with my heating, It only blowing cold air, I have read on some forums about the heating control valve and that could be the cause, Having read another artical it has said that if it was the HCV then the pipes going into the heater matrix behind the HCV would be cold, All pipes attached to the HCV are hot so i am assuming that the HCV is ok ! Am wrong in thinking this ? The thing is i dont know what else to look at and the Ford garage want a fortune just to look at it, Any help muchly appriciated. Any help to get some warmth in the car would be a great help I am freezing my dangly's off. Read more
IIRC there is a bleed hole in the valve so both pipes could still be hot even if the valve has failed closed.The hole is there so that hot water can flow from the head and into the manifold even with the heater off-also 1996 was the year the heater changed from air-mix to water valve and if it's the earlier type, it would be a failure of the air mix flap control-usually cable has come off it's clip..
I have a 1996 (N) Fiesta 1299cc and im having problems with my heating, It only blowing cold air, I have read on some forums about the heating control valve and that could be the cause, Having read another artical it has said that if it was the HCV then the pipes going into the heater matrix behind the HCV would be cold, All pipes attached to the HCV are hot so i am assuming that the HCV is ok ! Am wrong in thinking this ? The thing is i dont know what else to look at and the Ford garage want a fortune just to look at it, Any help muchly appriciated. Any help to get some warmth in the car would be a great help I am freezing my dangly's off. Read more
I find the headlight beam dashbord blue light too bright. Is it just me?
On the odd occasion when main beam can be used I find the main beam repeater lamp on the dash irritatingly bright. This is especially so when it is completely dark driving a lonely country road at night. I understand that my eye pupils are wide open to receive the maximum amount of light (coz it's dark) and subsequently that little blue light seems piercingly bright to me.... Read more
The blue mainbeam light on my two cars are bright too, but I've come to welcome it as a reminder, since although both cars are the same make, they have different dipswitches - one is single-action (pull switch towards and let go for changing beam either way), the other is two-position - main and dip. So it's not totally impossible for even a very attentive and careful driver such as my good self to get dipping wrong without a reminder!!
My Laguna has developed a random engine (management?) problem. Occasionally, while driving uphill, or starting from a standstill, the engine suddenly loses power. In the first situation, I have found that flooring the accelerator results in the car regaining power with quite a jerk. The car will continue to intermittently lose power for 2 or 3 km and then run OK. I recently drove the car about 300km before this happened - and this was at the top of a long climb. No warning lights or temperature issue.
If power loss happens when starting, depressing the clutch allows the engine to return to idle - ie, it doesn't stall, although it may idle roughly.... Read more
By the way, despite the problems, I averaged over 39 mpg (7.2 l/100km) on my recent trip which included lots of hills and windy roads (in Tasmania) with 2 passengers and heavy gear for half of the journey. So the car goes just fine most of the time.
OK so this is a bit like the lottery win question. If you could put in a last minute order to Santa what would it be for?
Mine would be a Porsche Boxster, a saviour with deep pockets for Saab and a winter free of roads with icy patches/snow/freezing fog. BTW, for my garden, I'd like a dry, frosty winter. :)... Read more
Santa is on his way - Bobbin Threadbare
*runs into room
Santa doesn't exist!!!!! :-P The physics is impossible....
i puirchased this car a few weeks ago from a trader and when i drove it on the motorway for the fisrt time and wanted to check it out i noticed that the glow plug light started flashing. when i stop the car the glow plug light goes off and agian when i accelerate it comes back on flashing. another thing is that the exhaust gives out black smoke and the car sounds like a nd feels like it has got a cough when changing gears. if anyone could help then let me know what this could be. thanks Read more
As its an easy job start by removing the EGR valve and see how bunged up it is.
So The French build an electric car, sell it over here then flog their electric too us to re-charge the thing !!!!!
Oh boy where did we go wrong ! how long before we become a third world country !... Read more
Hear hear!
(mind you, putting a philandering ex-banker ex banker in chage of energy policy doesn't exactly bode well for the current policy...)
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As above, lift the carpets including the under boot floor storage area and the even lower areas where the spare wheel and the rear washer bottle (cracked and flooded?) sit.
Once found where the water is gathering might give you a pointer where its coming from, sunroof or blocked drains is my guess with water coming down through the front bulkhead vents, 940's have good proper gutters so should be an easy trace....