December 2011
would an air leak on the inlet manifold or breather pipes cause the ecu to report a mass air flow meter problem as the management light is coming on wnen the car is idling but goes out when driving along normally
regards melvyn... Read more
Hi All
as a new member with some experience in mondeos ( 2 so far and 1 more coming up)... Read more
Hi,
My drivers window works fine on the button. But when I push it all the way down the passenger window automatically opens itself. I then push the passenger window button and it judders back up again. Yesterday as soon as let go (usually when you push it you can let go and it will automatically wind all the way up) it went back down again without me pressing the down button. In the end after about 8 attempts I got it back up. It only goes a bit haywire when the drivers window is fully down. But when you operate it on its own it is a bit temperamental.... Read more
Hi folks,
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I really don't know - it may look the same, but is it the same....? The pipe has so many <rigid> bends in it, to pass around various other components, that it MUST be the correct type. And it don't consider trying to bend.force it, either!
The only way to check would be to go to a friendly VW dealer (do they exist? I only know 2 out of many!) and get them to check via the parts system as to what is interchangeable with what....
I was cleaning this at the weekend when I realised something was missing from the rear wheel arches - shock absorbers!
I had a look in the Haynes and it says a semi-independent trailing arm.... Read more
Thanks chaps!
hi there wondered if somone can be of help... saturday the battery somehow disconnected on our car after a little wiggle it came back onbut when we went to turn car over it wouldnt start.. called breakdown out they advised the immobiliser wasnt reading the fob chip so towed us home... called a diagnostic guy out on sunday paid him £100 tp connect it to a comp to reset the codes but low and behold the problem still isnt fixed ... he still wanted the money tho... he informs us that the ecu is blocking him access to reset the code so its a job for the dealer.. how much am i probably looking at ???? anyone know ?? pugeout says that it will cost £65 to link it up to the diagnostics computer to find the fault then it will tell us where and how much this is gonna cost... not what i needed jus before xmas ... does anyone know if this is a common thing thats easily fixed.. im so worried ... pls help
knd regards... Read more
From what an ex Pug salaes told me (!) -
The garage will get the unique code attached to your car, from Pug, re-enter this in to the ECU/Immobiliser, thus linking the 2 again and allowing the immobiliser to disengage....
Hi i'm looking for some advice. I have had two instances recently where the following has happened when starting the car.
When i start up the engine it fires ok, but then the revs keep going up and down almost to the verge of stalling. Then for a few seconds the revs seem fine, but then proceed to go upto 2500rpm and will not move when i depress the accelerator. At this point the battery warning light comes on as well. The battery is less than 6months old.... Read more
Erratic problem pulling in low gears
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The codes reported by the garage were
P0755 (Solenoid shaft value B)...
These are very impressive savings from these models to beat. This will surely spurn the sale of these two cars. Read more
We've all seen this , and I see a lot as a cyclist albeit with 25 yrs driving in London ;
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Agreed - it's about time the authorities took stern action about illegal mobile usage by drivers .... and make it very clear this activity will not be tolerated.
It needs to be elevated on par with drink driving - loss of licence etc - in my view it's a bigger danger than driving a few mph over the speed limit for which there tends to be no shortage of activity....
Browse
can be an air leak but this fault also occurs when vectra's stall ! so if it stall at all my first port of call would be to clean out all the throttle body with a toothbrush and carb cleaner, make sure all the vacum pipes are clean and clear on the throttle body. Do not try and adjust the idle speed as its ECU controlled. Sometimes when these have been adjusted the ecu flags a fult at idle.