February 2012
I see in various reports a WET or a DRY clutch. Please advise which is fitted to my car and are there differing reliability rates, ? Read more
Hello everyone
Just to let fellow vehicle owners know that there is an alternative to wasting more money on buying new gas struts.... Read more
Gas struts can't be all that expensive surely.
http://www.motomix.co.uk/content/mazda-mazda6-ts2
what do you think? Read more
2005, manual, almost 101k.
picture the scenario,friday evening rush hour,motorway tailback, serious stop start traffic for in excess of an hour,how does a vehicle with stop/start cope with the constant re-starting of the engine,without the battery becoming drained,thus rendering your car immobile in the middle lane,the reason i ask is i was behind a 61 plate kia sportage in stop/start and it seemed to be struggling after about 35minutes of stop/start traffic Read more
Thanks, Skidpan: very useful to have facts and figures to condirm what many of us suspect. Savings may vary from car to car but I'd expect them to be minimal at best.
Not wishing to upset the apple cart over at the other thread so I started this one.
One of these A1's passed me on the A12 this morning- white with Essex dirt on it.. ... Read more
but it is the best small car out there atm.
Odd. Whenever I've seen that plaudit used recently it's been in connection with the Alfa MiTo. When it comes to styling there's no contest, the Alfa has that in the bag. I wouldn't mind betting it's rather more fun to drive too, Alfas usually are.
I have a 2003 fiesta which seems to have an immobiliser fault. When you switch the ignition on, the immobiliser light flashes fast and the mileage wont appear on the display. It just shows - - - - - -
I have checked at all the plugs and tried another ecu but nothing seems to work Read more
I just had a similar problem develop on a 2003 1.4 cdi. It only happened after short journeys with heater, lights and de-misters running. The car ran fine until parked, and a few minutes later would not re-start with the promlem you mention. The headlights came on and looked fine. The PATS light ultimately went out. After standing an hour or so, the PATS light flashed normally and the car would start normally. I just changed the battery and cleaned the posts and connectors. So far it hasn't happened again.
My oil light started to flash today, so when i got home waited a couple hours for it to cool down, went to check oil level and saw that water tank was all dark inside. Upon opening it was full of oil!!!
I drove to one garage who said it was the cooler that needed replacing (he asked me if my heater had stopped working which it had). Hedidnt fully inspect the car but had a glance over it and came to this conclusion. He also said it would take 3days to fix as every pipe would need flushing.... Read more
Every turbocharged Ford(petrol & diesel)is fitted with an oil cooler-usually one between oil filter and block.The TDI & TDDI are not known for blowing headgaskets.
I am about to change the _REAR_ pads and disks on the the other half's
Jazz 1.4 04 plate.
I understand that one needs to wind back the calipers/pistons, rather
than simply pushing them back.... Read more
On the ones that have to be pressed in and wound simultaneously, I've found that a G-clamp and a pair of water pump pliers do the trick.
Please Please HELP. Water loss, changed thermostat, new radiator, new water pump. Temp gage reading normal, then goes up to half way, then comes down to normal. When I look at coolant level,,,no coolant. If cyl head has gone the gauge should go sky-high. Is this the case? Or can you point me in the right direction to any other poss problem. Read more
Moved to Technical.
Just put my 08 plate 320i M Sport Touring into my local BMW specialist for a regular brake fluid service.
Only had the car 3 months and had experienced a few misfires and generally sluggish acceleration. Car had done 33000 miles when purchased and I don't do a huge mileage - about 7000/year.
Asked the garage to do a diagnostic check on the EMS and they reported that the check had shown up a blocked catalytic converter. They had put a proprietary additive (not sure which one) into the fuel and advised me to go out and "drive the car as if i had stolen it"
Went for a blast down the motorway for about 50-60 miles but not sure if that will be enough to affect a clean out.
My questions are - How efficient are these cleaners and how much high rev driving must i do to get them to work?
Also given my generally low annual mileage - how often will I need to treat the catalytic converter to prevent blockage or will driving "hard" when I do travel be enough?
Any recommendations on which additives are reputed to do a good job? Read more
Any recommendations on which additives are reputed to do a good job?
Yes. Bog standard 95 Octane....
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VW + admiting a problem? Good luck.