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
VW + admiting a problem? Good luck.
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.
Hi All,
Bought a clocked car from an old boy, he didnt know it was clocked as it was before his time.... Read more
Hi kebab,
You can only make a claim against the person who sold you the car ,if you can prove that he delibratlely mislead you .
The law that applies is not consumer protection .It is the 1967 misdescriptions act ,
If you check when the car was registered to him ,and then check if the car was clocked after he bought it .You can sue in the small claims court for your money back .
Check the year when the car was clocked ,from the VOSA report ,then check the date when the car was registered to him on the V5 reg doc . If it shows that the car was clocked after it was registered to him ,you should get your money back .
If the car was clocked before he became the registered keeper you have very little chance of getting your money back .As you now know, you must always do a VOSA report and and HPI report before you buy any car .
If you need any more help do get back in touch with the forum ,please let us know the outcome .
Regards
Tony g
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.
I've noticed VW decided to save some ££ when they designed the Up. On the driver's side door there is just one switch, for one electric window, the driver's window. The passenger gets one for their window, on their door. So, if the driver wants to open the passenger side window he/she can't. If you're going to carry out such brainless design you shouldn't be designing cars.
VW, wake Up and put both switches in the centre of the car, where they can both be reached. I know of at least a couple of manufacturers who have put all these switches on the centre console. Read more
Mr angry - aka ChannelZ,
"If you don't like it, don't buy it". Do you work for the department of stating the obvious?...
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.
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The 1.4 16v engine is notorious at blocking up oil breathers & pipes causing the crankcase to pressurise and blow oil past the least point of resistance - oil seals, dip stick etc.....
Firstly disconnect the oil breather pipe from the air filter (left hand side) AND remove the oil filler cap - try blowing down it - if you feel resistance then the oil breather module mounted on the back of the engine is blocked. It is possible to remove and clean out with parafin but usually best to replace it....