March 2012
Oh dear, I thought my 1.3 Astra was running so well and then the previously described engine vibration started at around 65k miles. The shaking occurs around 1800 to 2000 RPM (see http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=85208 )
A number of owners described the problem in the earlier post but no one appeared able to come up with an answer.... Read more
I live up a road where there is houses up until a certain point only up on side of the road, about 6 houses down there is now houses opposite, but a person living at the house who's right on the end of the opposite side of the road, has around 6 cars, their drive can only occupy 2 cars. The thing that has really annoyed me lately, is that their cars that they can't fit onto the drive they park opposite the drive of my house, so that it is obstructing me from getting out of my drive. They have a long stretch from their house, and there is about 4 houses between mine and their house, and they purposely park opposite the drive, or just infront of the house, so i still, even then struggle to get out of my drive.
Can anything be done about this? Surely this can't be allowed? Read more
Reg 103 MV (Con and Use) Regs 1986
Mo person in charge of a motor vehicle or trailer shall cause or permit the vehcle to stand on a road so as to cause any unecessary obstruction of the road....
For those of you who don't read the Daily Telegraph, I had to share this letter, as it made me laugh a lot:
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My wife calls Nick Clegg he nodding dog.Does het get paid?
Now here's a thing.
Rather nasty tapping noise on cold start (colder = worse) which goes away once warm. This started just after the last service, which included replacement of belts (ancilliary drive belt and cam belt plus pulleys and water pump). Now I thought I'd got to the bottom of this, as a good squirt of engine oil on the business end of the alternator makes it go away temporarily. So, alternator bearing giving up the ghost as a result of the less "stretchy" new belt as a nailed-on cause I thought.... Read more
Cunning. That had not occurred to me.
I'll give it a whirl.
The car is an 05 Focus TDCi, and the air-con is no longer blowing cold air.
I've just noticed it because of a couple of warm days this week.... Read more
I have found Kwickfit very good and cheap at testing/regassing aircon...
hi there, i have just joined this site, hope someone out there in the big bad world can help me. i have a v6 xtype, 2litre petrol, o3 plate and i had some fuel from a garage the other day and with in 30 miles it broke down, 200 quid later ( tow truck) an 100 quid to have it looked at , they say it was the pump
so they got me a second hand pump fitted it and off i went GREAT!!!!!!!! UNTIL TODAY 145 miles from home its starts running like a bag of spanners and conks out on me. another garage ( 100 qiud ) opens it up the first garage had bodged it with some hose in the tank after grinding have my chassi away to get to tank. this second garage has replaced it ( the hose ) it starts ok but then dies again. im not happy had a (150 quid taxi home) my cars miles away in a broken down state of mind my wallet is running on empty, is there anyone out there ???????????????????? jim... Read more
Sorry to see no-one's replied, jimb.....and I won't be any help - presumably you didn't misfuel it?
Do Jaguars still have a problem of many not lasting longer than 10yrs/100,000m without having shedloads of money spent on them? [I don't suppose the 'car-with-the-job-change-after-4yrs' brigade are too bothered....]....
HI THERE , IM GOING LIVID WITH THIS STATION THAT FUELED ME UP WIT SOME DODGY FUEL.
MY JAG BROKE DOWN 30 KILOMETRES FROM IT... Read more
Can we drop the upper case font please.
The pump would be protected by the fuel filter. Has it been changed and how do you know there is a residue in the fuel. Have you contacted the garage that fuelled the car....
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Just wondering if anyone has experience of a vehicle which has previously been written off as cat C, then a subsequent accident has again caused it to become a Cat C write off. This has happened to my car, I would like to buy it back off my insurers for repair.... Read more
Who is Lady Bracknell?
To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfurtune; to lose both looks like carelessness
From the importance of being Earnest. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Importance_of_Being_Earn...t...
Seen today in Devon - MG Montego in immaculate/restored condition. Nissan Tiilda - Micra with a boot. Maybach. Holden Commodore. TVR Sagaris. And a couple of others that I can't remember! Read more
This week, THREE immaculate Reliant Scimitars, but not at the same time. An original late 60s SE4; a late 70s GTC convertible, and the wedge-shaped Nissan-engined SS1 1800 from the 80s.
Reading the cx-5 brochure describes the i-stop system.
" this advanced system uses combustion energy rather than the starter motor for a smoother, quicker restart - just 0.35 secs for the petrol and 0.04 for the diesel"... Read more
A mate had a Venom, evil thing. His party trick was letting others try and start it without breaking their ankle!
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Sorry - it's been some time since I checked this thread and I may be too late.
A month ago, the 1.3 engine wasn't running too well - the vibration was beginning to come back, and starting was rather hesitant. Then, well into a 100 mile drive, the engine warning light came on (the orange car with a spanner across it). I googled the problem, found a reference to 'the pedal test' for finding fault codes www.all-carsonline.co.uk/forums/?showtopic=4274...