August 2012
bought one and its a far better car than my toyota corolla verso 15 percent better on fuel .
loads less road noise and looks far more stylish .also more spec for the money Read more
Hi, i have just bought a second hand car from a private seller just under a week ago now and did all of the usual checks such as HPI, VIN, asked for pictures of the current logbook supplying me with all the details i wanted and also obtained a picture of the VIN plate which matched to the log book. The HPI report came back all clear so everything appeard to be in place, so i went and bought the car drove it home no problem but last night i got pulled by the police to which they told me my car flagged up as STOLEN??? So he took all the details i could give him and told me that the car was not marked to be seized so i shouldn't worry because its somthing to do with surry police and the previous owner?
I went on to ask him what could happen as in if i could still have my car seized and he just said he didn't know which has really worried me.
The fact that the car wasn't seized there and then, is that a good sign?
I just really dont know what to do so any sort of advice would be great!
Thanks
Kris Read more
There is a noticeable noise coming from, I think, under the engine bay / bulkhead area and it sounds like there is a hole in the exhaust. It is hard to describe the noise, I would say it sounds like the exhaust is blowing though.
If there is a hole, could it cause the engine to idle lumpy? Read more
removed and cleaned egr valve, and butterfly valve assembly, and ports xhere pretty carboned up, so cleaned them xith a screxdriver xhile hoovering it all out ( it xas totally seized up), rebuilt all, nox car xont start? xont even turn over just clicks xhen i turn the key. it xas running fine up to this apart from the orange eml light beginning to come on more than usual cutting poxer to turbo etc.
anyone any ideas on this? hox to fix? Read more
ok boys shes back on the road, but some smaller problems, cold she xas fine but as she xarmed up the turbo xent of
the car is not on full poxer...
The Haynes manual for the Focus Mk 1 advises that when changing pads, you should clamp the brake hose and open a bleed nipple when pushing back the caliper piston rather than simply opening up the reservoir cap and letting the pressure go that way. This is apparently because with the latter method, there's a chance that the master cylinder seals would reverse and you would lose braking.
How likely is it that if you don't follow the Haynes advice, the seals would reverse? Read more
Brake fluid attracts moisture (hygroscopic?) and this water reduces the effectiveness of the fluid and reduces the boiling point. Brake fluid should be changed every 2 years because of this.
car starts & idles ok but just will not rev up any 1 come across this problem before or know of any issues about this problem Regards mickeybo Read more
Hi Guys, need pointing in the right direction......
I bought a 2004 Mazda 6 TS2 last week with 48000 on the clock. Test drove it and it was ok but within a week it has started making a sort of rubbing/grinding noise which sounds like it is coming from the offside front wheel. It almost feels as if the brakes are rubbing but had them changed and it still does it but it doesnt do it all of the time, does it mostly when at about 40mph and when going round a slight bend. sounds like a throbbing sort of noise. Thought it may be a wheel bearing but with only 48000 on the clock im not so sure. My dad who is a mechanic sat in it and heard it and said it doesnt sound like bearing or CV. He is going to look at it next weekend so wanted to know if anyone else has had a similar problem, so we know where to start investigating first.... Read more
Hi Guys, need pointing in the right direction......
I bought a 2004 Mazda 6 TS2 last week with 48000 on the clock. Test drove it and it was ok but within a week it has started making a sort of rubbing/grinding noise which sounds like it is coming from the offside front wheel. It almost feels as if the brakes are rubbing but had them changed and it still does it but it doesnt do it all of the time, does it mostly when at about 40mph and when going round a slight bend. sounds like a throbbing sort of noise. Thought it may be a wheel bearing but with only 48000 on the clock im not so sure....
A good example of how the "speed kills" brigade get it so wrong, the blanket 20 mph limit Portsmouth was widely touted around as the shining example for all UK local authorities to follow.
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20MPH Zones and Speed Humps Do Not Work
New Casualty Statistics Show Failing Policies of 20 Zones and Speed Humps
Based on the latest accident figures published by the Department for Transport and analysed by the IAM, those areas that have introduced 20MPH zones and speed humps have worse Killed and Seriously Injured (KSI) figures than those which have not. The IAM reports 1 that:
The biggest KSI increases between 2010 and 2011 were in St. Helens and Portsmouth. The latter had an increase of 57% whereas the national change was only plus 2% (probably due to weather factors). Portsmouth is one of the few cities that have introduced a 20MPH zone over the whole of the area, and subsequently claimed a positive accident improvement based on very limited data. This more recent information shows that the expenditure of over half a million pounds of taxpayers money on this scheme was a total waste of money and that those who promote the Portsmouth scheme as a success are seriously misleading the general public. The money should have been spent on other road safety measures that are known to be effective.
Are speed humps a good solution? No. The evidence from Islington and Camden in London, which are undoubtedly the boroughs with more speed humps than others, and have also used 20MPH schemes extensively enforced by humps, show that they also have the worst figures of KSIs per vehicle mile travelled.
The ABD continues to call for the use of effective road safety measures supported by sound scientific evidence, rather than simplistic attempts to reduce accidents by wasting money on speed reduction techniques."
ABD=Association of British Drivers Read more
I also subscribe to the argument that pedestrians become complacent in traffic calmed areas. It is certainly esier to stop walking than stop a car, even at 20mph.
Of course they do. Speak to people who have to drive in heavily built up areas quite often (taxi drivers for example) and it's interesting how most of them will you that the most problematic group are not cyclists, van drivers, pensioner drivers or any of them but rather pedestrians. People who walk in the road without looking, on the phone, plugged into an iPod, talking to somebody and don't forget the classic of the mother who sticks the buggie out into the road and then looks both ways.
Nice story abot a Guardian reader who paid the AA £260 for an inspection of a 10 year old disco, and found it had faults that would cost £2000ish to put right. WHAT.... ONLY £2000 Read more
Land-Rovers simply don't sell in any significant numbers in markets where reliability is important - only one reason for that.
4wd mid-size pick-ups have huge sales in North America, Australia and the UK business markets - they have two simple requirements, body-on-frame construction and reliability. The fact that Land-Rover is a minor player in that segment says it all....
Hi there, my wifes 2005 1.6TCDi Focus estate (and yes we have had the turbo go pop and #3 injector need replacing etc etc) anyway, a rear wheel bearing needs replacing as well as both rear discs and pads, the question is do the rear calipers wind in clockwise or anti-clockwise, there seems to ne conflicting info on t'internet including some that say one side (on the estate) is CW and the other CCW. I need to know so I can buy the correct rear caliper rewind tool.
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Hi kris,
If it does turn out that your car is stolen ,you may be able to claim against HPI .
When I do HPI checks the fee includes an insurance up to £10k ,that reimburses me against a loss because the information that HPI supplied was incorrect .
It's possible you could recover the purchase price from HPI .However as DVD says its likely to be wrong info on the police national computer ,it's also possible that you're car has been involved in a cherished number transfer and the number that it currently is registered to ,has previously been on a car that's been stolen .
It may be that's where the problem originates .
Tony g