August 2012
My Skoda Fabia 1.9 SDI had vibrations though the Steering Wheel when Braking Softly at low speeds. There was no vibration through the Brake Pedal. I was advised to get my Discs and Pads Changed so I got this done and the Vibrations are still there. There is also a clunking noise when I hit a bump and the Front left tyre is worn on the inside each. Anyone any ideas whats causing this?
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Hi I was wondering about purchasing an economical car and one has been offered to me. Honda Civic 1.4i VTech . Trouble is the mileage is very high at 160000. I am only going to need it for a short period of time and the person is selling it for £600 , It comes with full service history . I would love to hear anyone's opinions , Read more
Not quite, IIRC the Acclaim was a 4 door Civic. At the time you couldn't get a 4 door Civic but the interiors of the Acclaim and 3 door Civic were virtually the same. Similar front grille too.
The Ballade was indeed a later 213/216 clone (or vice versa)...
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For a few months I've had a problem with my heating in my 1997 Ford Ka. Whatever I set the temperature dial to, it has no effect on the air tempurature. As far as I can tell it's just feeding through cold air without any heating whatsoever.... Read more
You need to put a test light or meter across the two wires.One wire is ignition supply and the other is a switched pulsed earth return from the heater control panel.hth
Ah I see I thought it was just some sort of positive pulse so was holding it to an earth! Now that I've done it correctly, I can see that the signals are indeed being generated as they should be. I.e. 12V with a drop down pulse every few seconds at 50% on the thermostat control....
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was looking for some advice iv had a good look about but nothing reseambles my problem .... Read more
thanks guys i had a few spar glow plugs kickin about so i tryed them and it fired up no problem so hopefully thats it fixed thanks for your advice this is my first desle iv had and you guys saved me alot of hassle with fault finding thanks again
With respect to the C Crosser (Aka Peugeot 4007, Aka Mitsubishi Grandis).
I am thinking of "chipping" the 2.2. Diesel engine, this looks good....
www.dieseltuningbox.com/store/index.php?route=prod...3
Anyone have any experience of DTS?
Here's another one, but it is £100 more.
www.chipexpress.com/products/290/
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They look like an amateurish outfit. Glossy website but not a huge amount of history or substance.
Not sure how much choice you'll have in South Africa though!
I am having problems with my new secondhand meriva - its a 2006 version and has the anoying habit of increasing revs after releasing the throttle after the engine has been under load in a low gear and you try to change up. This happens for instance when climbing a hill and the revs get to 2500+ for a while and then you change up - it increases the revs before settling back. The garage (Vauxhall main dealer) has put on the up to date engine management software and checked it but cant find a fault and dont seem to know what to do next - any ideas what it is? Read more
Hello all,
Problem which I 'think' I know the answer to, but Im not very car-savvy!
4 days ago, noticed a small leak of water directly under the coolant-tank. Filled it back up, didnt think anything else of it and car has been running fine...until yesterday morning when I heard a constant clicking sound from under the bonnet and noticed 110° on the temperature gauge.
Immediately stopped, pulled car over, opened bonnet: smoke coming from oil-tank and water.coolant tank.
Left it for 4 hours to cool and carried out following tests:
1 - re-filled water-coolant tank, left cap OFF and started engine - left for 2-3 mins - water just constantly bubbling away at same level
2 - replaced water-coolant tank and started engine revving on-and-off for 1-2 minutes - water pouring out of overflow-pipe in side of coolant tank.
Also noticed light-grey smoke coming from exhaust-pipe with some water residue - although this smoke only appeared when I really revved the engine.
It is an OLD car, mid-90s...what other specific tests can I carry out to identify whether this is radiator-based or head-gasket?
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If its expelling the water that quickly that you cant drive it far I would say definitly the gasket, possibly a cracked head.
hi i have a ford mondeo 2002 diesel. without warning the heater fan will blow maximum cold air on my feet even when its set on 2 and supposed to be blowing air on the windscreen. if i switch the engine off it resets itself. thanks Read more
hi i have a ford mondeo 2002 diesel. without warning the heater fan will blow maximum cold air on my feet even when its set on 2 and supposed to be blowing air on the windscreen. if i switch the engine off it resets itself. thanks
hi an update. it was the manual heater control. gotta 2nd hand one £8.98 it works fine now
It used to be a common fault with LR Disco's that the rear floor panel used to succumb to the dreaded rust big. There was a fix in that you could buy a floor panel section and have welded in.
Just learnt that daughters X Trail (Nissan O4) the rear floor panel is suffering badly with rust. Cannot seem to find a similar solution panel on the Web.... Read more
the rear floor panel is suffering badly with rust
Could have been crashed and repaired badly, no warranty in this case unless repair carried out by Nissan authorised repairer I suspect.
My '11 reg 3008 163 Sport suffers from excesive and intrusive wind noise above 40mph which I believe to be caused by the large door mirrors.
Does anyone else suffer from this problem and has anyone been able to reduce the noise?... Read more
Fixed!
The black outer mirror cover was not clipped in close to the window glass and was not flush. A little mechanical manipulation and the 2 halves pop back together. Push them together hard and the gap disappears - that should fix the noise problem....
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Have you checked the lower ball joint for play?
Broken spring, might look OK but a piece might of fallen off, try counting number of coil turns on both sides. Don't think this would cause tyre wear....