October 2012
Hi Everyone,
I need help, I need a second hand car for between £4000 - £5500. I am female & no absolutely nothing about cars, other than how to drive them.... Read more
Does anyone know the capacity of the Eolys tank on a C3 Picasso? I will need top top up/refill mine soon and need to know how much to buy. Read more
As someone has pointed out, unless you have access to the Citroën Lexia computer or equivilant you are wasting your time, the car calculates how much Eolys it has used and then throws an emission fault when it thinks it has run out. Citroën are going to charge you an hour's labour so it's going to cost £100 before you've bought the fluid.
Brand new to the forum - so I hope I'm doing this right.
Anyway are there any old (and I mean old) Casal Moped riders out there. I started on a Honda PC50 on my 16th birthday, but within 6 months has swapped it in for a Casal K190 (Fizzy killer!!).... Read more
Hi there, not sure if will get my reply, but if you do, I am up Newcastle way and looking for 1 indicator if you still have it. I am currently in the process of restoring a Casal SS5, thanks. H.
I have recently noticed a squeaking noise coming from the engine on my 2011 Ford Focus Zetec 1.8 Litre Petrol on start up/when engine is cold. It appears to be coming from the area of the belts and pulleys. The sound goes away after five to ten minutes of driving. I thought it might be one of the belts or pulleys/bearing, but am not totally sure about this as the engine has only done 14,000 miles
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A fool-proof way to diagnose a noisy belt is to spray a little water over it whilst ticking over. If it temporarily cures the noise you know the cause.
I rarely see the battery driving the engine by itself, in particular if I brake the car gently in the garage the engine continues to use petrol. If I brake the car with sufficient force then the "Auto Stop" kicks in and the engine stops until I take my foot off the brake, then it restarts but again using petrol ! The battery is always at least 3/4 charged so I would have thought under these circumstances if no other I should not be using petrol? Read more
Many thanks for the explanation unthrottled, even a muppet like me can understand pumping losses now!
Sorry, I don't understand how the honda ima system works either....
I get a wooshing noise when changing up on first starting the car.It disappears after a short distance.Is this the start of a problem? Read more
Thanks for the replies.Service due shortly so I will get your suggestions checked.
Wondered if anyone had any ideas on this. Couple of weeks ago I went to my car and tried to start it, the engine malfunction light was on and nothing happened apart from a click noise. I went back to the car later and it started fine. Mechanic said it was the starter motor so he replaced it (costing nearly £200) 5 days later the same thing has happend again so it obviously wasn't the starter motor in the first place. He now says he thinks it could be the starter motor ring gear???? Apparently it will be a major stripping down the car job to replace this but he says he isn't 100% certain its this so I don't want to go down that route unless really necessary some people are suggesting it could be an electrical problem as sometimes its perfectly fine then others nothing. The battery has been tested and is fine. Any suggestions welcome.
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The starter motor was brand new one and yes it is a diesel.
Thanks for the advise
Thank you for the reply, what terminals do you want me to test, and where I do not understand the #1 thank you in advance for the reply
Hi could anyone tell me how much i should pay a normal mechanic to replace the engine of a toyota yaris diesel 1.4 engine if i have already bought the engine. Thanks Read more
duplicate sorry.
Honest John advises that short trips are bad for diesels.
At work we use " Platinum Plus" as an additive in our delivery van to lower the temperature required to burn off the soot.... Read more
the only way we will really know and that would take a proving ground to trail two cars ,one with and one without. perhaps they already have and not told us
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How about, if you like this class of car, a nearly new Kia Picanto, or last of the old shape Rios, 7 year warrtanty, very low prices, decent running costs and generally reliable. I would always say a Fiesta, as they are cheap to buy( esp last of the old shape), parts and serciving are very cheap and reliability is usually good.