October 2012
I have noticed this everytime I go abroad. Yesterday I drove from Rotterdam to Schipol and back. Weather was at time terrible, high crosswinds and torrential downpours. Average speed of 60mph or so.
However, despite this, my 98 Alhambra 1.9tdi returned just shy of 60mpg, and road noise was neglible, and smooth ride.... Read more
I'm looking for a £3,500 car to replace my Mazda 6. I don't drive a huge annual mileage, but most individual journeys are long so I want diesel economy, comfort and reliability. A Ford Mondeo or Focus would be suitable, because I need to carry a bike, and it's fine by me if it already has 80,000-odd miles on the clock.
RP, Bexleyheath... Read more
I have a 2004 Accord Tourer iCTDI that I have had from new. It will be nine years old in March, and, touch wood, it has been problem free. I don't cover enormous mileages on an annual basis, but I don't use it for short journeys. I tow a caravan, so a diesel is more or less a necessity. The diesel engine is quiet, and when driving solo, fully laden, on the French autoroutes I achieve around 54 mpg.
Unfortunately, there won't be a new Accord in the UK for the foreseeable future, so I'll be changing the Accord for a New CR-V iDTEC
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
Plenty of results of internet searches about this seemingly common problem. Took off a plug lead and one side of the plug chamber had half a thimblefull of water in it. Plugs had tracking marks, diagnostic said misfire cylinder 1. Cleaned all out, cleaned leads, replaced plugs. A few weeks later, the fault is back, this time the water in the other chamber.
Checked carefully around washer jets with watering can, no leaks, although water does appear to travel from around the wiper pivot and into the engine bay over the exhaust manifold, not sure if a gasket or rubber washer might have gone there - is water supposed to drain around the wiper shaft?... Read more
To help others with this problem (and it seems common on this car), I tried to replicate the washer leak with a hose, nothing came through. The air filter cover occupies the whole top of the engine so I couldn't see how water was getting in. I was convinced it was the core plugs and took it to our local Ford dealer to ask. They quoted 1.5hrs at £80/hr to fix it so we left it with them. They fixed the car the same day and said it was a washer leak, the core plugs were fine so they sealed the washer jets and fitted new plugs & leads and charged just an hours labour. The car running perfectly now.
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Engine warning light comes on, engine stops, restarts and goes into garage for checking.
Bosch diagnostic equip used,fault codes PO402 EGR valve.PO087 Fuel Rail Pressure too Low. P1113 Fuelrail pressure sensor low pressure.... Read more
Clearly they have charged you for parts that were not needed, if they were it would have worked.
103K is nothing for a modern engine and nothing worng with supermarket diesel, it meets BSEN590....
Anyone help a new poster?
Wifey has a Mazda 6 2008 petrol, loves it, until... The CD changer jammed, it ate 6 cds, and will not spti them out. We called the dealer (COOP) who said, ah yes it's a common fault.... Read more
unclip the trim surrounds on the middle of the centre glovebox console.
remove the 2 hidden screws under the bottom edge of the dash radio/vent module....
We need another roomy 5 seater.
With vauxhall now using the doblo and also Ram set to start using the doblo in the USA, the Doblo makes sense.
We previously had numerous Berlingos, but we wont be doing anymore than 6,000 miles in this car, so another 1.6 diesel berlingo does not make sense and the 1.6 petrol engine in the berlingo is awful with no pick up anywhere in the rev range.
But the best part is the price, a fiat dealer will sell me a brand new doblo my life 1.4 petrol for £9.2k on the road (solid paint - but that is fine).
Alternativly, I can have a 62 doblo 1.6 diesel my life for £11.7k or a 12 doblo 2.0 diesel for £11.5k
I was wondering,
What is the 1.4 petrol unit like?
Is it reliable? Is it belt or chain cam?
What else it is used in? (the 1.4 unit in the qubo is only 74bhp where the doblo 1.4 has 95bhp, so im not sure if this is the same engine).
Any other experiences of the current shape doblo?
Thank you for all the replies.
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The Doblo 1.4 is a 16v, which could be the same engine as the 1.4 16v Bravo, although that only has 90bhp.
The Punto 1.4 is either an 8v or the multiair petrol engine, with many more horses!
Hi,
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Not a problem now, the car has been scrapped. There was so much wrong it wasn't worth putting through the MOT.
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I have booked my car in to a tyre depot to have my winter tyres refitted. However I happened to notice that one of the winter tyres is a different size from the other 3. The correct size is 205/55/16 but one tyre is 215/55/16. These tyres have already had two winters of use without any problem but I am a bit concerned from a safety point of view.
Following this discovery I contacted the outlet who supplied these tyres originally and they have agreed that they did fit them but they said that they have never supplied any 215/55/16 tyres of that brand so it must have been a supply problem at the manufacturer's end.
Does anyone have any knowledge of the situation and suggestions for what I should do next please? Read more
Only a very very few certain models and this is not one them.
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>> Its a wonder this country hasn't gone bust already over the past 15 years, given these >> people have been in charge for that long and more and the amount of "white
>> elephants" that have been built (roads and buildings).
The UK is bust already, see below for details on public debt :
http://www.economicshelp.org/blog/334/uk-economy/uk-national-debt/...