December 2012
Hi, can someone please help as im pulling my hair out here. My zetec mk1 has a strange misty smoking burning smell coming from the right hand side of the engine near the pcv valve. I have changed the rocker cover gasket, changed the sump as it was badly corroded and replaced new oil. Im pulling my hair out as i cant pin point where its comming from. There is a misty burning smell, oil is dripping onto the exhaust and then its burning up through the exhaust and thats when you see smoke comming from the front right of the engine. Are there any common problems, cars done 70.000 miles. It drips down from somewhere near the water pump. Please help.
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my hand brake light is flashing most of the time now anyone no why?
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driver side elec window stopped working, key in drivers door only opens drivers door rather than all foour doors like before. Internal light stays on unless you lock the car from passenger side. sometimes all the doors open from drivers side but mostly not.
Thought i would come on here first before i get taken to the cleaners yet again by grease monkeys lol.... Read more
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Hi All,
I wonder if you guys can help. I'm trying to look for a suitable replacement car for my father... Read more
Hey all,
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Retired doing only 4000 per year.
fancy GS 450h but put off by tax £250 and tyre costs and genreal consumption of 30ish although on 400o per year obviously not a deal breaker... Read more
Back to the OP.
I would go for the GS. You are now retired and have earned a bit of luxury in your life. Having driven the GS450h, it is a supremely refined car and built as well as any car on the market today.
It will be very reliable and you will be looked after by your Lexus dealer very well if you use them. They may be more expensive than an independent but I would use them to maintain your car as they continue to excel in customer satisfaction ratings.
I think you should treat yourself and go with your heart and get the GS. You will enjoy it much more than than the small CT.
Yes you can do all the sums and maybe come up with a Golf diesel or BMW or Auris hybrid but you asked between 2 cars so go for the one you would enjoy the most and in my view that would be the GS.
HI CAN ANY1 HELP I HAVE GOT A FORD FOCUS 1.6 PETROL THE CLUSTER DIALS ON THE DASH ARE NOT WORKING, NOR THE MILAGE COUNTER, DID HAVE A BATTERY LIGHT ON BUT THATS GONE OUT NOW, BUT STILL NO DIALS WORKING, BEEN TOLD IT COULD BE THE CLUSTER AND WANTED A SECOND OPINION COULD IT BE THE SPEEDO SENSOR OR IS IT THE CLUSTER
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Focus models around this era did suffer with dash pod problems.Ford dealers were offering a replacement unit for £100.but this may now have expired.Lots of specialist repairers around to fix these.May be worth checking the fuses first.hth
Fans seem to be on all time. First noticed after journey which I thought was ok even though never happened before but came on when I started car today in cold and stayed on. Read more
Error- too much xmas pudding! delector = deselector
I have a Ford Mondeo - diesel - 2009 reg and it has done 45,000 miles.
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Halfords have 4 litres of their own brand oil for £10 at the moment. Same price for part or fully synthetic 5w-30 and 10w-40 part synthetic. Don't know if it's available in store or just online reserve and collect.
The website quotes "our lowest price ever". Halfords have been around for 50 plus years, so I'll take that with a pinch of salt. Still a good price though. Read more
Hi guys,
a stoopid problem, caused by more than one person working on a job! Had to replace a Mk5 Fiesta clutch slave cylinder, which of course meant taking down the gearbox and everything in the way.... Read more
Looks to me like one of the brackets from the block to the Manicat, there is one on each side of the pipe on most that I have seen.
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Used a pattern cam cover gasket many years ago on a Zetec, it was the Mondeo engine with the alloy cam cover, the Focus uses a plastic cam cover nad is a different. Once the hot oil hit the gasket it deformed, moved out of the grove and the inlet cam ate part of it. The valley in the head where the plugs live part filled with oil and the car eventually stopped. New plugs required (and a new OEM gasket).
The plastic cam cover can deform with age and this results in it not sealing regardless of the gasket, easy to check, remove the cover and place on a perfectly flat surface (kitchen worktop is ideal (when wifey is out)....