March 2013
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Can anybody please tell me how long a repair carried out at a Ford Dealership is good for?... Read more
Car missing and smoking when cold, fine when hot. Read more
What colour is the smoke when starting from cold ?
If it's white or bluey white and the engine splutters for a minute or so and then settles suspect the EGR valve.
Take the car to a Ford garage and ask them to run live diagnostics on the engine, they should find something.
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Picking up an new petrol Mini in April can you remap them for a power boost like the old ones.... Read more
You'd do better to buy a Mini Cooper in the first place.
And if you go for an S don't whatever you do own it out of warranty.
has anyone any information about dpf on volvoes?what trouble can I exspect Read more
Depends what engine you have in the C30, and mostly on the type of journeys the car does.
However, I've had two DPF-equipped cars (a Mondeo and now a Volvo V60) for a total of 5 years and nearly 60,000 miles, and had zero DPF problems. This is despite my daily commute being 3.5 miles to work, and 3.5 miles back home. Some people would have you believe that this kind of use would block up the DPF in a week, or cause it to melt down like Three Mile Island....
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This is my first post so hello and I hope somebody can help me out.... Read more
What car is it?
All the report says is that a plate which has been applied at some point to the car has been written off and maybe "exported" and maybe "re-imported" to another part of the UK....
Have just noticed that when locking my A4 Avant I no longer get the indicator flash to confirm, also for quite a while now the lock on the fuel filler hasn't worked. everything else seems to work as it should.
Are the two connected? ie the ECU is recognising that the flap isn't locked therefore no confirmation flash?... Read more
Hello. I bought this elderly 7seater in February 2013, from a large professional car dealer here in Portugal. I was told that there was a problem with the cylinder head 'joint' (?gasket) which they would fix, and also that they would service the car thoroughly before it was handed over to me. They gave me a written 1 year guarantee on the engine and gear-box. The car showed 220,000 km on the clock, though a computer check discovered later that the 'Belt' had been changed by Ford agents at 199,000 km in 2009 (!), and also previously at 100,000 km.
On delivery the car and engine were certainly very clean and well polished inside and out, and it drove well for me for 250 km. But then, when going up a long motorway incline with a full load, the temperature gauge was suddenly seen to be on the extreme RED sector and the Temperature Warning Light was on. I pulled off the road and called out the rescue service Once the engine was cool the technician said that either the coolant was not circulating, or that it was leaking: a problem in the 'plumbing'. Since then, the car has not been driven except to confirm that it is overheating, and it has been trucked back to the vendor, for attention under the Guarantee. Do you think that this problem could be related to the "gasket" problem which I mentioned ? What would be the right sort of repairs that might be required ? Thanks. Read more
water pump impeller failure is the normal cause of failure on these engines , sometimes the impeller just becomes loose ! so when the pump is removed it looks ok , but also bearing in mind the high mileage blocked radiators must not be dismissed.
I have had to change radiators in 5 year old cars where they have lost their cooling efficencey. Normal sign is rapid rise in temp when going over a certain speed or uphill or towing.
Looking at buying a used car on a budget of £2000.
I travel around 250 miles a week split into two journeys. wondering what people would recommend. I would like something reliable and economical on the fuel. Also got to consider insurance groups. Do I go for larger or small car diesel or petrol. My thoughts where Diesel hopefully around 10 years old but wondering about mileage. Read more
Sunbeam Tiger
hi when driving the car when i accelerate it pulls to the right and when i back off it pulls to the left replaced track rod ends and had tracking done but still the same ? Read more
I'm considering ditching my 2004 Seat Leon TDI, which has been an expensive liability so far and is now worth very little due to faded paint and peeling lacquer. Quite fancy another diesel but I cover short trips much of the time with the odd 700-mile round trip.
Sooo, I'm looking for a diesel without DPF, and ideally with a chain cam drive and no DMF. Something with reasonable grunt to replace the Leon which had 150hp standard and 175 after remapping.... Read more
Ta, but a Sandero's a bit small for me as I need to carry my bike around and also undertake the odd 700-mile round trip from Scotland to Yorkshire.
I'm happy to buy secondhand anyway, so does not need to be new, just wanting to avoid DPF/DMF issues as much as possible....
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If you pay for a part to be fitted,it has a one year warranty-however,parts fitted under warranty-free-are only guaranteed within the warranty period.ie.if a part was replaced after 2 years & 364 days,it would be covered for one day!