March 2013
The clutch on my mk3 Mondeo is just about had it and have had a few quotes. Was wondering what sort of price I should be paying? Best price so far has been £420 inc. vat, parts and labour, but no DMF. Does this need to be done on the 1.8 petrol or will it be ok? Car has done 134000 miles and it is still on the original clutch!
Help please, the problem is my Son has driven his 1999 BMW without water and initially siezed the engine. The garge was reluctant to look at, but they tried to do an esy fix, but now say that the car can only be scrapped as engine is drinking water and it would be too difficult to replace the head gasket and the car isn't worth doing. It is a 1999 car, but is in good condition otherwise and has had a full service history and no rust or panel damege. The garge want me to scrap the car and say it is only worth £120, but I am reluctant and still wonder if it is worth saving? ] Read more
Just an update. Picked up car from garage as they said it would need to be scrapped and wouldn't drive very far. Well 100 miles very careful driving car still working fine and temperature needle stuck at normal. Was going to phone breakdown and get them to tow it home but in the event just kept driving and car behaved well. 6 months later after all the hot weather and a new MOT car still going well. Garage say they used K-seal and this must have cured it. Very pleased as no damage seems to have been caused, in fact car seems really smooth and fast. So a lesson to me not to always take things at face value and trust my own instincts as otherwise I would have just listened to garage and got £50 scrap value for a perfectly good car.
Intermittent black smoke on acceleration. No loss of power, temp OK, no engine management lights. Also, slight roughness when started from cold for a very short time.
PS: 69000 miles on clock. I am doing long journeys to London and back to Blackpool every weekend and only noticed the smoke last Thursday. ... Read more
Hi Craigh,
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Noticed some sidewall cracking on my tyres, which have quite a lot of tread wear left in them.
I suppose this is less likely to be an issue in the UK but here in Taiwan average mileages are lower and average temperatures are much higher. Strong sunlight and air pollution are probably contributary factors as well.... Read more
I've also seen it stated that lack of use itself is a reason for deterioration, because the protective waxes incorporated into the tyre compound migrate to the surface as the tyre flexes in use. On a static tyre they degrade and aren't replaced.
That might partially explain the rapid deterioration of the caravan tyres, (along with greater exposure to UV and ozone, I'm not denying thier importance.)
Had this car since 2004 and done 40k of fairly easy mileage, with no major servicing just oil/filter changes in the last few years due to the low mileage (4-5k pa). A few weeks ago during the really cold weather the car suddenly started blowing out lots of white smoke at startup and for a few mins thereafter. At first I thought it was excessive steam. The car isn't used every day but sometimes more than once a day and if the smoke appeared first thing it'd not reappear, noticeably anyway, that day. On the other hand when left for a few days the smoke would be billowing out on startup but still go away after a few mins.
Anyway, I took it to a main dealer last week and they did a diagnostic which showed no faults but told me it was symptomatic of a gunked up egr valve. They cleaned this on Tuesday and I collected the car yesterday to find the white smoke had gone. Result! Errrmmmm.... Well, I've just started her up and once again there's clouds of white smoke, I'm not entirely sure but there does seem to be a bit of a blue tint to it but not much to my eye. I idled and revved the car for a minute or two and the smoke went away as before but I'm obviously a) hacked off the £180 hasn't bought me a fix and b) wondering what I do now to find out what's wrong.... Read more
Hi - first of all - thanks for this thread, it's very helpful as I think I have the same problem with a Mazda6 2004 2.0L diesel. In fact, it's been doing this for months and I've not found out any definitive answers. My mechanic friend is left scratching his head too!
Did you ever get to the bottom of the problem? ...
How do you open the book of the Panda when using the key without the remote control?
When the car is unlocked, i.e. all four doors can be opened, the boot is still locked.... Read more
Assuming you're talking about the Mk3 (newest) Panda, have a read of this lot:
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My Passat is rusting on the seams of all doors, boot and bonnet.
VW will not replace doors but are going to repair as discribed below:... Read more
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Hi, a minute after starting to drive the car, the oil warning light blinks, then after a minute of blinking/flickering it goes off again...i have had a new switch put in, new oil change and filter and even was told to unhook the battery turn the key over a few times to reset the computer and still the blooming thing keeps flickering...any hints on how to overcome this?
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There is a reason the opl is RED
I've said this before, but will repaet it again:...
Two weeks ago whilst driving on a quiet two lane country road at around 7.30pm, I was confronted by a local council gritting lorry coming towards me travelling at speed (more than 20 mph).
I pulled into the nearside and virtually stopped, but still caught a hefty deluge of grit/salt whatever was being used.... Read more
Two weeks ago whilst driving on a quiet two lane country road at around 7.30pm, I was confronted by a local council gritting lorry coming towards me travelling at speed (more than 20 mph).
I pulled into the nearside and virtually stopped, but still caught a hefty deluge of grit/salt whatever was being used....
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Would like other peoples opinion on whether to upgrade from standard plugs to Iridium, is the initial outlay worth it or stick with replacing standard plugs every 10,000 miles.... Read more
Thanks Guys for all your comments, won't bother with Iridium & stick to ordinary plugs.
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