April 2013
does this model have a DPF, how often does the timing belt have to be replaced, what with having a dual mass flywheel, is this a sensible buy. Read more
What is this brake part in photos:
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This clip holds the brake pad wear sensor in place. it is not needed if your car does not have them fitted.hth
We hired a Fiat Panda from First Car Rental (Active Car Rental) in Malta recently. I don't suppose that there is a great deal to choose between the "budget" companies, so I'm sure that my experience this week was not all that unusual. I collected the pre-booked vehicle from a small "downtown" office. The staff were very helpful and friendly, but the documentation took ages and then we had to walk around the block a time or two to even find the vehicle, as parking around there is impossible.
We then went over the car with the finest tooth-comb I've ever met and every tiny scratch or dent was marked on the booking out sheet, No bad thing in a way, but a bit tedious. I also had to pay €30 up front for half a tank full of fuel. Assuming that the Fiat Panda holds about 40 litres that would be about right, but, as normal, the instruction was to return the tank empty. Unnecessarily stressful and alien to our normal careful philosophy. As it happened, I guess there was at least a gallon in the tank when I took the car back, so the hire cost another €8 or so. A bit irritating, I suppose, but no big deal. The guage also indicated less than half a tank on checkout; I queried it, and was told that "it's the usual position". Again, a bit irritating, but no more.... Read more
Trouble is that there's a clause in the small print on the back of their form which allows a subsequent inspection "by the cleaning team" to raise reports of "damage" not noted by the guy to whom you return the car. Who ever reads the small print to that extent? But it does, of course, leave the hapless punter utterly exposed. I think that this company is reasonable and am convinced that the damage was caused by a passing third party after we had returned the car. But it was the firm's reponsiblity if the window or door was left open when I had handed back the keys to their agent in the street.
Normal relay 5 terminals equal size
Rogue 2Small 2large.1vsmall Socket arranged... Read more
Normal relay 5 terminals equal size
Rogue 2Small 2large.1vsmall Socket arranged... Read more
I expect this will resonate with a few people. Taken from Sniff Petrol.
Peugeot reveals new recovery planAs a post script to M Mann's report he added:-
"We are going already going further into the territory of giving the road user what they want when buying our cars....
Taken from the entertaining Sniff Petrol site
Day one: This is Britain’s cheapest new car. It costs £5995 for which you get a five door hatchback with no central locking, no radio, no electric windows and only available in white. What it does have is an engine to make it go, brakes to make it stop and windows to keep draughts out. Trivia nerds will note that the actual glass is common across all Dacia models. It’s one of they ways they can afford to sell their cars so cheaply. The interior plastics are grey and stark, the doors are big and hollow-sounding, there are very few buttons. It feels a bit like a van. There’s nothing wrong with that. Vans are quite functional. This is too.... Read more
they really ought to do something about those names though......
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Hi I've got a 1.7 DI combo 03 reg and when I get to 60-70 mph that spanner/car light comes on and there's no power after that so when I slow down its got no poke when I pull off again..? Plus it won't go over 70 mph! Help please... Read more
Opcom off ebay £20 will diagnose Vauxhalls back to the start of OBD2, but if you're not into diesels, the interpretation of the diagnosis may take some head scratching. Or googling.
Wife's Tino stalled yesterday. When she tried to restart, it wouldn't fire just made a whirr but then did start and she drove home. Today I put key in ignition without turning engine and there was a noticeable 'electrical/electronic' whistle in the cabin. Looked under bonnet and the whistle was coming from just behind the rocker cover, towards the cabin. What's the problem? Read more
Had this juddering vibrating noise from near side front. Thought it to be exhaust vibration. Noise only when idling slow moving in traffic etc. or hard lock on steering.
Turned out to be auxiliary belt juddering caused by alternator clutch pulley failure. Left it too long and damaged alternator bearings. Also auxiliary belt tensioner worn badly. New altenator and clutch pulley, belt and tensioner.... Read more
An easier way to hold the fan drive drum on the AWX engine is to fold a strip of glass paper in half so as to make a strip about 4" long and 1" wide, rough on both sides.
With a 19AF spanner, slacken the belt and slip the paper in between the drum and the belt....
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It will tell you in the service book if you care to read it.Its 150k on the 1.6hdi fitted to the Peugeot 407 and Citroen C5.