October 2013
Hello my friend has had a timing belt go on his 1.8 petrol renault scenic. Just wondering whether its total carnage or could it just be top end damage. He said he was doing about 40mph when it went. Does anyone know if the 1.8 laguna engine is the same as the one for the scenic as ive been told it is. Read more
Today there was a phone in on the Jeremy Vine Show about car accidents involving deer. One twazzock contacted the show to say it wasn't the fault of the deer. It was the fault of the landowners for letting deer on roads!! Read more
About 30 years ago I was driving in rural Suffolk not far from the coast. The roads were narrow with high banks either side. (RT, this was arable land. You can't fence in all arable land!) All of a sudden a stag dear ran across the road in front of me. If that had been a split second later it would probably have been curtains for both of us. I was driving a Citroen Dyane.
Two years ago I was driving the Octavia on an A road near Bury St Edmunds, again in arable land area, and a roe deer ran into the road and managed to put a crease in the driver's side door. Fortunately, the deer was alright, just in need of some paracetamol....
Bought a 62 plate focus 6 days ago but only just noticed that the mileage on the finance agreement is signiifcantly lower than the mileage when I picked the car up - around 500 less. The car was purchased thru a ford dealership via a 6000 mile options agreement.
I was also assured that the car had had its first service and now checking the servcie book it is down as being serviced more than 3 months ago with a mileage of more than 500 more than that on the finance agreement. The service book is not the original so I'm thinking that the service may not have taken place... Read more
cheers tony
take your point on the money side - was more worried about how the car has been driven when technically it was my property....
Dear Forum,
I purchased a car last year which had a new dash board fitted with different mileage to what was on the service history.... Read more
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A tragic accident, wrong place, wrong time.... Read more
Yes it is an old design - but an all new Aygo/C1/108 is due in 2014.
The comment that the NCAP rating had been down-graded isn't accurate - the Aygo was tested by Euro NCAP in 2012, and they deemed that the rating for frontal impact would be the seem as the C1 tested in 2005, so the 2005 test results for frontal impact were used for the 2012 rating....
Hi ,
I was wondering if anyone could offer a little advice ..
The problem I have is that after having a new dpf fitted , the turbo has died as well and have decided that enough is enough and not to keep chucking money at it .
I'm not best versed in motoring matters and wondered if anyone could suggest ways to claw a bit of money back off it even though it's dead ?..
I've had a quote from a company that buys problem cars , they offered me 600 quid , does this seem like a decent offer or am I being fleeced ?
As you've probably guessed I've not got much experience in car dealings so any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks . Read more
Age ? Mileage ? Condition ?
Hi Everyone,
I have been a user on here before but can't find my old account.... Read more
206 1st try adjusing drive belt then c if it stopsthe smoking &the noise then look to c if th belts rubbing on anything,also ckeckif all brackets etc r tightened good look.
Hi, I have an automatic 206, 2003 plate. Recently the gears box has been making a fast clicking noise when I have stopped and it is in an gear including park. Also there looks like a small leak on the left side but the oil is full and so is the power steering fluid.
Any help would be greatly appreciated before I take it anywhere and get charged the earth for this old car. Read more
"It's the car manufacturer that specifies, ie recommends, the service schedule."
But car manufacturers often take the view (by the absence of a relevant service schedule) that their auto gearbox does not need any attention ie is "sealed for life" - whatever this means. I believe that the auto box should have a filter clean, where this can be facilitated by simple sump removal and a part fluid change at 50k miles. I realise that other views prevail on this, however.
This warning light glows slightly all the time-works correctly on handbrake/low fluid-obviously a minor short somewhere in the loom but how to find it-pulled/pushed loom wherever you can see it but no change-ANY IDEAS??? Read more
What happens if you disconnect the low fluid level sensor on the reservoir.?This will stop the handbrake light working,but does it stop the glow?
I remember the days when a gallon of GTX cost 8 quid............now I'm asked to pay £46 for four mingey litres of some exotic synthetic. I suspect a lot of owners just settle for the cheapest oil they can get Read more
Generic grade is important, rather than specific brand since marketing comes into play - check the handbook. My son and his colleagues, who are all professional mechanics, halve the recommended oil change intervals on their own cars. Blown turbos are often accompanied by gunged up oil supply feeds to the turbos on diesels on long service interval engines. I prefer to have an interim oil change and am left uncomfortable with bi-annual oil changes. I understand the publicity blurb put out by manufacturers, but had a 530d serviced to manufacturers specifications by BMW that blew its turbo under warranty.
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I would expect there to be bent valves as a minimum. Exactly how many and which ones will depend upon whereabouts in the four stroke cycle the engine was at the point of failure. The head will need to come off to be examined and reconditioned.
If your friend is extremely unlucky a valve may have punched through a piston crown. On some cars the sump can be removed and the piston/rod assembly removed with the engine still in the car....