November 2014
Appeal after braking system stolen from car in Harrogate
Harrogate police are appealing for information after the entire braking system was stolen from a Volkswagen Golf which was parked in Back Unity Grove in the Skipton Road area.
<*** style="width: 100px;" title="Incident" src="http://www.northyorkshire.police.uk/media/image/r/9/DSC_4988.jpg" alt="Incident" />The red Golf was parked behind houses at the Old Stables and between 6pm on Tuesday 18 November 2014 and 7am the following morning, thieves have stolen the wheels and the braking system, including the brake pipes.... Read more
Hi,
I've had the clutch on my car replaced and the Radio wants the code now,
Can someone help me with the code for my Fiesta 2003 4500 eds serial number Mo54890?
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Thank you. It worked x
hi i bought a zafira about a month ago.
Today it wont start. the engine is not trying to tick over. when u turn the key there is nothing apart from the time display going out. The dashboard lights which remain on are the oil, battery, handbrake and engine light and the petrol light flashes even though my wife put £10 in on friday and done about 6 miles since. My initial thought was the battery but the head lights seem bright and the electric windows go up and down with no loss of speed. If i try and turn the radio on it is asking for the radio code.... Read more
If the radio is asking for a code,then I would suspect the battery is in trouble.The noise from the power steering could be normal ,as the system is electric/hydraulic and may be the noise from the electric motor.
Now that these are "de rigeur" I am horrified to see cars driving around at night with them on and no other lights. I have came up to unlit vehicles from behind much to my surprise and later see that they are using DRL at the front. This is very worrying. Read more
I've just followed a dark grey Evoque for 4 miles on a 50mph road with no street lights. There was no lighting at all on the rear.
At a set of lights I pulled alongside and advised the silver surfer motorist that he had no lights on. His answer was 'yes I have, the dash is lit up' and drove off!
My sister was recently involved in a accident with two 13 year olds on a cycle, one was riding it the other was sat on the handle bars. They were going so fast the bonnet is dented, along with the wing and scraped through to the metal as well as one of the headlight is cracked.
The police who attended blamed the accident on the two lads and CCTV shows the lads riding into my sisters car.... Read more
If you did go the route of small claims court they will either not turn up or will turn up and simply say they can't afford to pay.
If they don't turn up you will probably get a judgement by default but you will still have a problem geting any money a court has ordered them to pay. I went down this route years ago. Got a judgement by default, no payment, got the bailiffs round and they were going to take the man's TV away 2 days before the World Cup began, payment very quickly forthcoming!
Hi, I have a 2002 ford ka with the endura engine about 85k miles. a few days ago it went from running well to develop a heavy missfire, will not pull and the engine light has come on. with the engine running lumpy I can remove plug lead 2 and 3 and nothing changes, but when removing 1 or 4 the engine cuts out.
I have replaced the plugs, leads, coil pack, but the situation is still there. Any ideas?
Thanks Rob.
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Even without a compression tester you should be able to get a good idea of whether or not it has good compression on the two cylinders that aren't firing. Disconnect the crankshaft sensor to prevent the engine from starting and then crank it over. If it's obvious that it's cranking unevenly then you should suspect a loss of compression on the two adjacent cylinders, most likely caused by a failed head gasket.
If the comprssion is ok then next thing to do is to reconnect the crankshaft sensor and check for an HT spark on cylinders 1 & 4, and also on 2 & 3. The ignition coil is actually two coils in one pack. One side fires cylinders 1 & 4 and the other side fires cylinders 2 & 3. As has already been said these pairs fire together, known as wasted spark. If you have no spark on 2 & 3 then locate the plug on the side of the coil. The centre terminal is a common 12 volt supply to both sides of the coil. Theres's not much point in checking for this because you know the engine does run, and therefore this power supply must be present. The outer two wires are the ECM negative return to switch each coil. If one side is switching and the other side isn't then you need to check the wiring back to the ECM, or the ECM has a failed transistor inside and will need to be replaced. It will not be the first time one of these ECMs has failed in this way if it has.
I'm hoping and planning to semi-retire in 3 to 4 years when I'll be 65. My existing company car will be traded in in 9 months time. I'll have the opportunity to buy my next company car after 3 years and this will be my retirement car to be used 1 day a week for work and the rest for visiting relatives and several drives down to Normandy and a couple to south of France each year. I currently do about 24k miles a year and that will reduce a bit to around 20k. I'll need a large estate for our large dog and all our clobber, something Mondeo sized or bigger is probably best. Because of the mileage and French derv prices it should be diesel with a decent bit of power and I'd much prefer an auto but I read here and other places of quite a few modern auto box horror stories so manual would be possible. Cruising motorways will make up 95% of its miles so comfort first and hopefully half decent economy. I'm thinking if I run it from new and service it properly and continue to do that I'd like to get it to 10 years and 200,000 miles without any big repairs. My budget will be around £27,500 for buying it outright on the company. That brings in quite a few cars listed at over £30k as I've found it straight forward getting a main dealer to match broker prices. So that suggests mid range C Class, A4, then bigger and probably mores suitable Mondeo, Passat, Octavia, Superb. I don't like the i40 or Ceed estate, looks and small engines. £10k off a V70 brings it almost within reach! I might consider Japanese but on here they get bit of a slagging off so I'd take some persuading. Could just hand it back at 3 years and buy a Logan MCV with 5 years warranty but that's not going to give me the long journey comfort. I know this is a bit premature but I shall be doing quite a bit of research over the coming months so any and all ideas much appreciated. Read more
Thanks everyone.
bazza - Kia Sorrento - we used to have a Santa Fe, nearly the same car, same 2.2 diesel, TC auto, great value. I used to get 32 mpg on a run and it is fairly noisy at cruising speeds and very firm riding, too much so for my future needs. I know what you mean about complexity of modern diesels I was hoping for an inspired shout on something new'ish that could maybe rack up the miles painlessly like the old Merc diesels and the VAG 1.9 PDs did for so many taxis....
I have recently noticed that there is alot of water in the footwells of my ford fiesta. I first noticed this some time ago but throught it was just excess rain coming in. However since this time the heater blow has become dysfunctional. To this end I changed the COOLANT VALVE however this has not corrected the problem.
I have been told that the HEATER MATRIX requires replacing, which in all honesty I tend to believe to be the problem, this been the source of the water intruding into the footwells.... Read more
Check the heater plenum drain pipe.
This can be found under the carpet, just to the left of the clutch pedal, behind the centre consol....
I purchased the following vehicle from Arnold Clark, Nissan, Perth, Dunkeld Road, Perth, PH1 3XJ... Read more
Have you discussed it yet with the sales manager at the dealer?
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It demonstartes there is nothing new in the thieving world.
Twenty years ago I remember a colleague going to his Volvo 480 one morning to find the bonnet and various engine components missing. I have also known of a Transit which had the enigne and gearbox removed - no doubt to replace one in an older model....