February 2016
Hi guys,
Sorry to bother. We have having some issues with wifey's Mazda 5 2.0 D that I thought I had solved but got a call today to say all is not well :(
She was having some intermittent issues where the car would lose so much power.....even sustaining 30 mph was an issue. At idle it seemed like it was almost off 2 cylinders.
This happened a wee while ago and after some internet sleuthery, I had suspected the suction control valve on the diesel pump given the symptoms and duly replaced this with an original Denso part.
However, as mentioned.....this has just happened again today while she was dropping the little ones to school and it's quite obvious that fixing this problem is beyond me.
I had my diagnostics stuff (fairly basic) on the car when it happened previously and the car is throwing no codes at all. There is nothing historic either.
I am suspecting the HP pump but really think I need a Diesel Jesus to confirm this (or otherwise) and help as this car is important to us as the main family steed.
As of now, the problem is no longer intermittent (which would help diagnosing at least) but that could obviously change as it has done in the past.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Andy Read more
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Got the track rod ends on my Ford Fiesta replaced a couple of weeks ago. Today was the first time I took it up to any kind of high speed. Noticed a severe vibration through the steering wheel at 50+ mph. The rest of the car does not vibrate, only the steering wheel. I know this can be caused by an out of balance wheel or poor wheel alignment, does anyone know which is more likely?... Read more
You need to get your front wheels balanced and the tracking checked as soon as possible.
Had to jump start my 2005 Yaris yesterday as the interior light was left on. The orange engine light popped up on the dash, I was already on the way to the mechanic to grease my brakes. He ran a diagnosis on the car and the code read stretched timing chain. Now my understanding is that it's pretty rare for this to happen, but if the chain snaps I'm in for a huge bill! So I'm wondering, would jump starting the car cause the computer to go a bit mad and throw this code up? Or is it likely the chain really has stretched even though the car has only done 56k?! Read more
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I was tidying the lift today and found 3 bits of glass for what looks like an original beetle. Has vw Belgium stamp. It looks like passenger rear and front and back windscreens. The rubbers are a bit perished but the glass looks OK these are no use to me whatsoever. How do I find them a new hone? EBay, specialist website owners club? Any suggestions welcome. They are really quite small for a windscreen.
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Brilliant! Thanks for letting us know.
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If its a common rail engine I doubt that it will be the HP diesel pump, could be the MAF though. If you have to take it anywhere take it to a diesel specialist, they usually know what they are doing.