November 2017
I have this Mercedes Benz w203 C220 Model 2006 (333.000 on clock). Everything seems to be working properly: no smoke, no leaks, no major faults. It drives fine. The only problem I have is with the noise that is coming from the area of injectors. When it is in P mode or N mode, the noise quiets down, but when I engage the D mode the noise comes again. Also, the noise comes clear only at first and second great levels, then it fades away as the car moves faster. I uploaded a video to Youtube and attached the link below for you guys to hear how it sounds. I have already changed one injector and the spray heads of the other three. Changed oil and all filters. Does anybody know what could the problem be? Thanks a lot.
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I'm after advice / help. My current 64 plate Outlander Phev is due for replacement of its 3 year lease in January 2018. My monthly lease allowance is approximately £800, unfortuantely not enough for either Volvo XC90 & XC60 hybrids.... Read more
Unfortunately the £855 monthly lease allowance isn’t enough for a Tesla X
Can anyone please give me a radio code the s/n is M015376
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"...the s/n is M015376"
The code should be 8850.
Loosing water and having to top up resovoir bottle (about 30mm depth ) of water loss every three days.... Read more
Inlet gasket seals on K series engines is very prone to failure and water loss, especially for a car of that age. Personally I'd do the inlet gasket first because compared to a head off it's a lot easier and it's an easy win along with if it hasn't gone already it will do so soon.
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Hi, I went and saw this Honda Civic today.
It had been advertised on autotrader, as a private sale.
The ad is no longer live on autotrader. Else I would have posted the link.
Reg Number:- AU63 KYZ
Miles run:- 32,000
Positives about the car:-
1) Low mileage
2) 2 owners
3) ES model with reversing camera and cruise control
Negatives:-
1) 4th service 2 months past due
2) First 3 services all done by independent garages. None of the services done by Honda.
a) 12 month:- 12/5/2014 - 12575 - newport, motorpoint
b) 24 month:- 24/6/ 2015 -18000 - hf veal & sons, radstock
c) 36 month:- 19/9/2016 - 26017 - surefit ltd - radstock
Owner did not have invoices of any of the services.
However I called the last 2 garages, and they confirmed that the car was serviced by them.
3) Rear 2 tyres are budget tyres (unheard of brands) of different makes.
4) bunch of small suffs scratches in the interior of the upper door frame of the drivers door.
Owner was not sure how they came. He thought that it might be due to him stepping out of the car holding the car key, which may have rubbed on the door frame.
Scuff marks on the bottom door sill on the drivers door. This is present only on the sill of the drivers door.
Niether of the above scratches / scuffs seem deep enough to have gone through the paint. But I am not sure,
The seller seems to be a decent person.
A young man, who has just had his second child. His partner is taking a maternity break, and they have decided to make do with 1 car, till she gets back to work.
He says there are no problems with the car. He seems to be a decent man, and I don't distrust what he says.
If I decide to buy this car, I will first ask a garage local to him, to do a check of the car, including an underbody check.
The car is advertised for £7500. The owner says that he just reduced the proce by £800.
Given the above points, I would like opinions on whther the above car is worth going for.
If it is worth a punt, what would be a resonable price to offer.
I would like to offer a fair price (i.e. if it is worth going for), as he seemes a decent person.
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"On another note, have you ever considered starting a car buying service? I understand that they are popular in the U.S. and slowly gaining traction here."
Happy to help.
I've been doing this for years as a sideline to my main business/job on a word of mouth basis. I advise on then find then inspect potential purchases for people then negotiate a deal on their behalf. If they've a suitable trade in I then buy it for either what they were offered by the dealer or more which allows me to negotiate a discount for no part ex. I usually earn solely from the part ex car I buy in then flog but if they haven't one I take a small fee based on how far I have to travel. I'm insured, carry trade plates and have yet to be caught out buying a bad motor for someone.
It was a strange fit for my last business which was a high street newsagents/convenience store but I found loads of punters asking my advice when they found I'd been a salesman for years before this so I soon found I was buying cars on a weekly basis and had both my own and parents drives full of old metal constantly, much to their great joy. I also bought from two local dealers who were happy to save on auction fees and transport costs. It was a nice sideline I made a good additional living from and got a buzz from.
However I decided a few years back to slow life down a bit, flogged the shop and slashed the motor trading to a trickle, largely dealing with old punters along with friends and family. Both dealers I dealt with closed their doors and auction stock up here is just trash so it's a very occasional thing now, just enough to keep my hand in.
Today I make expensive O gauge model trains for a small UK firm and take life at a much more sedate pace. I'm always happy to help folks get into a good car though, I still get a buzz from seeing cars I flogged on the road years later.
Can anybody help? My above vehicle has poor headlights (non matrix) when on dipped. Can I replace the bulbs with anything better, without invalidating the warranty or damaging the electrics?
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There's quite a few complaints about the halogen headlights on astrakforums.co.uk. The Matrix headlights are apparently superb but as long as they're a £1k option they will never be popular.
You can get a decent 35w HID kit for £70 but the legality of them is still a grey area, but as others have said Nightbreakers are a cheap and easy upgrade.
The sales decline isn't stopping them introducing eye-watering increases on list prices though......especially if they can hide them behind a new model launch or quoting monthly payments instead of the bottom line price. Read more
A few months back using this site I did these calcs.
I am looking at a car change. I was thinking about a 1.5 litre diesel Nissan Qashqai. Honest Johns website says 53mpg and it produces 99g/Km of CO2. So for 10,000 miles a year that's 189 gallons of fuel costing me £995 at local prices and I produce 1594Kg of CO2.
Now if instead I buy the 1.6 litre petrol, Honest Johns real mpg website says 40mpg and it produces 134g/Km of CO2. So for the same number of miles it will cost me £1293 for petrol (that’s +£298 over diesel) and will produce 2221Kg of CO2.(that’s +627Kg or 39% more).
So I'm spending roughly £300 more a year for fuel and will produce roughly 40% more CO2....is that really a good move and more importantly will I in five years time be penalised for buying a petrol car which is producing more CO2?
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Driving back home last sunday I was the front car in long line traffic having just got to the front by safe overtaking before a left hand bend. Rounding the corner I acclerated to 60 mph the legal limit for the road. ... Read more
Its Jan now so I assume there has been some progress.
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Out of order - just been trying to help a contributor with an Astra Alarm query and get interrupted by a full screen advert for a new Astra.
If it happens again, I'm out of here for good. Read more
We're not doing anything clever to defeat Adblock Plus, so I'm rather surprised that that ad got through. EasyList seems to consider that network to be a tracking system rather than an ad server, and doesn't bother to block it.
Having said that, you shouldn't have been seeing that ad, and you shouldn't be bothered by it again.
my key fob on my Astra does light up, but nothing happens. Door locks do not open/close.
I have tried re-syncing. Did work once, then again nothing.... Read more
thanks for replies, very helpful,
I will use repair kit when arrives, and look under bonet for any sign of alarm...
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You could get the injectors checked and pressure tested by an independent diesel specialist. If they are OK then the noise is coming from something else.