August 2019
RE: "A Misunderstanding"
DH should pay up for the work done and then shut up.
The poor guy (XXX) who worked on DH's car must bitterly regret getting stuck with DH as a customer.
I seriously pity the next worker (Victim XXX2) DH tries to get to work on his car.
DH has run up a nice solicitors bill - he better pay that one!
DH wants to run up more debt clogging up the courts, wow, I wonder what his solicitor said about that?
The mini will still be a pile of rust at the end of it all, unless DH wants to pay £7k for a new bodyshell - plus labour - come on DH, stop being a skinflint - PAY UP. Read more
HJ gets it right more often than not - apart from LHB (IMHO).
Better than Which this month. I was at a friend's house & he swears by Which - I google for electrical reviews & read HJ for cars + other sites.
Which Car "expert" answered a query form someone about an HRV - he dismissed the HRV as under powered. This was probably based on their "expert review" of the 2015 1,5's. He recommended a CRV!! - the query was from a driver of a 12 year old Jazz - even the slow HRV would be OK for a driver of an asthmatic Jazz.
Obviously they had not done their homework on the 1.5 Sport than can do 0-60 in roughly 8 seconds.
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I think it depends where you live.
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I can manufacture the noise as video by preparing to pull away in first with handbrake on as I lift the clutch and accelerate gently with air con on, switch it off no noise, switch it on and there you go. So whatever is moving and spinning under load. Not sure why it is exaggerated only with ac on and stops when ac is off if not ac related, unless it is connected to something running the air con and something else engine related or whatever the belt runs.
Diving along will get the same noise which stops when I switch air con off then switch on and it returns intermittently as I drive along and definitely not a normal air con noise....
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/01/all-new-2020-chevrolet-tracker-leaks-in-china/
engine lineup TOO! Read more
Will there ever be another MG roadster?
Hi, my daughters qashqui was driving perfectly till last night, she went to start it this morning and it started very roughly and white smoke came from the exhaust.
Would anyone have any ideas what could be wrong before she contacts a garage.... Read more
I presume "and won't rev beyond 8" is a misprint.
Yes, should have read 800rpm....
A few weeks back when pulling out at a roundabout I had a sudden loss of power and the car started juddering. Took it in to a local independent Ford specialist who did a compression test and found that the compression in cylinder 3 was around half of what it should be. I was told the car needs a new engine (it's only 10 months out of warranty and has just 24k miles on the clock).
I removed the coil pack and spark plug from the affected cylinder and put an endoscope down there and found some pretty bad scoring on the bore. Is this likely the result of a failed piston ring, broken valve or something else? What could have caused this?... Read more
Have you had the vehicle serviced at a Ford dealer or another garage. There isn't a 6 year life warranty what the law says is that something should last for 6 years but with a car it needs servicing to the correct standards if this hasn't happened you may have a problem getting any help.
Baffling me and the local wheel balancing community. Any thoughts most welcome and much appreciated.
I20 (63 plate) developed a wheel wobble around 50mph. Had the front wheels balanced and problem solved. Around 100 miles later, wobble returns. The wobble can be felt through the car. Ive never driven it (my wifes) but as a passenger its worrying. Cant imagine what its like to drive !... Read more
Sounds more like a drive train problem than a wheel.Bent drive shaft?Universal breaking up?
Hello guys,
I am having problems with my 206 1.6hdi van of 2006 for more than 2 months now and i still wasnt able to fix everything up.
Basically, what i am looking to know is the location of the fuel additive ECU on my car so i can unplug it in order to solve the error i am getting "Absence of communication with the fuel additive ECU" with the code "U0046".
Can soneone please help? If you have some photos would be great.
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yes i agree
Don't often have rear seat passengers, today someone sat in the left rear seat and the seatbelt warning bleep and light wouldn't stop when she plugged the belt in. After unplugging and trying again the bleep stopped, the light went to half brightness and out after a minute or two.
I suspect there is a bad contact somewhere, any suggestions for fixing this myself or does it mean a trip to the local auto electricians? Read more
Coming back from Chester races he was stopped by police in the early hours.
Refused a breath test - denied but then changed to guilty on Tuesday, jailed today for 70 days.... Read more
Thanks for the information chaps. It is certainly a sure fire way of preventing driving whilst affected by alcohol/drugs. I wonder if it could become law. At present it is obviously voluntary, which kind of defeats the object. Law abiding and careful citizens will ensure they are safe to drive anyway, the other lot won't.
Cheers Concrete...
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Agree that the "chinese made" comment is unwarranted. The original company eg BMW would have specced the part to be manufactured and would have signed it off.
They just would'nt allow the Chinese supplier to throw in any old tat. Blame BMW rather than the manufacturer