July 2021
Hi lads... need some help on this one.
Original Symptom:
1) Vehicle would not crank... Read more
Hi All,
Would you be able to assist me with the folowwing problem please?... Read more
Unless you’re absolutely certain it’s an ecu fault, I’d have thought it was much more likely to be an electrical problem with a gear selector switch.
The legal minimum depth for tyre tread is 1.6 mm. We are advised to replace when the depth is reduced to 2mm.
I recently replaced mine with a set of leading brand tyres. On line facts give noise level, braking and fuel consumption performance. I was surprised when I measured the as new tread depth as 6mm. giving only 4mm of wear.... Read more
Nope, a quick search online to confirm my thoughts , and no one recommends fitting new tyres to front wheels regardless of being front or rear wheel drive.
Mo
I have to park my car in the road outside my house and it keeps getting damaged by hit & run drivers. This year I've already had a window smashed by a van (witnessed and number plate taken, but the police weren't interested) and now my mirror's been damaged even though it was folded in - they came so close they even scuffed the front wing.
Is there any sort of security system available that can record these events, like a contnuously-running dashcam, but something that can see the outside of the car and get a clear view of number plates of cars that come close? Preferably on both sides so I don't always have to park the same way round, but if it can easily be swapped from one side to the other, that would do. I don't drive regularly, so it needs to be able to be left running for several days without draining the battery, maybe by using a pair of hot-swappable batteries so I can bring one inside to charge when I'm not driving.... Read more
Perhaps not really an issue here in Taiwan, since there isn't much theft, but if I'd fitted something like that in the UK it would just have provided something worth stealing.
As it was I got several break-ins, presumably either incurable optimists or seriously addled junkies.
Just been surfing the comparison sites for good car insurance deals-interesting. Questions plse.... Read more
You will find the prices at the top of the price comparison list have compulsory AND voluntary excesses. It's all a clever bit of marketing to make you thing 'ooh, that's not a bad price...'.
Also, comparison sites dont include Churchill or Direct Line (both parts of UK Insurance) and you can often, depending on car and driving record, find a similar or lower price with a lower excess. ...
Daughter moves Manchester 2 months ago with her Suzuki Swift, but returns for MOT at friendly local Sheffield garage where the car just before she left had new clutch and gearbox. Car drives smooth no issues... a couple of hundred miles between visits. Passes MOT, much to her relief as the last bill was over 1k. As I go to pay for the MOT (for her) chap asks 'did I know the oil was on low?' 'No'... he says 'Not to worry we have popped a litre in, we did spill a bit but cleaned it up best we can'..... I thought this an odd comment but fair enough. I tell him I'll be back to get the car after the weekend, as we are off away. So come to get car off the forecourt and the engine warning light is on, car is shaking. Things are not good. I see the chap to ask whats happened... he's no longer Mr friendly. Shrugs his shoulders and says, that will be to do with the low oil (which he's now saying no oil), possible engine damage. I'm like WTF but politely. He doesn't want to know.
Daughter is now back on train to Manchester and car is still on forecourt. ... Read more
Did you actually the oil level ? if it was over filled by some new wave wanna be mech its going to cause problems , if there was no oil in it it would have come up on the dash but without checking any of this you have nothing to go on !
Currently try to source a new driveshaft but they are not availible anywhere except LR. But when i look at alternative parts manufacturers they list a number of alternatives that use the same part in the OE section. Is it the same part
Part im after is LR117057... Read more
Need whole shaft where the confusion is the EJ323B437CA/B/C these seem to be the part numbers on the label on the shaft if the LR0 numbers are the same shaft does that the EJ ones are as well.
'SWMBO' "What's that dreadful smell of petrol coming from your garage?"
Drip -drip-drip onto the now sodden cardboard which lives under the TR7. Aarrgghh!... Read more
Sounds like you missed an opportunity to install E10 fuel resistant pipe.
DIN 73379 Type 3E is the spec for fuels containing ethanol. Also SAE 30R6 comes up as the ethanol compliant spec.
Nothing to report, zero faults.
Isn't it nice!... Read more
Nothing to report, zero faults.
Isn't it nice!...
Friend has a huge Malmute, lovely fella and needs a car that he can easily sit up in when he is in the boot. Any suggestions? Read more
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Crank circuit is switched by a relay , controlled by the pcm . If it doesn’t start if you hot wire the starter, then it’s possible that the pcm or pats system is at fault . Have you checked for any water ingress at the pcm?