September 2022
Any thoughts on these gearboxes? Reliable? Smooth? Read more
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I have a coolant leak first noticed had to 500ml in topping it up to max, then 250ml the next day and every 2 days or so its below min and have to top up. I cannot see any leak.... Read more
My had same issue, it was steam out of my exhaust, the coolant was bubble smell of diesel fume it was head gasket leaking. Look if there are any steam out of exhaust when the engine is warm.
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My daughter is about to experience the joys of parenthood and a new car is on the to do list. I thought a Ford Focus Active estate would be a fine choice but given that she insists on petrol that means we're looking at one of the 3 cylinder Ecoboost engines...gulp!... Read more
My sons 2014 Ecoboost has just suffered a welt belt failure at 51k which is at this stage looking like a £1400 recon engine replacement ..........
I think there is much we do not know about the sourcing of cambelts by car makers. For such an important continually stressed item, high quality is of the utmost importance. The excellent PSA 1.2 puretech engine's reputation was marred by a poor quality batch of belts which crumbled. I have no idea who made them. If you search 'cam belt manufacturers' , seven 'well known brands' appear....
I am in my 80’s and run an ageing Honda Jazz iShift. Goes very well, but is now 14 years old. My wife drives the car mainly to visit nearby friends all within five mike radius. I use it for getting to a couple of social clubs I belong to. Our combined annual mileage is barely 2500 miles. Might we do better to invest in an electric car and save the barely affordable annual servicing costs we presently have to pay? Read more
Second car is a Hyundai i10 bought nearly new 11 years ago now mainly for back up. It has done 50k - current annual mileage is comfortably below 2000 miles pa.
It is serviced and MoT'd once a year. ...
Hi, I am looking for a second hand car, to commute (90%) on motorway (@60ish MPH) and do around 600 miles a week. My search so far has taken me from the Kia Ceed, to the Astra 1.6 and now the Peugeot 206 Hdi (1.6), all ranging from 2016-2019.
My question is, what would be the most efficient and reliable car for that kind of journey? Like I said, I am currently looking at the Peugeot 208 but even within the few variants with that engine there's a wide range of MPG figures. To keep the comparison fair ive only been using the same site, but I have seen figures as low as 64 MPG (GTI) up to 104mpg for the Allure and back down to 60ish for the Tech. ... Read more
I dont necessarily need a 16 plate or newer, but I guess im offsetting the history/unknowns and potentially breakdowns/repairs with my £10k budget. I want to be able to get another 4 years out of the motor, so thats 120k miles commuting plus any social.
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I think all competition is healthy, although I agree entirely with what they said about Cinch and BCA.
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I think we all know someone who has bought a lemon and struggled to reject it and get their money back. If these new firms make it easier, then all power to them.
I sold my last car (2016 Kia Sorento) to Cazoo. The money was in my bank account before the car left the end of the road. I did look it up on their web site a few weeks later - they had refurbished the alloys, and did their best to identify all the defects on the car. I'd have been happy to buy it if I'd been in the market for one. The only strange thing was that they declared the satnav SC card was missing - that was definitely there when the car left me, so someone has had it away.
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Just looking for some advice from people who might have some knowledge on transits specifically injector failure and seizure. ... Read more
Sounds like you have a way forward anyway, but I don't really get this "not willing to apply any more force" jive.
IF the proposed next step alternative is a new engine (or more reasonably, new head) anyway I don't really see what you would have to loose....
May I have your suggestions for a parking solution at Heathrow for a week during half term please.
Willing to try “Meet and greet “ as long as they don’t take the car for a joy rise.... Read more
A friend surprised me when he told me he used this system when flying from Luton.
Just knocked on a few doors asked to park outside in return for a bottle of wine !
My 2008 1.6 CRDI Kia Ceed had a clutch change a few months ago and since then it's had a few problems. Turbo boost seems to come in late and sometimes the engine light comes on with a P0299 error, which indicates a boost leak. Sometimes the light will come on going uphill, so when the engine is under load. Another problem is it starts from cold with a very rough idle and some white smoke from the exhaust, which smells bad. Once the car starts to warm up the idle seems ok, and it runs quite well. One strange thing I noticed is when I first start the car and the idle is rough, if I hold the clutch in while the car is in neutral the engine will rev up smoothly, but if the car is in gear the engine will hesitate to rev. I don't know if this issue could be an indication of what has happened since the clutch was changed. The small independent garage that changed the clutch have no idea what's wrong, and the KIA dealership I took it to are equally useless.
Any ideas would be appreciated, thanks. Read more
I'm planning to take it back to another garage as I also think it could be a problem with turbo hosing damaged or not connected properly.
If you let a different garage work on the car the original garage will quite rightly say its no longer their problem. They would argue that the 2nd garage caused the issue and how would you prove they didn't?...
There was an exhibition of the id range by the river in Budapest yesterday.
I thought the buzz was better in the flesh. ... Read more
Monty python,
Spamalot ??
Thanks all. My plans to buy a big comfy barge to replace my Toledo in due course have gone south, with my wife having been made redundant, so I'm thinking about cheaper alternatives with a nice auto box. Still, she may well get another job this week...