May 2023
For spark plug hole thread repair.
Since it’ll contaminate the surface and block alternatives, worth confirming its temperature resistance before application, if possible.... Read more
The radio has started losing stations which I understand is a common fault.
Seems to restore once the car is restarted.... Read more
Turned out to be the digital radio head being faulty.
They are on back order of one to three weeks and I understand they are a common failure....
But interestingly the car disappeared when arrangement s were made to collect the car for examination. So the owner and the shop owners are left with an insurance claim she can’t progress
This is an exclusive story from the Times which has a paywall . But can anyone find the story reported anywhere else ? Read more
Is it just me being cynical or does the whole thing sound rather fishy? A business gets burnt down by a car which mysteriously vanishes. I am not surprised that the insurance company is reluctant to pay.
Hello everyone. I have an Astra H 2010 1.6 VVT. It’s a cracking car if I’m honest and is currently on 73,000 miles. It is now at the cambelt stage. Also I’ve been advised to have the camshaft pulleys changed to remove this annoying rattle in the engine bay. It is a common thing apparently on these. For maintenance purposes I’m also having the water pump, thermostat valve, coolant drain and refil, aux belt, rocker cover gasket, oil change and filters. I service it myself every 5k miles. My repairs will be quite costly so I’m pretty sure I will have it done because the car has never let me down yet. I do 15,000 miles a year in it for work. A very small part of me has started to wonder if I should just cut my losses and buy a run around for £1500 with a years mot and take my chances. Just wondering what people’s thoughts are. I’ve never had a diesel so the thought buying one isn’t filling me with ease. I hear some right horror stories about dpfs etc. I do have a few mates who just buy old diesels and run them until they fail the mot or go wrong then spend another 1500 on another one. Doesn’t sound like a bad idea as long as you get a good one. I have no idea what diesels are decent. Read more
I think it’s just the culture we live in. Everyone wants new stuff they can’t afford. And are not realistic. I’ve also never agreed that if repairs cost more than the book value of the car, they shouldn’t be done. The way prices are at the moment I’d say it’s not the right time to change. I’ll keep this running as long as I can and keep putting a bit away. The car is spotless underneath. I’ve also had all the discs and pads changed last year. It’s had part of the exhaust changed. And I service it myself every 5k miles. I keep the oil topped up, not that it ever drinks any oil and drive it sensibly. So it should be fine. I think it will need a clutch within the next year or so but again, it’s west and tear. I don’t think you can have anything against a car needing wear and tear items replaced. When you consider I only payed £1700 for it 3 years ago and it was on 43,000 at the time, I’ve had my moneys worth 3 times over.
The new Honda CRV is available as a 2.0L engine and is now a hybrid. The previous was a 1.0L petrol with Turbo.
The new Honda CRV is available as a 2.0L engine and is now a hybrid. The previous was a 1.5L petrol with turbo.... Read more
I was issued with a diesel LR Defender when I was abroad limited to 40 mph because there had been so many written off due to speeding on desert roads, made worse by a severe bend near a overground fuel pipeline !
It was painful to drive .
I was having a conversation with a friend of mine a couple of days ago. Both of us are old enough to remember the advice never to rev a car too hard until it was warmed up. I have always stuck to this and tend to treat my cars very well.
However, with a hybrid there's sometimes very little control over the engine revs whether it's warm or not, and we were discussing whether this would actually do damage in the long run. For example, as I leave home I have to go up a hill and the engine operates at high revs without being warmed up because the battery/motor alone won't propel the car up the hill.... Read more
Yes, you can buy them. MOROSO make one IIRC. They get used by racers who I understand use them as a surge chamber to protect from centrifugal forces,
Dry sumping and tall oil tanks can deal with that. I could never understand why british motorbikes used dry sump....
Hey all, first time poster. Apologies if this is a repost, forum search didn't help.
We bought a 2015 "Style" (1.2 VTI) from a dealer last week for my daughter to drive. All seemed good,car drove well on the test drive, documentation was good, a basic OBD scan by me showed no OBD-based faults. So we bought it.
On the drive home, the dashboard EPS fault light illuminated, and the infotainment screen then popped up to tell me I had an ESP& ASR fault, and then a "steering system faulty" message. Not good. Steering was still possible, but heavy and unpowered. I pulled over and killed the ignition, checked for punctures and fluid leaks- nothing obvious to see, but on restarting the engine to drive on, the issue had gone- no lights, steering was back. Strange. I phoned the supplying dealer and let them know that evening, and they promised to honour the warranty; all I needed to do was get it fixed and they'd foot the bill, they said.
The fault persists but is intermittent. Its been driven every day in the week owned it, and for 5 out of these 7 the fault appeared. The 'cure' still works. Tyre pressures and fluid levels are all bang on.
There's an independent Pug/Citroen specialist near me, so I dropped it in there for diagnostics yesterday and they noted 2 stored codes:
-C1638 (estimation of steering wheel angle- consistency)
-C1135 (steering wheel angle sensor signal from s.w angle estimator or s.w controls- internal)
They cleared these, recalibrated the angle sensor, & checked for wiring faults. Ominously, they warned me that if it popped up again their recommendation would be for a new EPS/rack unit to be fitted, as these faults indicate an impending failure in that area. These are different from my old 207s, which had the motor/pump separate to the rack- on the 208 its all amalgamate and costs a serious amount of money....£1900!!! With labour involved (subframe off etc), that would mean about £2500 all in.
And unfortunately, the issue recurred on the way home from their premises... :/
So, at the moment I have 2 options: challenge the dealer on their pledge to repair this, or reject the car. Probably the latter if I'm honest. For the former, I cant see them sanctioning a full repair and billing them back at that price, even though they said they would. Apart from this, its a really nice car unfortunately.
2 questions off the back of this that I hoped some of the minds here could answer:
1)Is this a common thing? I had hoped to leave the EPS issues behind with my last 207
2)Is a new rack/EPS unit at £2k from Peugeot my only option? Are there any refurb or similar manufacturers out there, to maybe try and lower the cost?
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There's a parallel thread in 'legal' about the rejection issue.
Hi. I removed my front seat to clean under it. I carefully removed the plugs before removing the seat. After refitting the seat and plugs I now have an error message saying ' Front Right Malfunction. Consult workshop. I took the plugs back off and cleaned then with electrical cleaner but to no avail. I know have an air bag light on the dash and a seatbelt light. When I plug the seat belt in the light goes off. There used to be a beeping noise before when there was no seatbelt in. No there is no beeping.
Anyone any ideas. I have ordered a fault reader to try determine the issue.... Read more
Checked battery and all ok. I ended up retracing my steps and I removed some fuses from under the bonnet while trying to reset the airbag. I noticed I put a 5amp fuse in wrong location. Put it back in correct location and the warning display disappeared. All fixed now. Thanks for the advice.
Hello everyone. Today I had the cambelt changed and the VVT pulleys changed. The mechanic did not use the timing tool to lock the cams into position and now the timing is out. He is due to return with a timing tool and redo the timing correctly. My question is this, is this an easy fix with the locking tool ? Or has it now opened a can of worms? The car now idles in lower revs and does not accelerate.
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Yes it does have VVT sprockets. He’s changed those with the belt as I asked.
An advert for Kwikfit EV tyres popped up on my laptop so I thought I would take a look. I only looked at two different sizes and they were top brands. £388 and £370 including a new TPMS sensor. Quite why you would need new sensors is something else. I know for a MINI they cost £62 each but you can get cheaper ones and then you have to have the tyre off and reset the system. So this would make each tyre over £300 . Probably a poor example of EV tyre prices or is it?... A while back there was some design of a" solid" tyre, did anything become of this? Read more
Luxury cars, who's aim has been to insulate the occupants in an oasis of silence, have been around for a very long time. Most of those luxury cars are very heavy. And while no ICE can deliver peak torque immediately, plenty of those heavy luxury cars over the years have been able to deliver huge amounts of torque from little more than tickover.
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