November 2023
Hi I have a 2.0 HDI 306 and it has a few fault codes showing. I have had a search online but I dont really see much compared to the VAGS i am used where most results will return reliable information. Can anyone shed any light on the most likely causes?
The car does have the EML on the dash, feels a little sluggish and intermittingly shows the STOP! light on the dash. Idle doesn't seem smooth from cold. Clutch pedal is very heavy but doesnt seem to slip.... Read more
My youngest son (22) has been working as a barman at a local hotel for the last month or so. Obviously with a job like that, working hours can be hectic, especially at this time of year. But when I learned what he worked Saturday into Sunday, I was truly shocked and appalled.
(Bearing in mind he was working Friday 5pm to around 2am) He started on Saturday at 12pm working through to 4pm, then came home for a couple of hours. Back in at 6pm and worked though to (wait for it) 8.45am!. During this period he got no official break (snuck out for a puff on his vape a couple of times) and the only food received was a bacon roll at about 3am (back in to start work at 5pm Sunday BTW)... Read more
Horrible hours and inadequate breaks often go with that sort of work but that doesn’t make it right. However I doubt he can do anything that changes his current employer’s regime.
If he wants to stay in the industry meantime, pending being a student, he might have a better experience with one of the bigger chains? Although I am going back a few years, friends of my son’s worked for a High Street Pizza chain and they had breaks and got to keep the most part of their considerable tips. They were bigger than the wages.
Hi I went past a SPECS average speed camera today and wasn’t speeding but I noticed a post about 20 yards before it with 4 black boxes one on top of the other all at slightly different angles. The SPECS cameras didn’t have the IR unit next to it like the original ones did so wondered if these were IR flood lights or illuminators (as looked like the shape of a flood light) to improve image quality at night, or if they were additional cameras?
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I've noticed these in places too. They seem to be LED lights and are presumably intended to illuminate car's plates so the SPECS sensor can read them.
Hello. I am new to UK and got my car 4 months ago and practicing with it. I have not driven for 25 years. I only used the motorway a few times and each time drivers on the motorway were very considerate to let me merge. I have a few questions (experienced drivers might find the silly) hope to get some advice.
1) Merging: If I match the speed (50-60mph) of motorway, what is the safe gap to merge to main traffic? ... Read more
I cant see the problem with lorries on a motorway, just use the third lane? When there are only two lanes, it is an inconvenience for less than a minute but chances are their journey is more important than ours as they ars against the clock.
On the A1 it's often for miles and miles...and I'm on the clock as well.
It sounds like the front OS wheel bearing is knackered. Whining, rumbling, worse when under load (left turns). But, when you jack it up and spin the wheel, as best you can when its also turning the driveshaft, it feels ok and there is no slop when trying to wobble the wheel at any angle.
So can it be the wheel bearing, or is there something I’m missing, before I get the hub off and attempt to press out the bearing. Read more
Mmm, jacked it up and went round each wheel. No problems found, everything felt tight and spun nicely. Only sloght issue seemed to be the front OS driveshaft seemed to have a bit of rotational slop, but then it is the long side.
Hiya, after i had my micra battery replaced, the radio wouldn't work - would anyone possibly be able to give me the code please?
Serial no - BP 23 4631 977 546... Read more
Thanks for your reply :)
I got it for free on here a few years back but guessing now it's monetised ???? (And yep, I did check the archives first lol)
Right then, because I'm on a very truncated budget (times is hard and all that) and my locking wheel nut key is currently trapped in my glove box which appears to be permanently closed. Is there a way to get a replacement key/nut without being scalped by the main dealer?
As an aside this is made a little bit urgent as apparently my MOT is due in January Read more
Deffo, there is wine gums too
I have a major service approaching which I’d like to get done within a month, 3 months before the anniversary of MOT.
Am thinking of having the MOT done at the same time , which saves visits to the garage and takes advantage of a “Service with MOT” deal.
I keep reading that you can only have an MOT done a month early. That’s indeed true if you are keen to preserve the existing anniversary date-but I’m not.
Another option is to wait a further 3 months - couple of thousand miles down the line at max-then get service and MOT done together in late Feb.
What’s best?
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Very helpful replies-thanks. I think I’ll have the service and the MOT done in Feb.
That is if I’m not persuaded to trade in the car without the service or the MOT by 28/2-but that’s another story!
Watch this space
Anyone know if these forks can be (reversibly) stripped further?
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Are you able to check live data ? Specifically coolant temp and fuel rail pressure.