March 2024
It’s well known that the addition of ethanol in petrol used in garden machinery engines and classic motorcycles is damaging carburettor s and supply pipes to the extent they need replacing rather than servicing.
Blocked jets and pipes that can’t be cleared by conventional means , even ultrasonics as it sets rock hard.... Read more
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Looking for a bargain suv or estate ideally under £3k... Read more
What a few days, I've been checking what is feasible as a run around petrol estate and so far have seen toyota avensis estate , peugeot 308sw and a volvo v70
Am I ok in thinking that get the right one with good history and maintenance and either of these will do ?...
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Can anyone point me in the right direction of a pic/drawing of the engine bay layout with labels for a grand c4 picasso bluehdi 120 eat 6.... Read more
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We bought a 2022 insignia, new from a dealership. After about 11 months, a whistling noise developed in the engine area. It was brought in for "extensive tests", the dealership hd it for 4 weeks. We were told that a new engine was going to be put into the car.
The engine was finally replaced 3 weeks ago.... Read more
I assume Skidpan, there was some form of identification on the engine so that they knew they were sending an engine of the exact spec. required? A sticker on the crate doesn't sound secure enough.
Sticker with info (inc bar code) on cam belt cover just like the factory fit engine has.
I just came across something which I wasn't aware of but perhaps the panel is, tires as an industry is a thin margins industry.
I keep receipts for all the maintenance work my cars get and noticed that in 2014 I paid on average £40 for semi descent tires, same make, size and a slightly different design of these summer tires is now £120 a corner down at the local tire shop (known chain).... Read more
Rather than replacing tyres every 8-15k, 25-35k (5+ years?) is far more common to judge from the posts
What ? after 8-15 K ?? Back in the day when cars were smaller and lighter it was not uncommon to get 50K from a set. Now I am more used to about 30K. I would hazard a guess that as EVs are heavier they may go through tyres pretty fast, especially if the owner indulges in the smart acceleration.
Hi guys does anyone know what the bottom mount where the hose goes on what the boost pressure sensor sits on is called as mine has snapped off in hose ( renault trafic 2009 2.0 dci ) Thanks Read more
Hi its not the hose it's the plastic fitting which the boost pressure valve seats in .. I would add a photo but not sure how too.
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No side lights on near side / they started working then stopped . I have no voltage to them. Tried fuses. Earths, switch. Strange thing is I have trailer board side lights . Any advice thanks Alan Read more
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My 2007 A3 2.0tdi 170 had a DPF. This was one of the first VAG engines to do so.
Can anyone help with this. I have been a basic DIY mecanic for years and bought and sold a fair amount of used cars but I have never seen anything like this.
Micra k13 1.2 petrol "pure drive" manual, black, 2013 with 55 thousand km low milage (its Spain) and the seller is letting me have it for 5000 euro. Fine, its all very nice and neat except for this DIY v bodge basic black spray paint on all four bumper corners. Really bald front tyres too and rear ones in vgc, not that odd I suppose for a small fwd. The bumpers seem orignial, nothing is coming up so far on history for accidents or anything. It has come over from an overseas territory where it was from purchase, Ceuta in N. Africa. Seller says it was his Dads who was military over there, and this explains the v low km for 11 yrs. Paperwork to prove it all fine. So the only theories I have are either 1) his old man was precious and liked to spray over little parking sc***es on the corners or 2) it got bashed about in transit ove to the mainland (Murcia). where I am about to purchase it now and his son has sprayed it on. He gave no explanation for it. Its just on the bumpers on the corners, all four. Not on the bodywork as such which is very neat. ... Read more
ha ha yeh maybe. Climate wise there are sill old classics like 205s being used down here much more so than back in the UK I would think. And one thing the K11 definitely suffered from was rust. Problem here is that I dont think they sold many k11s here to the same extent as Britain, here you saw much more k12s than k11s hence more chance I think of getting a good used one of those. I do keep my eye out for a good k11 but most here now will have had their first careful owners long gone and been bought and not well looked after by young skint drivers for the past few years.
Am I ever going to get this tyre off this rim? It's been cut right through, pretty much, but it's not moving.
This did it, thank you for the advice!
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CO2 is CO2, whatever it comes from. The only offsetting possible is the difference between digging up petroleum (from geologically ancient trees) and ethanol recently made from fresh greenery. If vehicles need to burn more E10 than they would E5 to travel the same distance, the carbon balance may be smaller than expected ?