May 2025
Hi All
Just a quick one - I brought a new pre reg ‘69 plate in April 2020. It has been serviced and MOT when it should be, the one one being beginning of March 2025. This week the engine light came on and before I knew where I was there was an almighty bang, smoke and a big puddle of oil. Garage has said the connecting rod has gone through the engine/sump. Basically it’s a new engine… if I can find anyone to do it.
Now my questions are:
-should a connecting rod go on a 5 year old car?
-should the garage have picked anything up on the service/mot back in March? They did write on the paperwork whining noise heard - suspect auxiliary belt pulley. Needs further investigation.
They didn’t tell me this just wrote it on the MOT paperwork and handed it back to me. Stupidly I didn’t read it and just assumed all ok and it had passed
Thanks
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My daughter's car (2010 Renault Modus with 90,000 miles in very good condition) has been scratched by another car - she got the details. If she makes a claim against the other driver's insurance, I am concerned it might affect her insurance premium when she renews, as she will been "involved in an accident" (however minor, and not her fault). Please can anyone offer advice on this? Many thanks. Read more
Tying up a loose end: daughter got a quote of £40 from a helpful local lad in a body shop. The perp gave her £100 and she gave the lad £50 as he fixed both the scratch and other existing scratch damage. It helps to have a nice smile :-)
Hi I have a number of ECU errors which are most like related to the MAF sensor. I have replace the air filter and cleaned the MAF sensor with Liquid Moly cleaner.
It has not helped though. Looking at live data from the ECU just gives 0's for the live MAF ... Read more
Thanks for the help
Hi all,
Second stab at looking for a reliable car I actually like the look of. Any view on whether this ring alarm bells from the spec.... Read more
Folks, thanks as always - really helpful.
This sold before I could get to it, but getting a good feel for these now, just need to move a bit faster....
Suggestion-get your driver to drop you off at Three Bridges station. There’s a train every 4 mins to Gatwick rail right inside the terminals. Avoids any traffic snarl ups in the horrible dark formal drop off zones too or the unappetising experience of queuing for a dreary bus at long stay. Read more
If London city can offer a free drop off zone , why can’t others ?
They can, but it's a nice little earner in a captive market
These examples are flying off the shelves
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I remember reading an article about the VW sausage in a motoring magazine many years ago, headlined something along the lines of "VW's most popular product"
I wonder If they will make it to the UK?...
can someone recommend a diagnostic tool. i've a toyota 2017 yaris hybrid and need to find fault with the mmt gearbox. so needs to be able to read gearbox faults and be able to learn settings.i'd like to keep it under £200 from ebay Read more
If you don't have any luck, google "planet owners map" to find fellow Peugeot owners with the Lexia and DIAGBOX dealer-level diagnostic kit. They'll be happy to help you for a beer.
If you want the kit yourself, you can get a cable online for around £80, but you'll need a laptop to run it on. But a second hand machine for about £100 will be more than capable.
Hey guys - we have recently had a Emissions Fault come up - P2O8E reductant pressure low.
I started by topping up the car with 7 litres of AdBlue, until almost full, however this has done nothing. ... Read more
Adblue tank pump problems are notorious on Peugeots and well documented on the forums.
Many people get them mapped out if not under any warranty.
I added to the topic on zip merging the other day..
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Today, whilst driving home from B&Q in Weston-Super-Mare in my entirely unremarkable Suzuki Vitara, I overtook the Vampire. It's the UK land speed record holder and nearly rid us of Richard Hammond in 2006.
It was on a trailer. Read more
I knew what you were talking about, I just found the wooden jet fighter more interesting, and not much more distant from actual cars.
Congratulations on your overtaking victory though....
First bit of advice would be not to buy anything fitted with Peugeots 3cyl 1.2 Puretec wet belt motor. So no Vauxhall’s, Peugeot’s or Citroens with a 1.2 motor after 2018. It’s likely belt failure has caused this if it’s the Puretec.