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• 1999 ford zx2 OVERDRIVE PROBLEM 5 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  I HAVE 1999 ZX2 FORD ESCORT THAT DEVELOPED AN OVERDRIVE PROBLEM THE CAR WILL SHIFT THRU 1,2,3 GEARS BUT WONT GO ONTO OVERDRIVE IT WAS RUNNING ALONG IN OVERDRIVE AND JUST DROPPED OUT. IT HAS NEVER WENT BACK INTO OVERDRIVE AGAIN. I DONT KNOW FOR SURE IF THE CAR SHIFTS INTO OVERDRIVE WITH AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE OR MECHANICALLY. IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS PROBLEM PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
• Aircon and fuel consumption 27 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  There have been a few posts recently about the affect of airon on fuel consumption. I've recently been running with the aircon permanently on, and the following are the results of brim-to-brim tests under the same driving condiditons (approximately 1200 miles in each test, 2 fills). Aircon OFF: 49.73 mpg (July 2001) Aircon ON: 49.83 mpg (August 2001) The car is a Xantia HDi (110) My conclusion: do as HJ advises and leave it permanently switched on.
• car boot sales. 19 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  my mum runs a car boot sale in the north east of england, and it is amazing the bargains you can get, haynes manuals are about £1 each, and today i saw two front spot lights in the box for £2, so if anybody off the honest john forum wants to come to the INDOOR car boot, the offer is instead of the normal 50p you can get in for 30p. the place also has a nice little cafe inside.
• getting a car back on the road 9 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  i hope to get a lada riva 1.3, back on the road, it was last run in april 2000, and i was wondering what it will need, it had a half tank of petrol in it, and i have been told that i will need to pump out the petrol because it will have gone stale, also the car has the battery still in it, and the radio is still there, any help please reply, AND NO DAFT JOKES ABOUT MY CHOICE OF CAR.
• Fast fit centres 30 May 2001 (Forum)
  Mondeo or cars around that age. They are promoting themselves as Autotrade Fast Fit of the year winner for the fourth year running. Are these centres in general more effective or less effective than main dealer servicing or the hard to find good local independent ? Or is it all a gamble to find a servicing garage that will do all the work required on a service?
• renault Scenic 2.0L auto 1999 14 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  the petrol guage on my 'T' reg fails to work properly and on brimming the tank, will show half full after running about ninety miles. Cpomplaints to Dealer, elicits that due to 'flat tank' configuration, all models show the same symptom True or false ?? any others suffer the same complaint also, after 21 months life, the fuel lines have benn changed because they became'porous' BEWARE
• Seized plugs 11 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  What is the best way(if there is one)to remove the spark plugs from my sons 90 mitsubishi galant .They only seem to move approx.5mm then they are solid.I tried release-oil but i think it needs someones realy good tip to save me because you see i sold him the car!, which i now regret since he comes running to me whenever anything goes wrong, so please someone help met out of this situation.
• 205 GTI 29 Dec 2000 (Forum)
  My 205 GTI runs really eratically on tickover, I understand that this is caused by the fly wheel which on the 1.6's is actually too small, and this worsens as the car ages, Peugeot corrected this problem on the 1.9's with a larger fly wheel.
• Jaguar 2004 xtype 2.0dci - Egr Valve, blanking plate, management light 23 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  Hi folks, I was wondering could you possibly give me some advice. I currently own 2 x 2004 jaguar xtype .. One is my main run around sporting 110k miles on the clock, the other I bought cheap with 210k miles on the clock, basically for parts and so forth. I have been striping the one with big mileage basically to get myself familarised with this engine and its parts.
• 1997 306XTDT d8A engine - XUD9TE Plastic filter problems solved. 1 May 2010 (Forum)
  Now car starts and runs every time with ONE GLOW PLUG CYCLE> The little clicker fuel pump means you dont have to get out and squeeze that SILLY RUBBER FUEL PUMP. Have isolated the whole plastic peugeot fuel filter and fuel lines and just run from tank right to INJECTOR PUMP viA filter.
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 1.8 or 2.0 litre petrol, or 2.0 TDCI? 18 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  Of the two, my impression from the reviews is that there's not much to choose between them either in driving quality or price, but that the Mondeo is a slightly better drive and slightly more reliable. The ideal purchase would be youngish car which has been run in without clocking up massive mileage, and after burrowing around I find that the best deals on offer are on 07 reg Mondeo IIIs at Motorpoint. They have a choice of 1.8LXs at £5,999 or 2.0TDCI 130s at £6999, all with mileage in the low teens; both seem like real bargains (save £10k for a car which someone else has run in, but still has plenty of warranty left).
• Petrol into Diesel (Again) 15 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  (Izuzu engine) I was coming home late at night and I didn't think I had enough fuel to make it home (there was about £10 worth in the tank). I stopped at the only filling station on the way home to find that they had RUN OUT of diesel! I really didn't fancy freezing to death for 4 hours waiting for somewhere else to open, besides do you really think my partner was gonna believe a story about me running out of diesel and sleeping in the van.
• I shafted the trade, guilty or not? 4 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  Time went by and in a couple of years it had done 60,000, it suddenly started to really chug all the time, running rich, black smoke coming out of the exhaust.. Now I was sensitised to Ford main dealers as a result of the previous episode which led to further trouble with `the trade`. I called out the recovery service and the guy revved it so hard there was a crack and then a half engine speed tapping. ( Cam follower I think) Anyway, due to the difficult service manager of the supplying dealer and out of warranty, I let the ( well known) recovery service guy take it to his "recommended garage" This turned out to be a little place with three guys running it.
• VW TDI crankshaft problems 10 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  When i take the car into new dealer for 80k service inform them of the \'flat spot\' under excelleration etc. Dealer runs VAG.COM software to find that \'fuel pump timing\' is not set and could have been a result of 56k cambelt service. Advised take back to original dealer for reset etc. As i have no confidence in original dealer authorise current dealer to sort problem. £170.00 lighter i pick the car up - seems sharper etc. 1200 miles later flat spot is back and car running like a \'dog\'.
• 2019 Tucson Diesel - Hyundai 28 Nov 2024 (Forum)
  I broke my Ankle a couple of Months ago, and apart from a couple of times where the car was either left running or driven about 6 miles by my wife, it has been largely static, It was serviced in May and was in very good running order. It was taken out yesterday, again another 6 miles, with no issues.
• Nissan Micra K14 2018 1.5 diesel 2018 - Multiple Warning Lights all at once 28 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  Hi, Thanks for reading my problem. This has been a wonderfully reliable well running car giving no problems. About a month ago, I stopped early one morning in very heavy rain to get fuel. When I restarted journey, Traction control, ABS Braking, Start stop, Tire pressure and Radar collision warnings all came on.
• Insurance Write Off Value. How much can I negotiate? 26 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  The can has full service history, new premium tyres, clean body, very clean leather interior, electric seats, satnav, etc. Runs and drives perfectly, AC blows ice cold. I have just been advised that the insurers are writing the car off as uneconomic repair I have been looking at a replacement as I really like the car.
• Diesel and DPF 2 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  I am finding that the car is performing regens more and more often but have been caught out by quite a few of them (not realising - quite why clever manufacturers can't 'invent' a dashboard notification is beyond me) where I have killed the engine before it's been fully completed.  Each time i have made sure the car's next run is a lengthy one at higher speeds and have noticed no repetition....until the next time when I have reverted to town driving once more. The need for me to have to take the car on a run purely to negate this is becoming irritating.
• Peugeot 306 1.9 diesel 2002 - Massive diesel knock 27 Jan 2024 (Forum)
  I bought my 306 2 years ago tired and sad and badly maintained, one family owned for nearly 20 years all genuine mileage around 30,000 miles. It started and run with no smoke or nasty noises. Was poor cold starting and glow plug relay had been bypassed with a manual switch added. As wether turned colder starting got worse and not on all cylinders. Started so bad one morning tried giving it glow plugs while already running, it started knocking like the crank was trying to get out.
• Welcome to your new moderator 21 Nov 2023 (Forum)
  He has been a member since 2010 and am sure will introduce himself in due course. Quite a lot of work goes on invisibly behind the scenes to keep the forum running smoothly and 'Leaseman' is starting off as Spam Zapper, removing spam and disabling accounts. Hopefully this will result in a reduction in the rubbish we often see on the forums because I don't have time to check in all the day.