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(offensive?) speeding advert.. 18 Jun 2007 (Forum)
Why on earth are they re-running that tv & radio ad, persuding us it's OK, to run into a child at 30mph? Guess you know the one I mean .... childs voice...hit me at 40 & I'll probably die.. hit me at 30, maybe I'll live... Oh that's all right then, I won't bother to avoid you, then. -
Poor fuel economy 1.6 primera 1 Jun 2006 (Forum)
My other half's freshly bought 1.6 petrol primera seems to be doing around 10-15 mpg! Is there any obvious reason for this? The car seems to be running ok, feels a little sluggish. No warning lights, no other signs of rich running. It has a daily work journey of 20 minutes each way. At the moment it is guzzling more fuel than my skyline so there is something clearly wrong with it. -
Odd Water Loss - Renault Laguna 15 Dec 2005 (Forum)
My 1995 Laguna has a curious water loss problem, every couple of weeks (sometimes longer) it will go from the maximum mark to the minimum in a couple of days, yet at other times it will stay at the max mark for two weeks or more. I can find no visable leakage, it seems to be running ok, apart from a bit of rough running that I think is down to it needing new dist. cap and rotor arm (which me being lazy I have a new set in the boot, just need to get round to fitting them) Any ides on the water problem???? -
Re: Help - Wrong fuel!! 14 Dec 2005 (Forum)
I put £4 worth of unleaded into my boyfriend's diesel Golf TDI S reg today. Petrol attendant told me it would 'probably' be ok to top it up with diesel and let it run for a few minutes to burn off. It ended up with £40 diesel to £4 petrol and has run fine for a 200 mile return trip. What problems can I expect to happen with this low amount of petrol in the car. (I have read scary things about swarf in the system and cost of replacing whole fuel system etc) - i.e. do I need to confess?! -
pug 405td valve stem seals 7 Dec 2005 (Forum)
Pug 405td 168000mls 1997, 99% sure my valve stem seals need replacing, every now and then i get blue smoke on start up and car sounds like its running on 3 cyl for about 5-10sec, when the car is running no problems the thing flies for a diesel anyway, recently change glow pugs helped slightly but no fix, anyway what i was going to ask has anyone changed the seals without removing cylinder head? -
mkII golf stalls after 5 mins: carb? 27 Feb 2005 (Forum)
When started cold, my mkII driver behaves fine. Its only when it has been running a couple of minutes that the revs gradually drop and it stalls. This means I have to keep on the throttle to avoid stalling. once warm , the engine runs sweetly. I'm guessing it makes the mixture lean too early - could this be a faulty thermo control. -
peugeot 106 diesel leak 17 Jan 2005 (Forum)
When priming diesel leaks quite fast out of the outlet above the fuel filter. When the engine is running air bubbles can be seen in the clear pipe running from the filter to the pump. See picture at: http://www.broxsolutions.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/filter.jpg What is causing the leak, and is there anything I can do to fix it? -
No heating in rover 216 2 Jan 2005 (Forum)
hi, ive got a problem with my heater in my 216 sli (n reg) had the car about a month now and it was running perfectly, but just over a week ago it went on its 1st motorway trip, after about an hour i noticed i couldn't get any heat from the blowers, i got off the motorway for 30 mins then it started working again, however over the last week, i very rarely get heat out of the car, the temperature guage is showing normal and the car runs fine, is it just a new thermostat needed or could it be more serious? -
Saxo cold start problem 31 May 2004 (Forum)
My wife's Saxo diesel (68,000) has developed a bit of a problem when starting from cold. It blows white smoke from the exhaust and runs rough for about a minute, then settles down and runs perfectly. No problem on warm starts, just first thing in the morning. The glow plug light goes out as normal and the plugs were renewed at about 50k. -
carina fast idling 1 Apr 2004 (Forum)
just bought a carina e 1.8 runs great but the tickover is to high it is about 1500rpm when cold and between 1000 to 1200 rpm when warm. the thottle doesnt seem to be sticking it is closing ok onto the stop. the temp gauge seems to vary a bit it seems to be running cool. some times it will go upto almost halfway then it drops to about a quarter the way up the gauge and seems to stay there. would the high idling cause a mot fail many thanks in advance ps does any one know how to take the radio out. and is it coded it is a standard toyota rad cass. the year is 1996 -
Subaru Impreza Import remapping 24 Jan 2004 (Forum)
A friend of mine has bought himself a 96 Import impreza STI. These in japan, run on RON 100 unleaded fuel, the nearest we have is RON 97 unleaded. He has been advised against octane boosters as these in time will damage the cat and don't really do alot. So to run this car to its potential it should have its ECU remapped or face a melt down pushing to a std. 280bhp. -
306 Heater not getting HOT 1 Oct 2003 (Forum)
This has not suddenly happend, it has been like this since I brought the car 3 years ago. never really bothered me, I just put it down to the cool running temp of the car but I no longer think thats the answer and the wife is driving it now so I'm getting stress! The car runs at 80-82°C on the dash. MM - you wealth of knowledge would be appreciated. -
feisty fiesta 18 Sep 2003 (Forum)
My student daughter runs a 1.1 pop plus to get to college etc. Its the H.C.S.engine weber carb model; and following a fuel leak which was causing uneven running, a problem still persists only at low revs. All the service items have been done and a local ford dealer has set up the mixture [replacing the screw] The breathing function is O.K and they are unable or unwilling to find a cure. -
Help (nobody else can!) 8 Nov 2002 (Forum)
I've got a Peugeot 205 XLD 1989 and over the past couple of weeks it's been cutting out on me about 10 seconds or so after starting. Starts back up again after 15 seconds, revs like hell on it's own then runs fine until its had an hour and a half/2 hours cooling down, then it'll do it again. Taken it to the garage and bascially they're stumped. They've checked no air's getting into it and changed the fuel filter (which was brand new anyway), but have run out of ideas. -
OMEGA HOW BAD 20 Jan 2002 (Forum)
I have owned a '92 Granada Scorpio 2.9i 24v for about 5 years now. I still love the car, runs well, and plenty of power when I want it. My problem is that to be honest its looking now like an old farmers run about, the back arches are scabby, and the paintwork dull. Only have about £7k to spend, considering the old Scorpio is worth about nothing now. -
aircon and air temperature 14 Jan 2002 (Forum)
Hi all I know that a lot of the contributors to the forum recommend leaving the aircon running all year round so as to keep the system healthy. In my mondeo's manual it says that its only ok to use the system when the outside air temperature is +4 deg C or above. But VW have been marketing the Polo on the radio saying that the cars aircon system can be used to heat the car up-I know you can turn the dial round to hot and have hot air coming out but would it not damage the system running it at say 0 deg C ie against the advice in the manual? -
Peugeot 205GTi heater problem 17 Apr 2001 (Forum)
I have a wierd problem with my 1990 205 GTi heater. The fan doesn't work when you operate the rotary switch. I've checked the fan motor and it runs and the switch circuits appear ok too. The real mystery is that when you unplug the cable connector from the back of the switch, the fan motor starts to run but stops as soon as the connector is plugged back into the switch. -
Rover 75 - cooling fan 8 Aug 2012 (Forum)
fan running on after engine turned off, could this be a faulty thermostat -
look in the classifieds for a bragain 13 Jan 2005 (Forum)
just put my little run around in the classifieds sections it will be a great car for someone
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