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• Alfa GT 3.2 V6 - Problems with new(to me) car dealer won't fix! 12 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  It was pointed out to me that the front bumper had been resprayed and I am fine with that, however a few days after buying I checked the coolant level and it was down so I topped it up and things seemed ok (I work from home and don't actually use it much). I'll make this shorter by saying that I found it leaked but only really noticable when doing longer journeys, had it pressure tested and radiator was leaking had this replaced but dealer wouldn't pay (offered £80, it cost £250 doing it cheaply buying from ebay and local garage not alfa).
• Mazda 6 Diesel Sport 2L 2002 model - ENGINE STALLING THEN KNOCKING SOUND PLEASE HELP 17 Jan 2011 (Forum)
    I looked at the dipstick and the oil was not registering on it, i could see none leaking from anywhere and the coolant level was fine with no signs of oil in it.  I took off the oil filler cap and there was a small amount of white smoke coming from inside the engine.  There was no gunk on the filler cap.
• Mazda 6 2007 TS 2.0 Diesel - 41000 miles and catastrophic engine failure 4 Jun 2010 (Forum)
    i know I should have stalled it, but my main concern was my daughter - I thought the thing was going to explode. Eventually it stopped, but the engine had leaked a load of coolant and the radiator head had blown off.  When Mazda Assistance's roadside guy arrived he reckoned it was the turbo, but said he could not see why this had blown the radiator.  When the car got delivered to the Mazda garage the Mazda dealer's service engineer informed me when they received the car that I had no service history on the electronic record and therefore Mazda were not allowing him to touch it - not even to diagnose the problem.
• Corsa 1.2 Vegas Starting Problems 10 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Once replaced, car turned over almost immediately. We then asked another friend to run a diagnostic and he found coolant temp sensor high when the car was still relatively cold. As this was only £11 to change, I went ahead and bought the sensor and fitted it. The car started and off we went. Next morning - nothing again.
• 2 perplexing problems 1996 Range Rover 20 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  heater core O rings ? when I moved the car (by towing) on the sloping driveway I noticed about a small cup of coolant pour out of the RHS footwell and sure enough there are tell-tale green drips from the bottom HEVAC vent (right on to the Nokia hands-free speaker!) Could this small leak be causing the current drain?
• 1992 Vauxhall Astra 1.4I 8v SOHC 17 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  Had a bit of fun (not) farting about getting the cambelt tension correct and got the whole lot together after also changing engine oil/filter and recharging coolant circuit with 50/50 antifreeze mix. Engine turned over fine by hand without resistance (turned over many times while doing belt tension). Attempted start – engine cranked but did not fire!!
• Ford Mondeo MK3 2.0 TDCI 2005 - What is wrong with my car? 6 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  I carried on until finding a safe place to stop and then turned the engine off, lifted the bonnet and checked the oil, coolant and for anything that looked out of place in the engine bay. I decided to try and start the car and was sucessful after the engine turned over a few more times then usual. When the engine started it was back to normal again and the fault was not there.
• Ford C-MAX - C-Max 2016 - 1.5 TDCI, 1.0 Ecoboost or 1.6 Ti-VCT 24 Mar 2019 (Forum)
  PROS- There are a lot of them, which I don't know if it's good or bad. Adjusted consumption. Cons- I've read a lot of problems in different forums. Coolant losses, refrigerant pipes cracking, engine changes, etc. A very long list of affected people. Are these Ecoboost problems been resolved after the facelift?   1.6 Ti-VCT 120HP? (I don't remember the HP very well) Atmospheric petrol.
• 2011 Peugeot 207 1.4 8v - Possible failed cambelt? 18 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  https://streamable.com/jr4bi Some further checks I did... - Oil level is ok. - Coolant level slightly below minimum, and a bit of sludge in there (has always been very dirty in there and Google images show the same on other 207's), but has correct level of protection. - Took engine cover off but didn't reveal anything as too much oil in there, but what I did see all looked ok.
• Mercedes-Benz SportCoupé Kompressor - Too Shiny For Me 19 Apr 2017 (Forum)
  "  "The transmission oil cooler of automatics is sited in the radiator matrix, so failure can lead to coolant entering the transmission and destroying it, leaving the owner with a bill of £4k +"  in fact all problems seem to leave "the owner with a bill of £4k +" The first two might be relevant to the reported problem with this car.
• fabia mpi - Rear-ended another car, it's totaled...now scared 17 May 2012 (Forum)
  Her air bags didn't deploy and the rear bumper and light cluster is in bad shape......mine is in worse shape and there was coolant fluid all over the road. The officer thought given the age of the car (51 plate) it would be a write-off. I'm really shaken up and passing bricks. I can't believe I was careless enough to let something like this happen...and now without a car I can't get to work.
• Mazda 6 TS 2.0 Diesel 2007 - catastrophic engine failure 41000 miles 22 Jun 2010 (Forum)
    i know I should have stalled it, but my main concern was my daughter - I thought the thing was going to explode. Eventually it stopped, but the engine had leaked a load of coolant and the radiator head had blown off.  When Mazda Assistance's roadside guy arrived he reckoned it was the turbo, but said he could not see why this had blown the radiator.  When the car got delivered to the Mazda garage the Mazda dealer's service engineer informed me when they received the car that I had no service history on the electronic record and therefore Mazda were not allowing him to touch it - not even to diagnose the problem.
• Mazda - Mazda used approved warranty claim advice, please 13 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  The odd thing is, it is not obviously burning oil (no plumes of blue smoke), it is not leaking oil, the performance is strong and the engine runs very smoothly. The fuel economy is good and the coolant level is static and the engine temperature never deviates once warm. Other than the appetite for oil, you really wouldn?t know there was a thing was wrong with the engine. Took it into my local Mazda garage, and they quickly diagnosed heavy breathing!?
• Celica GT Import - Emissions Failure 2 May 2007 (Forum)
  They were too busy to run a full check, but ran a fault-code reader onit, which revealed just the coolant sensor returning "out of range values". The sensor apparently had dirty contacts, so was cleaned and WD-40'd and seemed to be working OK after this, and the fault was reset. The diagnostic chap then ran it on his emission-tester, but the CO was still very high and lambda still way out.
• DS 5 - Smoke from DS DS5 Diesel engine after a short run 16 Jan 2018 (Forum)
  I took the cover off the engine for a better look and could see nothing untoward, no obvious leaks. Coolant level was normal and the oil level too, although I did notice a few bubbles on the oil on the dipstick. I also found a little bit of  mayonnaise under the oil filler cap. During this time the radiator fan came on and the temperature guage had risen only to the first mark, which is 60 degrees.
• Ford Fiesta 1.6tdci Titanium - Cat C repaired car - major issues, any advice 28 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I went to the garage and they showed me a bent chassis leg, a broken engine mount bracket that had had the bolt simply welded back on and a damaged inner supprt panel. There was dented air con pipes and leaking coolant hoses. The guys at the garage said that this car had obviously been involved in quite a heavy front end impact. They also said that the cambelt had probably snapped due to the mis-alignment of the belt on the fuel and cam pulleys casued by a shift to the engine (probably upon collision) Ford have quoted £5,400 for a replacement engine and fuel pump to be fitted and just over £2,000 for bodywork repairs (although I admit I thinksome of this is unneccassary).
• Review Fiat Doblo 2002 JTD "the Fault-Master" 13 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  "You`re driving outside it`s design parameters"  commented the dealership and I was called in and advised I should be driving properly. The side door jammed at this point and one of the coolant hose had to be replaced due to chaffing (spotted by me) Time went on and there were many other little foibles and faults such as the rear window rubbers becoming sticky - as in seemingly uncured rubber - and on the sills that little forward facing overlap of an edge seam began to lose it`s paint.
• Nissan X-Trail (2001 - 2007) - consumer rights 10 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Was told by the sales guy that I'd get their full 'gold warranty' with it so felt reassured with my purchase that if anything did go wrong I'd be covered. Anyway, about a month and some 800 miles or so later I was doing some routine checks (coolant/screenwash/oil etc) and was shocked to see the oil level was below the 'Low' mark. I topped it up immediately and just figured that the dealer hadn't checked it before selling to me. Then at the beginning of December I checked it again before taking a trip away for a few days and was shocked to see it down near the 'Low' mark again!
• Honda Accord UK (1998 - 2003) - 00 2.0 Auto Gearbox Failure after service 17 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  It did this a couple more times from 1st to 2nd although I was much more gentle with the throttle so it wasn't quite so bad. From 2nd to 3rd was slightly jerky but not too bad. Once the engine started warming up (coolant gauge moving to warm) the problem disappeared and all changes were nice and smooth again. All was well until the next time I started from cold (after standing for several hours) and the same thing happened.
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 04 2.0 TDCI 115: Flashing glow plug light 2 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  I tried booking in to Fords for Saturday but no luck so I've had a good read on the net and have realised that the flashing glow plug lights can be anything from £15 worth of work up to £2000! When I turn the ignition the engine management light comes on and the coolant/aircon light (? I think- the snowflake light) goes from amber to red. When I start the engine the glow plugs light starts flashing above 2000 revs. From what I've read the possible causes could be (starting with cheapest option) Camshaft sensor Crankshaft sensor Pressure sensor on fuel pump Fuel filter and fuel gauge sender unit ECU recalibration and recoding injector EGR valve Reconditioning injectors New Injectors So starting with the cheapest option first I've replaced the cam shaft sensor (which is what the AA man did) and reset the ECU and no change.