Is this something you can do yourself or does the tyre need to be removed? How much would they be?
The reason i ask is one of my rear tyres has a very short valve so short that i have to remove wheel cover to fill up.
Cheers for your help.
gav425 Read more

When I viewed my car before I bought it, I was not in the least surprised to find that all four brake discs were very rusty, given that the car was 16 months old but had only done 4000 miles. But it was a good price, and I accepted that I might have to have new discs fitted at some point. The question now is ~ after what mileage should I hope for the discs to be substantially rust-free? My motoring is mostly on winding rural roads, with some hills, and requires an above average number of brake applications. I have now done 800 miles in under 4 weeks and I expected the discs to be largely OK ~ but they?re not. What is most apparent is that they are not cleaning up evenly ~ the worst of the discs is still noticeably rusty on the innermost (i.e. nearest to the centre) 50% of the face while the outermost (i.e. nearest to the outside diameter) 50% is virtually rust-free. Is this sort of thing normal, and can I expect the discs to eventually clean up completely. Or should I start saving up now for some new discs? I don?t notice anything substandard about the degree of braking available, although I have not tried an emergency stop.

(I realise that my questions may be seen as being similar to asking ?How long is a piece of string??!)

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L\'escargot by name, but not by nature. Read more

Just finished watching Watchdog. It seems there is plenty to complain about the Peugeot 206 both over 3 years old and new. A number of viewers have written in about their car stalling.

Peugeot, to give them their due are investigating the problem and some owners report having sucessfully had the faults fixed under warranty.

I felt it was worth posting this in case anyone here is experiencing problems.

Hugo Read more

My 1999 406 HDI 90 is suffering poor fuel economy. I am on 101,000 miles.

When the car was new I remember getting 55mpg from a tank on occasions. For the last year I've been getting 45mpg combined.

On my last few tanks of fuel I'm getting 39mpg and on this most recent tank I have got 37mpg. The thing that has really flagged this up wtih me is that I'm off work and so the only driving I have been doing over xmas is motorway driving at 50-60mph to and from relatives, also the air con is off (and it would normally be on but its gone noisey so i have stopped using it)

At 50-60mph with the aircon off I would expect 55mpg

Any suggestions on whats a likely cause?

My local mechanic is great, but he's one that likes to keep costs as low as possible (which is great in one way) but he doesn't tend to like checking or replacing anything that isn't actually *broken*, or that I specifically instruct him to do

Any help greatly apreciated

Thanks

Luke

PS thanks for all the useful info I have picked up on here. My car ticks up to 3000rpm so thanks to this forum I now know I *must* replace my timing belt pulley on my next visit to the mechanic.

I also know how to fix the stupid "brake fluid low" warning too Read more

Hi,
A friend has a 2000 x 3 series. He says he thinks the immobiliser has been triggered. He gets the dash lights up - but engine won't crank over.

He had left the car in his drive to get something from the house - not shutting the drivers door properly. He decided to lock the car - plipped the remote. Half an hour later came out to the car - noticed the door hadn't been shut properly, when trying to start the car - he gets this problem.

Has tried arming/disarming the alarm, plip - but to no avail.
He has looked in the mnaual - no instructions of how to reset immoboliser.

His brother had a similar thing happen to him - where the main dealer reset it for him, by pressing a button, but can't remember how this was done.

Any ideas? Read more