August 2009
Mrs Nsar, despite two speed awareness courses, seems impervious to their message and just got a new NIP for 37 in a 30.
I loathe sat navs as is well documented here, but which is best at warning of the location of cameras, as this seems the only way to avoid any more.
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Hi,
Got an email from hmrc.gov advising I have tax refund (I fill in on-line) of about £350.
I click the link in the email to an hmrc.gov address it asks me to click the logo of my bank, which I do and it goes to the nat west on-line log-in page, but something about the look of wasn't quite right and I noticed the url is something like go-electrician.ro etc..
I assume it's a scam and would want others to be aware. I will email hmrc. Read more
Well all 16 new doors (yes 16) have now been painted - in the event they were given two coats of Dulux undercoat and then a double top-coat of Dulux Satinwood - expertly applied by brush by professionals. They look really good now.
Hi, my friend purchased a 2006 vectra diesel automatic with 100000 miles recently, after 2 months the gearbox has developed a fault & will not change gear, vauxhall have quoted £3000 to replace it.
The independant dealer gave her 3 months warranty & they have said they will pay the maximum £1000 as the warranty is limited, but she has to pay the rest her self.
The dealer is rufusing to pay the whole amount as when she bought it she was told she would be covered upt £1000 per claim on the major partslabour. The dealer said the fault was not present when she bought it & they have a 3 page reportchecklist on the vehicle condition etc (down by themselves) whcih confirms the car was all good
What can she do? any ideas?
thank you.
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oldnotbold is correct..
2 months and failed gearbox = money back or FREE repair.
Period. No argument. It's the law.
What are the pros and cons of each and overall which do you reckon is the best on 2002-2006/7 models? Read more
Just to add that the last 2 recalls which were quite a while ago now !! the car came back valeted with £10 fuel added to the fuel tank !! and the next time valeted with a bottle of champagne to compensate for the inconvenience
I had my cam belt replaced last week on my Focus as a precaution - I have owned two cars in the past where the belt has failed and I know all to well the damage to the engine and the potential costs.
So...
3 days later - rattle from the engine. I had a look and found one of the bolts on the water pump pulley hanging loose. Took the car back to the garage ( a trusted independent) who apologised and tightened them all up for me.
Then....
5 days later, starting the car up on the drive, a big noise and a clunk.....I am not a happy chappy at at all. Towed back to the garage - and he didn't look to happy either. He's had a look at it and I have just been told the crankshaft pulley bolt has sheared, there's damage to the valves, won't know more until the head is off etc..
So the bottom line is...who carries the can for this one? I have read somewhere that its Ford recommendation for this engine that the bolt should be replaced when the timing belt is changed.
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I've used the same guy for the last 15 years - I haven't had any problems with him in the past.
I found an information sheet on the internet from a company called Dayco. It says....
"FORD Fiesta/Fusion 1.2 16v, 1.4 16v, 1.6 16v. Focus 1.4 16v, 1.6 16v
Crankshaft bolt replacement
When the timing belt and associated components are being replaced the crankshaft bolt
has to be removed to gain access to the synchronous drive.
The old crankshaft bolt MUST NOT be reused but replaced with a new bolt.
Dayco`s timing belt KTB396 includes the belt 94671 (117SP+220H) and the tensioner but
Dayco are unable to include the new crankshaft bolt to the kit due to the differing length
variations available.
The Crankshaft bolt has to be sourced from the main dealer"
I haven't found any other references.
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>>..headphone splitter..>>
Do you mean one of these?
www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=1214
About £1.50 from any good TV or audio retail outlet.
I use one to supply sound output to the computer speakers or headphones as necessary (turn one off and the other on as required); saves having to constantly swap jack plugs.
Jaguar XJ8 3.2 Sports 2001 Y plate 114k miles
Regularly serviced as per book. Only mishap was a year ago when warning light indicated left hand side oxygen sensor fault. Reset and never appeared again. Car runs perfect and has bags of power and sounds sweet in every way until ?..
The Problem.
Car left on drive in rain for maybe 4 days. Started up perfectly on first turn and I drove off. About 60 yds along road engine warning light began to flash and then ?Reduced Power ? warning appeared. I turned around and got onto drive . I was about to shut off engine and engine warning light stopped flashing and Reduced Power warning disappeared. Engine sounded Ok on throttle, but very rough on idling so much that it shook the car violently. Stopped and left car on drive to ring my trusted garage.
On advice, I tried car once more the next day. Same as before in that warning light flashing and Reduced Power warning on dashboard. On a bit of throttle sounded Ok , but on idle very rough.
Carefully drove 5 miles to mechanics garage and on journey car sounded fine above 1,000 revs but rough on idle.
Tests at garage were as follows
Completed OBD2 reading which showed codes P301 and P302 and another code which I forgot but meant multiple misfire.
- Changed plugs?. No difference
- Bought Jaguar Coil and tried each cylinder one by one with new coil. No difference
- Tried compression testing and ALL cylinders same reading of 225. Assumed this was good news?
- Inlet manifold seals checked and all OK.
- All hoses checked and all OK.
- All injectors checked and spraying fine.
- As before runs well above 1,000 revs? But rough , very rough on idle.
Need any help suggestions?
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Hi SteveLee, yeah they were upgraded but seen plenty break, but i guess we will never know as its an old post. i always just err on the side of caution so its one of the first things I would check if I was working on it. Nothing worse than have a car in to fix and be reving it to check for a misfire and have a chain snap ! LOL
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The keyfob wont open doors/boot release. (Yes, I've checked the battery).I can only open the door with key in the lock but this sets off the alarm and doesn't central open the passenger door. Ithink the problemlies with the internal central locking button on dashboard as this stays lit at all times. Can anyone help me please? I dont fancy paying Porsche's hourly rate to tell me! thank you Read more
Do you get the same problem with the other key fob. you should have 2 electronic key fobs plus and an emergency one. The fobs are electronic devices so you might just have one faulty one
The alarm can be re programmed by the Porsche dealer so you can open the door without setting off the alarm but you might have to pay for this.
Good luck
My dealer ordered a Golf 1.4 SE 122 TSI 5 door petrol direct from the factory on 21st May. The dealer rang me on 19th August to say that the computer was showing the car as awaiting shipment at Emden docks - with an estimated delivery date of 7th September. This surprised me (and the dealer!) as this forum was suggesting 5/6 months. The extras are Met. Paint, Luxury Pack and Parking Sensors. Read more
I'll need to check the make, could be Scorpion or Cobra. They're the ones which the supplying dealer habitually fits to its own demonstrators and loan cars, very neatly integrated / colour coded and flush fitting.
In terms of performance, they're slightly better than the dealer-fit Honda system fitted to our previous Civic (Honda didn't offer factory-fit) , OK but not as good as the factory-fit system in my 330d or previous Audi A4....
Being a Taxi driver i dont have to wear a seat belt with passengers, but having to keep
hearing that aweful noise for the journey is unbearable { unless i blast out the sounds }
Someone told me a few days ago to clip + unclip the seatbelt in 7-8 times and it stops..
True enough it worked... But pushing the Red button in-out 5-6 times does the trick to,
Pure bliss to my ears. Read more
I agree that wearing a belt should be an issue. I disabled mine because it was annoying when moving the car on the drive etc. I'd never drive without the belt on.
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Ten bob a litre!
We all had kittens when it looked as if juice might one day reach ten bob a gallon, like in France...