November 2009
First frost of the season at the caravan in (dead) leafy North Yorkshire, and very chilly it is, too.
This set me wondering about the windscreen washer reservoir and what to put in it.
Could go to Halfords and get the old 'three for two', but I wondered if anyone had any alternative home recipes?
Needs to clean the screen and not freeze. Read more
I recently saw two XK8s with jaguar mascots fitted to the middle of the bonnet. I thought they were no longer allowed. Read more
What about other external appendages, roof bars, bikes, skis, and IKEA furniture. they just sit a little further back.
And of course roo bars, not seen a wild kangaroo in the UK recently. :-)
My car was working fine, then I tried to unlock the car using the key fob and nothing happened. No noise coming from car when pressed key fob and no lights flashing on car in response to pressing on key fob.
Replaced batterys in car key fobs and car responding to key fob but not correctly. Car will not open when using key fob. Have to open drivers door using key and all other doors remain locked. Pressing unlock button on key fob will open boot however, just not any of the doors.
Have tried re-synching keys, have replaced fuse for central locking. I have no idea what is wrong??
When I press the unlock button on the key fob the car makes an unlocking noise and the lights flash 3-4 times in quick succession but without the doors actually being unlocked.
Have taken it to a citroen dealer to have keys re-programmed via computer but apparently this did not work either.
If you are in the car and press the lock button on the key fob it locks you in the car and you can't get out. The only way to get out is to open the drivers door from the outside using the key!!
Any ideas into what is causing this problem greatly appreciated.
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Hi there.
We have an 02 1.4 HDI C3 and had a similar problem.
We where in Tesco's car part and she would not lock, pressed button but nothing happened.
In a panic we drove to dealer, where she worked perfectly, key was checked and all was fine.
I think it totally bizarre that you not manually lock or unlock the car, what if the key fob fails, who would design such a Stupid system!
So you can only lock or unlock car with key fob, so what happens if transmitter or receiver fail.
Would I buy another C3, NO!!!!!
Far too unreliable.
OK, this may sound insignificant, but both my daughters have learnt to drive recently and both insist that, when applying the handbrake, you should push in the release button at the end so it pulls up silently (This is what their instructor has told them) My wife and I both pull on the handbrake without doing this so you can hear the sound of the ratchet (this causes unnecessary wear apparently) What is the right way to do it? Read more
i would be pretty upset (not to mention very unlucky) if it happened to me
I can't say I really noticed on any of the occasions it has happened to me AE.
Hi all,
My partner has a problem with her car, infact I drove it to the garage this morning cos she didn't trust herself incase it broke down.
Once the engine is on, you have to keep accelatating otherwise the car stalls. There's hardly any power in the car when driving, had to drive in 2nd gear at 35mph otherwise if you put it in a higher gear, there just wasn't enough power and the car would stall again.
If at traffic lights or in traffic, you constantly need to keep revving again otherwise it stalls. Had it in a local garage and they honestly don't know what's wrong with it and can't diagnose it and advised us to take it to another garage to run diagnostics on it.
Anyone any clues to what this could be and how much are we looking at?
It's a Fiat Punto, 52 plate, manual 1.1.
Any help would be muchly appreciated.
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hi sorry t just join in conversation i have a punto an it keeps just cuttin out totally dont no wats wrong with it is this wat was happening to urs ?? wat was it that was wrong ?? zoe
Hi everyone
I am experiencing major problems with my focus diesel. Car cuts out at various speeds whilst driving along after which the glow plug light flashes, which i understand acts as an engine management warning lamp. This has been happening on and off for the past 4 months. Now it simply won't start. As soon as i turn the key the glow plug light flashes, car turns over but won't start.
In the past 4 months i have had a dual mass flywheel and clutch replaced(£900), battery, and glow plugs also been done. Had a diagnostic check done by ford and another done by an independent garage. The ford results printed off half a tree of paperwork suggesting about 10 possible causes so basically i need to win the lottery to be able to afford to get ford to work through the list!!! The independent results suggested an injector problem. They did a leak test on the injectors and found no problem. They changed the fuel filter and that cured the problem for about a week and now i'm back to square one.
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Well after much deliberation the diagnosis was that the camshaft position sensor needed replacing. That's been done now so we'll see whether the car can actually run a few thousand miles without something going wrong with it. I have my doubts!!!
hi ya doin...
Hi guys,
Just did a HPi check on a car i'm buying (not paid for it yet). It states the car does not have outstanding finance, but a previous private reg does. The car's a CAT D write off, and the original reg was put on the car when it was written off. If the personalised reg is taken off a car, which has finance, does the finance relate purely to that personalised reg??
Bit confusing, but have a look a a screenprint of the HPi check i did (blacked out parts of the reg's for security reasons)...
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HPi the chassis number?
It's far more than £5k, try £18.7k.
Tbh the damage pretty much speaks for itself. But what are the multitude of other sins you're refering to???
I've got a mondeo 1.8 petrol and the engine warning light has just come on.
left the car over night and it's still on today.
Any ideas??
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I would buy one of those universal car readers on ebay cost about £20 and you can find out your problem. I went to a garage through a friend thought I was getting it free until he said he had no idea who the guy was!
Anyway I found out it was types of fumes that are not realised in my exhaust which caused the engine management light to come on and then he reset it said if it came back, will need a further diagnostics.
Hello,
I have only had my peugeot 207 S for around 6 months, at first it was fine, but now, it wont seem to start by itself. I always have to press the gas to get the engine to start. The starter motor seems fine as the engine is turning over, but its asif the car is failing to squirt a little juice in and i have to do this manually with the peddle. I wouldn't think it would be anything serious as the car is not very old, has only done 20,000. Is there a sensor that tells the injectors to start working when you first start the engine, i used to have a peugeot 306 and that used to rev to about 2500rpm when you initially started it and then settled down to idle. Maybe an ECU error? Any help would be appreciated.
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In this case there will be no idle speed stepper motor, so forget that. The electronic throttle valve is controlled by the ECM, and must be clean. Take it off and using some carburettor cleaner and an old toothbrush give it a through clean. Put it back on and cycle the ignition a few times, waiting a couple of seconds each time before starting the engine. See if that helps.
I have a megane that specifies (recommends) 10w40 oil but I have 5w30 oil. Would it be OK to use 5w30 for an oil change? Its only a car I intend to keep for a few months.
I cannot open the rear doors on the car. Initially I couldn't open the doors from the inside but it would open from the outside so I thought it was the child saftey lock. I switched it but now the doors don't open at all! Any ideas what the problem could be? Read more
If you put a lighter oil like 5W/30 in an older car that has been used to the thicker Semi Syn 10/40 grade, you could find that the oil seals at both ends of the crankshaft do not hold the lighter oil as well as they should and, as I have experienced, you may well end up with leaking oil as mentioned by "Falkirk Bairn" above.
Is it worth taking the chance for the saving of ~GBP15 especially if you are to part company with the car soon? The answer is no!
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you will be telling me next you never got airfix glue squirted up your nose