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THANKS TO ANDY-01

HotAir — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:39:30 GMT

Ford Fusion battery light on. Quick check on Voltage to pin 3 on alternator, shows low voltage, corrosion in the first harness junction, job soon done.

Thanks again to Andy

Ray

Common rail Pressure fault

BDRepairs — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:05:20 GMT

Can anyone shed some light on the following code which was logged on a 56 plate Iveco Daily 3.0hpi

0098 positive fuel pressure deviation

Code cleared and never returned just curious as to what can cause 'positive deviation'

Tiny Text?

mickyh — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:48:58 GMT

Sorry I haven't been on for a while -BUT- why are some guys using text so small it's hard to read? (It is for me anyway) Could be an Ageist thing Be very careful ?

Citroen/Peugeot BSI

Tony5 — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:00:50 GMT

All,
I need some education, again
Are we now calling both multifunction modules [no2 in the engine bay] fitted on the above as BSI's, or just the one in the glovebox?
As most of us are aware, they are described as multifunction modules 1+2 in AD
Tony

Thank you, Alex and Ben @ BBA

cartech — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:46:27 GMT

Recently I purchased the Ford IDS system from our hosts, and one of the first jobs was to see if it would be possible to code a second hand ECU to a Ford transit diesel. I had heard various opinions regarding the possibility, and most claimed it couldn't be done. The only way to be certain would be to try it myself, with a "lot" of help from our hosts. The outcome is that it is possible, and we now have a very happy customer. The complete operation required 3 incodes, and, being the first time this had be tried, a few hours of time (about 3-hours).

I am certain that this can be done in about a hour, now that we know how to do it.

Big thanks, lads.

Working in this weather

silverfox — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:20:11 GMT

I was just wondering how you mobile service guys work in this weather we are having at the moment, it`s raining or snowing. its bad having to service and MOT cars inside when they come in dripping with water and snow down your neck , let alone outside plus you have the cold to contend with and the brain going numb

Can Bus Wiring Repairs

BDRepairs — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:08:44 GMT

When repairing can bus wiring what is the recommended method for repair if there is one ?

Or should the damaged section of loom be replaced ?

Done a couple using heat shink connectors and been ok so far !

Smart Car Roadster SAM unit

Hammond_Auto — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:36:16 GMT

Hi, does anyone know of any companies in the UK that repair Smart Roadster SAM units after water ingress?
Thanks
HA

Some people idea of free motoring

johnnyvolvo — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:25:54 GMT

Hi All

Just speaking to a friend of my, who works as a mechanic at a Volvo Dealership in the North West.

Tells me this tale of a Customer comes in with his car on the back of a car transporter, broken down, non start with his Volvo S40 two litre Diesel. gets the car off the transporter and tries to start the car, its completely dead, checks the battery got a faulty cell, so replaces it, car still dead, checks the car out and the fusable link on the battery main lead, as it has blown, orders a new lead, fits it car starts up, tests the car all ok, but cant find a reason why the fuse has blown in the first place. Customer comes and collects the car, couple of hours later customer phones up and says the car wont start again.

Car comes back to the garage, car gets checked out, again the Fusable link blown again, new one ordered car tested for a long test drive and after some time when the engine gets hot, start the car, the starter motor seems to be bit noiser, to be on the safe side orders a new one.

now this car is coming up for 12 months old, only covered 2500 miles but the fronts are worn out, it is also own by a "Traveler"

the new start motor is fitted, the new fusable link fitted car starting and running fine. My mate takes the car out for test drive with the customer for a long test drive, the conversation in the car from the customer was" how long will it take before Volvo have to give me back the money for my car, well that sort of thing"

On the test drive car drive fine, gets back to the garage all well car running fine.

Ten minutes later customer comes back into the garage again the car wont start the fusible link blown again!

Only ever seems to blow when no one else is around, the customer starting his car, It turns out some customer who may be or may be not Travellers, are put the hand brake on, turning the steering wheel so the front wheels are into the kerb and try to start the car over and over again until the starter motor is over loaded and blows the fuse. This is done so Volvo, or any other car maker has to buy back the vehicle, Free Motoring, very under handed, the guy has been told to take it to another garage ( banned from the garage,) told to take it back from where he purcased it from.

Jaguar xJ6 Coolant Bypass

Don180 — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 06:55:48 GMT

Hi

1992 Jag XJ6 - 3.2L

Has anyone fitted an oil cooler bypass to one of these?
Just wondering whats involved?

Thanks

Mondeo diesel turbo fault

cartech — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 04:42:06 GMT

I'm adding this topic to assist others.

Got called to this motor and was asked to change the turbo, because that is what the garage told them it needed. I tend to be sceptical when someone else has diagnosed a vehicle, and so I insisted on testing the system for myself. The car started and cut out immediately; the customer pointed out that the actuator arm pulled open on start up, and that's when it cut out. This didn't seem to me to be a turbo fault, even though they tend to be problematic, so out came the IDS and full scan. There were codes for the turbo, but the customer had been removing the electric plug to the motor, so this was expected. 2 other codes were also logged P0404 and P0409. On checking the plug to the EGR It was found to be disconnected, so I secured it and erased the codes. the same fault occured, and a rescan revealed only P0404, which relates to the position of the EGR. A quick clean and popping the valve back into place cleared the fault, and the car runs a treat. without the turbo actuator arm opening full on start up. Customer seemed a little disappointed that it wasn't the turbo, which I found surprising, until he told me he'd already been and bought a new one

Hydraulic common rail diesel injector removal tool

phoenix — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:53:45 GMT

Morning,

We have had a run of common rail diesel problems recently,and have really struggled to remove the injectors with-out damaging them,or the head or both

Is there an "all makes" tool available that works

Regards

Darcy

Mechanex show Exeter

Mad-Eric — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:43:14 GMT

Hi All any one going to the show???

Mad-Eric

ILexa Registration

Tony5 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:24:13 GMT

All,
I decided to bite the bullet and register on Ilexa, but everytime i try it says 'an error has occurred, and registration is currently disabled'. It's been doing this for the last couple of days.
Anyone know if there are any issues, or do i have to wait?
Tony

Crasher Your mailbox is full

andymac — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:27:54 GMT

Crasher, tried to reply to your PM but your box is full.

Yes I do have VCDS.

Regards

andymac

Fiat Sciento

dawilson — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:25:20 GMT

I have a 99 Fiat Sciento sporting, my clutch cable snapped replaced with the right one and now i seem to be having a problem selecting third gear, all other gears are fine. Can anyone help me many thanks

do BBA offer performance increase retunes of SAAB ECUs?

general gow — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:54:01 GMT

I am interested in gaining horsepower in my 2002 SAAB 9-5 Estate and there are several companies out there that offer tuning of the stock ECU to gain performance this way.

Is BBA involved in this type of tuning? I know they offer repairs, but I'm not sure about the performance stuff.

Any help is appreciated in advance.

thanks,

Mark

Advice needed please

Hammond_Auto — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:03:12 GMT

Hey all,

I have been invited to the wedding of an old friend, he lives a couple of hours drive away and I only see him once a year for a weekend of bike riding (and drinking), I have met his bride to be once in a pub and to be honest I was surprised to be invited, I am invited to the whole thing too! My other half is not on the invite and there is no "plus one", she would be devastated if I went on my own but I am not sure I should ask if I can bring a guest (I went to a wedding on my own last year and she cried all day, irritatingly the bride said "I have been meaning to call you all week and tell you to bring your girlfriend) ....they have never met her but she is my long term partner and will be my wife eventually.

My options are:

1. Go on my own.
2. Don't go at all.
3. Ask if I can bring my partner at the risk irritating the happy couple (and maybe suggest that we come for the ceremony and then come back after the reception...).

What should I do? ask your wives and girlfriends for me please, this is all too stressful for me!

60 hour Live data recorder

Disgusted — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:31:38 GMT

Boss has just ordered a new bit of kit that you plug in to DLC and it records live data for 60 hours.

Sounds like a good bit of kit, the only problem I can forsee is when data link connectors are not in convenient places to leave connected while driving.

Should be good though, I look forward to using it and will report back how useful it is

Edit: not sure if posted in the right section sorry.

Renault Clio '04 plate 2lt Sport

HotAir — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:48:46 GMT

I attended this non-start Ren. Clio that had had the hazard warning lights on for about 10mins. It was clearly a flat battery and it appeared to be the original battery.When I attached a fully charged jump pack it would turn over just 4 times, NOT FIRE and STOP turning.I would turn the ignition off and try again,EXACTLY the same thing happened,I repeated this several times. I fitted a new battery and the car started perfectly.

Can anyone explain why it would not fire up and would only turn over 4 times with the jump pack?

Ray

Any info on Nissan Micra's please.

Andy-01 — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:44:05 GMT

Hi chaps.

Got to look at a Nissan Micra 1.2 SE, 2004 this weekend as a possible new car for the Mrs.

Anything you know of that I should look out for on these ??

overheating

garylkendall — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:15:29 GMT

have a 96 318i rebuilt the engine. cooling fans will not kick on when engine over heats, will cool down while moving. tested everything in the high and low speed relays, new temp sensor new double temp switch. can jump high speed fan at double temp switch and at relay box. can jump low speed at relay box. fans turn on. all wires test and ohm out good. unknown if new double temp switch is working, unknown if ecm is send to low speed relay. alldata says that power come the #85 connector, ecm send ground connection to the #86 connector. there is no #86 connector in the relay box for the low speed relay only the #86b. can anyone help here?

Alex & GT Woody Old Ford

Chris Venning — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:04:32 GMT

Happy Birthday All

I played around to see if I could add some fun to your day.

Audi A6 Climate Control Problem.

badgermax1 — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:19:06 GMT

Help!!! My 1994 Audi 6 climate control system instrumentation seems to work ok,except that I get very little heat from the system.My radiator is hot and the thermostat seems ok ie the cooling system seems correct.My heating system does not heat even when the climate control system reads high.All the controls seem to work ok,showing correct readings.ie high/low/etc It`s just not throwing heat out into the interior of the car.

Badgermax

vw measuring block table

fil1973 — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:47:57 GMT

does anyone know of anywhere that i could get some sort of table of the vag measuring block numbers,

i have looked around the internet but no luck,

thanks phil

subaru 1998 impreza engine code XJ20

swe62 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 15:15:46 GMT

hi lads anyone know of a good used gearbox for sale for this car please pm if you can help cheers swe62

FAO Chris Venning, Really really bad news!!!

davidwag2 — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:37:37 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8460815.stm

David

Cambelts - Genuine or Non Genuine?

Griff — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:55:14 GMT

Morning Folks

We are just re-launching our garage services having concentrated on vehicle recovery for the last 6-7 years of taking on the business, so I am shall we say, in a period of re-familiarization although picking it up again quite rapidly.

One of my curious thoughts is Cambelts, do other members prefer to fit genuine or non genuine or are they all the same at the end of the day?

Just pricing up to fit a Vauxhall Vivaro 1.9 c/belt!

Cheers

Paul

Eurocar parts genuine or ?

Performance and Diesel centre. Spain — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:06:27 GMT

Hi all, recently seen the eurocar parts special offer brochure and am wondering if any one has bought any of the injectors from them. The reason being I have a garage in Spain and just recently had to buy an injector for a 2.7crdi chrysler which cost me with a 30% discount the eyewatering price of 380 euros. ECP are advertising these at 90 pound plus vat each I know the price of parts in spain are steep but this a big difference.

The vw pdi injectors are also greatly differently priced 450 euros as opposed to 150 pounds also I remember that when I was in the UK ( 7 years ago) trade used to get a discount on these prices as well.

Any feed back would be good as I would hate to buy any of these and find they were dodgy copies

Mark

VAG cylinder head

swe62 — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:38:03 GMT

HI lads a happy new year to everyone, does anyone have or know where I can locate a cylinder head complete for a 2000 reg galaxy 1.9tdi engine code AVF . or a complete engine ta.

Working as a Roadside Patrol

Pumba — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:01:59 GMT

Hi chaps, I'm strongly considering applying to a well known roadside assistance firm.

As I know some members on here have been, or still are, currently roadside patrols/technicians, I wanted your opinions on the job, good points and bad if any. Do you find yourselves changing more spare wheels than a pit crew?

Is it challenging on a daily basis? because that's what I'm after (not the spare tyre bit).

Any advice out there would be appreciated, as obviously their website says it's a great place to work! but a bit of a one sided view I'd say.

Thanks in advance chaps.

Christmas

CYRIL — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:58:23 GMT

IT HAS BEEN DECREED.

THAT YOU ALL TO HAVE A VERY VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS MAY YOUR PROBLEMS BE FEW AND YOUR BUSINESS PROFITABLE IN THE NEW YEAR .

What Breaker / Part Finder Service ?

Andy-01 — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:51:10 GMT

Hi Guys, and seasons greetings to you all !

Had a miss-hap today in the ice, and now have an urgent need for an Astra G front bumper in star silver

Nothing painted available on the bay, so thought about a part finder service. Can you guys recommend any that are OK ? Been out of the loop for a while now, and don't know of any that are good.

Any assistance will be most welcome.

Andy

E-mails

Angus — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 20:14:29 GMT

I'm getting fed up with the constant flood of e-mails from people who think that I'm a free repair service and badger me directly with their problems, instead of posting on the forum.

If you reply to them, then they acquire your e-mail address - which is something that I restrict to friends only.

Is there any way that I can opt-out of the forum e-mail system?

As no other forum has one, do we even need it? It may have seemed a good idea years ago, but times have changed and PMs usually suffice.

internet proviiders

CYRIL — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:07:33 GMT

WHICH DO YOU THINK IS BEST ALROUND

AOL

VIRGIN

TASCALI

TALK TALK

SKY

OTHER

Alfa GT

rwdsi — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:16:47 GMT

Evening all, I just did a top end rebuild on a 2005 1.9 16v JTD which snapped its belt at 64k.

All the info says 72k change interval, thats not the point though. The point is I have it home with me to put a few miles on it before the customer get it back and I don't want to return it!! I have put 30 miles on it earlier and I love it.

If anyone is interested in the repair, Autodata says 8.2hrs for a HG change, and the job is easily do-able in that time, only trouble I had was sourcing new rockers, Alfa will only sell you them with new hydraulic tappets (£25 EACH), local engineering shop got them for me thankfully.

Back to the Laguna tomorrow then , si

A3 Mechatronic unit

Halcyone — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 08:20:28 GMT

Does any one know of anyone who can repair mechatronic units, Just changed one & seems a shame to throw old one in the bin.

Handheld Oscilloscopes

Pumba — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:56:36 GMT

Hi all, I'm looking for a handheld oscilloscope for quick checks on the presence of signals etc without having to set up a computer etc, I thought I'd ask here if there's a particular make/model thats ideal for this, or if they're mostly an inaccurate and sketchy diagnostic tool altogether?

I realise a Pico is a must for real 'in-depth' diagnostics, but ideally I want something that will check sensors and signals adaquetley enough for an initial diagnosis, whilst being practical and under 500 quid.

Any recommendations out there?

Cheers, Tony.

Diagnostics

uforea — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:39:45 GMT

Had an offer come in the post today from V-Tech UK to part exchange my ACR for their Multiscan P1, £1995 incl.

Anyone else got this piece of kit and might it be a good deal??

Ted.

The mystery of Pierburg carbs

Mad-Eric — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:57:43 GMT

Hi All, Being brought up on a diet of SU carbs, the pierburg was a complete mystery to me. Question, were they that impossible to get right or was there a trick. as i was always told by the local dealers that,The only way to fix that is put a new one on mate!.

and it usually did.

I have spent many sleepless days at work thinking about this subject.

Regards

Mad-Eric