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French Cars / Tuning boxes? HDi.

« on: November 06, 2007, 08:33:32 AM »

They work very well indeed - don't know if your insurers would like it though!  You can get either the bolt on type, or have your ECU reprogrammed to your specification.  Personally I would prefer the bolt on type as its easy to remove again.

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French Cars / Xsara HDi,what is coming out of the exhaust?

« on: November 01, 2007, 08:27:00 AM »

Good old diesel smoke this....most diesels do it to a certain extent, and I've noticed that the VAG PD diesels are smokier than you'd expect.  I don't think there's any problem with your HDi but an additive such as Millers diesel treatment will probably improve things a bit.

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French Cars / cooling fan

« on: October 11, 2007, 07:30:50 AM »

Single fans are usually single speed - if your car has two fans then they usually are multi speed.  Thats what I've found, anyway!

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French Cars / Does My Car Have A Particulate Filter

« on: October 11, 2007, 07:28:24 AM »

I've just been working on a 54 plate 307 HDi - and it had one...contact Peugeot with the chassis number and they'll be able to confirm yay or nay.

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French Cars / Mengane temperature

« on: October 08, 2007, 07:27:59 AM »

Most likely to be the lambda sensor at fault if the idle is unstable....the white connector is in fact the coolant temperature sensor for the ECU, as you say.

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Audi Car Parts Forum / Audi 80 2.8 V6 Rear Brake Calipers

« on: October 02, 2007, 07:28:43 AM »

Go for an exchange caliper mate - hunt around the motor factors.  However, just check that the fluid isn't coming from where the brake pipe actually enters the caliper first - the sealing washers are known to fail.

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French Cars / ANTIPOLLUTION FAULT ON 307 HELP PLEASE!!!

« on: October 02, 2007, 07:26:22 AM »

The particle filter is meant to clean itself, by injection of some Eloys fluid (sorry can't spell it) into the fuel system.  This raises the temperature of the filter to such a degree that it cleans itself.  The fluid reservoir is topped up at 80k miles - dealer job - so I reckon this is what your message is telling you.

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French Cars / Megane Ignition Coils Issue

« on: September 24, 2007, 05:23:04 PM »

looks like you may have had a faulty batch of coils....best to take the car back again and see what they say.  Also, its best to replace the plugs with genuine ones at the same time as a dud plug can also wreck the coil, unfortunately.

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French Cars / clio timing belt

« on: September 19, 2007, 07:52:08 AM »

Book time is 2.70 hours and you ideally should have a new tensioner fitted too.  How to do it is also available from Autodata, for a small fee!

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French Cars / Peugeot 307 HDI deisel filter

« on: September 17, 2007, 02:11:00 PM »

This usually indicates that the filter bowl has some water in it - notoriously inaccurate though - and its probably worth putting one in just to rule it out. The Peugeot part number for the 2.0 HDI is 1906.76.

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Seat Forum / clutch pedle comes and gos

« on: September 16, 2007, 03:23:09 PM »

If there are no fluid leaks around the bell housing area then I reckon its the master cylinder thats playing up...some of these take their fluid from the brake cylinder reservoir, so keep an eye on the fluid level.

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French Cars / Renault Laguna tyre pressure monitor

« on: September 16, 2007, 03:20:13 PM »

Usually a dealer only part I'm afraid, but you could try e-bay.....I'm not sure if replacing the valve with an ordinary one would upset things electronically.

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French Cars / clio wont start

« on: September 16, 2007, 03:17:57 PM »

Check out the cables at the starter motor - if the small diameter wire going to the solenoid has come adrift it would cause this problem.

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VW Air Cooled Forum / 1997 passat tdi 90bhp (new shape) Loss of power

« on: September 13, 2007, 07:43:29 AM »

Yet another turbo problem maybe?  I reckon a visit to a diesel specialist could be the way to go here, but have a look for any disconnected air pipes in that area first.

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VW Water Cooled / Scirocco Cylinder Head

« on: September 13, 2007, 07:41:07 AM »

If you do decide to remove the head, a skim costs around £40 - but the head needs to be bare with everything removed, and you will need to clean it up carefully afterwards.  Obviously this is much cheaper than a reconditioned one.  Naturally you'll need new gaskets and bolts plus a timing belt, together with valve stem seals, and its worth lapping the valves in afterwards...although the seats are so hard you'll be really just cleaning them up.  An exchange head could bolt straight on, but the last one I did was £400 plus...but the old one was cracked!  With a scrap yard head you run the risk of it needing a skim anyway.

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