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General Car Chat / I have issues with a Citroen Xsara Picasso...

« on: 12 January 2018, 18:24:12 »

I have an old Picasso, which, suddenly started having issues with its indicators back in October...

Whenever I turn the ignition on, the headlights come on (even though it doesn't have DRL's) and when the headlights are in the off position, the indicator will flash maybe a couple of times then stop.  If the lights are on, then they work as they should.

In order to get the indicators off (Com 2000 unit) the steering wheel and airbag needs to be removed and a general ballache of a job is necessary and also a costly replacement (more than the value of the car)... Anyone got any ideas?

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General Car Chat / Anyone near Meopham?

« on: 14 March 2017, 20:24:30 »

I'm looking for someone near Meopham to take a look at a car for me...

Can anyone help?

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General Car Chat / Looking at getting another car...

« on: 10 March 2017, 12:46:07 »

I sadly and unwillingly parted company with my old mig back at the end of 2012 and miss it virtually everyday.  Even now, I find myself looking at mig's when trying to find an affordable (bargain basement) car.

Am I the only one who misses their mig or have some found a suitable replacement...

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Omega General Help / Common 2.2dti engine management light faults...

« on: 06 March 2015, 01:10:18 »

Ages since I have posted and even longer since I had my mig, but...

I have just seen a cheap mig, with an unknown engine management fault light...

I have no access to the vehicle or any potential fault codes, so just initially wondering what potential causes could be...

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Car Parts, bits For Sale & Wanted / Pains me to say this but... 1998 Mini/FL breaking...

« on: 07 December 2012, 22:42:54 »

Sadly my mig (2.5 TD Estate Chipped) is off to the motorway in the sky next weekend, but...

Any bits anyone wants...  If they are easily accessible, I'll pull them off, if they're not, you'll need to get over here and pull them off..  its from £5 up.

Really will break my heart to loose her as she was  the nicest car I have driven... 

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General Car Chat / Not exactly a car, but...

« on: 21 September 2012, 19:01:04 »

My step sons motorbike (1997 Honda Shadow 750) had engine problems last week...  It was coughing and spluttering a bit and eventually cut out very close to a bike shop he normally uses...

They have had his bike for a few days and now told him that the problem he has was caused by fuel too high in Octane (he uses normal unleaded petrol)...  They have added some form of additive, changed the spark plugs and told him to take it easy for a few days...  This to me sounds like a complete load of BS...  Any ideas???

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General Car Chat / Thirsty Zetec....

« on: 29 February 2012, 19:45:53 »

Since my Omega died at christmas, I have been running around in an old 1995 Mondeo 1.8 manual...  The car itself does its job, getting me to and from work, but, I get dreadful fuel economy (28mpg) mostly A1 miles... 

All of my journeys are 12 miles or more so the car does have time to adequately warm up...  I have not noticed any fuel smells and it was MOT'd last month and nothng was mentioned about the emissions...   The engine runs reasonably well, idling quite high at around 1000rpm (which does strike me a little excessive)...

Any ideas???

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General Car Chat / Clutch replacement...

« on: 11 February 2012, 23:28:32 »

Can anyone recommend a decent garage in the Peterborough/Spalding area, preferably one that doesn't require me to remortgage the house to get the clutch changed on my very old Mondeo...

Everywhere I have spoken too have quoted North of £400 except Mr. Clutch, who quoted me different prices on different occasions...   Feels like nearly all the garages around here think they can charge main dealer prices...

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General Car Chat / Common misfire faults...

« on: 18 December 2011, 01:05:21 »

Sadly I think the time has come for my Miggy to go to the scrapheap in the sky...

I am looking for a cheap run about for a few months until I can get something more appropriate...  In the meantime, I have found a 2001 Vectra 2.2 petrol, which has a misfire...

Any ideas before I go and see what kind of deal I may be able to muster???  I am guessing the obvious of dispack and/or plugs...

Thanks...

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Omega General Help / Dipstick tube blown out!!!

« on: 15 December 2011, 17:32:15 »

2.5TD Engine

I had the misfortune the other day to boil the engine, (for some reason the water cap lid had worked loose)...  After refilling the water and continuing my journey (about 100 miles), I had the oil light come on...

After putting a litre of oil in (after checking for signs of mayo and from the earlier incident), I continued again without any major further incident...  As I approached home, I noticed the oil light flash on again...

I have just had the opportunity to investigate where the oil leaking and have found that the dipstick tube has blown itself completely from the block!!!

I am guessing at blocked breathers and in all honesty, I have no idea where to start unblocking them...

The other thing I need to know is what is the easiest way to refit the dipstick tube...

Thanks...

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Omega General Help / Another MPG Question!!!

« on: 15 November 2011, 19:48:39 »

I know, looking at yet another topic covering MPG...  In a chipped 2.5 TD manual...

Through the many posts that I have read surround MPG, I feel that I have a high consumption...  I get in general around 32MPG, regardless of how I drive, which fuel I put in, even immediately after filter changes...

As I don't believe it to be fuel related, the only thing I can do is check the air intakes and ensure that all is as clear as it should be and possible drop the intercooler and give that a clean too...

Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated...

Thanks...

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Omega General Help / Air con belt tensioner issue...

« on: 29 September 2011, 09:54:27 »

The Water pump drive belt has snapped and I am having an issue remving the bolt from the air con tensioner in order to remove that belt...

Would I run into any issues if I cut the Air con belt and replace it at a further point???  Obviously I know that the air con won't work, (which it doesn't anyway)...

Thanks...

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / TID Lights

« on: 06 February 2011, 12:27:41 »

This is an incredbly stupid question, but...

Where do you get the replacement bulbs for the TID from???

Are they dealer only, or can I get them from a motor factors???

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / TID not lighting...

« on: 24 January 2011, 18:50:32 »

A couple of days ago, the TID stopped displaying...  Previously it had only 1 line of missing pixels, but, the other day it was just black...

Is it a complete failure of the TID, requiring replacement/restoring or is there a fuse that may have blown???

Thanks...

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Omega General Help / Changing Gearbox... Big Problems... HELP!!!

« on: 08 July 2011, 16:43:43 »

I am in the process of changing the gearbox on my 2.5TD Manual (R25-D), with a gearbox supplied by Brikhead which is from a 2.5 V6 (R25-28)...

When I pulled the old gearbox off and started trying to fit the slave cylinder hose, I discovered that the housings are different...

The Question is, is there any way that I can get the gearbox fitted, or is it a complete no go???

Thanks...