iannez

agree with coastline. accept there offer before they change there mind.

will be a lot easier to get the box back in if you remove it.

you need to get the driveshafts checked. if the outer pot joint is worn it could be hitting a tight spot when rotating and pushing the road wheel out over. might also be the reason why it sorts its self out on certain corners.

pulling a plug off a diesel injector with the engine running could cause serious damage to your engine (broken con rod/damage to block). you need to do a leak off test or remove the injectors and send them to a diesel specialist to be tested.

dmf as paul said. done a few of these for this fault. face plate starts to break away and causes crankshaft imbalance.

check the wiring in the drivers door gator.

how often are you re-setting your average econ. best off leaving it alone as you wont get a tru reading for at least a couple of weeks.

dont understand how it ranges from 34-41 mpg. there is a display that will tell you what your average mpg is (1 figure). sounds like your watching your instant mpg go up and down while you are driving and this will not give you a true reading. read the handbook and switch to average instead of instant and you will probably find your getting upwards of 45mpg.

would if i could coastline mate but dont have the rights or know how. just have to try and keep this up until admin sort something. removed more spam than there is proper posts tonight. we are getting hit hard for some reason.

over an hour a night for the last 4 nights going through every post, searching ip's, deleting posts and banning members and you havent noticed. pleased wasting my free time is so appreciated. check the forum and have a look to see how much spam is actualy on there and you will find very few over a day old. belive me, I'mm more p****d off with it than anybody. and please be careful quoting spam as its hard enough to filter out. you could be mistaken for a spammer and banned.

have you price'd one from a dealer.

Might be a good idea to have the engine and gearbox auto adaptives reset at a dealer as they will heve set themselves to suit the previous owner

dual mass flywheel could have failed and is causing flywheel imbalance. does the whole car vibrate or just the steering.

We definitely dont want it trublu and i will be keeping a close eye on things from now on so stick with it mate.

the one shown is for a c4. even with the mod harness you will still need to run a ignition live from the fusebox to the set as the standard set does not use one.

Think you will find the fan has seized or gone open circuit. never had to fit a thermostat to one of these but its in the black plastic housing under the blue plug and is held in with 2 10mm bolts. could be temp sensor (green 2 way plug) but these usually cause running probs. The part in the blue box is a capacitor and has nothing to do with cooling system. They were an after fit on early models and fitted as standard to sort running probs from around 2004 onwards so yours will have just missed it paul. there spliced into the wire from pin 4 from the coil multi plug if you ever need to fit one mate. Is the fan running when temp gauge is in the red.

usually down to corrosion on the earth pin in the light cluster connector. a bit contact cleaner and a sharp screwdriver to scrape the terminal should do the trick.

you will need a non return valve on the return from the spill off pipes. there a couple of quid from a dealer and take around 5 min to fit.

the pin/spindle that goes through the outer door handle snap's.

yes mate you could have fit them straight on. if there painted theres no need to grease them as its just there to stop light corrosion during storage. if somehow they are greased aswell a degreaser should be used. carb cleaner, thinners etc. discs should be scuffed up during a brake service with emery cloth/sandpaper so using these on a new disk face would not have been a problem. no harm done anyway paul.

its just a zinc based heat proof paint that should be left on. its stop's any corrosion while the discs are in storage and also when there fitted as the paint is only removed where the pads make contact. less chance of a rusty lip and the alloy wheel reacting with the steel hub. only premium quality discs have it.

Its the strap around the back box that the hangers are attatched to that snap's. the strap comes with the back box. can not be bought on its own. i've done a few where i have cut off the bottom of the strap and welded whats left to the back box.

as paul said i'mm sure there's 2 temp sensors. a green one and a blue one. the temp gauge will also go right up if the cooling fan is starting to seize or going open circuit.

check the wiring in the drivers door gator for breaks.

the aircon always leaks from the bottom pipe on the condensor on c3's. i always squirt a bit waxoil around the connector on a first service to prevent it corroding.