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found it.... the air filter box had chafed through a pipe underneath it.. its part of the water intake tank. looks like a right pig to change so I have repaired it .. all good now.

I had a really annoying buzz and vibration at certain speeds. Checked all the air intake stuff, even changed exhaust cos I had convinced myself it was the flexi joint.. Turned out to be, where someone had hit the front valance whist parking head on, the bottom radiator mounts had popped out of their retainers. Pushed it all back together and bent the little blighters back into shape and all ok again...

did you get any info ?? think mine needs doing..

did you get any info? think mine needs doing..

hi all.. need to top up water on my 2003 c3 1.4hdi about every 200 miles. had as good a look as possible without ripping everything out but can't see anything obvious. oil is perfectly clean.. put a couple of lots of radweld in but no help.. any ideas??

sounds likely to be the speed sensor on the gearbox.. just in case its not , i would clean the plugs on the ecu with some electrical contact cleaner spray and see if that helps , its fixed a few odd problems with mine..

I had checked the mot manual online and it only mentions different tyres on the same axle. I have never let the rear tyres get so bad that they are going to get me into an uncontrollable skid. The difference in size between a 65 and a 60 on a 185 is 9mm which is a smidgeon more than the difference between a new tyre and a worn out tyre. It may make a tiny difference to speedo, but all speedos have a certain tolerance. Main point was, Costco employees giving me different stories and failure of H.O. manager to clarify..

I like Michelin , I've been getting up to 50k with them. Had a bad experience with Costco this week. Phoned for a quote giving tyre size and reg. Quote sounded good so went there. Turns out they quoted for a T rated tyre , not H as is recommended. Price for H rated still better than elsewhere but not brilliant. My current tyres are 185/60/r15. I asked for 185/65/R15 as I want a slightly softer ride. Only want 2 on the front , rears good for another few months. According to any current internet searches the 65 profile is actually recommended,although the 60 was standard fit on mine. The fitter said I had to have 4 tyres if I wanted the different profile. I told them to forget it as I was getting fed up having had a tiresome discussion on the rotation of tyres.( Them insisting new ones had to go on rear, which I wont really go into, despite having always put new tyres on front of front wheel drive in 35 years of accident free driving.) While shopping there I managed to wind myself up at this and on way out asked for contact details of someone with authority I could discuss this with. The tyre bay manager saw me and said according to mot regs Bigger tyres must go on rear. This was contradictory to what fitter said, and still wrong , I can't find any mot regs concerning this. I phoned Watford head office to discuss with head honcho but so far he has failed to respond to either of the messages I left on answer machine.. Is it just me, or what?????

When my power steering failed I pulled the plugs off the engine management unit ( by the battery ) and reseated them . All worked fine then.

My key has refused to lock car sometimes.. If you need to lock it you can open drivers window , leave key in ignition, lock car with central locking button through the open window , then pull key out , activate the window closing switch , and get hand out quick !!

My airbag warning light came on when my jack russell pup chewed through wires under passenger seat.. Spliced it all back together though...and the pup's ok !!

the little bumper override thingys are damaged ... does anyone know if they just pull out and pop back in?? thanks

power steering on my 03 1.4hdi stopped working a couple of weeks ago , intermittently , resetting ignition worked sometimes. took plugs off the ecu by battery and sprayed with Liquid Wrench ( something like wd40 ) had no problems since anyone know where the abs ecu is , in case it happens again ?