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Actually I damaged the fuel neck myelf when popped into a fuel station to load the fuel. My be I entered the nozzle in wrong angle or so. They couldn't get only the neck. therefore they are changing the whole tank wich will be coming from Skoda. End of the day I'll get a brand new original fuel tank if I wanna stick with the same car.ETA of part delivery is today.so I am just checking if I can have any other better car within this price range.

I still didn't get the car on my hand as they need to change the whole tank and waiting for the tank to be delivered from Skoda. They offered me full refund or transfer the fund to another car. I have found VW 2L bluemotion 30pounds road tax 80k for 8600pounds..would it be worth to go there or wait for the brand new fuel tank to be fitted.

Oh, I had it done already paul.h. Car had its service in a skoda service centre in Birmingham. They said if i can pop in there show room and buy a service book for just £10 they can stamp on the book but it will be written is copy though. So may be someday i 'll make a trip to them. Update of the New car:I had a bad luck with the Octavia today. I collected the car and went to the fuel pump to load the empty tank but guess what the nozzle doesn't go in..I was in texaco..and definitely it was diesel nozzle (they had supreme and normal diesel). initially it went in and were able to load under a pound worth fuel and then cut off. guy came to help me but still didn't work at all. anyway, i drove back to them and they will fix it and let me know tomorrow. what a pity!

Finally I have ended up buying SKODA OCTAVIA 1.6TDi Elegance. Registration plate 63, Date of first used 2 December 2013. Mileage 63k, PRICE: £8400. This is the high spec of its range. Most of the features i wanted is there. I haven't got the car yet. tomorrow they will do all the pre sell, post sell checking and diagnostic to make sure car is in optimal condition before delivering it to me.I could have collected it at 10'oclock in the morning but i prefer to pick it up at around 5pm. Oh, by the way, car has got no service history, but it was a company car based on Birmingham and i can trust the car dealer like Cargiant about the authenticity of the condition of the car. When i opened the bonnet, i was amazed seeing that engine is shinning new, battery has even got its cover..i mean everything there feel like new..just like you were to buy from the show room. So far so happy. BYE BYE GUYS. THANKS FOR BEING SO HELPFUL. I'LL RECOMMEND THIS FORUM TO ANYBODY I KNOW USING CITROEN.

That's where I checked..but cant find anything within that mileage and price range..anyway, I am going to cargiant to test drive vauxhall insignia ecoFlex 12/12/12 which is £6100 and miileage 74k and other one Seat Toledo 1.6Tdi ecomotive 13plate £5990 mileage 80k..what do you think paul?

That was a very good piece of advice. But i have been searching for a car the whole day..couldn't find any within that price range and mileage. would you mind to give me any link of any car that you might have come across. My preferences are Ford Mondeo, Vauxhall Insignia, Skoda Octavia or Vaulkwagen Passat. Now i think i better look for the mileage rather than looking for the feature.

Primarily I have decided to go for Ford Mondeo 1.6 TDCi ECO Zetec. I have also found one Peugeot 508 2.0 HDi Hybrid4 Allure EGC 4X4 (Diesel Hybrid) within my locality. But my concern is about the battery of the hybrid...how long it will last or how much would be repair or replacement cost, in case battery doesn't work can diesel run the car..something like that. I couldn't find too much information about the car. Ford Mondeo I have chosen is £5300 for 112k Peugeot 508 hybrid is 6790 for 120k

Hi Guys, I have just sold my Citroen C4 1.6HDI today. I have driven it 1year 5months . throughout this whole time people helped me in many ways especially paul.h, coastline taxis, rookie2 and so on. Thanks to everyone. Now I will be looking for a car which is registered in 2012/13. My Preferences for the new car would be 17/18 inch wheels Electric control for all four windows SatNav, Parking aid, Cruse Control, ESP, AUX in, Daytime running light, Xenon light Road tax max £30 Uber London acceptable hatchback/saloon Wish me luck guys and wish everyone good luck here.

Halfords people drove the car at 70mph to identify the problems..they also admitted that steering wheel shakes once brake is pressed starting from 60mph.at 50mph steering wheel doesn't shake, no matter how sharp you press the brake. They said INNER ROD END WORN OUT..I am also confused which one need replacing..I tried to wobble the tyre while in jack to see, but it seemeed OUTER ROD END was ok..so must be inner one which is connected with steering wheel. They checked and measured everything regarding brake pad, disk. When the guy said friction materials left in the pad was 9mm aand 7mm from their best technician he even didnt believe himself. So he took the measurement again and definitely it was 9mm and 7mm..brake disk appeared to be new as well 25mm. I haven't had any work done for the brakes..but well they said to start from the track rod end replacement to see if it solves the problem..otherwise problem will be underlying the SMF. Tomorrow I will have INNER TRACK ROD END replaced..I will ask the guy to check the engine mounts and pulley...halford said there was vibration coming from gearbox..may be people did the job couldn't do it properly..still I can feel some noise when pressing gas at the beginning of driving.

Just a quick one my driver side seat heater is not working since this morning.I had a quick look at the underneath of the seat but couldn't see any unusual. Else everything including passabger seat heater is working fine..any idea?

I have been enjoying driving my car so far. its very powerful and smooth now..only few problems still exist which makes me wonder what could those fault be cased by? 1. Vibration in the morning (cold start makes staring wheel vibrate too much) 2. Sharp Braking at 70mph causes steering wheel shakes I went to halfords autocentre for free 15pont check and also i had brake for life warranty. they gave me following report BRAKES FRONT BRAKE PAD FRICTION MATERIAL WORN TO 9MM REAR BRAKE PAD FRICTION MATERIAL WORN TO 7MM S+S TRACK ROD END OFFSIDE INNER TRACK ROD END WORN BEARING REAR SLIGHT PLAY IN NEARSIDE REAR WHEEL BEARING (When i did my 15point check back in Oct 2015 my friction material of brake pad was 7mm left for both front and rear tyres. I drove 15k miles over the last one and half years time and mystery remains undiscovered how the friction material of brake pads become 9mm and 7mm now for front and rear respectively. even the brake disks appeared to them near new. Guys have taken the measurement twice as they were confused too. I swear upon god..i didn't do any brake works. So it seems they grow them self) Anyway, Technician said as i have had my DMF changed that might be cause of steering wheel shaking when brake pressed at high speed. He said it was not advisable not change DMF to SMF in this car as DMF is in their for reasons. He also showed me a website where it says SMF meant to give rough drive experience with vibration and car will have lots of torque..thats why sports cars, trucks use SMF. DMF should be smoother drive experience. I am confused.. and thinking whether i should go for TRACK ROD END replace for the offside now to see if it stops the shaking for the steering wheel at high speed brake.. If it could be stopped i would love the car..engine mounting and other advice people gave me here have been checked..and they seem ok. anyway,

Well well well....finally i got the acceleration problem and banging sound from underneath of the car sorted. Firstly banging or knocking sound: Nearside Track Rod End was worn out. mechanic made it wobble in front of me to show that there was nothing but this was faulty. I still couldn't believe as sound appeared to be coming from boot side and sometimes front side...anyway, we got it changed with Lemforder Track Rod End Product Code: 606545025, costed me £40 including labour. Unbelievable no noise afterwards. Secondly: Guy wasn't convinced that the car was not accelerating properly. I scanned car with my MaxiScan code reader today before taking it to him and found the Code P0299 which says Turbocharger/Supercharger underboost. So i showed it to him..Once he changed the Track Rod End he had a look on solenoid valve and found that Boost vacuum pipe (or whatever it calls) which connected with solenoid valve was split. So he cut it off and rejoined. Voilà problem sorted.. Car now runs with its full power. he said when i spoiled the clutch kit and dmf i must have done this too. So their job of changing DMF to Solid Flywheel conversion stands flawless which i doubted before. When I test driven the car after all of these i was over the moon. Now need to see in the morning if steering wheel's vibration has been reduced or not. Oh by the way, I again have to do my steering wheel tracking (£35) as track rod end changing made my steering wheel totally out of track. Total cost: I had to count £275 (SFW)+£150 (labour)+£45 (Track road end and solenoid valve repair) + £35 (wheel tracking) = £505 + lots of stress.

I have noticed that there is a banging noise coming from the underneath of the car while pressing the gas during the gear shifting. Something like you stopped on a red signal and now time to move on..thats the time you will hear this noise..throughout the whole time you can hear this banging noise when you will be speeding and releasing the gas. (noise is like some iron metal is hitting something). it might be coming from the FLYWHEEL and CLUTCH box. has anyone got any idea..can this slod flywheel banging anything. I am preparing to go to that guy tomorrow...if he tries to make me understand saying that its normal for solid flywheel..i have to have something to tell him back to make him check the car properly.. I am still unhappy as car is not accelerating the way it used to do before.

I'll try to have a look on them...but today when i was driving on 70mph on motorway sharp braking was causing steering wheel shake. i have tried few more times to determine and yes definitely steering wheel was shaking too much with a sudden or sharp brake.. when i was in 50mph it was not shaking for sudden braking though. is it related with the steering wheel vibration problem or sudden braking on 70mph causing steering wheel shake is normal?

I had a quick look at the engine but couldn't see anything wrong. once the weather get better i will dig deep. There must be something wrong that for sure..cause as i am driving the car i can press the gas all the way to the end all of a sudden and car responses very slowly..but if it was before car gets speed up as soon as i press the gas. My concern is gas pedal is slow in response. thats what i can put in a line. And morning steering wheel vibration is still there..steering will vibration makes the key ring, sunglasses, coins kept in the pocket jingle..but as the car warming up vibration goes off. I spoke with guy about glow plugs and he said glow plugs do not cause any kind of problems. they meant to be for the cold country where temperature is well below zero degree. if there were no glow plugs car would work as it should be. so i guess it is something else what is causing this problem. Any suggestion from anybody will be appreciated.