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[FlySpeck]

yeah its great eh LOL

every bloody car make you can think of has issues now, and we all jump from make to make trying to find one that wont break! In retrospect when they got more complex to achieve emissions regs, they got more fragile, as much as I hate to say it, electronics is way more unreliable than mechanical any day, but its cleverer and gets you round some awkward problems that mechanical means cant.

I also think they could make a timing belt that is ultra strong, and would not need replacing for many many years but that doesnt generate after-sales revenue for years does it - like audi A4 wipers being audi only and £54 a set.....nice wee earner every mot time! They changed the design of something universal and with no reason or benefit, its just different, and oem unique. Like the bad old days ;)

When the belts went on my cars it was total disaster. My audi turbo is only 6 years old and they wanted £3k for another recon engine! The car has only 54k miles on it, but is out of warranty obviously. However audi say the belt should have lasted 80k...

[teamster1975]

electronics is way more unreliable than mechanical any day

Agreed! Give me carbs any day!

[jasper5]

I also think they could make a timing belt that is ultra strong, and would not need replacing for many many years but that doesnt generate after-sales revenue for years does it - like audi A4 wipers being audi only and £54 a set.....nice wee earner every mot time! They changed the design of something universal and with no reason or benefit, its just different, and oem unique. Like the bad old days ;)

When the belts went on my cars it was total disaster. My audi turbo is only 6 years old and they wanted £3k for another recon engine! The car has only 54k miles on it, but is out of warranty obviously. However audi say the belt should have lasted 80k...

I usually recommend 40,000 miles or 4 years for VW/Audi, I know the book says longer, but they have a habit of early failure.

The Ford Zetec petrol engine belts are 10 years or 100,000 miles.

[john170277]

just got back in the car after it has been stood in the rain and noticed the gear gator was full of water looked above and noticed it was coming from the aerial base any ideas how to stop the water

[steve_earwig]

Now *that's* a common one No proper seal on the aerial base - unscrew the aerial base and put it back with some silicon sealant. You'll need to take off the roof console to get to it

[Lee406]

Hopefully that's just bad track setting - you're supposed to turn both track rods to set it, so the steering wheel remains straight. Probably worth getting it checked out anyway, else it'll eat tyres.

Mine has 178k, steering wheel slightly off centre.. ate through pair of fronts part worns way too fast!!

[steve_earwig]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackermann_ ... g_geometry

[Welly]

My Volvo's timing belt is every 100,000 miles or 10 years (apparently it's a brute of a belt).

Oil is every 12000 or 12 months which is good (even if the oil is £75.00)

[jasper5]

Which engine you got in Welly? What model do you have?

[Welly]

Which engine you got in Welly? What model do you have?

It's a 2005 S40 T5. My mechanic said about the cambelt but he may be wrong? the oil is Castrol SLX 0W/30.

[john170277]

can u get a 6 speed box to fit this model

[steve_earwig]

I thought it had one already Oh, you mean the Pug (who dragged the topic off talking about bluddy Vulvas again? ), possibly (407 HDi) but no-one's been brave enough to try it yet.

Makes me laugh, I've been watching a Swedish tv cop show (Wallander), in the English version they're all driving Volvos and Saabs, in the Swedish one proper they're driving Hyandies