Consumer Rights on Used cars. Help Please!

[sldmodels]

Originally Posted by HarlowS

As its a consumable item i dont think the CAB will be able to do anything (im right in saying its not a brand new car ?? ). In the same way tyres could wear down a week after you had them.

Oh I don't know if they can help or not, but they should be able to tell him what his rights are, even if it's that he doesn't have any.

[HarlowS]

[QUOTE
cutting out and replacing is a fools idea, the presure sensors on them know there is nothing there and put in a fault code[/QUOTE]

Hence the remap to fix this.........

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by smokes

mark
do you know why the turbo intake hoses on volvo D5 engine seem to have a habit of splitting? THere were owed by ford and shared parts thought you might know.

Also i had the cam belt changed on a mk1 focus zetec done 7k miles on it and the engine feels tight i have done a full service and it still hasn't improved things is it possible that guy have over tensioned the belt or not replace the tensioner or when the tensioned the belt didn't check that they pulled timing out on the camshaft. It really annoying the engine was really resposive to throttle input before now it feels a but like diesel.

we have problems with pipes splitting sorry dont know the answer

tight? as in lack of performance.
my guess is thay did not use the tool to set the cams and pullies up (the pullies are not on woodruf keys) and have the cma timing out, the only way to check is retime the engine

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by HarlowS

[QUOTE
cutting out and replacing is a fools idea, the presure sensors on them know there is nothing there and put in a fault code

Hence the remap to fix this.........[/QUOTE]

yup but then technically you have to tell your insurance and your road tax will go up.

[HarlowS]

Road tax is irrelevant, it doesnt change the emmisions readings enough, and £11 extra insurance with Elephant hasnt hurt me too much.

Originally Posted by mark christopher

Hence the remap to fix this.........

yup but then technically you have to tell your insurance and your road tax will go up.[/QUOTE]

[smokes]

Originally Posted by mark christopher

we have problems with pipes splitting sorry dont know the answer

tight? as in lack of performance.
my guess is thay did not use the tool to set the cams and pullies up (the pullies are not on woodruf keys) and have the cma timing out, the only way to check is retime the engine

Will i look like an idiot asking them to check it?

[chatts#725]

i know there has been a lot of input into this thread, i do not work on seat but am a senior bmw tech, we have similar probs with these, 33k is nothing for this to be in this state, and i would approach your garage with a view to finding the route cause of the problem, ie bad injector, air mass or lambda fault. To block the filter fully at this milage there must be another fault. The filter does have a service life of around 100k i think. I have successfully cleaned one out once, but a steam cleaner will not do it, plus it will re block in 3 to 4 k if the original prob is not repaired. When i cleaned the filter i used brick acid and blanked off one end, a day with this in and a day with the parts washer through it plus a good hour with the steam cleaner and hey presto. Next time i would just drill 3 or 4 6mm holes through the full thing, it would stop the vehicle sensing the upstream pressure and run correctly, as at the end of the day the particle filter is a load of bullshit designed to cheat cars through mot by catching sutt and then dumping it all out on the motorway where its not noticed, hopr this is informative for you. thanks

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by smokes

Will i look like an idiot asking them to check it?

its the only way you will know. ask them what special tools they used.... and your performance is down