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A friend of mine had a problem with a fairly new car (still under warranty), so he took it back to the dealership. When he was asked what the problem was, he responded It has a transvestite gearbox . The dealership technician said I think you mean it has a transverse engine, and that is normal on this model of car . No , replied my friend it has a...

It's very clean.... but no!

You'd have to be a die-hard Xsara fan and have a few shekels spare - but could be just the vehicle for a long-term keepsie.

Those 'fleece' wheels look suspiciously like grit-flap ones, so probably not the best for headlights!

Same with Total, they were enthusiastic then failed to follow through.

myglaren,

Would you be up to trying with total again?

Seems like there's nothing to loose.

Plus - quite some time has passed.
They were hopeless the last time and the discount wasn't worth having, cheaper on eBay, Amazon etc.
Since they merged with ELF they are...

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Have one for S1 Xantia in Italian with some pages torn away, unfortunately the ones describing my own instrument panel lights configuration ;)

Yea thats the thing, its easy just to change the parts, but so many times I have changed them intuitively, but it hasnt solved the problem. So now if something breaks I keep reminding myself just to do as many checks as I can to prove the part is defective before installing a new one, especially when the cost is significant. But still some times...

You should now be able to go back and tick additional options - I have changed permissions to make this available so you can do it yourself now hopefully.

May not apply to your model but when I mentioned it to the people doing my tracking they were aware and also mentioned Range Rovers being similar - the trick being to open the tailgate if the wheels were to be hanging.

I'm more worried that they could damage the height sensors now that they're old and brittle. But I have seen airbags come off...

I have a PDF version of a 2013 manual if you want one that you can download. Let me know and I'll email it to you.

thanks Marc PM sent with VIN no

not worried about displaying it

it is VF7**************[VIN obfuscated, can be read by forum staff]

I agree with your description, Simon, but the fact remains that the washer valves never open fully , in the sense that the large flow holes (two in each direction) are unrestrictedly open as if the washers were not there. They may crack open by a good few degrees (no idea by how much exactly) but never anything even approaching 45°, or they would...

I think the mystery Renault could be an Avantime:

the interior view in the film has similarities:

and of course it's the sort of car May would use, given his declared love for it in the Should you modify your car? film in Top Gear. :)

Hi Chris, you have more less the exact same problem I had when I started this topic at post number 1.
All the information you need is in the posts from there on BUT to shorten things, do a Micro SD card swap with new firmware in the recommended way as told by Marc. If that doesn't fix it, then you'll need a reconditioned unit I guess, as in the...

As Mike says, there are options in each email notification to unsubscribe from the relevant topic and I did a quick illustrated post showing users where and how to update their general email notifications using this link:

Review Your Email Notifications

That's a common scam - and more prevalent in the USA - IRS scamming calls threatening to send the police round to arrest you - demanding payment of unpaid taxes - the usual credit cards required or iTunes gift cards :rofl2: All from scamming call centres by Indian accented individuals purporting to have English / American names like 'John Hughes',...

Is it possible that you have hit 'preview' then neglected to hit 'submit'?
I'm sure I have more than once.

Yes been guilty of that on more than once, and the same applies to PM's but in my case is i hit preview and not submit then navigate away :cry:

Could be several reasons. You may have a hardware problem caused by overheating. Another possibility is that the hard drive has become corrupt, which can cause the restarts.

There is no need to get a hard drive image, as the firmware upgrade file is also able to recreate the partitions and the operating files itself. For this to work, you would...

Thanks Marc, very helpful
Don

I did laugh at a group of chinese ladies inspecting all and everything they came across, thinking to myself I bet you know someone that makes that junk !

You found a shop that sells junks?

As did the Chinese ladies :P

That seems a bit naughty - upping the price like that!

That price seems pretty good, but if you change your mind I'll happily run up to Jim's and get it or could as actually pick it up on Saturday morning from the seller and call on Jim on my way

Mike, as always, it would be lovely to see you :)

I though i had posted on this one yesterday but hay ho, thanks for the heads up as the lads one ( 2003 xsara picasso 1.8 dohc petrol ) seems a little sluggish when starting, so will check when he is on holiday in about 2 weeks, cam belt time.

I just like the whole site , its very helpful and full of what's needed.
Maybe a YouTube channel with how to videos and vlogs ?

Too bad the photos aren't loading properly but the links are still working so I'm going to use that

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Please create a separate post for any new queries if you cannot find the answer in this topic.

You always could do that by opening another tab (Ctrl-click) or window (Shift-click) on the post's individual header and then copying the URL of that post. I've just checked and it still works.

Nice tip thanks Jim, will have to get an eye out. No need to worry about Win10 either, 7 does all I need and more :D

The current stable release is 2.8.22. There are Exif Viewer extensions freely available, but I tend to use Photoshop in the main (as I couldn't be bothered to learn another image editing programme). I do dive into Gimp every now and then, but as luck would not have it, I am shortly going to be in the middle of a Windows 10 repair, so can't look...

There 2 sizes belts for late 1.9 TD's depending on the Air con compressor.

Sanders 1735mm and Delphi 1752mm. The eccentric tension is locked in place for easy removal and fitting.

Kenny

me too how ca i get one or 2

Read the post immediately above in reply to Taffy's question ;)

In short,

Click on this link:

Damnit!

Should have locked it :(

Have now :P

That's very valuable when reading wiring Diagrams Marc. Excellent :D

Everything I buy from Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore and Greece I always get them to declare the value as <£15 so there are no customs charges.
Most of them do this automatically now anyway.
Same from USA & Canada but rarely buy from there now.

The rear sensor mount is a brilliant piece of lateral thinking. Obvious really - once someone has thought of it!

3.5, 4.5 and 6.35 bench flare tool and hand held 3.5 flarey tool,

do not lend out though but will help if i can

is the map up and running yet, i cant see it #-o :wink:

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