Ever had a car with a problem that fixed itself.
17-12-2013, 06:27 PM
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Ever had a car with a problem that fixed itself.
Just been thinking about a customer who transit van list it clutch pedal for no reason whilst he was driving, he called aa out who said it was his slave cylinder. I went out next morning and pedal had apparently fixed itself and had worked fine since!!! That was 7 months ago and still going strong. Anyone with similar stories?
17-12-2013, 06:32 PM
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yes, most of my jobs booked on a thursday/friday ring on the monday to cancel me as the car fixed itself over the weekend!!
everything from missfire with managment lights on, non starts and even a fiesta smoking the garage out with blue smoke that used a litre of oil every 2 days
oh and air con leaks, very suprising the amount of cars with self sealing a/c condensers
odd eh
sadly no real fixes, only time wasting cunts i think
everything from missfire with managment lights on, non starts and even a fiesta smoking the garage out with blue smoke that used a litre of oil every 2 days
oh and air con leaks, very suprising the amount of cars with self sealing a/c condensers
odd eh
sadly no real fixes, only time wasting cunts i think
17-12-2013, 07:29 PM
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An old friend of mine had a rover 214i wedge a few years back that cooked itself, usual k-series harikari, it was fooked.
He bought a primera off his dad to replace it and wanted to keep the rover combi boiler at mine (about 3 miles away) and by this point hated it so much he ragged the crap out of it.
By the time he got to mine he said it chucked out a lot of white smoke, then the temp dropped and it ran great.
After that point, it carried on as normal and didn't overheat again, so he sold it.
As predictable as british engineering gets!
He bought a primera off his dad to replace it and wanted to keep the rover combi boiler at mine (about 3 miles away) and by this point hated it so much he ragged the crap out of it.
By the time he got to mine he said it chucked out a lot of white smoke, then the temp dropped and it ran great.
After that point, it carried on as normal and didn't overheat again, so he sold it.
As predictable as british engineering gets!
17-12-2013, 10:47 PM
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Just been thinking about a customer who transit van list it clutch pedal for no reason whilst he was driving, he called aa out who said it was his slave cylinder. I went out next morning and pedal had apparently fixed itself and had worked fine since!!! That was 7 months ago and still going strong. Anyone with similar stories?
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18-12-2013, 04:46 PM
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you cant fix stupid
my fiat ducato lost 4th gear a month after buying it. had it looked at and was confirmed knackerd box.no matter what we tried it would not go in 4th. got used to skipping from 3rd to 5th for a few wks then one day i forgot to skip 4th and it went straight in. that was 5 yrs ago and it still works. it does crunch pretty bad but keeps working.
18-12-2013, 05:10 PM
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actually, mate had a magenta 2wd saff, used to drive it 200miles every weekend going to see his bird, lost 5th gear, just wasnt there anymore!
it was gonna get broken so they video it getting fucking raped for over an hour on an industrial estate
on the way to the garage to get busted 5th gear re-appeared lol!!
Another miraculous cure today, merc e220cdi, boost hose keeps collapsing, ordered a new one, hours labour, knob rings up today and canceles as its fine now..... prick
it was gonna get broken so they video it getting fucking raped for over an hour on an industrial estate
on the way to the garage to get busted 5th gear re-appeared lol!!
Another miraculous cure today, merc e220cdi, boost hose keeps collapsing, ordered a new one, hours labour, knob rings up today and canceles as its fine now..... prick
19-12-2013, 09:10 PM
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actually, mate had a magenta 2wd saff, used to drive it 200miles every weekend going to see his bird, lost 5th gear, just wasnt there anymore!
it was gonna get broken so they video it getting fucking raped for over an hour on an industrial estate
on the way to the garage to get busted 5th gear re-appeared lol!!
Another miraculous cure today, merc e220cdi, boost hose keeps collapsing, ordered a new one, hours labour, knob rings up today and canceles as its fine now..... prick
it was gonna get broken so they video it getting fucking raped for over an hour on an industrial estate
on the way to the garage to get busted 5th gear re-appeared lol!!
Another miraculous cure today, merc e220cdi, boost hose keeps collapsing, ordered a new one, hours labour, knob rings up today and canceles as its fine now..... prick
21-12-2013, 06:07 PM
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Yep!!
Today in fact.
The Rover has not put a foot wrong during my ownership but Yesterday the ECU fault light came on. It was accompanied by a low down misfire.
Decided it was not worth the risk to carry on so drove it straight back home & parked up. Went out this morning & it still had a misfire so thought perhaps a blast up the motorway would blow the cobwebs out.
It worked the car is now running perfectly but the light is still on
. If its easy will take the bulb out if not a bit of tape will cure the problem 
.
Today in fact.
The Rover has not put a foot wrong during my ownership but Yesterday the ECU fault light came on. It was accompanied by a low down misfire.
Decided it was not worth the risk to carry on so drove it straight back home & parked up. Went out this morning & it still had a misfire so thought perhaps a blast up the motorway would blow the cobwebs out.
It worked the car is now running perfectly but the light is still on
. If its easy will take the bulb out if not a bit of tape will cure the problem .
21-12-2013, 10:27 PM
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Yep!!
Today in fact.
The Rover has not put a foot wrong during my ownership but Yesterday the ECU fault light came on. It was accompanied by a low down misfire.
Decided it was not worth the risk to carry on so drove it straight back home & parked up. Went out this morning & it still had a misfire so thought perhaps a blast up the motorway would blow the cobwebs out.
It worked the car is now running perfectly but the light is still on. If its easy will take the bulb out if not a bit of tape will cure the problem .
Today in fact.
The Rover has not put a foot wrong during my ownership but Yesterday the ECU fault light came on. It was accompanied by a low down misfire.
Decided it was not worth the risk to carry on so drove it straight back home & parked up. Went out this morning & it still had a misfire so thought perhaps a blast up the motorway would blow the cobwebs out.
It worked the car is now running perfectly but the light is still on
. If its easy will take the bulb out if not a bit of tape will cure the problem .Martin
24-12-2013, 05:49 PM
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sideways all the way!
my old focus td,went out to it one night,the glow plug light was flashing and it started but instantley cut out,went back in the house,tryed it next morning and it was fine,never acted up again since.
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