I took the heater blower out and cleaned up the bushes, it now runs fairly well.
However it doesn't run in the car - I'm seeing 11.9V at the positive...
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The radiator fan may be wired via a two stage thermal switch and resistor. This limits the current flowing through the switch contacts when first...
The courtesy lights are playing up on the aubergine, if I unlock the car, open the door or shut it I get nothing regardless of which door I open, but...
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Right, just checked on it today and now I can't reproduce the effect in the video, i.e. turning sidelight on and off then shutting the door doesn't...
I seem to have developed another water leak this winter (or rather the BX has) but am struggling to see where it's actually getting in. It's dripping...
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My 4x4 has a leak from the roof also, on the ns, it only leaks if i park it nose down, i haven't decided how i'm going to tackle it because the...
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I found contaminated diesel in the filter housing and as the fuel level was quite low decided to empty the tank. As you know this has a 'hump' in...
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No not generally with a regularly maintained car run on forecourt UK diesel which is usually of a high quality delivered and stored in clean tanks /...
I've changed the dash bulbs in my new BX. It has the 1.4 TU engine. To my horror, I found that the bulbs for the over-temperature indication were...
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the brake pad warning light should, if it's working properly, come on when there are 2MM of friction material left on the pad.
Personally I've never...
Hello to all,does anyone know if the small rubber disc that sits in the bottom of the filter housing(acts as one way valve) is available to buy on...
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As Malcolm says, these things fall apart, especially if they are of poor quality.
Had it happen to me twice. You dont need a 'special' rubber washer,...
So here's the dilemma....I've decided I'm definitely going to have to sell the grey 16v when it's finished. It has air-con (or the bones of it) which...
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Yeah I assumed as much it had been in bits for ages.
I *might* chav the recirc function and heater motor etc for BAH and have a non-aircon car with...
Winter's here again and reminds of all the jobs we should have done when it was warm and sunny. The Red One has no power to the rear window element;...
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The feed wire itself is OK, as far as I can actually see, otherwise I'd simply splice in a new section. When we stripped the scrappy I took...
I had the cambelt water pump and fuel lines done on my valver the other day, now under acceleration hard or soft I get an excessive...
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I think you guys are on the button, drove to work this morning 70 miles to epsom without any bangs. little wooshing but like you said they are a bit...
Ok, my lovely BX Meteor 1.9 Diesel, has developed a leak of the famous green 'Vulcans Blood', the leak is from what looks like the lower-most, and...
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i had the same prob on my tzdt for the last mot, only light corrosion on the pipes where it clips in the plastic, i managed to borrow a pipe flaring...
I'm currently carrying out many repairs to one of my tzds, one problem is the heater only used to work if i thumped the dash above the glovebox and...
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Thanks everyone for the info, that's one more job i can cross off the list. Apart from an abs fault which i might have to come back to in the future...
Bit of an odd one. On a lengthy drive today, my TXD has started whooshing rather loudly. It's odd because the noise seems to be coming from the rear...
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Seems to be a weak point, I think down to the fact the welded on hander (or even hanger!) both breaks the coating on the exhaust, and makes a trap...
My question is can it be done, and what parts, (obviously other than the ZX's engine) would be needed?
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It's not the same pump, apart from very early Xantias so you'd either need to adapt the hydraulic system to suit, or ditch the Xantia pump and fit a...
Replacing the door locks is okay but the steering wheel is locked (my bad!)
I have disconnected it...
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Well, if a jobsworth finds it I'd be impressed! The car wasn;t even declared under the last owner back when she was taken off the road but... I will...
My 16600 TGS smells badly of petrol when the vehicle has been parked for a short while. There is no evidence of a leak when the engine is going and I...
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Whereabouts does it smell front, back, left or right, this can help to track it down.
My first suggestion might be the petrol tank filler pipe and...
Luckily my BX has minimal rust due to it being previously garaged all its life.
It now unfortunately has to live outside,so i am thinking of getting...
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The valver came with all it's MOT certificates and on some the tester has issued an advisory for sills covered , well of course they are, the car has...
Are these bonded in or something? I thought I remembered removing some years ago and just unbolted them, but could well have been thinking of an AX....
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have done these myself they are not bonded just a very tight fit, the older the rubbers the tighter they will be, i think there is a small screw or...
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Can anyone help me? Last week when I was driving around, the battery light on the dash was flickering and later on, while Rohan was picking me up...
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Thanks for all the help everybody, turns out a new alternator was required in the end anyway! Glad to report that Beazley is finally back on the...
Hi. I'm sure this will have been asked before but after a quick, ok very quick, look I couldn't see anything. I am after a pair of tyres for my 1993...
Hi all, I am trying to source a replacement wax stat for a Solex carb fitted to my 16 TXS believing it to have the B2C engine so hopefully having the...
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Thanks guys I will be checking the pipework out just as soon as I can as its due an mot & could definately do with it running leaner & cheaper. If...
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