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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)    8 Dec 2014 21:59 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      40 of 67 
41307.40 In reply to 41307.31 
> [If] you're not naturally mechanically inclined

I think that's where you're reaching the wrong conclusion - I'm not not naturally mechanically inclined.

I like fiddling with things, I just don't presently know how (and am a little apprehensive when it comes to fiddling with large heavy fast moving things).

 

> to get someone who knows what they're doing to look at it.

And when I'm in the middle of nowhere at midnight with a broken mobile... how do you propose getting in touch with the RAC and letting them know where I am? :/

I'd rather make use of the things that make me human and be the one that knows what they're doing.

 
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)    8 Dec 2014 22:02 
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All: Thanks for the various comments/suggestions/etc so far. :)

I'll respond to anything I haven't currently another time. Need to eat and stuff now.

 
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   8 Dec 2014 22:30 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)       42 of 67 
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quote: Peter (BOUGHTONP)

And when I'm in the middle of nowhere at midnight with a broken mobile... how do you propose getting in touch with the RAC and letting them know where I am? :/

So you're going to carry all your tools with you, along with your Haynes manual and encyclopaedic knowledge of the stuff that's not covered or wrong? Because, after all, you won't be able to access t'interwebz with your mobile all borked.

OK, good luck! :)

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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   8 Dec 2014 22:32 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)       43 of 67 
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What are you having to eat?
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)    8 Dec 2014 23:32 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      44 of 67 
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Well I admit the spare axles will be a bit of an awkward fit, but it'll totally be worth it if I get stuck in a canyon. :P
 
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)    8 Dec 2014 23:33 
 To:  ANT_THOMAS      45 of 67 
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You already know the answer to that.
 
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 From:  ANT_THOMAS   8 Dec 2014 23:55 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)       46 of 67 
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I don't, that's the problem :((
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 From:  milko   9 Dec 2014 11:42 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)       47 of 67 
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It's not just hitting some resonating frequency is it? As my car gets older I find certain speeds that just make it vibrate a bit more than usual. Go faster!
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 From:  Wattsy (SLAYERPUNX)   9 Dec 2014 12:56 
 To:  johngti_mk-ii      48 of 67 
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Oi! Read ya private messages you ;)

 
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)    9 Dec 2014 23:30 
 To:  milko      49 of 67 
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Maybe. I'm not sure what that'd feel like, but next time it happens I'll try and check what my speed is and if there's any effect from changing / maintaining it. (It's entirely possibly I'm naturally changing speed when it happens, which might be why it lasts a relatively short time.)
 
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)    11 Dec 2014 23:39 
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So, um... poopy pants.

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 From:  koswix   12 Dec 2014 00:32 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)       51 of 67 
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Normally I wouldn't be too worried by the check engine light. Sure I'd want to check what it was, but anything majorly urgent has a separate light (brakes for instance) or the car will just refuse to work.

Could be your ecu has picked up something related to your problem though, but quite often it's just a symptom it's found rather than the problem itself.

Get down to a garage and ask them what's wrong. Whatever they say, don't agree to any work. Once you're home with Internet (you do have Internet at home these days, right?) you can work out if it's something you can do your self or if you need to start ringing round for quotes. 

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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)    12 Dec 2014 01:22 
 To:  koswix      52 of 67 
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Yeah, it has come on once or twice before (solid, as it was tonight) and then not been an issue a couple of days later.

There's a fair few posts online suggesting it could just be a computer glitch, and (so long as the car is driving as normal) it's not something to worry about. If it was a serious problem, it would switch to the emergency programme.

The one thing that has me a little bit nervous is that I think Wednesday evening it was on the emergency programme, when the light came on - half a mile from home it started flashing and the car wasn't driving right (apparently limited to 1500 RPM or something), though it drove as usual tonight when I briefly tested it, so dunno. :/

If I remember I'll check it in the morning and, if it's still on, check with my local service centre about getting it diagnosed, and then go from there.

 
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 From:  johngti_mk-ii   12 Dec 2014 08:27 
 To:  koswix      53 of 67 
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We had our car serviced this week. The mechanic noticed that when the car is started, a green airbag light comes on for a while. The garage phoned Claire (I was at work) and offered to see why for the reasonable sum of £49.

This is the light that shows that the passenger airbag is switched on and working properly. It stays on for a minute and then goes off. It's completely normal and nothing at all to worry about. Might be time to find a new garage...

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 From:  koswix   12 Dec 2014 09:18 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)       54 of 67 
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Get to a garage. 

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 From:  koswix   12 Dec 2014 09:19 
 To:  johngti_mk-ii      55 of 67 
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I'd be refusing to pay that. 

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 From:  johngti_mk-ii   12 Dec 2014 11:07 
 To:  koswix      56 of 67 
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Oh don't worry, Claire didn't give them the go ahead. To be fair, they called first but others may have been thrown into a bit of a panic

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 From:  graphitone   12 Dec 2014 13:20 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)       57 of 67 
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You need a new pair of scissors, that cutting out is appalling. S'all wiggly. Were you doing it while driving?


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 From:  koswix   12 Dec 2014 15:24 
 To:  johngti_mk-ii      58 of 67 
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Good, now time to find a new garage.

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 From:  Wattsy (SLAYERPUNX)   12 Dec 2014 16:27 
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)       59 of 67 
41307.59 In reply to 41307.50 
If its a diesel it could be the EGR valve is sooted up. YOu can change them easily and get cheap reconditioned ones from Ebay. I had to do it 4 times on my Alfa (yes its was an Alfa and yes the electronics were dodgy). The best buy for me was the ECU cable and some free software to help diagnose without going to the garage first.
 
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