Cars & Transportation - 29 April 2007

In the Ford Service guide that came with my Ford Focus 1.8 petrol it says that the timing belt renewal interval is 100 000 miles or 10 years. Does this mean that when this is reached the garage replaces just the belt or is it their responsibility to renew the tensioner and the idler pulley as well? If these should be renewed when the belt is, why doesn't ford mention them in the service guide booklet?

2007-04-29 23:59:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Ford

If you all ride motobikes do you like doing it.
Or some times do u wish you have somthing diffrent.

2007-04-29 23:43:51 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous in Motorcycles

Hi Everyone, I am looking to buy a new Car, maybe Budgeting for around £3000 tops. We are a family of 4 soon to be 5, with three little little ones. I was thinking along the MPV route, but want anything to big... what can you all advise.

2007-04-29 23:34:51 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Buying & Selling

2007-04-29 23:27:02 · 1 answers · asked by jersey city Joe 2 in Nissan

2007-04-29 22:49:32 · 3 answers · asked by Omega F 2 in Buying & Selling

going to drop my front fairing at the shop tomorrow to get painted, and i'm still waiting for my front stay to come in. it looks pretty hardcore right now. no speedometer! no tach! no gas guage! just going to class and back, maybe some turns wed. morning.

is any of this ticketable?

2007-04-29 22:45:56 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Motorcycles

As far as running costs and upkeep

2007-04-29 22:41:07 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Honda

2007-04-29 22:39:53 · 15 answers · asked by Jules 1 in Motorcycles

We have a 4 year old Kia Rio.

We are continually loosing the internal lights, dash boards lights, air bags and once we lost the rear headlamps (if that is the right term!)

More recently the electric locking mechanism has gone mad and keeps trying to lock itself when you are trying to unlock.

Other than throwing the car away, or stocking up on fuses (which seems to fix it for a few weeks!) has anyone got any ideas on how we can fix this?!

Thanks,
Kate

2007-04-29 22:33:35 · 4 answers · asked by swinkate 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Cars with automatic transmissions have certain benefits (easier to drive) and cars with manual transmissions have other benefits (cheaper to purchase and repair and uses less petrol).

I wonder why the majority of cars in USA have automatic transmissions, while the majority in Europe have manual (driving with a "stick").
Any historical or other explanations why it is like that?

2007-04-29 22:30:20 · 5 answers · asked by southernrightwhale 3 in Other - Cars & Transportation

I just cant believe our government lets these oil companys get away with raping the american consumer.

2007-04-29 22:26:35 · 12 answers · asked by Jay B 1 in Other - Cars & Transportation

there are too many 4x4s on our road i am starting a group to force local goverment and nstionl goverment to ban 4x4s

2007-04-29 22:25:10 · 24 answers · asked by careman1958 1 in Safety

repair guide with your digital cam and your going to put it on Youtube ! Oh Im talking about the golf IV especially the headlight assembly if you will do that first would be appreciated .

2007-04-29 21:44:34 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Volkswagen

my grandson asked as he wants to go on one

2007-04-29 21:37:33 · 2 answers · asked by colin872966 5 in Rail

I have a 1989 Corrolla with an in-dash, after market Toshiba CD player with a faceplate. How do I remove it from the dash without tearing everything apart? Is there a special tool I need?

2007-04-29 21:32:24 · 4 answers · asked by brwnsdn 1 in Car Audio

IF YES EXPLAIN PLEASE
AND
IF U DONT KNOW DONT EVEN ANSWER?

2007-04-29 21:00:32 · 5 answers · asked by SuRcaLiFaZ 1 in Nissan

2007-04-29 19:36:37 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Insurance & Registration

I have shop manuel not that clear

2007-04-29 19:15:43 · 2 answers · asked by davis3632 1 in Motorcycles

I need help badly. I own a 1998 Ford Explorer which I really like but quits running when the weather is too cold. Nobody can tell me the reason why it keeps on doing that. Sometimes it's having hard time starting even if it's not that cold at all. Should I sell it and get a newer/new one? Just paid this off and I hate and can't afford to have additional debt. Please help and thank you.

2007-04-29 19:05:18 · 10 answers · asked by Geny 1 in Ford

2007-04-29 18:57:23 · 5 answers · asked by USMarine Dad 3 in Maintenance & Repairs

About how much would it cost to repair the transmission for a Jeep car?

2007-04-29 18:41:50 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Jeep

I have a 25' boat now, i had it delivered to the lake, now i wanna pull it out and am worried i will have trouble on the ramp. I dont have 4WD. My boat now weighs 1780 lbs, without the trailer... Not sure what the trailer weighs. Also im looking at buying a new boat that weighs 3000 lbs. Am i in trouble or will i be able to do this with my durango. I dont wanna get in trouble once i'm on the ramp. If it makes any difference I'll be in fresh water not salt.

2007-04-29 18:35:10 · 5 answers · asked by brandonphillipamyot 1 in Dodge

please give me examples of why its leaking, i know its a few causes, but i need examples so when i take it to the mechanic i can act like i know where he is coming from. plus my driveway is ugly now

2007-04-29 18:29:59 · 5 answers · asked by pebbles 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

2007-04-29 18:29:36 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Jeep

I get greenish powdery buildup on the negative terminal of my car battery... it will start building up every few days... why does this happen & how to i get rid of it?

2007-04-29 18:25:39 · 11 answers · asked by zdepth 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

I just poured some dot III brake fluid into my power steering container... oh my god.. did I just made a stupid mistake??

2007-04-29 18:22:29 · 14 answers · asked by zdepth 2 in Maintenance & Repairs

i have a 1999 ford expedition... the battery light came on so i went and got it tested... it turned out to be the alternator so i purchased a new one I put it on but i still have the same problem I tested the battery but it is also good what could be the problem????

2007-04-29 18:17:46 · 8 answers · asked by carlosavalos79 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

I recently got a car cassette adapter for my MP3 player and technically everything would have been good but the cassette player won't play correctly. It will begin to play but then it ejects the cassette. I tried using another adapter and it does the same thing. I was told removing the gears and access junk in it might help, but now it just spins without stopping. I pulled the panel off in attempt to clean the cassette deck, but even after removing all the screws I can seperate the frames. It appears to be held together by something inside. As a last resort I figured I could just buy a replacement one on ebay. I saw a cheap replacement panel with the cassette deck for a cheap price, but it's rotary knobs not digital push buttons. I was wondering if anyone knew if the rotary knobs would work inexchange for the digit buttons? The panel is for the same 1999 Ford Taurus so I figured it would be okay but read otherwise. Can anyone offer any advise otherwise for me to do to repair or replace

2007-04-29 17:54:27 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Car Audio

today was a nice day, wasn't suppose to rain!! I left my car windows open - almost half way down. then we got a surprise thunderstorm that flooded all the streets. the inside of my car is extremely wet.

does this do damage? :\

2007-04-29 17:46:40 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Cars & Transportation

2007-04-29 17:36:25 · 9 answers · asked by Didgeridude 4 in Rail