MOTOR-TALK

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  • Cold light cathode as underfloor lighting?

    Hello, I have to let my car light up a bit from below (of course only for show purposes 😉 )! But I don’t want to screw huge (sometimes expensive) neon tubes under my car! Would the much cheaper cold light cathodes (many use them as interior lighting or as lighting for their PC) perhaps be recommended! Waterproof I get them already, but is the light yield so good that they can keep up with neon tubes?? Has anyone ever had experience with it and can give me some advice??? Thank you

  • alternator permanently consumes electricity

    I had problems with my battery the other day. When I got into my car one morning, the battery was suddenly here… a lot back and forth and new battery, after a short time this was empty too. We then measured the current, which flows when switched off, and that amounted to 2A which can be normal. after the expansion of the alternator, which the consumption to zero. Now the funny thing. How did the Lima hit again, the minuspole from the charger dra I thought that the LIMA was definitely broken. Then I got two replacement LIMAs, at the first one, which is identical, so exactly identical… that happened with the 2 amps. At the 3 of Bosch the 2 amps didn’t come. Now I’m quite confused, and I really need help. That can’t be true, that both LIMAs did the same for the same two amps. At the 3 of Bosch, the 2 amps didn’t come. Now I’m quite confused, and I really need help. I don’t know if this is normal with the 2 A or if the Bosch is broken. We have you out of a spare part warehouse from the friend. Ask for urgent help… By the way, car is FORD FIESTA 1.8l DIESEL year of construction 92 with electric window lifter, central transmission if this is important… battery is 72Ah and a 55er LIMA

  • Temperature problem / Punto

    Hello together, since I have good experiences with forums about other cars, I have registered here now. My boys drive a Punto (hence the nickname) and if what does not run they naturally come to me. It is a Punto 55 6-speed (model 176), Built 7/96. Now to the problem: The water temperature indicator went down to the red area. First diagnosis was that the cooler fan was not switched on. I was the first to renew the temperature switch. Then went, but jumped the fan m.E. late (at first at 3/4). Then it did not work again. A wobble on the cable let it jump on. So – cable set Temp switch / juice/ventilator renews (40 € costs the thing). But still did not bring the solution. The water pump it is not, the hoses to/from the cooler are both hot, there is passage. You can also drive without further 25 km, until it comes close to the red area. I already bridged the fan switch, so that it ran continuously, nevertheless It goes off towards red. Since the display is relatively fluctuating, I have now suspected that the dealer is spinning for the display. Above all, because it has just been shown full red, the cooling water was far from overheating. Has any of you ever had this prblem? How much does the dealer cost? Are there other tips? In the hope of many answers many greetings Klaus

  • Rostfall Unterboden Punto 75, Jg. 97

    Hello people My wife drives a Punto 75, Jg. 97. At the last TüV, the examiner told me that the rear lift shots were a bit rusty, but not yet dramatic. Yesterday I wanted to tackle the matter and get scared! In the splashing water area of the front wheels in the area of the threshold edge/carrying floor everything is quite attached. When you start to grind and grind, you will immediately find rust infestation under the still well-seeming underbody protection! the underfloor and the overlaying sheets/parts in the connecting edges are rusted so strongly that the ground is rusted in 3-4 places. This is incredible, considering that the vehicle has only 7.5 years on the hump and is often washed especially in winter. I would be interested in your experiences, especially with the punto and rust. Thank you for your numerous answers and greeting Wolfgang

  • Problems with Car Wash Center Hanau

    2017-11-17 around 17:30 clock (unfortunately it was already dark): Around 17:30 clock in the Brüningstraße advanced with my really heavily polluted Astra. Wash program no. 4, was chosen, paid, no receipt received. Car was washed, the pre-cleaner even came out and dried the rear. (The tip for him was probably the best used money that evening …)2017-11-18 around 08:00 clock: Shock-heavy! Front-end, bonnet, roof and rear spoiler heavily scratched! I there a The operator only said very lapidar: “This is not from our plant, no idea where you got it.” A solution was not offered, after all, you don’t know where I was in the meantime. Everything else I don’t know here – everyone may get their own picture.

  • Create your estimate Paint damage + paint headlights

    Hello, today I was at the local paintmaker for an estimate – a dog scratched my bonnet and fenders. The aluminum rims and the headlights also got some slight scratches. But the paintr said that he does not include this in the estimate because the insurance company rejects it anyway – especially the headlights, because they are obviously blind anyway. With my Astra G 2.0 DTI (built in 2002) again TÜV is due in September. d still the first headlights, which are now really quite matt. Probably the TÜV won’t let that go. The paintr now said that he can sand off the headlights and repaint them – apparently the usual practice is?! Cost point 100€ per headlight. Is this recommended or are they then 2 years later blind again or what do you think of this procedure in general? Read already many thanks for it up here 🙂

  • Very fine scratches in cockpit acrylic – How to clean and/or remove

    Hello together, I admit to being a little sensitive. Since the acrylic disc is always extremely sensitive at the passenger cars I once started to clean it only with a swiffer. Unfortunately, the acrylic disc has already come from the plant with many “fat finger prints” (probably from the installation). When I first dusted these and then cleaned them carefully with a fresh microfiber cloth (with a special gentle acrylic cleaner) I later at the exit If the sunlight in the cockpit seems to have many very fine scratches. Good, only in direct sunlight. Otherwise you really can’t see anything. That these acrylic discs are always extremely sensitive was already known to me. But that’s already extreme. Does anyone have an idea like this to remove again? Why is such an extremely sensitive plastic part installed? You can’t change that the automotive industry thinks the customer changes these often. I used to know this problem in the helmet for the motorcycle too. Well, you just bought and changed a new one at the beginning of the season. Maybe someone has a good idea? Handydisplay – polish should be good. But I find it extreme and can imagine that it will get worse.

  • search extremely blue pears h7

    hello who can help me find really blue pears for my golf 4 that make really blue light no whites have seen some of them are forbidden but first of all no matter who helps me?????

  • Cooler fan runs after … installed VW actually only scrapped ???

    Moin people, there is again a problem with our 97er Sharan TDI (81Kw) … did not really surprise me, with this car everything is (un-)possible I describe the problem briefly: After turning off the engine the fan runs after approx. 2-5 min, even if you turn off the ignition only briefly and immediately again, the fan already runs after ! VW workshop said, either the fan control unit is in the Ars**, or any other relay … is defective ! Since I definitely don’t want to give the car a new control unit anymore, I wanted to ask myself beforehand what is really broken now .. there is already enough Sharan’s on’m car cemetery ! Does someone know each other ? The part-NR. of the control unit would be 701919506 A Have heard that the T4 control units are identical ! Thanks for your help ! MfG F-D

  • Mobile-Adapter Angry

    Hello, how do you actually deal with the fact that we are obviously nice to the mobile phone and car companies? I had a good mobile phone (Nokia 7610) and then, when I bought the Audi with mobile phone pre-equipment of the 2nd generation, I had to get an additional cheap old mobile phone (Nokia 6310), which does not correspond to my requirements (especially address book with search for first and last name). To date I have not been able to find out if there will be an adapter for a more current mobile phone in the foreseeable future. with Audi, Cullmann and Nokia revealed that nothing new can be said about it, and since Cullmann is now working on the 3rd and 4th generation, newer handies will probably only get an adapter for it – of course with years of delay ….. Even the new car buyers don’t have a sufficient choice, right? This is a nuisance as well as the ADAC unfortunately known – and what happens? The advertising always praises new hands and who buys them and on an adapter for the car hopes, is betrayed and sold. So call again with the mobile phone on the ear (better with mobile hands-free system of course)? The mobile phone manufacturers obviously don’t care. By the way, Ericsson and Siemens answered my letters with disinterest without a solution … Don’t you mind? Many greetings, Amaryllo