"Side Light Failure" and few other issues
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Anton
Re: "Side Light Failure" and few other issues
No its not normal to hear that noice its just not worrying,probably its bad rubbers on the antiroll bars but in order to fix it you need to change the whole bar. maybe 200 euros.
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Adrian
Re: "Side Light Failure" and few other issues
Latest news: I managed to crack "something underneath" the car, yesterday, which resulted in some oil leak. And all this due to the stupid Mitsubishi driver who had parked illegally behind me, leaving me the only choice of escalating a curb in order to get out. Damn him.
Fortunately, I took the car straight to the mechanic and he called me today saying the car is fixed. As it only took a couple of hours, I hope it wasn't something really difficult - or expensive - to fix.
Fortunately, I took the car straight to the mechanic and he called me today saying the car is fixed. As it only took a couple of hours, I hope it wasn't something really difficult - or expensive - to fix.
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Adrian
Re: "Side Light Failure" and few other issues
"Side Light Failure" fixed - parking light on the front-right side. As the use of short-beam is mandatory here 24/7, I hadn't noticed it before.
Few days ago, I took the car on a pretty long run - about 500 km - and, at some point, I heard a clonking sound from the front-right side, combined with a bouncing move reported by the passengers in the back seats. As I was already in a foreign country, quite far from any known mechanic, I pulled over, took a walk around the car, checked the tires, prayed and drove away. The noise and the bouncing move were gone right away, as I was probably driving too close to some elevated sideway marking of the highway.
"Broken thing" under the car proved to be related to the radiator, not the lubrication system. The mechanic, however, did a quite nasty trick to me, as he said "he fixed the oil problem" and "I can drive safely". It only took me like 10 minute of driving to realize there's steam coming from underneath the hood. I rushed back to the mechanic, pretty pissed off and asked him in a very polite manner, considering the situation, to check the car again. He called the next day, saying some hose from the radiator had been damaged and it had been fixed - didn't charge me anything for that, as I had already paid for the "oil problem" which never existed in the first place.
Now for a new problem, the air conditioning seems to be crap - after the "repair" above. I had it recharged once, but now it seems there's only some vaguely-cold (I'd say, around 20-22C) air coming in when it's set to 18C. Would it be worth one more recharge?
Adrian wrote:
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> Latest news: I managed to crack "something underneath" the
> car, yesterday, which resulted in some oil leak. And all this
> due to the stupid Mitsubishi driver who had parked illegally
> behind me, leaving me the only choice of escalating a curb in
> order to get out. Damn him.
> Fortunately, I took the car straight to the mechanic and he
> called me today saying the car is fixed. As it only took a
> couple of hours, I hope it wasn't something really difficult
> - or expensive - to fix.
Few days ago, I took the car on a pretty long run - about 500 km - and, at some point, I heard a clonking sound from the front-right side, combined with a bouncing move reported by the passengers in the back seats. As I was already in a foreign country, quite far from any known mechanic, I pulled over, took a walk around the car, checked the tires, prayed and drove away. The noise and the bouncing move were gone right away, as I was probably driving too close to some elevated sideway marking of the highway.
"Broken thing" under the car proved to be related to the radiator, not the lubrication system. The mechanic, however, did a quite nasty trick to me, as he said "he fixed the oil problem" and "I can drive safely". It only took me like 10 minute of driving to realize there's steam coming from underneath the hood. I rushed back to the mechanic, pretty pissed off and asked him in a very polite manner, considering the situation, to check the car again. He called the next day, saying some hose from the radiator had been damaged and it had been fixed - didn't charge me anything for that, as I had already paid for the "oil problem" which never existed in the first place.
Now for a new problem, the air conditioning seems to be crap - after the "repair" above. I had it recharged once, but now it seems there's only some vaguely-cold (I'd say, around 20-22C) air coming in when it's set to 18C. Would it be worth one more recharge?
Adrian wrote:
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> Latest news: I managed to crack "something underneath" the
> car, yesterday, which resulted in some oil leak. And all this
> due to the stupid Mitsubishi driver who had parked illegally
> behind me, leaving me the only choice of escalating a curb in
> order to get out. Damn him.
> Fortunately, I took the car straight to the mechanic and he
> called me today saying the car is fixed. As it only took a
> couple of hours, I hope it wasn't something really difficult
> - or expensive - to fix.
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Stefan Petrovic
Re: "Side Light Failure" and few other issues
I have also a knocking sound from my front suspension. I have already changed the outer rubber bush which holds the wheel hub so I suspect the anti roll bar rubbers.
My conclusion is also that I have to change the whole bar and that makes me a little confused.
How did they think when the design the anti roll bar?
Did they really think that the rubber where suppose to hold forever, or at least the life time of the Kappa?
Deltas, Themas, Alfa 164, all of them have exchangable anti roll bar rubbers, but why not the Kappa?
In fact, they look quite similar, is it possible to change an anti roll bar from a Thema onto the Kappa?
And finally, is it a quick fix to change the anti roll bar or will it include dismantling a lot of other parts?
/Stefan
My conclusion is also that I have to change the whole bar and that makes me a little confused.
How did they think when the design the anti roll bar?
Did they really think that the rubber where suppose to hold forever, or at least the life time of the Kappa?
Deltas, Themas, Alfa 164, all of them have exchangable anti roll bar rubbers, but why not the Kappa?
In fact, they look quite similar, is it possible to change an anti roll bar from a Thema onto the Kappa?
And finally, is it a quick fix to change the anti roll bar or will it include dismantling a lot of other parts?
/Stefan