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i leave it in gear because like most people said i park on a hill at home so it stop the car going anywere if the handbrake fails ..
but still i cant think of any thing how this would affect it starting!!
i havnt tried different gears usualy is 3rd or 2nd i leave it in
anyway it seems to...
a while ago my car wasnt starting all the time but it would bump start,
i read a few threads on here and people mentioned tdc sensors etc,
however i have found that if i leave my car parked in gear usualy overnight or all day when im at work, when i come to it it wont start..
whereas...
could anyone tell me where the TDC sensor is on a 2003 1,4 16v clio?
been havinbg problems getting it started without pushing it in 3rd geaer and tunring the engine over a few times for last few days and a few thread son here have said wd40 the sensor or something??
the light on mine stays on until i turn the ignition back to off.
managed to get it started before put it in first gear and rocked it backwards and forwards a few times and it started..!!
wierd...starting to annoy me now.. cant rely on the car in a morning for work!:mad:
ive had a very similar problem to this recently on my 1.4 16v ph2 (20003)turns over but wont start it unlocks and locks with teh remote central locking, the red flashing light on the dash statys solid when i trun the ignition, its bumps starts but only sometimes,
it only wont start every now...
the last two night i have coem to my car at work it hasnt started, it had unlocked with the rcl and everything works, lights heaters, wewindows.. all lightscome on on the dash but it just turns over and wont catch, and i have bump started it,
jsut phoned the garage and he reckons it could be a...
ive got this problem, when i set off and get into second gear hear a rattle only fora bout 2 seconds, sounds like its coming from left hand side of engine bay too, also when braking get a grindin noise when im nearly at a stop just wondering if they could be linked ?
when i brake my rear fog light..light on the dash has started to show at the same time??
is this some sort of short of 2 wires? i wouldnt know were to start looking...
cheers..
started last night, when ever i turn right there is a rumbling noise that sounds like its coming form the wheel,
its speeds up and slows down with the revs when im driving, i checked to see if the arch liner was rubbing on the tyre or anything but i couldn tfind anything,
i thought wheel...
haha that was mine last week!! cleaned it now though, main road is closed from were i liev so i was going down proper single track country roads all week and didn thave time to clean it,.
i work in 5 hangar by the way, its only a 1.4 16v aswell.
ive ordered a set of h11's and a set of h1's off ebay, cost me about £27 in all,
hopefully there all the right ones,
i was after a set of xenon lamps but every wher ei try there sold or not for sale...
there for a mk2 ph2 by the way forgot to mention
Am i right in thinking i want H1 bulbs for my main beam,
i want to get some replacement whiter/brighter bulbs,
anyone got anyreally good ones they can reccomend?
my wiper blades have just about had it, the ones i have at the moment are the OEM ones,
ive heard of the flat blades before and heard mixed opinions about them, also the bosch ones but are there different types of bosch ones or other blades that i could get?
lol, ive seen this car at a few meets round the north west especaily the one on sundays at blackpool,
as far as i know its been around for quite a while,
i have just bought aback box of a mate, the size of the pipe that would go onto my car is 2inches in diameter,
does anyone know if this will go on my 2003 1.4 16v ?
thanks