Recent content by rallyeluke

As above. My 2001 puma doesn't illuminate abs light or airbag light on startup and eml light comes on for a split second and goes out,Far faster than it should. Do you know what's causing this? I want to get it sorted ASAP Cheers lucas

As above. About to refresh suspension and upgrade an want to change spacers as I read they corrode and fail over time. Regards Lucas

Hi does anyone know if the bushes in the axle that the shock bolts through are available still? Cheers Lucas

Hi are these available?

Hel braided lines are made by one bloke to order in the uk so I very much doubt they would be wrong, I purchased a set from Brake lines uk for my 1991 Honda civic 1616 and the quality is second to none and fitment is perfect ;)

I purchased the wifes puma back in feb 2009 with a suspected headgasket fail hence we got it for an excellent price, signed up to this forum and had a search around and HCV kept coming up, aparrently if the HCV had a certain part number on it then it was prone to failure, I changed it for a new...

Hi as above ^^^ which is it likely to be? I am currently in the process of ordering alot of parts to overhaul suspension, steering and brakes and the wife has her car at work so cannot go out and check. Many thanks Lucas

Drove the vehicle for nearly 14 miles and temp never once went over 99c and for 95% of the journey sat between 88c-93c to say im happy is an understatement, only time will tell if its sorted but intial signs are very good. here is hoping. thanks to everyone who has offered advice and...

had a look and fitted the part in the hope it will cure my overheating problems. As i was running the engine up to temp with the expansion cap off i noticed the level of coolant rising as it got over 100c to the point it was nearly going to start pouring out. i fitted the cap back on to...

as above i have already gutted the old thermostat from the puma 1.7 16v and tempted to fit it in place of the new one i just bought. Im aware that mpg will decrease mildly and engine will take longer to warm up but right now the puma is just cooking its self all the time and its turning into...

what part or action of the faulty hcv causes it to make the car overheat then? im curious from a design point of view. cheers

anyone know anything about these hcvs?

well i have just been out to look at my hcv valve and the part number is: 98FU18495AB. now this is apparently the dreaded one that causes mass overheating. are my symptoms indicative of the HCV failing? cheers

right changed thermostat and changed coolant, now has halfords advanced coolant 2 litres and 4 litres of water, bled system throughly. when i pull car up im still hearing gurgling in the expansion cap. I set the digital dial to read engine temp and driving along the temp rises to around...

right well been having a good go and bled loads of air out the system, have added two litres of the halfords advanced red coolant to the expansion tank and let the fan kick in twice then unscrewed the expansion cap slightly and released any air, then repeated around 4 times. Have only had the...