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    Suspected timing chain BAD RATTLE

    it would be less than 1200 with low loader
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    Suspected timing chain BAD RATTLE

    absolute joke, she has left me too long now that she cant speak to anyone from the parts who can look at a discount so i will have to wait until tomorrow, what an inconvience she has caused! now it is too late to book in with holdcroft as they finished at half 5. I have said she must make me a...
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    Suspected timing chain BAD RATTLE

    id accept £1200 for the convience of it already being in there as i would have to pay them for the time they've been on it and also a low loader down to stoke, still waiting, customer service in there is awful! the girl answers the phone to me like im her mate and seems like she doesnt really...
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    Suspected timing chain BAD RATTLE

    she never mentioned about the happiness. I said i could not afford and that price seems very steep, she said she will call me back in 5 mins....20 mins later im still waiting :| i rang back ust now and someone said she was busy with a customer, i think im giving honda holdcroft a call as soon as...
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    Suspected timing chain BAD RATTLE

    iv read other threads that holdcroft have quoted 900 + vat though :S
  6. J

    Suspected timing chain BAD RATTLE

    it is the clutch and flywheel and they have quoted me 1500....is this some kind of joke? coming from lightcliffe honda, liverpool
  7. J

    Suspected timing chain BAD RATTLE

    Just had a call from honda and they said it is not the timing chain, they checked bottom end and thats fine and now they are looking at the DMF :|
  8. J

    Suspected timing chain BAD RATTLE

    Yes it could be but it still pulled ok? It was a spinning sensation so could be either or. It is in honda now so waiting for the dreaded phone call. They asked me to bring it in at 8:30am, i asked about the time scales for it and they said oh we will bring it in the workshop around midday and...
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    Suspected timing chain BAD RATTLE

    yeah i believe there is just hope honda honour it as past few services iv done myself using using all honda parts and correct 0 30 oil, not counting my chickens as anything can go wrong, wish me luck!
  10. J

    Suspected timing chain BAD RATTLE

    lol i have a guy coming tomorrow morning to pick it up, last thing i want to a wrecked engine.
  11. J

    Suspected timing chain BAD RATTLE

    Hi, my car has recently suffered a major rattle which i can feel through the clutch pedal really bad and car sounds like a tractor!, and when i turn it off its feels and sounds like an old ford mondeo. The rattle goes at certain higher speeds then returns when slowed and on idle. i would have...
  12. J

    55-60 Shake/Wobble

    It was a brand new o/e complete driveshaft mate, got it from ebay and comes with a 3 year guarantee. Good price
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    55-60 Shake/Wobble

    I thought i would start a topic to let others know as it has been a common fault on here. I had the dreaded wobble between 55-60, i balanced, 4 point aligned and 4 new tyres and still the wobble remained, but instead of 55-60mph wobble i got a 30mph wobble when accelerating but today i changed...
  14. J

    Intake manifold and EGR cleaning on i-CTDi

    Bit of the inlet which is where i found the mess! And then upon performing this job i stumbled across some treasure in the engine bay buried at the bottom..... :unsure: This is not mine, must have been a previous owner, has this car just over a year lol
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    Intake manifold and EGR cleaning on i-CTDi

    I have just done mine and suprisingly it was not that grubby, i was expecting conditions similar to that of the OP. I have not done my EGR yet but i will do once it stops raining! Here are my pics:
  16. J

    whistle on long wave

    pretty sure thats normal on long wave
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    SLIGHT WOBBLE

    I thought id throw a topic up to share my expeirences today. I was sitting at the lights today and for some unknown reason i decided to play with the accelerator and press down slightly, as you know it idles just under 1k so i gently raised it to just over the 1k mark and held it and through my...
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    Intake manifold and EGR cleaning on i-CTDi

    I too have slight hesitation. When i done my full service today i had a quick look at the inlet and found it to be oil and filthy, my car has done 111k so i have bought all the cleaning stuff and once it arrives i will clean it all up. Upon reading this though that cleaning may not to be enough...
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    REVIEW: EXOL 0w/30 Fully Synthetic Engine Oil

    OK, i have almost come to the end of my first exol barrel and will soon be time for me to get a new one. I know see there is a new kind of oil which is a bit more expensive at £105.75. I have a 2005 accord ictdi, am i better off money wise keeping to the £89 a barrel oil or moving onto this...
  20. J

    Huming noise at 70

    Im not sure mate, it was an Arnold Clark company car whilst in there hands for most of its life then some guy bought it then me. No reciepts came with it, just serviced at the right intervals, the only indication of a possible clutch change is the cruise control doesnt work? when i get it done i...
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