Recent content by paul99

Known round the forum as "the fishtank". Use the search function for fishtank and you'll see a few threads and posts about various causes and remedies.

What's the procedure for the handbrake adjustment on the Freebie 2 when you do the brakes? Is it likely that it is in need of adjustment?

Is this a trap where you get me to admit that I have one I randomly "found"? o_O Your cunning plan won't work on me!:D

Injector grease could have been helpful in sticking the washer to the injector body. Search Ebay or similar for it. The Mercedes brand is possibly Febi Bilstein. I would likely go for the Febi, Mercedes or LiquiMoly brands, if I were buying some.

It's probably cheaper and quicker for the manufacturers to use the spring clips.

Try jumping the horn directly to the battery to see if it works. Does anyone else sense the presence of far too many tratterers in this thread? :p

This might be helpful to you. On my phone so I can't tell if that's the part you are dealing with.

The last few minutes of this video will give the garage point of view on the extra work and parts:

It would be a strong indicator for a bad injector, or that the injector isn't receiving fuel or an injection signal. There's also a low possibility that valves on that cylinder could be stuck open, causing it to not fire, although you should get some indications from an unusual exhaust if fuel...

Oh, right. I was thinking worn bushes or something causing a lazy motor. If it works fine in the manual mode, then that does sound like good news for the motor.

To me, that would probably suggest a motor problem, rather than the switch. Please comment on whether or not the new switch or cleaning the old switch helps.

Nah, mate. It's a feature on the high-spec models to help the hard of hearing... Your suspicion of a shorted wire is quite likely, but also remember that if the horn has a bad ground, that could also make the current find an easier path back to the battery through the sidelight circuit. Pulling...

Maybe try holding both remote buttons down at the same time for five seconds? That's the process for my Mercedes, and the Astra may have been similar.

There should be a fuse for the OBD socket to check. Also, I would be suspecting air in the fuel line.

Maybe the battery starting to give up the ghost?