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Tony_E
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Internal Rear View Mirror
« on: Oct 8th, 2008, 9:23pm » |
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Hi Guys,
My rear view mirror has gone funny like its got a liquid across it and its blurry if i turn it on little bubbles go through the liquid which look nice but dont help me to see out of it any ideas on what i can do please?
also when cold gearbox will not engage reverse and as we are now getting colder thought i should sort it out, when i put it into reverse it either jumps makes a bang then stalls or just does nothing and when i press the accelorator it goes no where
Any advice greatly appreciated
Thank You
Tony
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Re: Internal Rear View Mirror
« Reply #1 on: Oct 8th, 2008, 9:29pm » |
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Hi Tony, I would remove your mirror ASAP, the liquid can leak and will melt through whatever it drips on.
Cant be repaired i'm afraid, see if you can pick up one second hand.
Gearbox... have you checked the oil level by the correct method as shown on the site?
If its not a 12v or a Diesel try cleaning the MAF, next step might be a gearbox oil and filter chenge if that doesnt help
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Tony_E
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Re: Internal Rear View Mirror
« Reply #2 on: Oct 8th, 2008, 9:44pm » |
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thank you will get it off tomorrow do you know what the liquid is? is it harmful in anyway?
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Re: Internal Rear View Mirror
« Reply #3 on: Oct 8th, 2008, 9:47pm » |
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sorry to be a pain but new to all this what is the MAF? the car is a 2.0l ultima petrol
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Re: Internal Rear View Mirror
« Reply #5 on: Oct 8th, 2008, 10:02pm » |
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Dont know what the liquid is, I got it on my hands once and it didnt do anything but it will burn through your console 
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Re: Internal Rear View Mirror
« Reply #6 on: Oct 8th, 2008, 10:08pm » |
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Thank you highlander just glad it didnt happen 3 weeks ago when it had the mot that cost enough as it was
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Re: Internal Rear View Mirror
« Reply #8 on: Oct 9th, 2008, 12:50am » |
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About the gearbox not engaging reverse when it's cold.....mine does the same in cold weather, but is fine in warm weather & has been like it for a couple of years but hasn't got any worse.
Symptoms are.....start car on cold morning & it takes about 5 -10 seconds to engage reverse. When it does, it thumps in & engine feels like it's running on 2 cylinders with a strong smell of petrol. Try to pull away & it feels like your towing a ton of bricks....
As far as I know & have read, it is a problem with a sticking internal autobox solenoid. I'm not entirely sure how to replace it but I think it can be accessed if the autobox sump is dropped. I was thinking about changing the ATF soon, so might look into changing the solenoid at the same time.
I find that when it happens then restarting the car 2 or 3 times seems to overcome the problem
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Re: Internal Rear View Mirror
« Reply #9 on: Oct 9th, 2008, 8:03am » |
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Tony E have a look and read of THIS it might help regards the mirror.
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Re: Internal Rear View Mirror
« Reply #10 on: Oct 9th, 2008, 2:56pm » |
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Tony.
A pal of mine had a leaking mirror,his dog slept in the front of his car one night,he never saw it again,he thinks it was vapourised by the mirror ! 
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Re: Internal Rear View Mirror
« Reply #11 on: Oct 9th, 2008, 7:40pm » |
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Johnnycab
that is exactly what happens to mine once it has stalled if i re start it seems to be ok but i have not had the car long enough to know how it is when the weather gets really cold im going to have a look this sunday hopefully so will do a post and let you all know how i get on
Snoopy
thank you for the link i have the mirror off now and in the shed found one on ebay for £45 but still wondering weather its worth replacing with the same or getting a normal one
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