Recent content by mwcbu08

Nice car, It could be as simple as a switch (interrupteur) on the shifting arm (bras de vitesse). Try googling other european car with similar systems.

Hi, I have a film laid on the bumper, grill. Hood front, body behind the wheels, and Mirror. It is from Llumar products.

I totally 'cheated' on the squeak found on my 2010 GT. The use of a needle greasing tip found at an auto parts store made the dismantling not required.

Secondtyme, I'll look into it. I use my 5 rather conservatively, which is hard since it is fun to drive. It has 22 000 kms (13200 miles) now.

I am very much interested by the SG2. Does anyone know how the OEM ATX cooler do in various conditions?

Based on how built are the late generation fuel systems on our cars today, I would not recommend this practice too often. from what I know some if not all vehicule have high pressure fuel pump inside their tank which are 'fuel cooled'. Some cars were prone to pump failure reason being fuel...

There are not mandatory, by law. A good battery will get you going anytime. a block heater wouldn't have helped in this case as the starter isn't in the engine block per say. I remember reading something in this forum or another, about a vent opening in the starter. I wonder if this could...

Yes, this issue got solved by a starter replacement. I shall add there is no electric warmer of any sort installed on this car, so it did very good since then. It went to work and back all week (well except Monday of course).

UPDATE, Managed to live the rest of the 'cold snap' without any further incident.

Well on the 22nd, a little colder. But this time, it started! At these temps, the crank goes around 5 or 6 times in order to get ignition.

Hi everyone, This morning it was darn cold. I got out to fire up the 5 at -28C (-18.4F). No way! The starter would wind up without engaging the flywheel. Lucky I am to have roadside assistance/warranty still on the car. They (the Dealer) replaced the Starter late his afternoon under...

I'm concerned about the lack of fluidity of the tranny when decelerating. During slow deceleraton at slower speeds, the transmission seems to log the engine because of hanging on a higher gear.

I read somewhere about an additive to the transmission fluid for our type. Can someone confirm this. My 5 has only close to 12 000 mi. (20 000 kms). So I might want to go that way to prolong its life

Have you tried any windshield treatment like RainX on it? I'll guess like Robotaz said, it's new. The pressure of the wiper arm's springs might be a little much for the new wiper blades. So, I suppose that RainX might help the rubber glide better on the W/S surface.

I only wished we could have 2 differents 'fuel maps' or ways the engine is managed at a flick of a switch. So that we could keep the 'ZOOM ZOOM', or be ECO when we feel like it.