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the other day i had the oil light come on telling me the oil was low so i topped up ASAP. since then i was getting a light knocking noise from the engine, this has got progressively louder until tonight when it was pretty damn loud. i got out the car and got my wife to gently rev it and i could hardly hear the noise but when sat in the drivers seat its there, and gets faster or slower according to engine revs. when i topped p the oil i did slightly overfil it but being at a garage had no way to drain anything off. so an suggestions would be useful. it started off sounding like tappets but has got a lot louder. edit, i am not sure if its doing it at speed as you cant hear it but its doing it at lower speeds through the gears, and if the car is stationary its doing it and when you rev it.

ended up getting the cluster from ford...

can anyone help me please i need a rear light cluster drivers side for a mk2 gal, if anyone has one for sale please let me know.... actually while im at it i also need a full electric window internal assembly for the front drivers door.. regulator,pulleys and motor. finally just a window switch off any door (except drivers) thanks guys and girls. edit... is the mk1 and mk 2 the same rear lights? i know the front is different.

thanks for looking for me, i think i am going to try and get a complete unit with motor and everything, that way i can just drop the window slightly undo clips lift glass and then rip the lot out before just putting the new setup in.

ok my mate has been, we took the connector off the motor and tried the current, found 12v on up and down, so power getting to the unit.. faulty unit it is. unfortunately the motor is a worm drive and so that stops the window being pushed up. well we managed to manipulate the motor and remove the bolts off it and as soon as that was done we were able to lift the glass and put it in place. anyway going to put something in it to wedge it up and then get a whole new unit in the new year.. at least it wont be drafty on the drive tomorrow.

at the moment i think (hope) its not that, surely if the motor had gone then it would still make a 'click' noise when i pushed the switch up as well as down... however ive got a friend coming over soon with a multimeter and we are going to try and bodge/mess around until we either locate it or at least manage to get it closed until after christmas. what would be really useful would be if anyone actually knew what colour wires are for what in the door? anyway we shall see... ive got too many miles to do tomorrow in the cold with an open window.

thats only on the mark 1's though isnt it?

i cannot physically move the damn thing. all wires look fine.. i just dont know.

cant see any visible damage to any of the door wires, the switch will make a click when i push it down so the unit is trying to open the window but obviously cant any further so that would make me believe that its not switch related or it would be stuck in 'closed mode all the time and so wouldnt make any noise when moved? just wondering now if there is a way of bypassing everythin and closing the wndow.

i located where them 2 wires go.. and what they are for... the front speaker!!! so back to square one, anyway if i click the switch down then it is working and trying to go down but when i click up, nothing. i guess its not the switch as it wont work on the key either, all the wires look good (apart from the 2 thaat were pulled out) and i guess i did that struggling to get the connector off as i am pretty sure the speaker was working before i attempted this. all i want to do for now is get it up, also if i can at least it might keep me away from macdonalds drive thru's

great theres a red one out too.. please some of you guys with experience come and help me.

it seems there may be a wire that has pulled out of the connector, a red and brown one, the only thing is this one was folded back as if it shouldnt of been plugged in? other than that i cannot see any problem wires so am really annoyed now. can anyone tell me what the brown and red wire is for? also where i need to put it back into? stupid cars!

hi again all. ok the problem is like this, i took my wife to work and put the window down about 3/4 to give her a kiss and say bye. anyway i pushed the switch for a complete close and it went up about 3 inches and came down again(done it before so not worried) pushed it up again and it wouldnt budge so in my frustration tried down and it went all the way down....then stayed there!! anyway tried the key in the door and all the others work except this one.... 30 mile drive home at -1degree with my window wide open and booster heater not working.. at least it was open road and i could get temp gauge up. anyway going to go take the door card off now... should i be looking at a wiring problem or does this sound different by the way it went up then down then gave up?

so should the aux water pump be running in cold weather or all the time

but is that only when cold or when hot and cold? i remember hearing it a while ago but dont remember hearing it through summer, my heater stopped working last year so i know it wasnt due to this. maybe i am looking at a bigger repair then