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I appreciate the advice, but I suspect that I'm like most people and don't posess an oscilloscope :(

Thanks... micra 2000 I hear what ur saying about the cold weather and richer mixture for longer.....it figures. But (and yes, without figures) my gut feeling is that it's a little more than just that. camoxodka - interesting. I've not had much experience with lambda sensors.....I've never...

Ok, but my first impression is that the K11's consumption has changed to that of my other car which is a 1.4 corsa auto which only gives me c. 25-30 mpg. But I really boot the corsa and it is an auto box, so I expect this. The K11 is my girlfriend's and I don't drive it harshly by any means...

Hey all, Anyone got any ideas on curing increased fuel consumption on a 1.0L K11? I have no figures to base this on, but it really seems like the petrol is used up more quickly than before....3 months ago it seemed ok. I figured on changing spark plugs and air filter and re-checking for...

Finally.................It's sorted! So I thought I'd better pass back the info. After having checked and rechecked everything, I was beginning to wonder just how to go about testing to locate the problem. I thought that now I had a short circuit on the r/h headlight connector...

Still not sorted....... But, does anyone know what the realys are for in the small box next to the battery? There are 2 blue ones which seem to be the same, I wondered if they're for the headlights although I'm sure one person siad that the relays are in the dim/dip unit under the steering...

Thanks for the replies, I've checked all connections, fuses, fusable link box (connections & fuses....no corrosion) and the melted connector was replaced by soldering and heat shrink covering, but that main beam indicator just doesn't go off! So, given that when the r/h headlight connector...

?Tin? them.......do you mean like when u tin the tip of a soldering iron? You tinned the fuses? I've never heard of this..............o_O

Well, this one's got me stumped........... I've checked the fusebox near the battery and all was ok. Took the fuses out and had the box upside down. No corrosion, fuses are ok, nothing disconnected or broken, in fact it all looked in pretty good shape. The only thing I've noticed was that...

Ok, will do. Many thanks Lowrider ( and to Micra 2000 for previous reply )

Hi, I soldered and covered with heat shrink. I'd read somewhere before that someone had the same problem, but the new connector had cured it for them. My plan next is to check the fuses and fusable link box, but I thought that any fuse-type probs would result in no power to the whole...

Hi all, A friend asked me to look at her K11, 1999 Micra which is having headlight problems. She had a headlight bulb on the driver's side replaced by Halfords, who advised her that the (almost melted) connector should be dealt with asap.She appeared 2 weeks later at mine with a bulb and...