stevenc

I replaced mine with a Hella 4RA 007.507-051 several years ago.

I had exactly the same problem - droning at motorway speeds. Checked all the usual suspects - wheel bearings, driveshafts, tyres etc but found nothing wrong. I just happened to read somewhere about the condition of front brake disc rotors and it possibly causing the problem. Mine were very rusty so I cleaned off as much of the loose rust of as possible. I then took car out and did some heavy braking from speed (where safe to do so) to further clean up the rotor surface - problem sorted, no more droning.

The paintwork on my 11 year old car is really good except that a few years ago I noticed rust around the number plate lights on the tailgate. The last two summers I have tried to treat the rust and touch the paintwork back up, but however carefully I prepare and paint the rust starts re-appearing again after a few months. I have so far used a couple of different rust treatments - Flag Rust Converter and Kurust. Has anyone managed to succesfully stop the rust in this area and if so what did you use/do? Please don't suggest a new tailgate!

Just out of interest is your power steering on when you are unable to start the car? This was one of the wierd side effects of the intermittent starting problems I had. When I mentioned it on here a while ago I was told that this was impossible - the engine had to be running for the power steering to be on. But it was one of the symptoms I was experiencing.

In the following photo its the one with 100 written on it. This is inside the box to the right of the engine.

I had a similar problem with intermittent starting. I replaced the main relay in ignition circuit and have not had the problem since.

I have several offset ring spanners covering sizes 16 - 24mm that have worked fine for changing shock absorbers/removing top nut. E.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/KS-Tools-920-0216-ULTIMATEplus-spanner/dp/B001NYZSLI/ref=psdc_1939049031_t1_B001NYT102 https://www.amazon.co.uk/KS-Tools-920-0221-ULTIMATEplus-spanner/dp/B001NYT102/ref=sr_1_8

I suffered from intermittent starting for almost a year. Eventually I solved the problem by replacing the relay in the engine compartment with a new one (circled in red on attached image and labelled R1). At the same time I also checked and cleaned the earth strap that goes between the chassis and the engine that's in the battery/airbox area. The terminals on mine did have some corrosion. Since doing this the car has started first go every time.