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• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 2003 2.0 Air con and radiator fan on contiuously 11 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Recently my air con and radiator fan started running continuously when the engine was running. This is a June 2003 TDCi. Air con switch did nothing. Heater controls are the 3 round dials (pre-climate control) Fault was found to be the heater control panel which has all sorts of electronics
• Vauxhall Astra G Diesel (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.7 problem with diesel pump ? 12 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  and the breakers assured me that it was off a running car , i have fitted it and got it started but it runs terrible ! could the timing be out ? it does say in the manual that the ecu controls the timing but when taking the old pump off and putting the new one on i did notce that the timing sprocket
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 1999 1.4 starting problems 12 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  my vw golf keeps dying when i start it. this site was reccomended to me for some advice. when i turn the key the engine turns over then just dies. it sounds like it wants to start but gives up. it runs really well apart from this. it eventually starts after maybe 20 or 30 trys. keeping my foot
• Ford Fiesta (1989 - 1995) - 93 1.1 Transmission problem 17 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  My Daughter has a 1993 Ford Fiesta I think its 1.1. She was driving along normally when suddenly he car lost transmision. She got it towed back to her house. The Engine runs ok and you can select any gear without using the clutch while the engine is running Obviously the car doesnt move. I can
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 2006 1.6 Air con does not work 5 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  My fathers 2006 Focus II 1.6 Duratec engine, air con stopped working yesterday. He had run the air con regularly at least once a week winter and summer following HJ's instructions about duration of running and cold first then hot to dry things out. Yesterday (hottest day of the year I guess) it did
• steam cleaning an engine 26 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  I want to clean my engine (planning on doing this every 2000 miles or so mainly for asthetics) but years ago to do this you only had to make sure the engine was running and warm but in todays world, where cars are full of itsy bitsy complicated and delicate sensors and chips and all sorts of hi
• Vauxhall Astra F (1991 - 1998) - 1993 1.6 Would like to get this car to 200k 26 May 2008 (Forum)
  hello I've got apetrol astra estate that i would like to get to 200k (it's on 190) just to see if i can and because it's in quite good nick and i'm skint. Anyway.. It was running fine until it went for an MOT recently and has come back running like a dog. It judders when I pull off, and sounds
• Ford Escort (1993 - 2000) - V reg 1.8TDi - Will it run on Bio-Diesel? 20 May 2008 (Forum)
  Hi All, I would like to know your thoughts on this product, i read it in an article in the Sunday post some of you's might also have seen it. It is called...
• Renault Espace (1985 - 1997) - 94 2.0 Starting / Idle problem 28 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  seconds running. Tride again and eventually it was running, but idle was erratic racing up and down. Settled down after a minute or two and drove fine. (No Check engine light came on) It recently had a fast idle problem and this was fixed by cleaning the Idle Control Valve. Can't take it back
• Citroen Saxo (1997 - 2003) - '00 1.4 eng. code KFX - losing power when warm. 13 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  My mates furio has an infuriating intermittent problem. Sometimes the car runs fine and more frequently now it does not. Starting from cold is fine but as it warms power is lost and an extra gearchange is needed to maintain progress. Yesterday after having been driven in town traffic from cold
• Volkswagen Passat (1988 - 1997) - 1997 'R' 1.9tdi 115BHP boost issue 30 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, Long time no post ! I have a work mate who is running a 1998 VW passet 1.9tdi (115BHP I think) which he had a number of issues with........ The current issue: The car starts fine and runs okay.........but it appears to have little to no 'boost', further more, when the car hits about
• Audi A4 (1996) 1.8 starting problem 17 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  On 3 occasions in the last 6 weeks my A4 has refused to start. Well it starts and revs for approx 2 seconds then dies. After repeated cycles of this it eventually starts and runs OK. Yesterday it did this at my local garage (it was in for a bodywork job). I left the car with them but of course
• Toyota Auris (2007 - ) - Chugging noise 5 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  . I'm sure it was at the side of the car and not the engine bay. My only thoughts are it could be air running past the tyres or air running past the mudflaps or contours of the car. I also noticed a high tapping sound like stone on stone which gets faster as the wheels turn and wonder
• car security 19 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Jump starting one car from the other last night in the pouring rain. Both cars in position and the doner car running, shut driver's door and central locking kicks in (supposedly not working!) So there I am with a locked car (bonnet still shut), engine running with £30 of fuel in it in the pouring
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 1.6 petrol cam belt issues 8 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  My car is a 1998 Golf MK IV 1.6 Petrol. I recently had a new cam belt kit fitted as my car had done 80,000 miles. The problem is that now it seems to run very harsh at cruising speeds (65-70 mph). The rev counter shows the same revs at 70 mph as before, but the car feels like it's very shrill
• Could we run Jaguar 22 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  I have just looked out the bedroom windown - down onto the top of an 07 plate Jag XK in racing green - visiting next door. What a stunning looking car...
• diesel mondeo wont start 22 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  packed up,why would this happen out of the blue when the car was running lovly in till this happened never given me a problem before and its never been run low on diesel allways kept at half a tank and i just filled the car up can this just happen for no reason and i allways put in decent fuel
• complex wiring issue(not model specific) 17 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  heres one to tax peoples brains, I nedd to make up a simple circuit that is live when the ignition is on and engine running but will go dead if either the key is turned off or the engine stalls. Im sure there is a way to do it and Im almost certain its something to do using some sort of circuit
• vaux astra mk3 loss of coolant 15 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  I have a astra mk3 s reg 1.6 8 valve , lost all coolant out of exspansion tank and heat .on topping up and running the car I noticed alot of pressure building up in the tank.I also took off the oil filler cap here i noticed mayonase on the cap and alot of whiteish smoke coming out
• BMW 740 rough when cold 6 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  My mates 1994 BMW 740 is running poorly when cold. It starts fine and feels as though the mixture is OK for the first few hundred yards. After that the revs drop considerably and it feels as if it is going to stall, but doesnt. When fully warmed-up it runs sweet. Its as if the sensors think