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• Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - 02 1.9TDi - car gone nuts with white smoke 2 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Hi all, I've got another post going on with with the first symptoms and they came back with a few ideas. I've been playing and now the cars gone nuts. Initally I was geting a small amount of white smoke (diesel smelling, not oil / or coolant) when starting from cold. Yesterday i was playing
• Vauxhall Corsa C (2000 - 2006) - 2003 (December) 1.7CDTi - stalling when cold 25 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  Hi can anyone help me my car keeps stalling from cold unless you keep it reved up. the car will continue to stall untill the engine has gotten warm i.e 10 mins driving. i got the car in april 07 and from the end of may 07 has done this. i have had changed the following parts: coolant temp sensor
• Rover 45 (1999 - 2005) - 2001 1.8i XL - Is this a 'K' Series engine 12 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  cylinder engines because very low coolant capacity of engine means small leaks rapidly lead to overheating. Weakest point is water heated inlet manifold gasket. 1.8 K Series head gasket failures. How do I know if this car I'm going to look at is a 'K' Series engine? Thanks for any help.
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - 2002 1.6 running temperature 24 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  was open all the time it would never warm up. The heater does produce warm air after about 3 miles and seems fine even though the gauge isn't near 80. It could be a dodgy temp sender unit or the coolant ecu unit. To change the stat on these you are advised to remove cambelt, camshaft sprocket and timing
• Rover 420 SDI 2 litre turbo diesel fault 31 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  period (say 5 mins) after even just a mile or two from cold, it runs perfectly when re-started. The coolant temperature sensor, fuel filter and the glow plugs have been renewed. I only use Shell diesel fuel, never supermarket products. Any ideas? Thank you,
• 1998 Fiat Ducato running hot 8 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  the fan keeps it from doing so. The rad is missing quite a few sections of fins and the water level wont stay at maximum though it never drops below minimum. With the heater on, theres a smell of hot coolant in the cab. Given that any water loss isn't ongoing (only goes down to minimum) what could
• Audi A4 How Much Is It Worth? 15 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  specialist 6 Months Tax, 12 Months Mot 18 inch RS4 Wheels, New Tyres All Round CD Player Blue/purple metalic paint grey cloth interior good condition, no marks stains, i don't smoke Work Done In Last 6 months New brake pads front and rear All tyres replaced new coolant temperature sensor new battery new
• Weird A4 problems today... any ideas? 27 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  Coolant alarm suddenly went off on my 98 Audi A4 tdi (180k) today, so topped it up immediately - no obvious leaks etc, so I just put it down to not checking it often enough. 60 or so miles later, it went off again, so I checked under the car to find water dripping out pretty fast - although
• Rover 200 1999 1.4 - Unsolvable Problem 10 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  ) - Air Filter change - T4 Diagnostic carried out, no fault found - Forte fuel treatment used - Coolant Temperature Sensor As you can see where do I go next? Any help would be greatly appreciated, Andy
• Servicing my car 15 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  worthless by the time I've finished with it? Is the Ford main dealer service history worth keeping? I can't help thinking I'm just paying for nothing really and i'd be better off just changing the oil every 5k miles - coolant etc is the Ford 'long life' stuff that apparently never needs changing, it had
• Heater matrix pressure valve recall VW G 29 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Hi all I've got a lot of condensation in the cabin of my VW Golf Mk2 GTI, there's a funny smell when the heater is turned on, and the coolant level is dropping. It doesn't take a genius to work out that there's something amiss with the heater matrix or associated plumbing. However, I have heard
• White smoke from M Reg Astra 1.4 2 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  Having major problems with M Reg Astra 1.4. Was blowing out white smoke, going through hell of a lot of coolant and temperature gauge was hitting the red mark after only a few minutes stationary. Head gasket had blown so set about replacing it. Had head skimmed, replaced the thermostat, water pump
• cavalier derv cooling problem 28 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  of pressure has forced a small leak in the car\'s radiator, which has been temporarily cured using \'Rad-Weld\'. Today I fitted a new thermostat, re-filled the coolant and ran the car with the heaters on hot, full fan speed. The offending hose still balloons and the system will not bleed itself, or allow me
• Pug 306 Head Gasket? 4 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  on this car). Second was on Saturday I noticed that the radiator cap wasn't sealing correctly. A replacement sorted that out straight away & no more coolant loss, but I am getting pressure in the radiator after the car has cooled down. Not a lot of pressure, but I've heard that this is the first signs
• Vauxhall Omega 2.0 16V 3 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  had been losing water for a while as when I checked the coolant level I found that it needed to be topped up with around 2 litres of water. Since then, although the car still seems to be losing water I haven't noticed any more patches on the garage floor. Another, possibly unrelated, symptom
• Not getting top speed mph 27 May 2003 (Forum)
  , at start up, there is a lot of white smoke coming out of the exhaust which clears after a few mins. Oil level is okay and so is the coolant level. The engine is also quite erratic at start up but once warm, is okay. Someone suggested that I should change all of the glow plugs as one maybe faulty - would
• Dandy Highwaymen? 28 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  . Replace rocker cover gasket. Replace choke unit. Clean out inlet manifold. Sounds fair enough - the inlet manifold is preventing sufficient coolant circulating round the carb. What wasn't fair enough was the price! 200 quid for parts plus four hours labour (at 55 quid an hour). Plus obligatory VAT
• Ford Ka Misfire 6 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  , but the misfire is back - any ideas? I am reluctant to shell out for a set of HT leads (does anyone know how much they are?) especially since the problem seems to be temperature related. There are no warning lights, the coolant level/colour is fine and the rad fan is also fine. On the subject of taper fit plugs
• Servicing BMW 318i 30 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  for fully synthetic? 3. I also intend to change plugs and air filter, but should I also replace HT leads/dist cap/rotor arm as preventative maintenance? 4. I have phoned the BMW dealership which has serviced it during the last 2 years and they very helpfully went through their computer records. Coolant has
• Fiesta watery oil 1 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  it out for another week or so. I changed the head gasket a few weeks back, there was no sign of damage or of a cracked cyliner head, that I could see. And the coolant level seems to be stable. And a mechianic friend tasted the residue and said it isn't coolng fluid as it wasn't sweet (which anti-freeze