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• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 01 1.6 ECU lamp -how do you clear it? 9 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a peugeot 306 2001, 1.6 meridian. The other day I put new battery in, took it for a spin but the positive terminal was loose so it brought up the ECU light as it juddered for a few moments. I reconnected pos terminal and car runs no problem I've tried disconnecting battery for 10 mins
• Subaru Forester (1997 - 2002) - 2002 2.0 Sport - Heater blower on but ignition off 12 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I got into my Forester yesterday to find the heater blower running, this was before I'd put the key in the ignition. I always have it on at least number 1 when using the car. When I tried to start the car the battery was flat, presumably caused by the blower running since it was last used over
• FIAT Punto (1994 - 1999) - 96 1.2 Starting Problems( 3 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Hi guys, I own a 1996 MK 1 Fiat Punto 1.2 75 ELX MPI. About 3 months ago my head gasket went, I had it changed at a car garage and when I got it back it wasn't timed correctly. I re-timed it myself and it was then running okay and it was running okay and starting first time Until a couple
• Volvo V70/XC70 (2000 - 2007) - 02 2.5 Smoky D5 Engine 3 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  smoke and then a billow as the car accelerates. The smoke is black. Looks like over fuelling. The engine runs very smoothly, mpg is good as ever, performance is slightly down on normal. Only noticed the problem this week and i have run the tank right down, put common rail injector cleaner through
• Audi A4 B6 (2001 - 2005) - 02 3.0 engine coolant temperature circuit high 15 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  hi there my sister has an audi A4 quattro 3.0L V6 52plate the problem is sometimes it turns over but wont start i plugged my diagnostics in and up came P0116 and P0118 it was telling me the engine coolent temp circuit was high also when the engine heated up it would not run properly and the engine
• Mazda Mazda 2 (2003 - 2007) - 07 1.4 Coil pack and HT leads. 31 May 2008 (Forum)
  Experienced poor running since mid-March 2008. Dealer diagnosed that the coil pack needed replacing and replaced this on May 6th. Then diagnosed that the HT lead was corroded and needed replacing. They cobbled together a HT lead together from another car to keep the two running. I had booked
• Ford - 53 2 Ford Duratorq rough running & smoke 19 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  In a London Taxi, same lump as early Galaxys & some Mondeos I think: seems to have better acceleration with the turbo pressure hose unplugged off the EGR...
• Audi A6 + RS6 (1997 - 2004) - N reg Avant 2.0 petrol - Occasional misfire 26 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  I have inherited my late father's Audi A6 petrol Avant and whilst it generally runs well and returns 34mpg I have had a nagging problem. It has a misfire sometimes! It is more a hesitation or hiccup rather than a regular miss. The odd thing is that if the engine is switched off and restarted
• Skoda Fabia 2 (2007 - ) - hard ride-1.9 diesel 9 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  I,ve posted this on the discussion forum, but with no response so far. Has anyone out there run a new Fabia with the 1.9 diesel? I had the old model and loved it, but the new one- in my opinion, and I have been a professional vehicle engineer in my past,- has a very rough, uncomfortable, harsh
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 2006 TDCi - Diesel starting on veggy oil 9 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I have a 2006 Focus TDCi. It has always been a good starter and ran well - until now. A number of friends are running up to 25% vegetable oil in their 5 year old diesels so I decided to try it. I put a small percentage in a full tank of diesel - 6 litres in about 45 litres of fuels and it worked
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - (98-04)1.8 Zetec. Dealer overfilling of engine oil 22 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  the maximum notch. I am not too bothered about this but would like someone to put my mind at rest. Also when I have run the engine for say 3 minutes from cold and then I check the oil, there are a few bubbles visible in the oil on the dipstick. Is this normal to have some bubbles after the engine has been
• Audi 80 Mk II (1991-1995) - Smoking VAG TDI engine 18 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  My Audi 80TDI has suddenly started smoking when the engine is ticking over after a run. The car has covered 120K mostly local miles and has a full VW service history. My VW specialist has treated the engine with injector cleaner and recommended a long run to clear the exhaust out. But after
• Renault Megane (1996 - 1998) - Oil changes-- hot or cold, sir? 30 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  is that viscosity *increases* with temperature, would it not be better to drain it when it's cold? In addition, if the engine has not been run for a few hours -- or days -- then the oil will have drained off the up-and-down and round-and-round bits back into the sump. And when the oil runs over your fingers
• 51 Dualfuel Vectra cutting out on LPG 6 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  My 136k Dualfuel Vectra has started cutting out when running on gas, usually when going from overrun to drive (ie going onto roundabouts, accelerating after slowing for corners etc. Continues running after manually switching to petrol, but then will not switch back to gas. If I turn the ignition
• VW mk2 1L Polo and a Pierburg 1b3 9 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  right. mk2 1043cc polo with 1b3 on it. over 2 weeks,was getting a little harder to cold start. then on one night of warm engine drive, it kepts stuttering as if it had run out of fuel, then recovering itself again.(has a new filter b4 that happened) limped home. looked in morning and it failed
• 206 HDI ECU Problems? 7 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  Hi The last couple of days my Peugeot 206 1.4 HDi (2004) has started to misbehave. When the car has just been started from cold and has not been running for more than a couple of minutes the dashboard sometimes decides to reset itself following the sequence it follows when I first turn
• VW Bora Heater 22 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Okay, I tried this in Technical with no response. Maybe one for Aprilla? My wife has a VW Bora 1.9TDi, 90PS which is now used for mostly local runs after a life of longer runs with me. In the winter the heater has always taken a good few miles to get up to full heat (around 10 minutes). I have
• Ford Focus aircon 11 May 2006 (Forum)
  I don't suppose I've done too badly given it's worked perfectly for 7 years but I think the gas has run out on my aircon. I was just moving the car and had the aircon on and you can hear the condenser kicking in every 10 seconds or so and the air doesn't feel especially cold. Is this because
• Problem after timing belt change - Astra 27 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Hi I have just had a new timing belt fitted to my 2000 Astra Coupe, the care was running perfectly before i had it done. I drove the car out of the garage and it seemed to feel very sluggish. When its idleing, the rev counter is jumping all over the place, and almost goes to stall, then revs
• Hyundai diesel engine query 1 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  . Is this simply condensation? It is also quite sluggish for the first 1/2 mile or so. Also, even when the car has returned from a good long fast run, the smell of the car exhaust is quite oily. And I would say that the economy of the car on a good long run, is not marvellous at about 32mpg at best. Do people