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• Fiat Punto 1.2 2001 - Fiat Punto Just bought and engine is blown 1 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  about 15 miles into its first journey, Had it towed off the motorway and to a garage, who diagnosed overheating - Head Gasket failure. Car now probably beyond economic repair. The seller had the complete logbook showing the previous owners details. Where do we stand in relation to any
• Land Rover Range Rover - Honest advice on buying a used Range Rover 6 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  of age, male. I understand the Range Rover is going to have some pretty hefty expenses, but it is such a stunning multi purpose vehicle, and would easily tow my boat. What are your thoughts on my choices, has anyone had first hand experience of owning either of these cars? BTW, I am
• Citroen Dispatch 2001 1.9d non turbo - Engine won't start after major oil filter leak 16 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  , around 4 miles later it completely cut out. There was a lot of oil on the engine near the filter and all over the underside of the sump, side of alternator and surrounding area. I checked the dipstick and it looked almost empty. After being towed home I changed the oil and filter, nothing seems
• Ford Focus 2006 1.6 Zetec - Ford Focus 2006 Disaster 5 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  whatsoever when attempting to start the car. It's not turning over, trying to turn over, or doing much at all. Engine System Fault message displayed on dash. RAC came and tried new battery, tried boost pack and banged it with lots of sticks (honest!) and had no luck. Ended up having it towed
• KIA Ceed Sport 2L Diesel - Rapid Tyre Wear 20 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  . I bought the 2 litre as I tow a caravan. I’m wondering if it would be an advantage to replace the alloys with 15” steel wheels and tyres. These would be 195/65 R15. The idea is that I'd not not notice the potholes as much as I do with the 17" alloys, but am concerned that it may affect
• Toyota Avensis - New Engine 24 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  . I phoned my car rescue firm and they told me that a rod had gone down through something and basically there was nothing he could do so he towed me home. I am no mechanic and don't claim to know much about the workings of a car engine. My questions are simple. Does this sound repairable and if so
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  Why won't my Vauxhall Vectra start? 21 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2002 Vauxhall Vectra 2-litre DTI. I cannot start the engine. I tried with jump leads, and failed. Then I towed it with another car, and after...
• Ford Galaxy - no spare wheel 7 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  taken a few minutes wasted several hours .What happens at times like Christmas when no tyre shop is open I do not know  and on motorways you will now have to be towed for a simple puncture .What makes it worse is they provide a tyre repair kit for an amateur to use this is just asking for a blow
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 99 1.9HDi will not start 20 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  My peugeot 306 L hdi 2.0L estate,(1999), just cut out on me after it had been running o.k. The breakdown engineer could not start it, so towed me home. I took it to a peugeot dealer the diagnostics could not be accessed,they told me a new wiring loom + ecu MIGHT be required (cost £2400.00) When
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 01 1.8 Please help... my car won't start 21 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  be that). There is no smell of fuel at the a*se end, so even with pedal to the metal she's not flooding. My guess is that I'm going to need a diagnostics test run, however, with her not starting, I'm going to have to have her towed, I think. I'm a 24 year old female and am worried about being majorly ripped off by a garage
• Vauxhall Corsa B (1993 - 2000) - 97 1.2 Will not fire upll turn over thow 5 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  pump was not working and towed me home. Is it that, do you think? Also, the engine management light flashes when I try and start the car. The RAC said that that is probably when the car tries to turn over it all getting confused, and that something is wrong (I don't need a flashing light to tell me
• Car price guides. 9 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  extras such as a makers detachable tow bar, optional rear spoiler and optional rear bass speaker. The car looks in good nick apart from 2 small marks at the rear which he is going to send pics of tonight. I have spoke over the phone and he has said he would come down to £12500 maybe a little more, do you
• Using Dexron III instead of MErcon V 25 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  approx 8,000 miles a year) as this is an easy job to do. I intend to use my Mazda6 for towing a 4berth caravan, so wish to installa fluid cooler, and replace the very fluid regularly. Need to do a fluid change in the meantime anyway, as stuff in it is discoloured.... Apparnetly Mazda6 autobox
• Peugeot 306 Headlights Blinkin, Help !!! 4 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  hiya,ive just bought a peugeot 306 1.4 1995 not sure what model it is, it has full electrics so its quite a decent motor,appart from after i got it home.i towed it home on an A frame so had all the lights switched on, should have just put hazzards on ,but hey ho , you have to learn.any way i had
• Galaxy turns over - won't start 30 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  daughters to see other g'parents, Gal proceeds fine at first then after about 1 mile just stops completely. Will turn over and over but no life. AA man flummoxed, so he towed it to our (old) local garage in Portsmouth (we now live in Swindon - great!). I need to call the garage in the morning to explain
• Flatbed Trailers - Where? 2 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  this route before. The one I use regularly has a maximum gross weight of 2600kgs, hence effectively a two tonne payload. I tow with a Vauxhall Monterey (Isuzu Trooper), which has a plated gross train weight of around 5500. It weighs around 2000 itself, so, something with a MGW of 3500 would be ideal
• An expensive lesson 16 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  name of the proprietor before any work is done 5 Others I have yet to think about. The cost of my new engine was about £3000 and had it been much more then it would have been a toss up between fixing it and towing it to the breakers. Another thing, modern cars are complex and expensive to fix so
• Used 'new' Range Rovers 11 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  I am shortly about to look for an early 'new' Range Rover manual diesel to replace my company car. The reason for this is to tow a comparatively heavy, twin axle caravan (1350Kg) which we hope to upgrade to early next year. My budget will only run to dealer prices for an early 'm' 'n' reg Range
• VW Golf 1.6CL cambelt failure at 40,600 miles 17 Jan 2001 (Forum)
  Hello, everybody! The cambelt on my VW Golf 1.6CL (95M, 40,600 miles) broke as I was trying to start the car yesterday morning. It was towed to the nearest VW dealership whose service dept has just called me to tell me that after replacing the belt, the engine was misfiring and they were
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  BMW 318i steering column problem - is this common? 8 Jul 2022 (Ask HJ)
  We've owned our BMW 318i since 2004, when we bought it new. We recently had a problem with the ignition key not turning in the ignition keyhole next to...