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• Mercedes Benz - Mercedes with service history ? 3 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Firstly let me apologise for reading the Sunday Mirror occasionally . The great Quentin Wilson has a motoring page including readers questions and this week a Mercedes owner claiming to be hard-up asks for advice on servicing , his petrol E-class has done 60k without even an oil change !
• Mitsubishi Carisma (1995 - 2004) - 03 1.6 Sump Nut spanner size 22 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Hi Want to do an oil change on this car. Does anyone know the correct size spanner needed to undo the sump nut? Also to loosen the nut do I need to turn clockwise or anti clockwise? Thanks
• Toyota Yaris (1999 - 2005) - 2003 1.0 New clutch problem 5 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Sonds like clutch drag. If this is a hydaulic clutch then get them to bleed it and try again. If cable then the auto adjusteder may be stuck. Where if the bite point with the clutch. Did they change the gear box oil when they did the clutch. Regards Peter
• Servicing..is it a rip off.. 6 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  I recently went in to get my 20,000 mile (Diesel)service done at my local Pug dealer and came out for a bill of £230...for basically an oil change. Why does it cost so much for so little (I even had to ask nicely to get my tyres rotated). Is it me or is it just a dealer rip off?
• fiat tipo turbo diesel bad mileage 14 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  My car is constantly chucking out a cloud of dark grey/black smoke from the exhaust. The fuel and air filters have been changed recently and it doesn't use oil or water so I assume this is due to overfuelling??? Any ideas as to how I could adjust this myself????
• Amazing Astra 24 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Reading the latest news story makes me wonder what the service history of this car looks like. Has it had oil changes every 5,000 miles using Miller's or similar. Or has it had stuff Barry Mead picks up at the local spares shop for £2.99 a gallon? Whatever the secret is of this cars long life
• pattern parts 10 Dec 2000 (Forum)
  My car is a 91 1.6 Astra which has covered 76000 miles. I change the oil regularly and was wondering what the difference is between a filter costing £2 from a local motor factor and either a champian filter from Halfords or GM from Vaxhaull. As the filter is only on the car about 3 months would
• Revving 2.0i 16v megane cabriolet 4 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  no change, fitted a k & N still no change, new thermostat and still no change. Changing oil and filter tomorrow iv even flushed the engine out with proper engine flush and make it was the MPG has gone to 28.3 miles per gallon because of this RPM problem ehen they rise and stick and cant get
• Berlingo Gearbox Whine & Wear - Berlingo Gearbox Whine & Wear 7 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  , and its very hard to get into the gears with clutch fully depressed. Is now back in garage, they have charged me for gearbox oil, but tech said he didn't re-new it, juts put old lot back in. The gears selected fine and made no noise at all before clutch change, in fact the box was absolutly
• Nissan Almera Tino - Check Engine Light - what is it...? - FIXED 27 Jul 2014 (Forum)
  they've worked on a LOT of 1.8 petrol engines with stretched cam chains.. Tends to be on Primeras. They say that the problem occurs when the vehicles have not had regular oil changes. Old oil carbonises problems occur.   I should also say that my car has gone from using 0.5l of oil per
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  Chrysler Grand Voyager - can't select 1st gear 5 Nov 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a 2003 Chrysler Grand Voyager 2.5 manual a few weeks ago, but I am having trouble with the gearbox. I either find it difficult to select 1st gear...
• Mercedes Benz E-Class W210 (1995 - 2002) - 98 3.0TD Oil cooler & new fan for caravan towing? 30 May 2008 (Forum)
  For about two years now I've been towing a large caravan (2-axle 1241 kg) with my 99 Audi A4 2.5TDi, with no real problems. Changed to a lovely 98 E-Class estate auto with a 3000TD engine, very well kept. Now I've been given some advice that Mercedes Auto trans. cars need to have an oil cooler
• Buyer cancelling cheque? 17 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  for the previous oil change (In 2002). I am worried they may now cancel the cheque, and try and return the car to me (assuming they get it started). Can anyone advise me what my (and their) rights are. I'm delighted to have sold it and really don't want it back. Thanks Pete p.s I know cash or bankers draft
• VW Polo GTI - Used car problems - help with rejecting car 28 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  first though with these early GTI engines that came out in 2010. Tons of evidence out there of people having engine replacements under warranty, oil consumption tests, piston ring changes etc etc. My polo has no record of any of this work being carried out by VW. It has 4 previous owners
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  Apparent misfire when cold BMW 1 Series F20 118iSport 2014 - 14 plate 6 Feb 2016 (Ask HJ)
  Hi. Car is 23 months old, c13k miles. Main dealer supplied. It has developed an apparent misfire when starting from cold - engine runs rough, reduced/no...
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  Vibration on acceleration 11 Mar 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I am suffering vibration through the floor during acceleration, particularly 1st 2nd 3rd gear (high torque), the whole car shakes, it disappears as torque...
• Toyota Landcruiser LC4 - Toyota Landcruiser engine failure 19 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  , the oil light came on and it rattled big time! I had to get it recovered back to my local Toyota agent who took the engine out and stripped it down. The cause was found to be the copper sealing washers under the injectors, 3 had been letting combustion gases past the seal and so contaminating the oil
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  I'm faced with a huge bill for turbo issues with my diesel car - should it be repaired under warranty? 10 Mar 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2015 Vauxhall Insignia. I’ve only had the car just over a year, but a couple of weeks ago it broke down with white smoke belting out the back...
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  Suspected oil cooler failure 23 Aug 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I have already contacted you about this before but it seems to be still ongoing. It started when the coolant low light came on so we stopped and called...
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  Should I have my Citroen Picasso's timing belt changed before a 2000-mile journey? 7 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My 2003 Citroen Picasso 1997cc with a mileage of 84,000 has just had a tow bar fitted, and will be travelling with a caravan on a 2000-mile round trip....