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• Mk1 Mondeo Idling Issues.. :( 26 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a 1.8L Petrol 1995 Mondeo LX. Its recently just had a new starter motor, plugs,oil filter etc. ( Its done 168,000 miles) It used to stall before I had the starter motor changed, but now it still does. It can sit at idle for some time, the idle speed will vary between 1200rpm and 950
• Sluggish 95M Xantia 1.9TDi VSX 27 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  150,000 mile Xantia. Sluggish. Oh so sluggish. Will barely accelerate at 70, doesn't go over 3,000rpm in lower gears without cutting out, smokes like a teenage mother. Car hasn't had an oil, oilfilter or airfilter change in 48,000 miles. I'm getting the owner onto this at the weekend
• Polo. Diagnose drivetrain noise please 21 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  in there and every thing looked good...so i regreased it and put the boot back ive also recently changed the gearoil..no swarf in the old oil so guys...what now? this wurr wurr is noticable from walking speed up to 50-60 where the road/engine noise cover it,its worse when not straight ahead and at its quietest
• Citroen ZX 1.9 Diesel 16 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  lately around the same time. I have changed the air filter, and the oil recently (the car is regularly serviced) as well as using some injector cleaner in the fuel, and this had no effect on either the economy or the smell. The car has done 79000 miles - and I am suspecting that it could
• Reviving a Fiat Punto.... 24 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  my wife's is a slightly older 5 dr SX. I want to help but I'm not sure where I should start; The battery is going to be flat - should I recharge it or would it be less hassle to get a new one (£25-30)? What other things should I look at? - oil/filter/coolant change, brakes, tyres, spark plugs
• Short Journeys & Gentle Driving 12 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  with petrol engines. Am I correct? If not, is there anything I should be doing (especially re rpm) apart from making each journey a *minimum* of three miles and changing oil and filter every 5000 miles? Thanks in anticipation of your help.
• Fiesta 1.25 slightly lumpy tickover 6 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  thought I'd stick some new ones in, followed by some new leads if this doen't help. (Ford ones) Strangely enough, the car performs perfectly otherwise - accelerating and cruising without missing a beat! Also, for the last 5 years, I've been running the car on Costco Chevron fully synth oil , changed
• Running in New Cars 5 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  1000 miles driven. However, with an average 10,000 miles driven in a year, it would take me about 9 months before I could completely use the car's full potential. How much of a difference does it make? What would other people recommend? Should I also give it an oil change (a fairly expensive one
• Clatter on Nissan 1.6 at 3-4,000 rpm 13 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  Only used to occur in the first two miles after a cold start, and was really loud. Now it has thankfully gone away. I got the car at 20k miles, 16 months old. iit happened with the oil Reg Vardy had serviced it with, and also with castrol Magnatec when I changed it. It disappeared shortly after I
• How to love a banger? 31 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  bought a K reg 1.5 diesel corsa. One owner, FSH, 80k miles mainly motorway and (get this HJ) oil change every six months from new. There is little chance it will be looked after quite like its previous owner. It will be properly serviced, but what are the basic essentials please, particularly to begin
• Nissan Sunny- sale advice 19 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  chain (I suspect) noisy on cold start . otherwise mechanically always kept up to scratch and regular oil /filter changes. fairly cheap insurance and £100tax. Any market you reckon!!!!
• Car servicing 6 Jan 2022 (Forum)
  ? I think not much. In most instances all non electric vehicles have an oil and filter change at every service but what else is actually DONE rather than just checked. The only way of determining whether an item has been serviced rather than checked is to look at the bill where items
• Toyota RAV4 xT3 2.2 d 4d. 2006. 120k - Transmission noise 20 May 2020 (Forum)
  /bearing type noise, evident from front of transmission tunel inside the car, changed the nearside wheel bearing, no difference, driveshafts seem to be ok, changed the oil in the gearboxes, all good and clean with no metal particles or chunks. I wonder if its time to replace the transfer box or main
• Ford fiesta - Juddering problem 13 Apr 2018 (Forum)
  and spark plugs help as they not been changed for 3/4 years. car has had new air filter and oil changed in the last 3 months
• Ford Focus - Rattle on engine stop TDCi 29 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  (reposting from Motoring Discussion section) I have posted before about clutch/DMF issues on the Focus 1.8 TDCi. I have recently bought one, 2009 with 134k. I decided that given the high mileage and a rattling sound that it would be prudent to change the clutch, DMF, slave cylinder
• Ford Focus - Rattle on engine stop TDCi 10 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I have posted before about clutch/DMF issues on the Focus 1.8 TDCi. I have recently bought one, 2009 with 134k. I decided that given the high mileage and a rattling sound that it would be prudent to change the clutch, DMF, slave cylinder and gearbox oil (as the car is young and in overall very
• Volkswagen Bora 2004 pd 130 sport - Bora TDI PD 130 is a Fecker to start!!! 15 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  also worked. Changes / replacements made include (all new)Glow Plugs / Fuel Filter 3 times / fuel Pump / 507.1 oil / Intercooler /Battery /crankshaft sensor / Shell diesel / clean inlet manifold / double check all seals / serviced reg... I generally do 90 miles of motorway driving a day
• ford mondeo r reg 2lt petrol - misfire, under power 3 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  at around 30/40 mph, it has not caused me any real problems and i have never bothered to get it looked at. last week i took the car in to a local garage to be checked over as i had a 1500 mile journey to do. they changed the oil, filter and air filter and squirted some stuff in the injectors to clean them
• Citroen C5 2006 1.8 LX - Citroen C5 - any advice good / bad / run away ? 20 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  One of my favourite lady friends is looking to change her car as she needs a comfortable mile muncher due to a change in jobs, family living a long way away, and the fact that her 02 Astra is getting through oil like the Queen mother used to get through Gin & tonics. Anyway she
• Ford Fiesta - Ford Fiesta 1999 T 1.25 zetec s heater always hot 2 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, i had an issue with my fiesta recently, it was randomly over heating, and the temperature of the heater inside the car was also whatever it decided to be at the time, i wasn't losing coolant or oil, and both were clean from one another. Some times i could do 100 miles trouble free