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• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2002 Diesel problem - glowplug light flashes 11 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  I am at my witts end, I have a ford focus 2002 diesal, I love my car, Its been very reliable, however about a month ago I was driving up the lane and it cut out!! Just like that, It wouldnt start again for love or money. I had it towed home, changed the fuel filter and tryed again. I turn
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - 00 2.8 Suspect blown head gasket 6 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  split/cracked, he then towed me home. Is there anyway a mechanic will be able to diagnose this as the definite cause before taking my engine to pieces? Prior to this I have had no probems, no loss of power or anything, I did however add some antifreeze to the radiator yesterday and was wondering
• Nissan Almera (2000 - 2006) - 04 1.8auto - lacking power. 3 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  Hi I have had my car check by two garagers one was my local garage and one was Nissan dealer. My car a few days ago is laking in power almost like I am towing something. It pulls ok from 0.30 ish ok but affter that when you start to notices the power loss,on a long stright road I can get the car
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 01 2.0tddi - no fuel in filter 31 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  and finaly cut out and would not start again,i had the car towed home and was told it may be fuel filter blocked and may needed changing ,so went bought new filter took old filter off and noticed there was no fuel in it,so before i put the new filter on i filled it with diesel connected everything back up
• Toyota RAV 4 (2000 - 2006) - Deal or no deal? 20 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  , and it looks fine to me. Spec is 2.0TD, 55plate, 59k miles, 1 owner from new with main dealer FSH, 5 door XTR with heated leather seats, and recently fitted Witter tow bar (not yet used!!). She has offered it to me at the p/ex price of £6k, and in addition will have a 62k service (with new cambelt)and 2 new
• Nissan Patrol (1992 - ) - Watsit worth, guv ?? 26 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  open from outside , worn boot carpet, intermittent passenger electric window etc . But it's in gunmetal grey metallic, and on a rainy day looks almost macho . It never fails to start and has done a genuine 98000 miles from new with no towing . I owned it Ist from 1998 and then eventually sold
• FIAT Punto (1994 - 1999) - 96 1100 Driveshaft problem - help please? 26 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  About a year ago my BiL aquired with my help a "bangernomics" 1108cc Punto with the FIRE engine. It has given him 20k of uneventful service the only expenditure being a new lower engine mount. About three weeks ago he suddenly lost all drive, picked up by RAC and towed to garage who found
• Ford Escort (1990 - 1992) - 1994 1.6LXi - Immobiliser Problems 8 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  minutes. Went back to the car tried to start it but it wouldn't fire up! Really couldn't understand it. I had it towed back to my home and called a mechanic out. He ran all the usual checks such as fuel pressure, crankshaft and spark plug test. He then informed me that the immobiliser was stopping
• Citroen Saxo (1997 - 2003) - 1.4 Immobiliser problem 24 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  on the car. I now have no idea where i lie with this problem. Citroen are telling me it MIGHT be the alarm and the garages are tellin me its within the ECU. Can anyone plz help me coz its costing me a lot of money at the min and its takin up a lot of my time towing the car bak and forth. Is there anyway
• New engine - third time lucky? 14 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  and after a few checks the guy diagnosed a fuel delivery problem, probably a failed fuel pump. The car was towed to my home, and then taken this morning to the nearby VW dealers. I phoned this afternoon to check progress to be told it needed a new engine because a bolt in the cam belt tensioner had broken
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 01 1.8 Electrics gone haywire 19 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  . The battery reading when tested was flicking inbetween the "green ok" section of the meter and the red to the right side. He said it should just be steady in the "green ok". He said the alternator might be spiking as well. Anyway was towed home. This couldnt have come at a worst time for me financially
• What would you do - neighbour spraying car 27 May 2008 (Forum)
  - he jsut continued waving the can about. 7/8 years ago I spent hours cleaning silver paint the from of my then pristine car. He had sprayed the tow bar of a delapidated caravan. I cannot put the new car in the garage as 1) The other car is in it 2) the new car is too tall and too wide - 21st
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2000 1.8 TDDI Fuel Pump Problem 19 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  down I told them to work on it when they had no other work on. Now 6 weeks later the engine has been rebuilt but I am now being told the engine will not start and the mechanic thinks it is because the battery has been off for so long the ecu has lost its settings. He towed it to the local ford dealer
• Vauxhall Astra F (1991 - 1998) - 95 1.4 petrol - Not Starting... 19 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  The car is a Astra 1.4 petrol 1995, my wife drove the car yesterday, she told me the car began to lose power and as she pulled over the car cut out and refused to start. Having towed the car back home i was able to look at it today, first i removed the cambelt covers and found that the cambelt had
• Rover 75 (1999 - 2005) - Rover no more 21 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Having parked the car on friday for a morning in the office I returned to it to find a police car and three tow trucks some nice person who the police have yet to apprehend although they know who he is decided to use his brothers car and ran into three parked cars,all three plus the car he
• Ford Fiesta (1989 - 1995) - 93 1.1 petrol. coolant sensor location 30 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  tick over and run perfectly every time on a bump start 20 yard tow. Any help welcome. Many thanks
• Two cars to choose from - what would you choose? 9 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  , don't carry much stuff with me, but I do tow a caravan 6-8 times a year. I do a lot of miles, hence the diesel. A test drive of the mondeo was really too short to get a feel for the car. I had 10 minutes and was told by the dealer that if I wanted a longer drive I need to hire one! So, should I go
• Omega Write-off Value 3 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  Hi All Some woman in a Mazda 6 rear ended my miggy this morning on the way to work. She hit me good and hard - her airbags went off and it took two tow trucks to winch the cars apart. My car is 8 years old, so given that and the damage my insurers have decided it's a write-off. Which is a shame
• Golf MkIV Fuel starvation/throttle issue 5 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  opening the fuel valve. Took it into VW and all they did was reset the ECU. Everything ran fine until last Friday when the engine cut out again. This was as I was changing down from 3rd to 2nd. Couldn't get it started and it was towed back to my house. I got to recovered to a VW garage but before I did
• Golf MK2 - clutch problem? 19 May 2007 (Forum)
  found that the clutch cable was slack inside the engine compartment and I had to tighten the clutch cable adjustment nut as far as it would go. Then it worked fine. I drove the car on a local journey, and got a mile from my house before the clutch hit the floor. I paid £40 to get it towed home. I