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• Bargain GTX Magnatec - only £7 /litre 15 May 2003 (Forum)
  - but after this experience I think I've changed my mind! Can anyone better this for a rip-off oil price? It irks me in the same way that restaurants will charge £20 for a bottle of wine they've picked up from the cash & carry for a fiver - and all they have to do is pull the cork. Mind you, I did get
• Mondeo balance/alignment 2 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  I suspect I know the answer to this, but just in case: Took the Mondeo in for an oil change yesterday, Ford Rapid fit. Bloke shimmies over looking shifty afterwards, conversation goes like this. Bloke: You got uneven tyre wear there mate. You want us to check the balance and alignment? Me: Well
• Service intervals 17 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  this as a matter of course and over the years must have saved me no end of hassle. They also believe in 6K oil changes, as recommended by HJ, especially in multi-valve engines that don't receive the benefit of regular hard motorway driving. Regards KenA
• Overheating Peugeot 405 18 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  , the fan cuts in and continues to do so constantly until the car is moving again, when it quickly returns to its normal temperature. This may not sound disastrous but is not standard behaviour for this car. I have changed the radiator (this cured a similar problem a number of years back, and it was a bit
• Tappets 18 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  My German motor has done a 115k (A4 1.8 20v, 95N) great car and all that, change oil at 5k, cam belt at 40k, plugs & filters every year, etc. Follow the old HJ bible... But the engine is begining to sing like a sewing machine, well slight exageration, but certainly never 'tinkered' like
• Vw golf mk5 1.9 tdi - Fuel pump problems and some 16 Mar 2019 (Forum)
  with the air mass fuel sensor, spark plugs or the fuel pressure regulator? And it's due a service so this weekend I will put fuel injector cleaner in then change fuel, air and oil filters and I think maybe the spark plugs will need to be changed also. It's spent a lot of money on it in the last
• Peugot 307 - EGR valve 6 May 2015 (Forum)
  from a 2 week holiday to find that my 76 year old father had decided to give me a nice surprise and change the EGR valve on my car knowing that I had had problems with it for quite a while. He has always done the work on our cars but in recent years due to age has simply stuck to the occasional oil
• Saab 9-5 Aero - Fettling the front calipers 20 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  .  I noticed a few weeks ago, when I removed the front wheel to change the oil, that  the pads were well down, so I have a fresh pair waiting to be fitted (time and weather permitting). I was wondering whether they had worn more quickly because the pistons weren't backing off as much as they used
• Time for a change of Identity 16 May 2003 (Forum)
  I feel a change of name coming on, as the Bora is once again running like a three legged donkey suffering an asthma attack, and i regret buying a car where you have to undo 6 bolts, 3 pipes, replace 2 gaskets and remove half the inlet manifold just to replace the number 2 spark plug I like
• Volkswagen Golf V (2004 - 2008) - 105TDi - the first 30/90 (months/k miles) 21 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  just the litre of longlife liquid gold that had come with the car ? and it wasn?t on minimum/empty when it was changed, either! 10k miles later, I got a suction unit and changed the (majority of the) oil with more longlife. The result? The service due came up again at 18600 miles? Events meant that I
• 2008 Mazda 6 2.0 Diesel - Losing Power 1yr+, Engine & DPF Light & Rising oil 28 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  the car then flew forward. I thought it must have been my driving, and let it go to the back of my head. But then it kept happening, and in the space of minutes continue driving well again. I noticed it was once initially after changing gear it would have no power, so id put my foot to the floor
• CITROEN BERLINGO MULTISPACE DESIRE - BIG PROBLEMS WITH TURBO AND INJECION ON BERLINGO 4 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  the accelerator.  First look bya garage diagnosed the EGR malfunctioning but when car was put into garage  diagnosis changed to turbo bearing!!! This went from a quick clear up job to replacement turbo at cost of around £960.  We were told wear and tear was the problem. On a 5 year old car
• Vauxhall Astra 2.0 Diesel - 2013 Vauxhall Astra - Worst Deal Ever??? 8 Mar 2023 (Forum)
  . To me this looks like a no-brainer, given that the car has basically broken down twice in two months (and one time had to have the oil changed due to 2 litres of diesel being in it). I’ve bought a £4k car that needs £5k worth of work, in less than 2 months of me owning it and driving
• Volvo V40 - Volvo New 2.0l diesel reliability 7 Dec 2015 (Forum)
  three days to repair my car when I went to collect it I was told by the service manager that my egr was fine and in actual fact it was my oil level to high, I slight comment about how I should be more careful topping up oil, before I cut him off and explained I did not top up my oil. He had
• Peugeot 308 feline - Very hard to select gears from cold start 27 Nov 2023 (Forum)
  Having an issue at the min with my 2014 308 when starting from a cold start car is almost impossible select reverse ,also 1st gear very notchy ,almost as if you are having to force it into gear ,spoken to Peugeot regarding the gearbox oil which apparently is not scheduled to be changed at any
• Golf mk5 1.9 tdi, 2008, 150k miles - Weird sound from engine bay. 21 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  don't know too much about the car mechanics. I've bought a car 3 months ago from a dishonest dealer. The dealer claimed that he did replace a timing belt, water pump and oil. When I've checked the reviews about him- the people been complaining that he doesn't know what he is doing (can
• Vaxhaull Vivaro - Vivaro Power Loss 25 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  that sorted out no problem. I then had it serviced by a local garage. He changed the oil (though the filter doesn't look new) Also fuel filter, air filter. Picked it up drove it home on side roads no problem, felt great!!! Jumped on the motorway next morning, got to about 3000rpm
• VW Golf 1.9 tdi / 1.6 petrol approx 03 plate - Diesel or Petrol 11 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  7000-8000 miles (mainly local driving) and get a 6 month oil change between services taking the usual precautions of leting it run idle a few minutes after journey completed etc should i avoid any major problems? also on some runs the engine may not fully warm up. i appreciate that my driving
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 01 1.6 Erratic idle, air con & almost cutting out 28 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  in a diagnostic machine a no faults were registered. He thought that it might be the Idle control valve so he replaced that but it didnt change anything, so he put the old one back in. I have just serviced it myself - changing plugs, oil and filter and air filter. Also if i have the aircon on the car
• Vauxhall Cavalier (1988 - 1995) - 94 1.8 misfire/judder when idle 12 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  hi new to forum recently bought a old cav as a winter hack while motorbike comes off the road for the winter.was running perfect when i bought it.parkesd it on the drive about a week later replaced rocker cover gasket as it was leaking,topped oil up with some 15w40 semi synthetic.started it up