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• Supercharger vs turbo 15 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  HI Can anyone explain what is different between thses two terms. I owned a tubo Diesel some years ago and the turbo useto cut in and out . Is a supercharger the same or does it run at all revs..ie a small engien working hard! thanks alan
• Air Con - Another Question 7 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  Thank you for all the replies to my previous question. A final thought, if you need to run your air con all the time to keep it working properly and avoid expensive repairs, why do manufactures provide you with the facility to switch it off?
• More High Mileage Questions 20 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  With mega high mileage (125,000+miles), 3-4 year old ex-fleet cars worth very little at auction. What would people pick as the most likely to run for a further 3 years & 50,000 miles without major expense?
• Stalling Vectra 11 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  An aquaintance overseas with an Opel Vectra has had a stalling problem. Dealer originally changed slow running valve plus installed a filter to stop oil getting in it but no avail. Now he appears to have changed the oil pickup pipe problem appears cured, any thoughts?
• Petrol Additives 2 Feb 2001 (Forum)
  Does anybody have any recommendations for any particular petrol additives / detergents??? Also, Is it worth using a detergent??? Honest John says about the 420: "T16 2.0 litre engine apt to coke up its valves if run on cheap petrol with inadequate detergent content". Cheers, Chris
• Tesla - Do EV batteries explode in a collision? 2 Aug 2023 (Forum)
  loose. Multiple explosions some are fairly big with white smoke and flames while everyone is running for cover. Is it possible for the batteries to actually explode? I thought EV batteries can catch fire and can't be put down due to the chemical run off but wasn't aware of actual
• Land Rover Discovery Sport - Disco Sport v older X5 1 Jan 2023 (Forum)
  Hi my knowledge of cars is limited to put it v v mildly, as my post will show. In short, I have a 2015 2L Disco Sport HSE Luxury - pan roof, white leather, all black wheels, paddle gears, step/running boards, top spec blah blah 75k fsh. But…after two/three years happy motoring the dreaded electrics
• What to do with car for three months? 16 May 2022 (Forum)
  saving. - Have my son pop round occasionally to start it up and let it run for a while. SORN and insurance still apply. - Have him added to the insurance and he take it for a spin occasionally. Cost unknown. Not sure how close to a socket the car will be, so a trickle charger may
• Kia Soul - kia soul 11 Oct 2021 (Forum)
  hi again  I'm now considering and researching the kia soul , does anyone have any views. Probably a 2013/14 kia soul mainly school runs of about 20 mile round trip twice a day ( 40 ish miles total ) each trip is about 3miles town/slow drive and 17 miles 50 - 60mph . I added
• Ford Galaxy - Needing advice on buying a banger 22 Sep 2021 (Forum)
  third kid, and both my wife and I run our own businesses. So our thinking is this; Buy a banger of a 7 seater, and a decent city car (Mii/citigo/up etc). Looking for your thoughts on this - https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/202109117264775?utm_campaign=Email_a_Dealer
• Peugeot 307 SW - Bought a trade car with no V5C 13 May 2021 (Forum)
  Hi A friend has just bought a car privately from someone who works in the motor trade who was running the car himself and he in turn appears to have bought the car from a friend who is another dealer as a trade car and has been running it as such (i.e. he never bothered to get the V5C
• Honda CR-V Hybrid - Disconcerting drive 2 Sep 2020 (Forum)
  I've passed my Toyota Verso on to son-in-law (his 17yr old Skoda Octavia estate no longer economical to keep running) and this evening taken delivery of a CR-V Hybrid. It's my first experience (in more than 50 yr driving) of a hybrid - or for that matter an automatic - and I think
• Chevy 250 straight 6 30 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  it original. But, as far as internals go, what should I do? It runs well as is. Did cars in 1967 still run on leaded gas? If so, what do I need to do to convert it over to unleaded? What about the crankshaft, you're supposed to use zinc additive to protect the lobes or something, is there anything I can do
• Daihatsu Skywing - Getting air out of the cooling system 9 Oct 2019 (Forum)
  into, and stopped after the fan had run for a couple of minutes. Obviously not good enough. More thorough procedures I can think of include::- (a Running it untill the coolant boils, disabling the fan if necessary. This will hopefully drive off any trapped air, but could risk damage and/or injury
• SEAT Leon 1.9d - Car not running... Clink noise, smoke & burning 3 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  Hi folks, My car just died on me today. I was coming up a hill on the way home and decided to give it a little extra 'juice' as the road was empty. Got...
• Toyota Verso 1.8 Valvematic 2010 - Limp mode cured by Italian Tune up 24 Jul 2018 (Forum)
  repairs to fix a problem that isn’t there decided to take car on it’s high Rev journey for several days only to find out the computer warnings disappeared.Car has now done further 850 miles, since initial computer warning and is running like a dream . Performance has always been good but now realise cars
• Vauxhall Combo 1.7 Di - 2004 - fuel blockage / intermittent Black smoke 24 Oct 2016 (Forum)
  October 2016.. can anyone help ? A year on from buying the Combo (Sept'15), I was getting more than the usual black smoke coming from the exhaust. I had the van serviced and it did run better for about 3 weeks. However, the black smoke has returned and it seems to happen
• Peugeot 307 - Grinding noise when trying to start - Peugeot 307 14 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  and this grinding noise appeared and I thought the engine was still running but then realised it wasn't, but it was the same noise as if the car was already running. The car started the second time and it got me home
• Citroen C1 - Water pump replacement as a precaution? 24 May 2016 (Forum)
  Hi, I have acquired my mums old Citroen C1 to get to work following a change of job. It's going to be used around town to get to work (only 5 miles each way but the bus takes FOREVER!) and probably get a decent motorway/A road run at weekends.  I understand the water pump
• Any - Advice needed to buy first car in the UK 2 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  Hello, Thank you for reading my thread. I am searching online for a while now to find which car is best for me, I drove for ten years but not in the UK, and I found this forums very promising. I am looking for a cheap to run car, I do care about the size and look of the car as well, so basically