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  Petrol in a diesel tank - 2009 09 Jaguar X Type 2.2 auto diesel 2 Oct 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I recently suffered a senior moment and put 7 litres of unleaded petrol in my 2009 2.2 diesel X Type Jaguar automatic with DPF. I have had the car for...
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  What has caused my Volkswagen Polo's cam belt and tensioner to fail after just three years? 21 May 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 1997 Polo 16v 100bhp (the one with the ridiculously low gearing). I love it and, since I’ve owned it, Volkswagen has serviced it once a year....
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  Couping with retirement 3 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I shall be retiring at the beginning of September and, having had a company car for most of my working life, would now appreciate some advice as to what...
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  Address distress 22 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
  In 2007 my son was photographed stationary in a yellow box junction. A couple weeks ago his business van was clamped and the Bailiffs sent round to impound...
• Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate - Brain Pick 10 Jan 2022 (Forum)
  for loading bikes on the roof) Don't want a tow bar mounted bike rack on such a long car, don't want anything with less loadspace, and don't want a van. Definitely don't want anything with a DSG gearbox, but I do want an auto.  So, really, if I was going to replace it, I guess I might just have
• Vauxhall Insignia - Vauxhall Insigina 2016, snapped Aux belt 24 Aug 2021 (Forum)
  since buying it, and maybe 1/2,000 since the service. A few weeks ago our car broke down and I had to get it towed to a garage. My local Vauxhall garage(not the one we bought it from) have had a look, and said the Aux belt has snapped and got sucked up into the engine. The engine is now damaged beyond
• Honda, Ford Vauxhall, VW, Skoda etc - New job (Yay!) maybe need a new car.... 20 Aug 2021 (Forum)
  about performance on the motorway and if 100 BHP is really enough. Decided not to have anything as big as an Accord again............ Is 6 hours a week on the motorway just enough to take a risk on a diesal in like say a Golf/Focus type car? 2 kids in tow so a smaller car would
• New engine failed after 9000 miles, where next 21 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  . In March this year, having covered 9000 miles on the new engine, the engine suddenly developed a severe rattle over the space of a couple of minutes and had to be towed back to the dealer; they diagnosed failed big ends due to a lack of oil, making various claims about the condition of the oil and refusing
• renault laguna - dephaser problems,,read the book! 9 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  49.1 mm as the origonal bolt was nearly 55mm in length the laguna was sweet as a nut for around a week ,, you can guess wat is coming,, it stopped and wudnt start i got it towed home and discovererd the bolt on the crankshaft had come loose there is no woodruff key holding the crankshaft sprocket
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  Volkswagen Golf starting problems 20 Oct 2016 (Ask HJ)
  My daughter's 2009 Volkswagen Golf has broken down four times in recent weeks and on each occasion it refuses to start. Our local garage has replaced the...
• Opinions required 23 May 2016 (Forum)
  ..).  I then had a Kia Sorento which I loved (at that point I used it for towing), that was a super car and never had a fault (except the head light bulbs would frequently blow). Then I got a Kia Cee'd, it was a couple of years old but quite low milage, 2 years later and another 40k
• Vauxhall Astra 2006 1.8 - Car will not start! argh! 22 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  put on my side lights/beams then do dim a bit, but I do not feel its significant dimming. Also, it is an automatic, can this be towed a mile or 2 safely? I know jack about cars but I have a good understanding of what to look for, unless it is something not easily found! Any help would be so very
• Need help in deciding a Crossover vehicle 15 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  are a minimum). Not so keen on the SatNav as I'll be using my 6 inch Tomtom or my Google Maps in my 6-inch phone. I dont require any off road capability / towing capability / roof rails, all I want is a little bit
• Peugeot 206 - Labour costs 7 Jul 2015 (Forum)
  at a roundabout.  Her car had to be towed by the AA who diagnosed a failure of the clutch master cylinder.  This was confirmed by a garage (a different to the one which installed the new clutch 13 months earlier).  The second garage replaced the clutch master cylinder but, have reported a noise
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  Is my car beyond repair? 7 May 2014 (Ask HJ)
  My 2005 Mazda 5 packed up last Friday, with big shuddering and smoke coming out of the engine. I called the AA and I’ve been told it is most likely the...
• Ford Focus 1.0 Ecoboost 125bhp - Focus 1.0 Ecoboost Problems 31 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  called out RAC, when they arrived they checked battery and starter motor, all ok. There was no water in my expansion bottle and told me my engine was jammed with water, they towed it off to main dealer. It took them 2 weeks just to look at my car, they told me they could find any fault and were sending
• VW golf 04 - EGR and exhaust temp faults. Advice please! 6 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  this. When asked about the EGR they said everything was fine with it. The next day, less than 12 hours later, I broke down on the motorway at peak time and had to get towed to the nearest authorised VW repairer garage. They did another diagnostic and said a piston in the EGR valve had
• Volkswagen Lupo - loud screech noise from rad fan 2 May 2010 (Forum)
  that also comes on when the fan spins up. It is really loud, do you think I should drive it to a garage or get towed
• Toyota Avensis (2003 - 2008) - 2004 2.4 Engine Replacement 9 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  I need some advice regards an engine replacement on my Toyota Avensis 2.4 VVTi. Approx 3 weeks ago, the engine packed up and was eventually towed to a garage with suspected cylinder head problems. The diagnostics showed that cylinder 3 was damaged and further inspections indicated suspected crack
• Cars for tall families 24 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  30mpg was getting expensive to run, but I dearly loved the car. The Accord seemed a decent enough compromise, more room and more frugal without losing out too much on the driveability sense. 9 months on, with a 5 month old baby in tow I'm beginning to wonder if the Accord - particularly in saloon form