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• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.8 Problems 22 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  as it is a lead battery and it should be calcium? any advise greatly sought, i am determined to get it soughted. Thye only thing is when i unplug the speed sensor it doesnt do it?. should i change it again or could ther be a short circuit somewhere?
• Parking Enforcement and common sense. 22 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  parking time or not parked in the right bay. Clearly, indiscriminate parking can lead to safety issues and congestion but some times there are other matters that need attending to first. I have this vision of a town or city in the Uk being wiped out by a terrorist nuclear device but the remaining jobs
• Renault Megane (1996 - 1998) - 98 1.6 RT Sport - poor idle, loss of power etc 1 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  the sound of the car when it is like this is - lumpy, which I hope makes send to someone! One mechanic has had an educated guess that it's the idle control valve and another mechanic thinks it is the coil packs and ht leads, which is really expensive especially if it turns out not to be an accurate guess
• The VERY simple electric vehicle - why not? 19 May 2009 (Forum)
  be a market for the simplest possible electric car - ten miles at 20mph. That would get many people out and about locally. A sort of sub French micro- car. More like a Peel 50. A simple lead acid battery array - nothing fancy. A new deal. Able to park in the City centre at no charge - except a `re-charge
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1998 1.4 Petrol - Missfire 23 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  , but then the missfire will all of a sudden start again. It never stalls, it just missfires and loses all power for a second or 2. I have had it in the garage, and a diagnostics has shown nothing wrong. And every time a mechanic drives it the car behaves!! I have had the coil, leads and spark plugs changed and it made
• FIAT Punto II (1999 - 2006) - 01 1.2 Recurring Flat battery 4 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  the alternator having a discharge, and I noticed that after I took the alternator off, and put the battery lead back on again, without the alternator fitted, there was no spark from the battery terminal. But when the alternator is back on there is a good spark from the battery terminal. Could the alternator
• Renault Clio 1 Petrol (1991 - 1998) - 94 1.4 hi fuel consumption 23 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  hi all .... i've had a renault clio I RT auto 94 for 7 months... after driving a frontera 2.2 lwb for the past 8 years .....wow its cheap to run.... well it was, its gone from about 40mpg to under 20mpg if im gentle.... its running normally.... i did the usual checks, all connections, plugs, leads
• Renault Megane (1996 - 1998) - 96 1.6 - petrol judders 17 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  it could be the HT leads, spark plugs so I changed them to no joy. Then I was told its the coils so ive spent £80 on two coil packs but the car still jumps when you decelerate sometimes when you accelerate you can feel a slight lack of power then it comes back again. I have now been told its a map sensor
• When do tyres lose their edge in the wet? 12 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  of the leading traditional makes.
• Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 1997 MKIII, 2L GTI - turns over doesn't fire up 4 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  lights are lit. My initial thoughts were spark plugs, alternator but these along with the battery, HT leads and distributor cap are all new and working fine. A new ignition coil has been fitted and not sorted the problem. The garage is stumped. They say there is no spark or fuel going to the engine
• Citroen Berlingo Multispace (1998 - 2010) - 1996, 1.9d, fuel pump/ immobiliser 22 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  i am looking at this for a friend - he had the immobilser by-passed by his local garage. A ignition-switched supply was connected to one of two leads to the fuel-cut off solenoid - behind the cover on the lucas fuel pump. Several other wires in this region (not all) were cut at the same time
• Nissan Primera IV p12 (2002 - 2006) - '05 2.0 - misfiring 21 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  ". Before the service there was no problem. The problem was only slight at first but it's getting worse. Trying to crawl along on the M25 this evening was a nightmare as the problem seems more acute at lower revs. I'm assuming it's gonna be an electrical thing - faulty coil, spark plug or HV lead
• Winter vehicle health advice 6 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  On the right, in the news section, there are two stories today regarding winter driving. http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/item.htm?id=4109 Winter vehicle health advice 'ignored by drivers' http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/item.htm?id=4111 Seat checks 'to avoid winter discontent' This leads to two
• Renault Clio 1 Petrol (1991 - 1998) - '97 1.2 86k Stuttering Engine 13 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  it was rough. Changed the HT leads as they were the originals, no better or worse, same rough idle and no power. Any ideas, I'm thinking fuel filter next, air filter was done a couple of months ago. Up until now the car was running well easy 55mpg, no smoke etc. Any experience or advice welcome, Thanks
• Volkswagen Polo (1981 - 1991) - mk2 1.3 violent judder/mifire under load diagnosis 24 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  and it jolts like crazy...idles great and revs at standstill nicley i thought it was the hall sender and fitted a new dizzy complete with cap and rotor, plugs, leads and coil are very recent as is the fuel pump and carb base its got the dreaded pierburg carb that wasnt running to bad apart from cold
• Category D write offs 30 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  will likely be deemed non viable leading to a write off. Clearly he has a perfectly good car, looked after by him with known history that he'd be happy to have fixed with a couple of scrap doors. How do you go about this through the insurance? Will they agree a value and then allow him to buy back
• '93 Polo 1.0 - Hesitation under throttle 28 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  tried: New Cat, Lambda Sensor, New Oil Filter (and Oil Change), Air Filter, Petrol Filter, New Spark Plugs and Leads, New Distributor Cap, and I have put Wynns Injector Cleaner in my Petrol. I've also had other things replaced recently (which shouldn't affect this problem) such as Brake Pads, Discs
• Expensive shine? 15 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  that will 'withstand years of stone-chipping, aggressive abrasion from the environment and track day or off-road events'. It allegedly has a lifetime guarantee and has been 'rigorously tested and approved around the world with leading OEMs such as Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari, Ford and GM'. This coating is said to safeguard
• Renault Modus / Alfa brera recalls 24 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  of the brake lights. Alfa Romeo is contacting the owners of 51 Brera coupes manufactured between June and August 2006. It has found that a heat shield may have been fitted incorrectly, or not at all in some cases, and cause damage to a brake pipe. This won't lead to a total loss of braking power
• vauxhall carlton starting problem 1 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  spat out and sometimes smokes up , but when she wont start i take out plugs and there wet there is a great spark at each plug. what i have done is changed the rotor arm new (made sure this went on right way) distributer cap new leads new oil and filter change erm im pulling my hair out