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• Rover 1.4 SLI with Rover Engine Doctor ! 2 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  to the garage. I do the basic yearly service. Now! my baby has developed a cough! and I'm still in spain. I've confidence she would make it back mechanically wise. The engines not leaking water. I just need some help diagnosing what the fault may be. The symtoms are asthough the car is gasping for oil or air
• Anatomy of a ride 23 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  the next attempted coup, anyway. Us 7 guys are hungover, fumbling with tyre pressures, oil levels and where the hell did they put their goggles, their cigarettes, not to mention what day it is, or might be, or even might have been. Me I'm grappling with a Gatorade and several IbuProfen tabs sunny side up
• Renault kadjar - Turbo failure on low mileage car Consumer rights? 16 Sep 2023 (Forum)
  to be fair. It might very well be a build up of carbon in pipes restricting oil to turbo bearings but this is a modern turbo engine which is designed not to do unless the car is abused. I would appreciate feedback especially on the CR act 2015.   This isn't wear and tear or abuse
• Honda Civic - Is this car worth considering? 8 May 2019 (Forum)
  , to replace the radiator. The seller also sent me a copy of the service history. I called most of the garages on the service record, who have confirmed that they have done an oil change service, at the service date specified. However I was not able to verify the last service (Aug 2018
• Suzuki Swift - Bought used car, having issues and need advice! 26 Jul 2018 (Forum)
  our family cars for a service a few days later. He wasn't able to change the oil because the cap was screwed on so tight getting it to loosen may damage the plastic housing. He also asked if he could have it back in a weeks time after his holiday because he wasn't sure the handbrake was actually safe
• Mazda 6 TS 2.0 Diesel 2007 - catastrophic engine failure 41000 miles 22 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  miles at a Mazda dealer and I had the oil changed with genuine parts at 37000 miles.  On Saturday past I was driving home with my 1 year old daughter in the car when the car started revving erratically between 5/6000.  White smoke came billowing out of the exhaust and I pulled over and got my
• MG - Roadster 1970 1.8 running problem with classic car 18 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  new points and condenser - no change. 2. New coil. 3. New dist cap. 4. New rotor. 5. Tried different set of leads (borrowed from TR6 - no difference - so assume leads ok). 6. Checked vacuum advance is working by sucking on tube at carb. 7. Checked advance springs are intact in dist (removed base plate
• Six months with a Skoda 16 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  . The only lead the Focus had over the Skoda was a better crash test result. The car arrived in August last year having been driven up from our lease company?s pound in Oxford and so had 400 odd miles on it to start with and since then I have followed the breaking in advice in the FAQ section. Oil
• Seat Leon FR TDi 170: 5,500mile report 3 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  about 50% of my driving. Climate control never turned off. The average has bearly changed since I got the car: the trip meter now reads 39.8mpg (wifes Octavia estate with 140bhp engine has given 44mpg over last 3500 miles for comparison) Pros: Nothing has gone wrong: no squeaks, rattles or annoying
• BMW 5-Series E61 Touring (2004 - ) - 520d SE - 12,000m report 12 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  by BMW but no ill affect on anything else it seems. Has used barely any oil, which is not due to be changed until 18k (despite my attempts to get them to change it anyway). Pedals are offset to the right like the Mercedes making left foot braking less comfortable and the windscreen wipers are left
• Ford Mondeo - 52 Reg TDCI 130BHP Injectors or what? - HELP! 27 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  Hello all (just reposting this as can't change the subject title!). Can anyone help me pleeeeeease (and sorry for the long explanation)? I have a 2002 52 Reg Mondeo 130 TDCI Zetec with 150k on the clock and FSH. It has never given me any problems except for a new water pump
• Low mileage Xantia - am I sane to reject 6 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  with no oil stains, new filters and showed signs of good maintenance ? backed by the stamps in the book. There were 2 new front spheres. The radiator was not corroded and heated up evenly down its length as the engine warmed up. The cambelt looked as new . The suspension rose and fell with no squeaks
• Bullitt Mk 2 is back 6 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  as opposed to the original hydraulic ones, but the valves are set right, so that's normal. It's one mean mother. After I did the tune-up last week the exhaust rumbles very satisfyingly and the trans does what it's supposed to following arrival of (I pulled the carb and did the valves plus oil and filter
• Mini Cooper S Coupe - Second hand car problems from purchase 30 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  the requirement extends to other matters besides safety and roadworthiness. I was then asked to book the car in for its oil service and to have the items looked at which I agreed for the 2 nd December. I was now becoming more suspicious of where
• Honda Civic 1.0 SR - First impressions 9 May 2019 (Forum)
  that the 1.0 is a cam belt in oil with a 65k change interval.bNo issue to the fleets but a cost for those of us who run to higher miles. The electronic parking brake is not intuitive in manual mode. You can only apply and release it with the foot brake engaged. So setting off requires you to treat the driver
• Hyundai Santa Fe 2.2 diesel - First 5 months of ownership 25 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  in with the miles. Bags of torque whenever you need it and an auto box that works the way I expect it to, changing seamlessly up and down just when I would have done had it been a manual. Kickdown is immediate and provides plenty of grunt but the engine is so torquey it is seldom needed. I played around
• BMW 5-Series E61 Touring (2004 - ) - 25,000km report BMW 530d 9 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  So, after much deliberation at the end of last year I ended up replacing my company BMW 530d with?another BMW 530d. I?d actually inherited the first car when I changed jobs from someone who used the opportunity to ?upgrade? to an Audi Q7, though quite why he considered a change from the finest
• Citroen Xsara Picasso - Xsara Picasso 2006 1.6 Hdi - Power Steering Issues 23 May 2016 (Forum)
  10 year service - New Timing Belt, Antifreeze, Oil Change and MOT. Not sure it's relevant but for completeness. Thursday 28th April Steering suddenly goes exceptionally heavy when turning, improvement is seen at high revs but parking is a total nightmare - even half
• Skoda Yeti - Skoda Yeti - my thoughts on 10K miles / 1 year 1 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  found random people asking me what it was etc. Over the first year / 10K miles it required no oil or coolant whatsoever. The tyres at 10K miles were 1/3 worn on the front and appeared virtually unworn on the back I had 3 unscheduled visits to the main dealer * ECU
• Buying my first car - my experience 24 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Zetec 1.25. This car was mint inside and out. The paperwork was all there - logbook, manual, all expected documents. But the problem this time was the salesman. He couldn't stop repeating that it had "original mats" - he mentioned it like 5 times. When I opened the bonnet to check the oil level