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• Citron AX - power loss ? 15 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  I am currently borrowing a standard Citron AX Début, baby engine - while low speed accelerating it occasionally looses some power and then picks up again - Any suggestions on what might be causing this power drop off in this 45K miles,5yrs old, run about?
• citroen zx on straight veg oil 29 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  does anyone know if i can use straight veg oil to run my citroen zx 1.9d on, i know u can with the boshe fuel pumps but im not so sure about the lucas/cav one which i have? the seals might go in it
• Cooking smell 26 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  Sorry for my ignorance, but whenever I switch on the heater fan I get all sorts of smell. This happens even if I have cool air blowing. Smell range from egg to curry. My car is a Carlton Diplomat , with 122,000 on the clock. Runs extremely well. Can anybody enlighten me ? Roadrunner
• Fiat Panda 1000cc air lock in coolant. 26 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  I cant refill with coolant without air locking. The system will only take 3 litres out of 5 initially and when i run the engine, it just boils and overflows(cap left off). Can anyone offer any advice please?
• Closed Auctions 18 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  When BCA run a closed auction, I know that it is closed to retailers of that brand and selected dealers. What I can't get is how the seller gains from doing this, as they must be restricting the number of potential buyers and hence restricting the prices they receive. I know I'm missing something
• Cat Bypass on LPG 23 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  I have a Peugeot 406 with a knackered cat and I have been thinking about puting a cat bypass instead of replacing the cat. The car runs on LPG so has lower emmissions. Would it still pass it's MOT without the cat because of the LPG? Any advice gratefully received!
• Engine knock! Rover 25 Impression 14 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  Dear John, I have recently purchased a new Rover 25 Impression 1.4. As I normally run with the blower on, it was not until I turned it off that I heard a slight knocking coming from the engine. Is this usual for the K Series engine? Regards, Roger Beveridge.
• WHen can I get MOT. 29 May 2001 (Forum)
  My MOT is due 27th June. Can I get it done tomorow and have the MOT run from the 27th still? IIRC you are allowed to do so up to one month before *BUT* I'm not sure if month means calender month or 28 days?
• Peugeot 3008 eHdi semi auto - Subject real mpg 4 Oct 2016 (Forum)
  it my Skoda superb always retuned 45 mpg running around town and some motorway and 62 on a run of200 motorway miles. The pug best mpg to date is 40.2 mpg.mostly it's around 35 mpg I got more from a petrol 2.2 2002 Vauxhall omega auto. This car has been a total disaster when it come to economy.if you do
• Ford Galaxy 1.9 TDi 2004 - Engine squeal noise at steering full lock / aircon 2 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  with engine noise when reaching full lock on the steering. The engine labours rather heavily and runs unevenly when reaching full lock. The symptoms are worse when the aircon is engaged. As time goes on this starts to get worse and then the noise develops from a judder to more of a squeal. The noise starts
• Mazda Mazda 6 (2002 - 2007) - 07 2.0 Loss of power, DPF flashes,TCS on, MAF sens 17 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  I've had my Mazda 6 2.0 TS2 for 11 months and everything was running great. Then suddenly on a trip home while in 6th gear I started to slow down on a hill. As I was on Cruise Control - took it off immediately and tried to throttle up - foot flat to the floor - nothing! Took it back to dealer
• Citroen AX 1.0L '96 - No Charge Problem 6 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  , turning over very slowly, battery nigh on dead. Tested alternator on the vehicle running after re-charging the battery, voltmeter read only 12.5 and did not go up at all whilst cranking engine. At fast rev's it still only read about the same. Decided I would replace the alternator but as money is a little
• Giving the battery an easier life 18 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  . The plugs were then torqued back in and the jump starter connected. The car started almost at once, thank goodness. I told my now grinning neighbour to lock up and take the Fiesta for a 20 mile run to include some motorway driving. After giving neighbour and daughter a caveat about the battery possibly
• RIP handbrake, spare wheel and 4th cylinder 3 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  engine, seemingly adopted as yet another weight-saving, CO2-reducing measure, has found its way into Stellantis products, including a number of cars I have hired over the past year or two. I found the cars to be rough-running, throaty and thrashy. A C3 I hired in the Canaries seemed about to stall
• Any - How clean is your exhaust tailpipe?! 25 Oct 2023 (Forum)
  ULEZ money grabs. However, if I run my finger round the end of the exhaust, it comes out covered in soot! Clearly it doesn’t have any form of petrol GPF and it shows! I guess the idea is that the battery is charged and used for urban running to improve local air quality, but I was surprised quite
• Honda Civic - Honda Civic 2013 daytime light stopped working 7 Nov 2022 (Forum)
  Hi there. I've been going online without much luck with prices ranging from moderate to scary. Just hoping someone can advise on this. One of the daytime lights on my Civic is off. It looks irritating so am hoping to find a solution. Hoping someone has run
• 1986 Daihatsu Skywing - Alternator Operating Temperature? 21 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  at 2000 rpm. Didn't screech on a test drive to the coast, (maybe one or two chirps) but the alternator casing was too hot to touch.  I'll put an IR thermometer on it after the next run. Daylight run, so only indicator lights and ignition, but the cooling fan was on all the time
• Vauxhall Mokka X - Car Is Losing Coolant - Advice Welcome 13 Mar 2022 (Forum)
  drops about 1/2 inch approx every 1000 miles or so. Also, when the car has been on a long run there is still a very small amount of vapour coming from the exhaust pipe even though the engine is fully warmed up. I took it to the main dealer thinking it might be a gasket problem. They tested
• 1998 ford galaxy 2.8 v6 - blue smoke from exhaust after head skimmed 25 Jun 2021 (Forum)
  been off the road for 18 months as i have renewed the head gasket, had head skimmed, and all associated valve work (new guides, grind and lapped etc) I haven't had chance to take car for a long run as its not taxed until MOT'ed.  I only drove 2 miles to the MOT Station. Do you think
• Peugeot 5008 - Car starting problems - electrical fault 25 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  warning lights come on. Absolutely nothing happens with the engine when I try to start the car. But, if I leave it for a few hours, it then starts ok although the battery light stays on and then it goes off after a while. It then runs perfectly until the next time it happens. I