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  Should I keep my reliable Toyota Yaris? 14 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have owned a 2004 Toyota Yaris T-Spirit D-4D 5-door hatchback with 1.3-litre diesel engine since I bought it new. It's done 77,000 miles and gives about...
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  Cam follower/ tappet noise on a SEAT 23 Feb 2012 (Ask HJ)
  The car was an elderly lady's car with 27,000 miles but has a tappet noise, it has had several oil changes and done about 1500 miles since with no reduction...
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  Has my Hyundai i20's clutch failed? 15 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Last night I experienced a very strange breakdown in my Hyundai i20. At first the revs were extremely high, making deafening sound but not much else. Soon...
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  MX-5 with a noisy gearbox 25 Mar 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I just purchased an six-speed MX-5 2.0 Sport, it's a 2007 model with 10,400 miles on the clock. I'm conscious of gearbox noise in first, second and...
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  Do Honda Jazzes of more than four years old require any special attention during the service? 25 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  As the 73-year-old owner of a 54-plate Honda Jazz automatic which is coming up to its MoT and annual service, is there anything in particular I should...
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  Just diesing 5 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am thinking of buying a FIAT 500 with the diesel engine. I recall that some time ago you said that there had been problems with the diesel engine but...
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  Attend shun 15 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My Honda Jazz is specified to be serviced every 12,500 miles. After 5 years from new, there is only 13,600 on the clock, and my annual mileage is nowadays...
• Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - 03 1.4 Overheating - now problems 27 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  , acceleration is good and it doesn?t loose any water or oil and there is no contamination between the two, so the head gasket seems ok. I have driven about 4k since the overheating and there is a slight misfire or hesitation noticeable around 3k revs when accelerating that wasn?t there before; no other
• Volkswagen Corrado (1989 - 1995) - 92 2.9 VR6 MoT CO emissions fail - any ideas? 22 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  value fluctuates between 0.9 and 1.1 at constant RPM. The idle speed also fluctuates slightly, I thought this was normal. First question - should Lambda flutuate at a constant RPM that much? Second question - How do I fix it? :lol: The MOT tester was ex-VW and seemed to think a change of oil
• Hyundai i20 - Engine noise. Is it all over for the car? 16 Nov 2023 (Forum)
  if it had always been there. I was about to do a long journey so drove ten miles to local garage, checked the oil which was low and topped it up.  Then I drove 200 miles home. It's not obviously loosing oil, no warning lights have come on, the volume doesn't really change I don't think
• Toyota Celica - Failed Emissions Test MOT 16 Apr 2018 (Forum)
  have said that it's burning oil and think it could be a valve issue or rings. It will need inspecting further apparently. It might be fixable or I might need a new engine.   It was mentioned by a garage that it could be possible to pass the emissions test by changing the spark plugs
• Toyota RAV4 D-4D - Blown Turbo again 2 Apr 2017 (Forum)
  dirt ingress'. Pictures of oily bits and scoring on shafts etc. Garage says it fitted the turbo correctly, changed oil and filter and I do trust them. In my opinion the damage seen on the photos could have been the result of the failure itself, if a bearing failed for example. How can BTN prove
• Mk1 Golf cam noise 7 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  come across either problem on this engine and, more importantly, is there an inexpensive cure? One other thing - the oil pressure light takes about a second to go out from a cold start, and there's a noticeable rattle until it does so. I changed the oil and fitted a genuine VW filter
• 1.9 cdti with dpf - Dpf and/or engine experts please help 22 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  as it can be from an engine and just stopped. Towed, although when cooled could be started again. Into Vauxhall, changed manifold and dpf and they said I had a lot of excess oil. Genuine manifold, aftermarket dpf. Since then, when regening, huge blue smoke comes out and doing the process for way too long
• Skoda Fabia VRS OCT 10 - New engine needed, no warranty provided 30 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  them the mileage at the point of having to top it up each time. They changed the hoses as part of the skoda recall on these cars and told me to go back for oil to be weighed after a specific amount of miles. Fair enough. WhenI went back they advised me that it needed a new engine. The new engine
• Vauxhall Corsa C - Blown head gasket 26 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  a thousand pounds for a new water pump, timing belt, skimming, spark plugs, oil change etc, aswell as £200 for a 'pressure check'?! I'm a 17 year old boy with a good part time job, so £1000 isn't completely out of my price range, however would be a significant set back! Essentially, my question
• Mercedes CLK 03 - Fuel contamination 19 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  a blown head gasket. When he checked the fuel he found that it was oily and concluded that the fuel was contaminated. The oil hadn't come from the car (oil was fine) and the last place we had filled up was in a France. The fuel was drained (we have retained the fuel) and new petrol put in. The car
• mk4 tdi 150 arl - what is this connection on my mk4 tdi 150? 2 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  on my 2003 mk4 tdi arl golf, just above the oil filler cap, there is an unused plastic connector coming out of a short pipe between head and the manifold, what is this for? also i seem to have an issue with low boost! no smoke whatsoever but had it remapped few months back, yet recently
• VW Passat TD 2003 PD 130 Estate - Opinion about a quote 28 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  like changing filters etc'. I was given a quote today (South Gloucestershire area) by my regular garage but I can't tell if I am beeing overcharged or not, labor in both garages I checked is around £50-55/hour, can you please tell if this is resonable?   1.MOT = £40
• Peugeot 407 SW - Slipping Clutch?? 23 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  This is a 2010 plate diesel with the 136bhp engine with 40K on the clock. About a year ago at 24K the clutch and DMF were changed under warranty. I had reported what I thought was slipping and they found oil contamination and excessive play in the DMF. A modified clutch was fitted but I