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• saxo 1.1 - battery drain, engine runs with key removed! 13 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  The battery drained on my son's car over a few hours a couple of nights ago, he charged the battery and had no problems till tonight when returning from...
• 1994 BMW E36 M3 - White smoke (over fuelling?) 22 May 2010 (Forum)
  Hey guys, Right my car starts fine and seems to idle and run ok until she starts warming up (roughly around the end of the red bar), when she seems a little down on power but also starts smoking from the exhaust. Upon parking up, she spits out plenty of smoke and even some petrol
• KIA Cerato Diesel - - Is this car a good buy?-£3.8K, 2005/55 -42K mile 13 May 2010 (Forum)
  The car costs £ 3500. Its a 2005/55 registration and has run 42000 miles. It's a Cerato 1.5 CRDi GS My concerns about this car:- 1) Is the price right? The price is is £325 above the what car valuation for this car. 2) For a 5 year old car, its run only 42000
• Nissan Primera II (1996 - 1999) - 97 2.0 What will eventually happen to the UJ? 4 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Hello My wife and I live in France and we are very poor financialy. To cut a long story short we have been running our old nissan with a defective UJ for nearly 2 years. Before he moved back to the UK I asked him what would eventualy happen, he said it would get noisy and to avoid full lock
• Rover 200 (1995 - 1999) - 96 1.4 timing marks 3 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  as you look at the engine in the standing position there are also some other marks on the plastic cover and one of them says TDC my question is to i use the TDC marks to time up my car to run smoothly or is it the oil pump mark i should use to time my car up beacause ive used the oil pump mark and lined
• BMW X5 E53 SUV (2000 - 2007) - 05 3.0 LPG conversion of 4 x 4 10 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Hi I want (or even need-ish) to buy a 4 x 4. However 70% of the time the car will be used by the missus for the school run. The remaining 30% of the time will be for carting our very large dog around and ensuring we don't get stuck in the snow and floods considering the location of our house
• Audi A3 + S3 (1996 - 2001) - 97 1.6 Curious starting problem 11 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  My A3 has recently become very reluctant to start. First thing in the morning, it starts OK, but if the engine has been running in the previous few hours, it can barely turn the engine. If I try to start it immediately after switching off, it won't turn it at all. In the morning, I checked
• Citroen Xantia (1993 - 2000) - 98 1.9T Diagnostic light on when cold,goes off whe 16 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  Hi all. Need some advice from the pros. Just purchased an Turbo Diesel(DHX/XUD9)with 88K on the clock. It was a mess being in limp mode. With air in the diesel, glowplugs not working and was just running bad. Replaced air/fuel/oil filters, glowplugs, changed engine and gearbox oil.Starts first
• Car rental in days gone by - scams 28 May 2009 (Forum)
  . It was actually the front of our hotel and parking the car that triggered this off - because there had been a shot of a man running in out of the darkness, kicking the cars door in and then running off. It had been a scam that more than a few people had been caught in and it turned out the BIL of the car hire
• p/xd a scrapper too soon 24 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  We own a 12 year old Mazda that has been in a number of bumps and scrapes and is on its last legs (the boot no longer opens for example). We have owned it for 6 years. 2 weeks ago we took delivery of a new A3 to replace the Saab (PCP), the theory being we would run the Mazda to its next MOT
• Mercedes Benz CLK W209 (2002 - ) - 02 3.2 False 'bulb blown' warning. 1 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  Hi the on board diagnositcs on my CLK 320 report that a rear light bulb is blown, but when I check, all rear lights are working fine, the display says it is running on a reserve bulb, is that correct, do Mercs have back-up bulbs. can't be bothered fixing a problem that doesn't exist, it could
• Renault Espace (1985 - 1997) - 93 2.1TD stalls on return journey 7 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  I have a 1993 RT Turbo-D Espace (2068cc) with a frustrating problem. The car runs the first leg of a journey with out any problem but often stalls approaching traffic lights or a round-about on the return journey. The car will start again after stalling. The length of the journey does not seem
• Citroen AX (1987 -1997) - 1989 1.1 RE, trouble with front brakes 16 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  I wonder if anybody can give me some hints. Reliable old AX11 that always starts well and runs well. Has been a cheap car to run and not much has gone wrong. Recently when braking sharply the N/S front wheel seems to lock up but the car does not pull to N/S when applying the brakes. Brakes work
• FIAT Punto (1994 - 1999) - 97 1.1 Running problems. 25 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I wonder if you may be able to shed some light on the problems I am having with this beastie. It belongs to the son of one of my regulars and finance is...
• Ford Fiesta (2000 - 2002) - 2001 1.2 Engine temp gauge moves to the right 5 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  the hoses while the car was running and the two that go into the car (presumably for the heater matrix? they're right next to each other and head toward the dashboard area) were very hot, but the radiator was cold. The fan is running constantly. Can anyone help me discern the problem here? Would be very
• FIAT - Punto Panda 500 Doblo GP 1.3 Multijet belt check? 29 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  was quite surprised, but its easy to replace. At first glance the belt may look fine but I found the best way to check the belts inner surface for cracks was to run my fingers over the surface of the belt as it folds back over the tensioner pully. Then I drew a belt run diagram and put a socket wrench
• Ford Escort (1993 - 2000) - 94 1.6i -Power loss 11 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  I have been suffering a severe loss of power when accellerating, & have also noticed a sound like a blowing exhaust when the revs hit 3500, but also this is the point when i started to get better accelleration, but still nothing like it should be. The engine runs very lumpy when idling, & does
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - 04 2.2 Direct won't start 9 May 2008 (Forum)
  Urgently need advice for my car. 2.2 Sri Direct.I dislocated my shoulder 2 weeks ago and cannot drive for a few weeks.My sister took my car for a run on Monday evening and parked it (facing down) on a hill.It has been there for 2 days.Tonight I tried to start it, but simply nothing.All electrics
• Renault Espace (1997 - 2002) - 2002 2.2DTi Smoking / Engine Misfire 29 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  there. Started to loose power, slowing involuntarily, pulled over to the hard shoulder, loads of smoke, engine running rough, like a missfire. Switched it off check all fluid levels and engine temp... all ok! started up and idle is rough, maybe running on 3 cylinders, smoke from exhaust, put your foot
• What is the point of 'official' mpg figures? 30 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  returns a tad over 44 miles to the gallon on the extra-urban run. According to entries made by owners on other forums, on a 'run' they seem to average between 22 - 28 mpg? The same appears to be true of the Kia Picanto. Official figures show one particular model, the 1.1 manual, as attaining 64 mpg