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• Vauxhall Vectra B facelift (1999 - 2002) - 98, 16v X20EV petrol auto. Shudder on idle. 12 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  blanked it to see if iany difference (now unblanked), new air filter, new fuel filter, new oil and oil filter. Diagnostics said cam sensor gone (which it was, revving was limited to 4500 rpm) - new cam sensor fitted. Still no difference. All I can note is that during the rough idle the idle valve
• Focus 115 TDCi 9 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  serviced and I change the oil and filter with approved Ford items in between the 12500 mile service intervals just as I feel the that the oil is just too dirty at 6000 miles. The car is a September 2002 built model. Any TSB's etc would be appreciated. Many thanks for your time. Tim
• Diesel on road 3 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  up the wheel that wasn't in the oil. However, the brakes on my brother's Megane are fantastic and I'd consider changing car if just stamping on the brakes brought me out of trouble like this.
• Astra H 1.6 petrol - Should I have my Repairs done? 8 May 2023 (Forum)
  on these. For maintenance purposes I’m also having the water pump, thermostat valve, coolant drain and refil, aux belt, rocker cover gasket, oil change and filters. I service it myself every 5k miles. My repairs will be quite costly so I’m pretty sure I will have it done because the car has never let me down yet. I do
• Honda Fit 2006 - Honda Jazz problem ?EGR valve 19 May 2017 (Forum)
  . It never happens while cruising. However it does not happen every single time, it is inconsistent. Spark plugs have been changed and throttle cleaned. Apparently the coils are fine as well. The auto transmission oil was flushed late last yr due to the juddering problem which did seem to help
• First fill of biodiesel 28 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  seems to be about the same. As there was a frost last night, I get to find out pretty quickly whether or not there will be any problems starting up, not that I expect any. I do expect that when I change the oil and filter in roughly 1000 miles of driving, some, most or hopefully all of the sludge which
• Peugeot 607 (2000 - ) - 2002 2.0 hdi Turbo boost coming in late 12 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  preasure sensor so we changed it out. Still no joy. We then stripped the car down and adusted the waste gate on the turbo ( the car had a new turbo fitted by pug in france and the gate was at it lowest point so we adusted it by about 10 mm to the line on the threads where we could see it had been
• Mondeo head gasket 25 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  noticed that there was a leak in the area of the water pump. A local garage has now replaced the water pump, along with the cam belt and tensioners, auxillary belt (and completed an oil change whilst they were in there!)... All this added up, but it was a cost I was willing to pay. The car is 10 years
• Toyota Yaris Queries 5 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  this model have a particle filter and diesel addive that has to be changed after so many miles and if so what would the costs be and at what millage should the filter, fluid be changed at??? im sure i heard some horror stories on the costs involved with this on a diesel although it wasnt a yaris. 3/ What
• Beetle- Bad Buy? 20 May 2005 (Forum)
  My gf is looking to trade up from her Clio and she says she wants a new model Beetle, Does anyone have any experience of these cars? Are they reliable? I have done some research and I'd be looking for an early 99/00 one with a budget of around £5k. I have read that there are problems with Oil
• n reg fiesta diesel starting nightmare 15 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  getting to plugS(?). He fixed this and renewed wire. Started as soon as he did this and has been starting instantly (ie better than ever) since until this afternoon when i changed the fuel filter. It did start a few times initially but then died- turning fine but again no smoke at exhaust and unable
• Mitsubishi Outlander - Could it be a failed DMF on a SST (Dual Clutch)?? 20 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  and Mitsubishi. I had the gearbox oil changed at  as a precaution ~90k as I couldn't find any evidence of a change.This was done by the nearest Mitsubishi dealer, which has since gone out of business. Recently when the car is warm, it develops the following symptom:- At cruise, below 2000rpm
• Ford Focus - Ford focus 2015 onwards engine choices 8 Feb 2024 (Forum)
  smaller. My main priority is reliability,  I've been stung heavily before with VW TDI group cars in the past. Turbo actuators, EGR, Throttle body and ABS pumps all failing and electrical issues. Managed to avoid the dreaded DPF failing but it caused me many an oil change.        
• Honda Accord 2.2 i-CDTi - To Remap or Not to Remap? 10 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  Afternoon everyone. I've a 56-plate Accord i-CDTi and I'm umming and arring over whether or not to remap the ECU. I had a new clutch and flywheel (LUK) fitted earlier this year and all manner of suspension components replaced the year before that. The car gets a full service and oil
• 1.6l Ford Fiesta TDCI Zetec - Revs fluctuating from 900 to 750rpm every couple o 17 May 2016 (Forum)
  the click noise.  There doesn't seem to be any problem with revs while driving, this only happens when the engine is idle and I'm not applying any gas. Not sure if this will have any affect but I've recently had an oil
• 2007 Chevrolet Kalos 1.4L 16v. - Sticky exhaust valves. 21 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  the engine with Forte Advanced Motor Flush and changed the oil and filter for Mobil 1 fully synthetic 5w30. This did not cure the problem. Although I can live with it and I know how to avoid it, I would be interested to know if anyone has cured it without removing the cylinder head and replacing the valves
• Volvo S40 - My old car has been clocked 11 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  at Shropshire trading standards.  Can you do the same at DVLA anyone know? It's also now got a full 12 dealer stamp service history now but I did all the oil change/servicing myself between 2007 and 2013????
• Audi A3 2.0T FSI 2006 - Audi A3 2.0T FSI broken cam belt 27 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, we were driving down motorway when red flashing oil light appeared (probably should of stopped straight away) anyway was trying to get to service station wife two kids in car  got up slip road around roundabout then car died. AA would not look at it because of red light
• Citroen C8 - Citroen C8 Black Smoke intermittent 30 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  5 miles again.  It was smoking and smelling odd, but it drives fine.  the anti pollution light wasn't on and there were no warnings. I had the car serviced, oil and filters changed before this trip and i have just had the cambelt, water pump and MAF sensor replaced, but this problem
• Toyota Yaris - Yaris With Light Bump/Timing Chain Fail 4 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  . I am just wondering is failed clutch and timing belt a steer clear, or is this normal for this mileage and age of Yaris ? Or could this indicate engine problems or poor maintenance eg infrequent oil changes? Is it a risky purchase - and what