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• 2011 BMW 1 series - Run flats to regular 13 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  2011 BMW 1 series    I want to change from run flats to regular. I worry about the low air sensor and having the right tires for the car. I would get one of those flat repair kits that come with a sme geneator and some gunk to seal a flat tire so I could drive a short distance
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  Best used small car for £6k? 7 Jan 2014 (Ask HJ)
  My sister currently has a 2006 Fiat Punto 1.3 diesel that is getting a little unreliable and costly to run. She covers 12,000 miles a year and would like...
• mercedes 190e 2.0 - misfiring engine 26 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  I have a 190e 2.0 litre year 1993 . I was driving in trafic at aby 30mph and sudenly in started to run on 3 insted of 4 slight loss of power etc. Ive had the car for 5 years and never thrashed the engine .Even now she is starts strait away, but she just wont run smoothly like she used too.My
• Citroen C3 1.4 HDi HX engine Siemens Injectors - Sticking injector? 30 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  Hello everybody, I hope you can help me! We recently had a blowing injector replaced (it blew on the motorway, puff of white smoke engine management light on, chuffing noise) Now we have a problem which I suspect is another injector, where from cold, the car runs on 3 cylinders until
• Peugeot 307 SW S HDi 110 - Battery going flat due to cooling fan running on? 5 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  My car battery was flat a couple of mornings ago. On further investigation it seems that this was caused by the cooling fan running on and then not switching off over night. A diagnostic test at Kwik Fit has identified an intermittent fault on a 'coil' adjacent to the radiator cooling fan
• BMW 520 TOURING - FUEL CONTAMINATION TESCO 18 May 2011 (Forum)
  Put diesel in car on Friday (40 miles left on computer), car was running perfect!! Saturday pm after approx 35 miles, car lost power had white smoke pouring out back, left for a while and then drove approx 1 mile very slowly. Then drove car approx 1 hour later- car drove fine again
• Ford Mondeo - Mondeo 2.0 TDCI 53 reg - rattle at start / stop 16 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, My Mondeo 2.0 TDCI 130 53 reg seems to run fine, but when I start the engine there is a rattle that lasts a second or two. Engine runs smoothly , but I get a slight rattle when I turn the engine off. I know little about diesel engines, actuall less than little, but did read online that diesel
• Ford Focus 1.8 16v zetec estate - Timing Belt changed - Now the engine runs lumpy 26 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, I fitted a new cambelt to my car today as it has done 99000 miles and at the same time replaced the shims on the cam followers to correct the valve clearances in an effort to cure a tappety sound After re-assemling the car and running it it was struggling to idle over
• Peugeot 307 2.0 petrol - Ticking noise from RH dashboard / scuttle 1 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  After a decent run the car sometimes makes a ticking noise that sounds as though it comes from the far right hand side of the dashboard. It can be heard quite plainly with the engine idling. Having pulled the panel off which covers the diagnostic point there doesn't seem
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  Which runflat tyres should I fit to my BMW 535D? 10 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I need to buy four new runflat tyres for my BMW 535D. You say that there are now "third generation " runflats that give a much better ride. Can you tell...
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  Why is my Chrysler Grand Voyager cutting out and stalling? 25 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 1999 2.5TD Chrysler Grand Voyager with running problems. It will start, drive and run perfect for weeks at at time, and then go crazy and cut...
• Ford Fiesta 1.2 s reg 1998 - Cambelt 31 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  . I know - if I could go back 24 hrs.... etc I have had the car recovered to my house (did not even get to say hi to Mum) so I am trying to decide is it worth getting fixed as I was hoping to run it a bit longer then pass to No1 son for hs first car to run into the ground.... How can I
• Ford Fiesta (2009 - ) - 09 1596 Fiesta Econetic Cooling System 23 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  I have one of these and noticed over the cold spell the heater was blowing just luke warm. Sent it back to the main dealer who said "working to specification" Had the usual arguments and made the workshop Supervisor check it out after a run of 10 miles and he confirmed by placing the trip
• Honda Prelude (1992 - 1996) - 94 2.0 Ignition switch malfunction ??? HELP PLEASE 30 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  then let go of the key to return to normal running position ...... all the dashboard lights go out and the engine stops ................... only way I can keep it running is to start engine and then keep rotational pressure on the key but turn it back only part of the way to stop the starter motor engaging
• Small, cheap 2nd car recommendations 23 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  I'm after a small second car, for use on small school run, pootling, and occasional works trips when the family volvo in use by him indoors. Budget - less than 2k. I want really cheap to run, good reliability, no rust. My favorite car of all time was my F reg Polo - TBH I'm used to crappy cars
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 99 1.25 Running very rough after 'kangarooing' 18 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  power. Once home I had a quick look in the failing light but could not see anything immediately obvious wrong in the engine area (bits hanging off etc!). The engine still starts OK but still runs 'rough' and 'lumpy' and you can here a pronounced 'pulsing' from the exhaust. The exhaust has also moved
• Skoda Octavia I (1998 - 2004) - MAF or Turbo VW group 1.9TDi (yr 2003) 16 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  have run a 2003 110bhp (none-PD) diesel for last year. Intermittent fault, where occasionally it felt like the turbo had ceased to run BUT it was easily cured by stopping and switching off and on, and turbo would reappear. To my mind it was either the MAF or the connection to it (that you have
• Worst roundabout for Lane discipline / red running 13 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  who changed lanes only to think he was wrong and to change back, then realised he was right in the first place! The worst set of lights I have ever seen for people running the red is exit slip road from the northbound M42, you would need 5 or 6 bobbies for EVERY phase of the lights if you wanted
• Citroen Xsara (1997 - 2004) - 2002 2.0 hdi running problems 9 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Hi all, my 2001 (110) hdi xsara was running fine until i went to start it one morning and it wouldnt start, (it would turn over , maybe catch for a second and stop). Got it recovered to local independant garage where they started with a process of elimination, ie changing the fuel filter & the low
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 1996 1.3 Drivers door only opens when the engine i 22 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  I had no problems yesterday but I asked my dad to start my car this morning but he couldn't get the door open. I have since worked out the engine has to be running before it can open, if the engine is not running the door also locks itself when you close it,. I can live with this it is a fairly