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• Diesel Punto - Glowplug control unit 22 May 2004 (Forum)
  any experience with this? I will have to double check, as the unit is £77.08 with 3 days delivery quoted Have got an offer of NGK plugs for £8 each as against Bosch at £10 Just to crown things I went to my 309 to move it, before deciding whether to tax it while I repair the 405 and the battery read
• new car advice 8 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Dear all I wonder if you could offer me some advice. My citroen ZX TD has 140k miles on the clock now. P reg 3 door, probably worthless in the current market. I have had it as new from a lease then bought it. Apart from bushes I haven't spent any money on repair except usual battery, cam belt (*1
• Megane Alternator problem 12 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  - it could be driven a short distance to the garage for repair. Later that same day, with a loud clunk the car gave up the ghost - battery light on, power steering off etc. Clearly a related alternator problem. The next RAC man said that the drive pulley on the alternator had gone - the attaching bolt
• 1991 ford fiesta 1.1 starting problems 12 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Girlfriend bought above 18months ago. Full service history and good condition apart from accident repair to passenger door/ front wing. Started fine up until Nov 2002 when car wouldnt start at all some mornings - but then some mornings ok. Seemed ok during day. Plenty of juice in battery
• Nissan QX ownership report 1 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  in 4 road rallies] Serviced every 5k. Non-service items changed: At 123k: 1. Air-con belt 2. Power steering belt 3. Battery 4. Oil-pressure switch [my started to seepage, this is a known fault on all A32, well documented in US] 5. CV gaiters [+200gm of grease] 6. Front suspension arms 7. Anti-roll
• 306 d-turbo smoke 30 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  had a new battery. One odd thing I noticed was that one of the old glow plugs either had a build up of carbon around it or it had expanded (Swolen up) in one place. Imagine a pen with a ruber band wrapped around it several times and overlapping itself... well the outline of the plug was the same
• throttle position sensor voltage. 5 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  is operated. I?m thinking the problem may be the voltage rather than the tps unit itself and I don?t want to buy a new tps unnecessarily. Has anyone had a similar experience? (The car has single point injection. Voltage across the battery, and at the other sensors seems normal. The ECU has been tested OK
• Caravan Gross Laden Weights 26 May 2003 (Forum)
  removed gas bottles, battery, stored water, bedding, drinks and clothes, my caravan was still some 10% over weight according to police calculations ! Regards Martin Scane
• 306 Dturbo starting 17 May 2003 (Forum)
  until the plug light has been off for a few seconds used to help reduce smoke. It has new plugs / battery at 50k at a Pug dealer and this helped a bit but now no matter how long I wait after the light goes out it pumps out loads of smoke. Can anyone help?. Could it be the cambelt replacement b4 I got
• Yes, I know, I know (Clio) 3 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  motor; the garage got a new one, fitted it and burned it out taking the battery with it. Where do I stand with that? I'm not the happiest bunny today. Lee. PS - Yes, I know, I know I've been warned about Clios before. But it's only done 37k, properly serviced, didn't expect this! Oh, it's the 1.4RT
• Diesel heater plug bodge 3 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  from the battery to the relay, then another cable to the heater plugs. The solenoid is operated by a push switch on the dash. To start from cold, push the switch and hold in for 10 seconds. Then turn the ignition key while still pushing the switch. Release the switch when the engine fires
• Peugeot 307 Glx 16V (2003) - Anti-pollution warning light 2 Apr 2024 (Forum)
  car. I did a bit of online research and there was a youtube video which seemed to suggest that removing and cleaning the timing control solenoid valve might help, and also changing the 02 sensor. Any advice most welcome! (I am no mechanic but have changed the battery and lights myself in the past - so
• Renault Kangoo 1.4 diesel 2012 - Van electrics went off whilst driving, engine was 3 Jan 2024 (Forum)
  Hi hope to get some advice please, my van battery was flat over this winter so I purchased one of those power pack jump starts from amazon. It worked and got me going. Then two weeks after I was driving and electrics went off, engine was still running I wasn't far from home so managed to get
• BMW 323 - Bought car - misled ? Advice please 8 Jul 2023 (Forum)
  needs a good clean. 2. Omitted The lack of a wing mirror 3.The lack of a battery to start the car. 4. A previous colour change. 5.A large hole present in the boot floor. However, I sent photos to a few independent restoration garages and they have pretty much declined to restore it as they say
• Renault Clio - Fuel gauge incorrect 28 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  will be something similar and it will sort it self out. if I run the fuel tank low.   I have read about disconnecting the battery and it will reset everything, but need a code to set everything up.   Any thoughts   Regards and thanks for any help 
• Mazda 6 Tourer - 2.2d Auto - Cold Start Problem 6 Jan 2022 (Forum)
  I start the car from cold. Once the car has been running and the engine is warm it starts fine. I thought is might be battery related, but I changed it about 2 weeks ago and I still have the issue. Any thoughts? I was thinking glow plugs or fuel pump. I was thinking injectors, but the car starts
• Astra radio not coding 27 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  I recently bought a used Vauxhall Astra and after some work involving disconnecting the battery, I needed to re code the radio. Using the code I got with the vehicle, I tried four times without success to re activate the radio. After some digging around, I found the set had been upgraded from a CAR
• Mazda 2 - Stick or twist? 28 Sep 2019 (Forum)
  2008 Mazda 2 1.3 TS2 with 100k miles on it. It was bought outright in 2010 for £7495 with  33k miles and has been reliable, with yearly servicing and just a few suspension parts and a pulley wheel replaced. It's on its original exhaust, battery, clutch etc. Yearly mileage around 7k
• Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV - PHEV pros/cons - reliability, servicing etc. 17 Oct 2018 (Forum)
  of warranty. Then there's the question of battery pack longevity and cost to replace, which Mitsubisihi seem to be skirting around for now, judging by the FAQ's I read on their website which seem to be reduced to 'well they're bound to get cheaper...' Is there anything likely to be inherently more
• Peugeot 307 2002 5Door - Car wont start after stereo install attempt 21 Jul 2017 (Forum)
  on themselves, wipers are also running. i try turn them off but nothing happens its automatically doing those, i turn the car off and these turn off, i try to start the car again and it wont start. the battery is fine and has the power to turn the car on, the starter turns, the car cranks but just wont start. i