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  • Volvo 240 Brakelight keeps fusing 8 Sep 2006 (Forum)
    are not in the ignition: I put a new 8 amp fuse in, press the brake pedal, and watch the fuse glowing away for a second or two then it blows out! I think I have now eliminated the severed hinge cable as the problem; this is because I have now capped those wires off with a connection block; they are definitely
  • How Does One use an Automatic Gearbox? 27 Jul 2006 (Forum)
    what they are for! Questions is on a motorway or speeds above say 60mph which gear does noe use. At traffic lights do you leave the car in D with the foot on the brake or put it into neutral. Whats 1 and 2 for. What gear would you use for a traffic light drag race (not that he would ever do that) Any
  • Auto Express Tyre Test 22 Jul 2006 (Forum)
    tyres at the legal tread depth limit of 1.6mm. After watching the video I couldn't help but wonder what effect the tread depth markers have on wet road braking at these sorts of speeds. I'm aware that there's tread between the said markers but they must have some effect. It seems to me
  • Ford KA burning smell!! 15 Jul 2006 (Forum)
    night she drove it home from work (less than a mile) and the actual wheel hub burnt my fingers when I touched it! It seems to drive fine, and the brakes (recently serviced and passed MOT) show no sign of fade, or squeaks, squeels or other unpleasant noises. Doesn't appear to pull to one side or other
  • Buying my company E-class Merc 16 Jun 2006 (Forum)
    85,000 miles by the time I take ownership in August (80,000 now). I've tended to drive it quite hard and I've gone through a reasonable number of tyres and brake pads, however it has been regularly serviced by my local MB dealer. The fleet company are offering it to me for £16,300. Questions
  • Zafira Road Wheel Bolts & Tools Required 26 May 2006 (Forum)
    Hopefully an easy one for forum members. I have recently been removing my wheels to clean and remove built up brake dust on my alloys,however, when I use the tools supplied by Vauxhall, I have to stand on the tool to undo/remove the road wheels and having looked at the wheel nuts, I have noticed
  • Tyre test reported in Which? magazine 4 Mar 2006 (Forum)
    Turanza ER300 ("best on test", best overall on wet braking) 70% Pirelli P6 65% Nokian NRHi 64% Continental EcoContact 3 63% Vredestein Hi-Trac 63% Michelin and Bridgestone prices knock them out of the best-buy stakes, but shop around, of course. No surprises there, then. (Score scheme: 40% wet-road
  • Sisters 51 1.2 Punto - never serviced 24 Feb 2006 (Forum)
    Been trying to get my sister to have her car serviced, its never had anything done to it since she purchased it about 4 years ago. Just checked under the bonnet and found the brake fluid bottle almost totally empty, she has just brought some DOT4 from Halfords, assume its the right stuff. Anyway
  • Escort 1994 1.6 16v 13 Feb 2006 (Forum)
    the timing done abut 3 times its got new plugs gapped at 1mm, new leads, new earths, new mass air meter, new lamda sensor and new engine sensors but it still has the same problem any ideas cos its cost me a small fortune but its currently running at 160 brake with 140 torque so when it runs ok
  • Sell it or service it? 27 Jan 2006 (Forum)
    other work, rear seat belt femal clips x 2 for replacement. Advice please? Is it worth getting the work done at a non franchise service centre like Nationwide? I have sourced the brake parts at £100! No SAAB specialist independents near where she lives. Is it worth spending the £1500 at a main
  • Corsa Problems 4 Jan 2006 (Forum)
    Hi, My wife has a 1999 Corsa Club 1.2 16v which has covered 25k miles. Since the MOT (12 weeks ago) we have noticed 2 problems :- 1. There is a low 'hissing' noise that seems to be coming from the drivers footwell. Normally and sharp jump on the brakes stops this, but I'm unable to find out where
  • Renault service 2 Jan 2006 (Forum)
    crimps on the other.Themechanic had never seen such a botch job in his life,when I told him it had only been in Renault garages in the UK during its life as a lease car, he found it hard to believe no matter who was the culprit can you understand the mentality of someone who would do that to the brakes
  • 406 V6 coil (again) 24 Nov 2005 (Forum)
    in Gdansk. I know it?s only a ten minute job once the right faulty coil has been diagnosed, would I be able to do it myself in future if I carried a couple of spares? How involved is it? I can change brake pads, oil and put shelves up and I carry a basic tool kit. Can you tell a failed coil by looking
  • '93 Escort 1.4 petrol Grinding Gears 22 Nov 2005 (Forum)
    . It also doesn?t slip, if I put it in 1st, with the hand brake on, and try to move. The engine labours to the point of stalling, before I put the clutch back in again. There does seem to be a lot of play in the top end, with the gear stick. Is it likely to be worn components in the remote selector unit
  • Skoda Questions 27 Aug 2005 (Forum)
    look bearing in mind I do approx 30k a year 2. Any Octavia owners exeprencied a wobbling through the steering wheel when braking from approx 50mph to roundabouts on dual carriageways? I am also getting a whistling from the nearside front screen when on the m/way. It sounds like the passenger window
  • Peugeot 406 queries 13 Aug 2005 (Forum)
    Just bought a very nice 99 Peugeot 406 2.0 HDI at auction tonight,and notice it needs one or two minor things doing to it. 1.n/s/f and n/s/r/ indicators don't work,although the front wing one does.(Bulbs??) 2.n/s/r/brake light doesn't work.(Again bulb??) 3.Spanner light is on.How do you re-set
  • P Reg Ford Escort 1.6i GLX temp gauge 1 Jul 2005 (Forum)
    , but stayed at below the scale). Guy said it does work but takes time, not sure about this. Checked all other usuals (lights, emissions, brakes, gears etc), but the gauge is bugging me a bit. Gut feeling is to go with it, as overall and for the price it seems pretty good. Going to do an HPI check
  • VW Bora steering wheel shakes violently. 24 Jun 2005 (Forum)
    can rev the engine, which sounds fine, or pump the clutch. It doesn't matter if I'm in or out of gear or on the hand or foot brakes. Someone suggested the power steering fluid but there's plenty of it there. The only other opinion I've heard was there's something wrong with the timing belt but I'd
  • Driving down risk in the community. 23 Jun 2005 (Forum)
    Today while driving my company Transit I was severely cut up by a red Ford Fusion belonging to East Sussex fire and Rescue. He caused me to brake hard. I gave him the benefit of the doubt as we all make mistakes. However, as I followed him up to a set of lights in the straight ahead lane which were
  • Online Ford Spares 5 Jun 2005 (Forum)
    Wife recently acquired a Fiesta TDCI and I was wondering if there are any good online retailers (similar to Euro or GSF)selling basic service items such as filters, brake pads etc. I tried a Google, but it kept coming up with US based sites even though I specified a UK search. Also any owners
 

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