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• Porsche Boxster 981 - Air con maintenance in a convertible 21 May 2016 (Forum)
  Hello, I've recently taken delivery of a Porsche Boxster, which has climate control as standard.  The car will be used only in dry weather, almost always with the top down.  I understand that air conditioning needs to be run regularly to stop the seals drying out, but I'm unsure
• Porsche Boxster 2008 - Service due warning 1 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  I bought this car from a garage this time last year and enjoyed last summer with it covering 3500 miles or so. The garage had serviced the car and told me that it would not need doing for two years. The car was in storage since last October and was run occaisionly. Unfortunately when I went
• Mitsubishi Shogun - Brake problem 4 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  I have just replaced a metal brake pipe in the rear system of my Shogun.  I have bled both of the rear wheels and the bleed valve on top of the rear brake limiting valve.  The problem now is that when the engine is not running the pedal feels firm but with the engine running
• Skoda Octavia - skoda octavia cooling fan running all the time 29 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Thought i would post this up as i came across it at work today, had a 2009 octavia with the cooling fan coming on when engine turned off and ran until...
• charging circuit fault - Land Rover 90 9 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  Good evening, I fitted a new battery and alternator to my son's Land Rover 90 a couple of weeks ago. All seemed fine, 12.6v with no ignition on, 14.4v with the engine running. Fine since then until this morning when it wouldn't start due to a low battery. Once we jump started it I tested
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  Citroen C5 won't start 9 Apr 2014 (Ask HJ)
  My Citroen C5 1.8 petrol will not start. I pulled up last night and it then refused to start. This is the first time I’ve had any issues with it, what’s...
• Nissan Sunny 1.4 16v - 1991/1992 nissan sunny 7 Apr 2014 (Forum)
  hi need some help! Im a mechanic living in Portugal and looking after a nissan sunny for a friend. It has          running problems, the car, when cold runs fine but when it gets warm it sometimes wont start straight away and the driver says there is a bad smell
• Ford Mondeo - ford mondeo tdci engine swap 3 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  Hi im after abit of help, Iv just done a engine swap both engines were running both came out of a 2004  both 130 tdc 2.0, now i cant get the engine to run iv tried bleeding the fuel still no joy, no fault codes and getting good fuel pressure on cranking but will not fire, are the fuel pumps
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  How do the windows and air conditioning affect fuel economy? 12 Oct 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Which has the least effect on fuel consumption: having the air conditioning on or opening a window?
• I did 456 miles today 25 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  are all well and good, but when its bumper to bumper with a 40 limit, yet hard shoulder running is not permitted thereby reducing capacity, what is the point in spending the money on the system to permit hard shoulder running?! I was happy to get 46mpg over the trip.
• 2003 Ford Focus 1.8 TDDI - Crank position sensor 30 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  I fitted a new crank sensor and engine would only run for 2 seconds. Refitted the old one and it still only runs for 2 seconds. Does this ound like a wiring error or a stored fault code ?.
• citroen c crosser - fuel pressure 4 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  Car started occasionaly juddering at 70mph 2000 revs on an incline. This week ecu light came on put car in limp home mode. Took it to garage who diagnosed fuel pressure low with their plug in device. However when checked the fuel pressure was reading ok. Took it on a run and went no problems
• Vauxhall Zafira B (58 Plate) - Vauxhall Zafira - No Spare Wheel 8 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  . I do not think the car is running on run flats at the moment, so with the MOT coming up, is the garage likely to fail the car for having no spare wheel? Am I required to put runflats on the car? Thanks for any advice. 
• Ford Transit 2003 diesel - Won't start 22 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  Hi, My ford transit run out of fuel and I have since topped up with 4 jerry cans of fuel and I still cannot get the van to start. I have cranked open all the injectors and fuel is comming through. I tried to start after this and still no joy. The battery ended up running flat with me trying
• vauxhall zafira 1.6 2005 - zafira problems 10 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  fault i have replaced the sensor and thermostat and temp msensor and car is still the same once it heats up it will not rev up any higher than 1200 rpm if i take the lead off the temp sensor after it cools down the fan will come on continiously and the car will run like a dream .forgot to say when
• Vauxhall Zafira A - Vauxhall Zafira - intermittent starting problem 3 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  have a petrol driven 2003 Vauxhall Zafira that has started to have an intermittent starting problem.  What happens is that sometimes there is no problem in starting and running, while at other times it fails to start (it does turn over), and if it does catch it sounds like it is running on 2 or 3
• Audi a4 2.0tdi 2005 - emissions control light 28 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Hi i have emissions light on permanently ,its been on for about a week now . The car runs fine and ticks over fine . I have been driving like a grandad i have to admit trying to save money .Since the light came on i have been driving the car hard to try and clear the light only up to about
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  Yeti gearbox problem 30 Nov 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My new Skoda Yeti 1.2 automatic keeps shudderring when travelling under 30 mph and indicates that it is in 6th or 7th gear. The dealership says there is...
• Ford Mondeo - Mondeo tdci 2006 hot starting problem 3 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  My 2006 Mondeo tdci - 74k - has a warm/hot starting problem but starts and runs perfectly when cold. However when warm/hot on turning the engine it fires as if on one cylinder, makes a heavy knocking (external as distinct from within engine - maybe exhaust) rev counter barely registers but after
• kia sedona 2002 tdi 2.9 diesel - sedona problems 26 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  hi every on first time on the forum. need some advice for my sedona 2002 2.9 the engine runs fine but not revving past 3000 rpm and that would make gears change very dificult . had the hooked on the kia main dealer computer and no fault was found and no engine light on at all plus the engine