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• Scrapyards 13 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  where wellies and old jeans etc, you are prepared to get a bit oily or dirty but the satisfaction is there that you have saved yourself a load of money, understood the car a bit better, kept the scrapyard open, done a bit of recycling of a second hand part but still life in the component, kept your
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  EGR valve has clogged up on my seven-year-old Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0 TDI Diesel 6 Dec 2019 (Ask HJ)
  I need to replace the EGR valve on my seven-year-old Volkswagen Tiguan diesel, at a cost of £1200 because it is coked-up. My car was subject to the emissions...
• Buying advice please - used, large family 8k 6 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  Hi, I need some buying advice please.  I'm looking for largish, used family car for around the 8k mark. Up to 6/7 years old.  Preferably petrol as making lots of short trips. Mileage up to 60k. Usual prerequisites, frugal, reliable, and safe as will have 2 under 10's
• Kia Sportage 2020 1.6 GDi - The Drive Home, First impressions 3 Mar 2020 (Forum)
  So, Collected the new Trottinette this morning. Car nicely parked outside the showroom with space to walk around and check it. Copy of 2 page PDI checklist ready to see. Quarter tank of fuel, Sportage floor mats fitted foc. Everything as it should be. Salesman
• Arguing over stance is getting old, knock it off. 27 Nov 2019 (Forum)
  , stop wasting your breath and clogging up threads with this senseless bickering. If you don't like stance, downvote and move on. We do not consider it a s***ty car mod here. You're welcome to your opinions, but for love of god knock off the bickering over it. Open discussions are absolutely okay
• Unknown Part Name 13 Jul 2019 (Forum)
  Hi, I know nothing about cars but the other day had to put in a new battery into my S Type Jaguar after googling how to do it. However there was a tube connected to a plastic part that went into the old battery that I now know was needed to release gasses. I still have the tube
• Vauxhall Corsa C - Corsa C remove starter motor, easy? 23 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  Corsa C, 06 Reg old shape 1.2 petrol. Starter motor is screeching sometimes when cold. This morning its frosty and it just wont engage and just screeches. Battery is a bit old but I've jumped it and makes no difference - still makes that horrible racket! I've put car on axle
• ford focus 1.8 tdci 2007(57) - same old droning noise from front 14 Jan 2017 (Forum)
  and no problems with the car generally except for the noise. So far i have changed both bearings, both drive shafts and cv joints it has had new wishbones, but i still have the noise. It has to be some sort of drive problem as it doesn't do it on tick over. Stumped
• Land Rover Range Rover L322 (2002 - ) - 03 4.4 V8 - buzzing noise 8 May 2011 (Forum)
  Hello all, I have 'borrowed' my old mans range rover recently, 03 plate autobiography.... and the car seems to have a really irritating buzzing noise from under the front the windscreen somewhere.. it happens from approx 55mph up and does not really stop.... I have tried the old slapping the dash
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  Is there a known problem with Volkswagen Passat fuel injectors? 16 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Is it true that there have been a substantial number of Volkswagen Passat fuel injector failures? If so, does this apply to all Volkswagen dealers?
• International Drivers and no claims 25 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  Hi Guys, i am new to this forum. I am giving a friend of mine who is an international student my old car. It is probably valued at no more than 500. He is from Egypt, has been in the UK for 2 years as a post graduate student. In Egypt he drives and has a 8 years no claims
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 3 x gearboxes in 1 month 14 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  in as many weeks. Service manager said he hopes this new one will be OK as the warranty on the gearbox will expire when the car is 3 years old i.e. 1st March. Surely after a catalogue of disasters Ford cannot simply disown the warranty work! or is the service manager correct? What would you do?
• Smallish automatic for about £6k 21 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  My daughter is looking for a smallish (for parking) "traditional" automatic to buy for about £6k. She does quite a lot of long distance motorway drives, and currently has a 9 year old Toyota Yaris, which has been excellent. We had a test drive with a 3 year old Mitsubishi Colt diesel automatic
• Volkswagen Touareg (2003 - 2010) - 2006 2.5 New camshaft & oil cooler 19 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Less than 4 yr old, 53,000 mile on the clock, recently got error message "insufficient coolant". VW garage (which has always maintained it) advised oil cooler and camshaft needs replacing, £2,500 bill! Considering age & miles, does this seem strange to anyone else? I know very little about cars
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - Considering a 330d 24 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Im a 21 yr old lad and i want a car with good looks good power and something a bit fun but have to remember insurance, i'm thinkin about getting a 330d coupe about 3 yrs old prob 45k or so on the clock. The insurance even with my age isnt to bad on this and get a decent return on mpg which i
• Does the old nylons trick really work? 14 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  Stopped in a layby to make a phone call the other day. Guy parked further up approached my car and asked for assistance because his had broken down. Turns out he was an Englishman living in Holland, travelling back there with his Dutch girlfriend in a tired left hooker Fiat. Had a quick look
• Citroen Berlingo Multispace (1998 - 2010) - 07 1.6HDI - cuts out it's only 20 months old 1 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  got a bit of a problem with this berlingo, as it cuts out after 20 minutes.. hoe the problem happs is that it warms it as any car would normally, then the engine management system light comes on you can then drive it for around 2 more minutes then it cuts out.. you can normally re-start
• Nissan Almera - Terrible headlights 19 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  With the nights drawing in, I've been driving with my headlights quite a bit lately. And I have to say, compared to my old Sunny and my girlfriend's Clio, the Almera's headlights are absolutely awful. I have them pointed as high as possible, yet they only light a small distance in front of me
• A4 TDi 130PD 17 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Hi The auld petrol Vectra is becomming tired and I am seriously considering replacing it with an A4 TDi 130. I have always prefered oil burners, but have never owned any of these new fangled PD engined cars. I usually buy at 2-3 years old and keep for another 5 years moving on when I get a good
• Windscreen Wipers 8 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Amazingly (or stupidly) I've never replaced the wipers on my car. That's been because they've been fine up until recently when the rubber started to peel away but they still worked. Anyway - nipped into Ford before and bought a pair and just replaced them now. Swish aren't they? Wear indicators