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• Corsa 1.4 - Foam in oil filler 22 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Just done a six month oil change on my daughters 1.4 Corsa (first one I have done as car is only 18 months old). Lots of creamish brown foam in the oil filler. Some sites list posible cause as HGF ! ! ! Car has done less than 3k in 18 months and generally on short runs (2 miles
• Ford Ka Breather 14 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Hi Can anyone offer any advise on the following Whilst servicing my girlfirends standard 1999 (V) 1.3KA i noticed creamy oil round, the oil filler neck. My initial thought was the head gasket however the car is running ok, not overheating or loosing water, nor is the creamy oil present
• Chirruping noise on starting Saab 9-3 17 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  My 1998 Saab 9-3 2.0l non turbo has developed a strange chirrup/high pitched squeak when starting which vanishes after approx. one second. The timing chains are quiet, it runs with 10w40 semi-synthetic oil and a Saab oil filter. It has only done 72000 miles and is used for a 30 mile round trip
• vectra engine management light 4 May 2005 (Forum)
  i have a 95 vauxhall vectra 1.8i the engine management light keeps coming on every 2-3 days (3 times yesterday) with loss of power (and being overtaken by OAPs) ive done the paperclip test and its not showing up any logged faults with the engine running. without the engine running it shows up 0335
• Cars and movies 28 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  realise what a fantastic driving movie this actually was. Everyone knows how cool this movie made the Alfa Romeo Spider but, can anyone, without reference to the DVD, remember how far Benjamin had to run to the church after running out of gas? I?ll give the answer tomorrow if a) I remember the answer or b
• Abstruse Insurance Question 23 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Dear all, I've just bought a different car, and have run into a little problem in insuring it. My current policy has 3 months to run, but the underwriter will not insure the new car - something to do with them only doing diesels or Rovers or something, rather than my driving record. I can get
• Advice about broken 1988 volvo Automatic 10 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Can anyone help? I have a 1988 Volvo Automatic 2.3 Estate which has been with my mechanic (who I have known for over 30 years) since the beginning of February because it keeps stalling. He has done everything to get it running including change two petrol pumps, renewed the distributor and wiring
• Astra 1.6 running rough 7 May 2004 (Forum)
  I have a 1999 Astra 1.6 Dualfuel which has started making a strange noise on acceleration. Whenever I accelerate in gear or rev the engine in neutral a...
• Running out of oil 6 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  My car is a VW 1.9 turbo diesel Sharan (90hp) which recently broke down due to camshaft failure. The breakdown occured about 600 miles after I had checked...
• Help! Battery or Alternator? 13 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Around 2 months ago my car (Astra 1.4Lsi 1992) failed to start. The mechanic tested it to find that the alternator wasn't functioning. So we replaced it and it was then running fine. Two days ago the same thing happend, again we had it tested to find this time it was the battery and again
• Diesel Wont Start after running dry ? 31 May 2003 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a ford fiesta 1.8 LX Diesel 1993. I ran out of fuel so filled up with a few cans of diesel , wouldnt start though. So i primed the hand pump...
• Thermostat - How important? 22 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  to cure a leak. What side effects am I likely to have if I just remove the thermostat, and run the car permanently without it. I guess the car will just run cold for longer, and never get up to it's 'optimum efficiency temperature', therefore, being slightly less efficient. Am I right, or horribly
• Vauxhall Brava Diesel 6 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  My brother runs a 1995 Vauxhall Brava 2.5 litre diesel with the Isuzu diesel unit. It went wrong before Christmas and was diagnosed with a faulty injector pump. He had a replacement one fitted and it went fine until a few miles from home when it stalled and eventually started with some difficulty
• Symptoms of a worn distributor cap? 19 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  this be the result of unburned charges ending up in the exhaust? Note the car runs slightly rich on a dyno run but because the acceleration is progressive rather than sudden the hiccup problem does not occur. What symptoms would you normally expect of a worn dis' cap? Regards, dan
• Run out (out of round) TD Dunlop tyres 14 May 2001 (Forum)
  I have a noise from well worn rear tyres on a 1996 BMW tds which is similar to wheel bearing wow. My garage says is not bearing noise. but out of true...
• main dealers 20 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  From the Telegraph On-Line today. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/11171459/Im-putting-my-trust-in-the-family-run-garage.html
• Toyota Landcruiser - dieselgas 8 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  would any one know if i can run lpg with my diesel and who does these conversions
• DS 5 - Smoke from DS DS5 Diesel engine after a short run 16 Jan 2018 (Forum)
  good long runs at speed, the last being 500 miles over Christmas up to Aberdeen and back. I've always filled it up with Shell V-Power Diesel.   Today I went on a short run of about 10 minutes to the supermarket, and back home again after about half an hour. The engine temperature
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  Should we sell one of our cars? 20 Jul 2022 (Ask HJ)
  My wife and I are in our late seventies, and we run two cars, A Hyundai Tuscon 55 reg with 50,000 miles on the clock, and I run a BMW series one 120D with...
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  What cheap to run automatics can tow a small caravan? 11 Jun 2020 (Ask HJ)
  We're an older couple and want an automatic to tow a small caravan with no heavy extras. Our budget is £15 - £20,000, less if we can. We're not sure if...