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• Ford KA, KA2, KA3 (1996 - 2008) - 2002 1.3i - oil top up followed by white smoke??? 20 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  to the handbook). For a couple of days, the car was fine, and running more smoothly than it had been. However, today, there was a lot of white smoke coming from the exhaust which smelt of burning (not normal cold weather condensation). The engine seemed to be running ok, and there was no white sludge under
• A Radical Approach To Performance Tuning.... 7 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  it would run. He wanted to let the engine suck in the sand through the intake so it would port it out and then push it out the ehxaust so it would port the exhaust manifold. I was worried that it might cause problems but he figured it'd be OK as long as we didn't make boost and it get sucked in the turbo
• Your dream ten car garage 11 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  ! The cars I would have are.. 1) My 1982 Porsche 928S - fully restored to showroom condition 2) A late Porsche 928GTS - as a daily run around 3) My Discovery TD5 - its not perfect, but I like to call it home! 4) A Ferrari 355 Spider - great looking car, but I'll need suncream for my bald head! 5) A Mclaren
• ABS Warning light on 01 Vauxhall Vectra 30 May 2007 (Forum)
  on and they tell me that unless the light is on, there is no error code and thus they can't 'fix' a fault they can't find. On one occasion they told me that they had found a loose connection on the ABS sensors and that the 'problem' should go away. Then they tried to charge me £30.00 to run a diagnostic, even
• Punto 60SX - starts and then doesnt 5 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Ive got a 99/T punto 60sx which has got 70k on the clock. Ive owned it 8 months, about 2 months after i got it it started leaking water in the passenger footwell. There also seems to be water behind the dashboard as well sometimes which you can hear running along when you turn. The car sometimes
• E90 BMW 320Si guages in dash 12 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Hi BR's I've just taken delivery of my new company car - a BMW 320Si and have been driving around for the last week running her in. (1000 miles in 5 days) I've come across a few oddities. They may be common knowledge to other E90 BMW owners but as its my first company car/BMW/new car please
• Insurance and buying tax disc! 26 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  was not acceptable because it didn't refer to the period for which the tax disc would run. Now the insurance has been renewed, but the new certificate hasn't actually arrived, so I thought I'd get the disc while the old one was still valid. Nope! The assistant in the Post Office said that even if my current
• Company car / cash alternative dilemma 31 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  a company car. The lease expires at the end of the year and I am considering taking the £5,000 offered to me as an alternative to participating in the lease scheme because I think that I could do better with the money and the lease scheme runs for 4 years, which is a bit of a long tie in. I would
• how to test a coil chrysler 1937 15 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  ? Obvioulsy had a huge amount of current flowing through it. The car was out on a run when this happened. I don't know wether it occurred during the run, or on start up. Damn odd points in it. Single sided with the other contact attached to the base plate itself with like a crude vernier adjust
• ? change diesel injectors (Fiat) 4 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  it has been running fine, but this morning the problem returned. I believe it may not be firing on one or more of the 5 cylinders for a brief time due to fuel starvation. The diesel filter was change only 6 weeks ago when the car was serviced and the glow plugs were changed last year. When the engine
• Nissan Navara - Rust? 28 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  I bought a brand new Navara nine months ago (Reg December 2004 direct from a UK Dealer), and recently noticed a couple of bits of rust:- Three out of the four locking wheel nuts are rusting inside and one of the side step / running boards on the side of the vehicle is covered in what looks like
• Another VW Passat misfire 20 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  I own a 1997 Mk5 Passat 1.8 20V. It started to misfire last weekend running intermittently on anything from 2, 3 or all 4 cylinders. I have since changed the plugs, and the coil pack and this has not made a difference. Also, I have ran a compression test without receiving an adverse result. I
• Peugeot 406 stalling during warmup 20 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Here?s a puzzling one. The engine on my Peugeot 406 2.0 (1998/S) petrol runs fine when cold, and when very hot, but during the warm up period there is a nasty period when it stalls, falters when driving off, flat spots and is generally unhappy. During this period, the orange ?check engine? light
• Ford Fiesta MK4 12 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  cable / wire underneath the front passenger seat. This controls the seat belt pre - tensioners and is a yellow cable / wire that runs from a plug on the innermost seat rail to another plug that is under a piece of trim near the door sill. It's snapped away from its plug at the door end and the plug has
• HT Leads (expiring?) Polo 6 May 2005 (Forum)
  Hello all, Generally, how long do HT leads last before they start to go? I ask because my Polo (although running well) seems to have a very slight misfire at idle, which you barely notice, and the exhaust fumes have a slightly strong smell. Not sure if the smell is all that serious
• Megane v Mondeo (really!) 5 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  I need something cheaper to run than my current 5-series, without giving up too many creature comforts, looking to spend not too much over £10k (11 at a push). I've been looking at the options among 1-2 year old diesels and my shopping list's shrunk down to 2 (an odd couple you might think
• Pre-Registered v. Nearly New 14 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  if I want a similar specification (leather, climate etc). As as I do 20K+ miles per year, I'd like as long a warranty as possible and low running costs. I'm now looking at either a pre-registered or nearly new high volume car instead, such as a Vectra Elite. I've seen a pre-registered one (1.8
• Alfa 156 blown spark plug 3 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  My alfa 156 suddenly developed a really bad misfire like it was running on 2 cylinders, on opening the bonnet there was a horendous knocking coming from the top of the engine, I removed the engine cover to find it had blown one of the small sark plugs out of the head stripping the thread
• Expected Battery Life 25 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  than three days before a decent shopping trip run of between 20 to 35 kilometers each way is done. There are other journeys of course but the pattern is not that of a two or three kilometer run a couple of times a week. I used Skoda Assist when the car would not start and the driver of the breakdown
• Audi A4 Coolant Loss 23 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  mile run was warm in other places too. With the engine hot and running I have tried to hold shut the top line to the radiator after the T to the expansion tank in the hope of seeing water puped into tank to confirm water pump is working but to no avail. Should I go ahead and replace water pump of does