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• Desirable to Dinosaur in a decade? 23 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  "swap for small car or van, tax to January 09" Seen in town on the back of an R reg Jeep. Bodywork Looked in good condition for its age, running on half worn `general Grabbers` or something chunky like that. Never seen it spelt out so bluntly before, so Lets hope they enjoyed its earlier
• Hot climate - any ill-effects? 3 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Does anyone know if extreme hot dry weather running has any detrimental effect(s) on an engine? I picked up a new XC90 on Thursday, and whilst out on a weekend drive the external temperature gauge showed 48 degrees C! (I'm in the Middle East). Yesterday after parking in the sun for a couple
• Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 1997 2.0 8 valve GTi - not revving over 5000 rpm 1 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  I have a 97 2.0 8v GTi. I scanned the ECU which showed the Hall sensor out of tolerance, replaced the distributor(the whole thing) and it cleared the fault, checked and traced all wires back to the ECU all fine, car runs like it should when fault code cleared when running but as soon a switched
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 00 2.0 high fuel useage on long runs 20 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  a 2000cc on w year 2000 with 31000 miles on the clock i just done a long trip and i have use 3/4 of tank of fuel it was 264 miles round trip. i have...
• What is regular use? 18 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Everyone knows that a car runs better if used regularly. But what is regular use? I have always thought this to be a weekly run of 20+ plus which, after warming up for 3 ? 4miles, takes in a variety of roads to exercise the gears and brakes and includes a few miles at the permitted maximum
• Renault Megane II (2002 - 2008) - 2004 1.4 - injection light ? 15 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  I have a 04 megane petrol with a 1.4 engine and it keeps flashing up 'injector fault' when it does this it takes a while to start then runs rough,also when it comes on when driving the car looses power,the light comes and goes and when its not on the car runs fine,i have spoke to renault they want
• Citroen C5 (2001 - 2008) - '06 2.0 petrol ~ Water trickle on carpet 4 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Just noticed a small trickle of water running along the footwell carpet of my 1 year old C5. Its only a very small amount of water and its coming out of the centre colsole right down low at the very back where the base of the facia meets the floor and the scuttle panel. Its running towards
• Renault Espace (1985 - 1997) - 93 V6 cutting out 16 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  keep it in forth and just touch the throttle it pulls where if you try ro accelerate the power dies. Also noticed if you turn the ignition off/on this sometimes let the car accelerate. The car runs fine for the first ten minutes when it runs on the choke Any help would be grateful Many Thanks
• Cost of motoring versus age of car. 4 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Some 20 or 30 years ago I saw a survey which compared the cost of motoring for cars of different ages. I think it was by the AA, but it may have been RAC or Which? magazine. The survey showed that the cheapest cars to run were 4 to 6 years old. Newer cars cost more in depreciation. Older ones
• Renault Clio II (2001 - 2007) - 2002 1.2 - vacuum pipe to where? 25 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  A friend of mine has just bought a renault clio which has a vacuum pipe running from the back of the engine to just behind the drivers side headlight. The problem is this pipe is not connected to anything. There is also a 2 pin multi plug connector at the same location again plugged into nothing
• Ford Escort (1990 - 1992) - Early Mk5, 1.3HCS - Battery light stays on. 16 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Hello all, All of a sudden my 'dash battery warning light' stays ON when the ignition is switched OFF. When the ignition is switched ON it goes OUT and stays out when engine is running. Before it only came on when the ignition was switched to start the engine and then went out although recently
• Suzuki Wagon R+ (2000 - 2007) - 05, Vauxhall engine, has broken pipe in engine bay 10 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Wagon R with the Vaux engine. Large rubber pipe runs across front of engine, then changes to aluminium and turns downward through 90 deg, running down beside the dipstick tube, to couple into the front of the engine block. At least, I think it is the engine block because it is not possible to get
• Ford Mondeo 1 (1993 - 1996) - 1.8 petrol. Is my alternator dead? 23 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  Ignition light flickered on for a few seconds then went out a mile from home. Got home, switched off, and turned igition back on (position 2) - no ignition light. (Other lights on ok). Engine starts ok, go for five minute test run - other electrical stuff seems to be ok. Still no ignition light
• Excellium v Ultimate diesel? 10 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  - and the environment, how could I forget). I run a 2.5 V6 TDi Passat, and having run on ordinary diesel and BP Ultimate, I can't say I've noticed any difference other than in my pocket, though I may be churning out less noxious fumes if that's what BP would claim.
• The new Ford / Pug 2.2 twin turbo diesel 10 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  -speed box, which has been great, I'm very fond of the motor's punch, performance and 50+mpg on a run. I don't like the "new" Passat's looks so that's out of the running, and I've also tried the Accord and 3-series. Not tried the Avensis yet. thanks, Craig
• probs with my new runabout (Ford Escort) 16 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  to be please?) I took it to work on monday, a journey of 38 miles and noticed a problem, it runs and accelerates fine but when i come of the gas it veers fairly heavily to the left?? It runs fine in a straight line when driving normally. Any idea`s please? Ta, Jon
• Help ! overheating Vectra 17 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Just renewed brake pipes ,front disks on my Vectra after an MOT failure to find it is now overheating. I had also renewed oil and all filters and was fine prior to taking the vehicle off the road for a few days. I took it for a run yesterday and it was overheating as a result of a binding front
• 406 hdi - cold start up problems 7 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  i have a 2001 406 110 hdi.I was having cold start problems so fitted new glow plugs,that cured it for a few weeks then it started playing up again,sounds like running on 3 cylinders until you blip the throttle then it picks up and runs on four.Now when i pull up at junction etc it starts surging
• 99 Passat Engine Problem 6 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  99 1.8 20V, 91000 miles on clock, fully serviced and timing belt kit changed at correct time, no problems untill recent. I had run the tank down and following this the engine seamed to surge or as if you were braking but only during motorway cruising, seamed OK around town. Decided to get a full
• Vauxhall Carlton 1992 2.0L GLi 28 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  I have a 1992 Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 GLI which has only done 50,000 miles from new and its in very good condition, however recently I have developed the following fault can anyone help! cold mornings/evenings after driving a few miles with engine upto running temp I have rough engine running