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• Noisy Rover 414 when cold 17 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  I have just aquired my father's 1999 Rover 414, 16 valve 26k miles. He only did short runs in it & the engine seems noisy when started from cold & for the first couple of miles from cold. The cam belt was changed at 5 years (20k miles) My father used to do 50mph max. Last night, I got the engine
• Ford Mondeo 2 ltr Turbo Diesel 17 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  My daughter has an ancient but trusty Mondeo estate car; it has a service history and the cam belt was changed at 90K miles. It has started running a bit roughly, particularly on the overrun when engine braking. It has gone into a local workshop where they have changed the injectors with no great
• Astra 1.7dti running very badly 1 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Hello all, 2001 128,000miles I have a noticeable flat spot between 1250 and 1500rpm when standing still - if the throttle is set to this point either...
• Computer Related Questions - Volume 60 13 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Just been asked to help a friend with a 2 week old Dell PC with a recent AOL Broadband connection. It is running like a Pentium 60 (it's a 3000) and seizing all the while. Keeps flashing up Norton screens of a "threat" nearly every time you move the mouse. Will not link to its printer... all
• BMW rattle 4 May 2005 (Forum)
  Evening all, My mums running one of the last original BMW compacts, a 316i with the 1.9 engine on an X-plate with 58000 miles on the clock. She told me that theres a rattle coming from somewhere under the bonnet and I've had a look and found where the rattle is coming from. The problem is I don't
• 1.0 R Reg Corsa cutting out 4 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all Just been driving down the M57 and my Corsa suddenly cut out. I managed to get it off the motorway and towed home. I can start it and it will run for about 5-10 seconds and then I hear a click from behind the passenger side dash and immediately the engine management light will come
• Immobiliser problem (I think) Volvo V70R 23 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  2000 V70R AWD auto (classic shape). I think I have an intermittent problem with my factory fitted immobiliser. The car will turn over fine, and run for a split second - but then instantly cut out, however many times I try. If I leave it for a while and lock/unlock the car (with the remote
• Toyota Corolla 27 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  a year (I think thats what he said anyway). He uses the car mainly for going to work and doing all the running around locally but it will be used for longer runs aswell, on motorways and country roads. Basically, was just wondering what people make of them and whether this would meet his needs. Any
• Rover 416 Tourer 26 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  and the brakes and bearings are not binding. Normally I would suspect a collapsed catalyst causing running problems but the car starts, idles and runs as it did when it was new albeit apart from the bad fuel consumption. Just wondering if anyone out there with a Rover 416 has experienced the same problems
• BMW 520i sport Avus 2 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  all those in the know consider it to be a good long term family car. Could the current BMW owners tell me of likely running costs. The car looks great but is at the extreme top end of my budget (it's actually well over, the wife thinks it's £13'000). Will I have to re-mortgage to run
• Computer related questions. Volume 39 22 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  A hard drive problem. My PC runs WinXP (SP2 installed) with a 40Mb HDD partitioned as C, D and E drives. It's a Medion and came that way. No problem for a couple of years, but now on bootup, I get an error message to the effect that Drive D needs "checking for consistency" and (unless I
• pug 106 d timing belt prob 1 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  hi i have a 95 106 d i tryed to set the timing on it but dont get a lot of joy i found a bung in the block witch i set with a pin and a bolt in the cam gear and a pin in the pump set wont run so ive slacked off the 3 bolts on pump gear and moved it runs but with a loud knock move it more
• non start punto 29 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  any suggestions on the cause of a non start punto, its a v reg mk 2 1200 8 valve with 10k on clock, checked for belt snapped,ok we have fuel and lots of it, we have spark, checked all engine management fuses. Iam informed before it packed in, it was running poor, no power spluttering etc
• Vauxhall Corsa is it a wise buy? 23 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  Am looking to buy a small run around and after looking around think that a 2000 onwards Corsa 1.2 may be a good balance of reliability and running costs. Seems that it has a Suzuki engine with timing chain rather than belt. I have searched around for any problems to look out for, but there do
• Import Delica vs Estima... 2 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  anyone out there own one/ have any experience of the running costs, maintenance and what to look out for when buying? Is buying from an import auction to dodgy (am happy with auction buying), or is it best to buy from an importer? Is the Delica really as thirsty on a run as I think it might be?! Want
• Thinking of buying a 2CV 26 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  I have seen a 2CV advertised, 1985 VGC 25,000miles has been garaged since 1993 (owner abroad) price: 750 I am thinking to offer about 500 or less I have done a little research and found that pre 1986 are not supposed to run on unleaded, this is a slight cause for concern, there are reports
• fiesta 1.1 starting and running problems 29 May 2004 (Forum)
  Hello everyone, After my last inquiry about the heavy steering it turned out to be a universal ball join, so it's all fixed. However, nothing is ever that...
• Vauxhall Cavalier - Fault Code... 27 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  what this means. The light only comes on at start up, and if you let the engine run for a minute (literally) and then turn off and turn back on again, the engine managment light does not come back on.... Car appears fine - doing 40mpg, running smoothly, oil clean.... Two thoughts - either the sensor
• Difficulty Cold Starting Audi A6 2.5 TDI 7 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  I have a UK 1998 Audi A6 with the 2.5 V6 TDI engine, with 140,000 miles. The engine does not start particularly easily when cold (even in summer) and often requires several goes on the starter motor until it catches on enough cylinders for the engine to run. Once running, the engine performance
• MPG just halved-any ideas? 24 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  I hope someone can help here because this has got very expensive. Coming back off my holls yesterday my trip computer was showing around 16/20 mpg instead of 29/35mpg ,i checked the range setting on a full tank and that was showing about 200 less miles than normal. After running the car empty