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• Renault Espace (1985 - 1997) - 94 2.0 Starting / Idle problem 28 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  seconds running. Tride again and eventually it was running, but idle was erratic racing up and down. Settled down after a minute or two and drove fine. (No Check engine light came on) It recently had a fast idle problem and this was fixed by cleaning the Idle Control Valve. Can't take it back
• Citroen Saxo (1997 - 2003) - '00 1.4 eng. code KFX - losing power when warm. 13 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  My mates furio has an infuriating intermittent problem. Sometimes the car runs fine and more frequently now it does not. Starting from cold is fine but as it warms power is lost and an extra gearchange is needed to maintain progress. Yesterday after having been driven in town traffic from cold
• Volkswagen Passat (1988 - 1997) - 1997 'R' 1.9tdi 115BHP boost issue 30 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, Long time no post ! I have a work mate who is running a 1998 VW passet 1.9tdi (115BHP I think) which he had a number of issues with........ The current issue: The car starts fine and runs okay.........but it appears to have little to no 'boost', further more, when the car hits about
• Audi A4 (1996) 1.8 starting problem 17 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  On 3 occasions in the last 6 weeks my A4 has refused to start. Well it starts and revs for approx 2 seconds then dies. After repeated cycles of this it eventually starts and runs OK. Yesterday it did this at my local garage (it was in for a bodywork job). I left the car with them but of course
• Toyota Auris (2007 - ) - Chugging noise 5 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  . I'm sure it was at the side of the car and not the engine bay. My only thoughts are it could be air running past the tyres or air running past the mudflaps or contours of the car. I also noticed a high tapping sound like stone on stone which gets faster as the wheels turn and wonder
• car security 19 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Jump starting one car from the other last night in the pouring rain. Both cars in position and the doner car running, shut driver's door and central locking kicks in (supposedly not working!) So there I am with a locked car (bonnet still shut), engine running with £30 of fuel in it in the pouring
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 1.6 petrol cam belt issues 8 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  My car is a 1998 Golf MK IV 1.6 Petrol. I recently had a new cam belt kit fitted as my car had done 80,000 miles. The problem is that now it seems to run very harsh at cruising speeds (65-70 mph). The rev counter shows the same revs at 70 mph as before, but the car feels like it's very shrill
• Could we run Jaguar 22 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  I have just looked out the bedroom windown - down onto the top of an 07 plate Jag XK in racing green - visiting next door. What a stunning looking car...
• diesel mondeo wont start 22 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  packed up,why would this happen out of the blue when the car was running lovly in till this happened never given me a problem before and its never been run low on diesel allways kept at half a tank and i just filled the car up can this just happen for no reason and i allways put in decent fuel
• complex wiring issue(not model specific) 17 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  heres one to tax peoples brains, I nedd to make up a simple circuit that is live when the ignition is on and engine running but will go dead if either the key is turned off or the engine stalls. Im sure there is a way to do it and Im almost certain its something to do using some sort of circuit
• vaux astra mk3 loss of coolant 15 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  I have a astra mk3 s reg 1.6 8 valve , lost all coolant out of exspansion tank and heat .on topping up and running the car I noticed alot of pressure building up in the tank.I also took off the oil filler cap here i noticed mayonase on the cap and alot of whiteish smoke coming out
• BMW 740 rough when cold 6 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  My mates 1994 BMW 740 is running poorly when cold. It starts fine and feels as though the mixture is OK for the first few hundred yards. After that the revs drop considerably and it feels as if it is going to stall, but doesnt. When fully warmed-up it runs sweet. Its as if the sensors think
• 2E2 Carb Icing?? 15 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  Taken from thread \"Pierburg Carb\" http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=8799 >> the engine runs fine. After covering a couple of miles, it >> will start to misfire, gradually getting worse until it cuts out. >> After a couple of minutes, the engine will start again and >> run
• Good route for a "run" - Surrey 26 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Hi, what with the weather brightning up a little and the days getting a little longer I'd like to clear the cobwebs from my car. I am based in north surrey,...
• CMAX Diesel Mayo 3 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Friend of mine has a CMAX 2.0 diesel. When he pulled the oil filler cap off today he saw quite a bit of gunk underneath which he's pulled out. It looks like "mayonnaise" and I know this could happen with short runs but although he does these he tells me that he has done a few longer (20-30 mile
• Best 4x4 for my needs? 16 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Hi, I am currently costing out moving to the country and need to look at the running costs of a car to get me into work. I will be 33 away from work so its a total of about 330 a week. About 18 are dual carriageway, but my problem is the 12 miles each way that are on twisty country roads, up near
• The one pound litre, and a sheep. 28 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  of the fun out of blowing at 16psi wondering about the mpg and hoping that is at least in double figures. The funny thing was, we were run into by a sheep. Here was this silly animal capering in the road, egged on by some colleagues on the proper side of the fence. So we just stopped dead, to let things
• Volvo S60 running costs and issues 5 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  There's an option for me to buy a Volvo S60 2.0T auto or 2.4T SE auto, both 53-pate with 100k on the clock. I have read through the car-by-car breakdown...
• Volvo S60 running costs and issues 4 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  There's an option for me to buy a Volvo S60 2.0T auto or 2.4T SE auto, both 53-pate with 100k on the clock. I have read through the car-by-car breakdown...
• VW Bora Heating Question 20 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Can anyone help? My wife has a VW Bora 1.9TDi, 90PS which is now used for mostly local runs after a life of longer runs with me. In the winter the heater has always taken a good few miles to get up to full heat (around 10 minutes). I have a newer Golf TDi which appears to have an immersion