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• Diesel cars can be more expensive than petrol 28 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  FYI, a tabloid today is running a prominent story comparing diesel costs with petrol costs when buying and owning a car. The article highlights the extra purchase price, repair bills and takes several cars and points out that, for example, at 10,000 miles per year it would take 24 years miles
• Toyota Yaris II/Vitz (2006 - ) - Seat belt safety recall 28 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  in place. But it was discovered that this part could heat up and set a foam insulating pad alight, running the risk of a fire in a high-speed head-on crash.
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 98 1.3 engine won't start but has a spark 18 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Help please,car been running fine for 56000 miles now just turns over and over,no hint of firing,There is a spark so i'm thinking fuel pump or relay??.Can i test these? What about fuel cut off? Crankshaft sensor? When i turn on ignition i do not here the fuel pump priming. Is there a diagnostic
• Peugeot 406 (1996 - 1998) - 97 1.9 TD cooling fan won't stop 14 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  The Missus noticed this at 3.00 this afternoon, when she got out and locked the car. Was still running when I got home at 8 !! The battery is almost flat and the only way to stop the fan was to disconnect the battery. Have placed the battery on charge overnight and shown her how to disconnect
• Renault Clio II (1998 - 2001) - 2001 1.4 16v Engine Management Codes 12 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  My non Renault garage is trying this morning to sort out my 2001 1.4 16v > Clio which is running rough. The coils and plugs are fine. The ECU light > came on and two codes are showing:- 201 Polluntant & 202 Cat error. The > Lambna sensors on the cat are fine and the exhaust gases are normal. Any
• Car advice (2K!) 7 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Hi I'm looking for a replacement car after a bit of a bump! I've got up to 2K to spend and am really only looking for a small runaround. I don't do many miles (perhaps 100 per week) and very few long journeys. The most important considerations for me are low running costs (good mpg, low tax
• Forum difficult to use 10 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  I'm definately no computer whizz, but today i'm having difficulty using the site, i can read about 2 pages and then when i select another page, the computer seems to freeze and if i try to go back after a few seconds a message appears about some dodgy script running and causing IE7 to slow down
• Nissan Note (2006 - ) - 08 "S" model - where does it fit in spec wise ? 26 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Looking to buy an 08 Nissan Note. The model is advertised as an 'S'. Having looked at several websites the Note model range runs in parallel with rest of Nissan range ie Visia, Acenta etc. Does anyone know when Nissan made this change and did they update the spec of the cars? Is it likely an 08 'S
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 98 1.6 erratic tickover and poor fuel consumption 21 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Just had the cylinder head replaced on R-reg 306. Now it won?t tick-over properly and it?s drinking petrol. The tickover is very uneven and probably varies by 2-300 revs, running alright for a few seconds before rising and dropping. throttle setting is OK when driving. The garage who did the head
• Vauxhall Astra G Diesel (1998 - 2004) - 01 2.0 computer says no 15 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  and it runs ok. I'm aticipating a lot of conficting advice but any ideas would be appreciated
• Sales staff product ignorance. 14 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  the manufacturers customer sevice people, but that dealer lost a sale as the apathy may run through the organisation. Do other BRers do their own reserch? Is this treatment of customers typical? Will the situation improve as sales fall?
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 2001 2.0 Emissions light on 8 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  guessing that this is running too high? The regulator is adjustable. Are there any other causes why the light and fault keep occurring? Thanks
• Nissan Almera (2000 - 2006) - 00 1.5 - heater blows hot all the time 6 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  end up burning something out in the long run ? Cheers
• MG MG ZS (2001 - 2005) - 03 1.8 Speedometer fault 4 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Hi Have recently had problems with my MG ZS (diesel) in that the battery had been running down due to incorrectly connected accessories, fixed by an auto electrician. Now back on the road with a new battery but I now have a duff speedo. The needle doesn't move and the odometer and trip recorder
• Peugeot 207 SW (2007 - ) - 2005 1.4hdi Poor starter. 15 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  Screwloose, I was just about to post a similar query on 05 207SW 1.4hdi. Same symptoms and only just started doing this. Need to crank much longer to start cold or hot; sometimes thinking it's not going to fire. Used to start on first revolution as you mentioned. Runs fine when started
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 05 1.6tdci engine rattle when cold 8 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  hi i recently bought a high (92k) focus 1.6 tdci have found it quite rattly on start up from cold is this normal? took it back to dealer and they changed the tensioner for outer belts but its still same runs fine when warm but as soon as its under load when cold it sounds like a bag of spanners
• Ford Escort (1993 - 2000) - 1995 1.6 Zetec Automatic - Hose leak 21 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, My Partners car has developed a leaking hose. It's on the offside by the alternator and seems to connect in 4 ways: Engine, top and bottom of Rad and onto a metal pipe that runs along top of rad. There seems to have been some repair to it in the past. Question is how to get to the connections
• FIAT Seicento (1998 - 2003) - water leak in driver's footwell 9 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I know leaks can be notoriously difficult to find. I'm getting loads of water in the driver's footwell, I've run a hosepipe around the door seal and left tissues all around the door rubber overnight in the very heavy rain but they all stayed dry. I'm not losing water from the engine so it isn't
• Nissan Almera (2000 - 2006) - Pain dealer servicing 5 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I had a "minor" service carried out on my car yesterday and they also replaced the rear brake pads ... cost £236 and they also stuck in a fuel additive £12.50 which to me is 2 bags of coal ... They didn't ask me if I had any running probs and Almera's are not known for injector fouling + I only had
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 03 2.0 black smoking 30 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  hi my car smokes like hell black smoke not all the time just when accelerating hard when the turbo kicks it runs fine no loss in power and so on only when i first get in it when i set off it will judder slightly then wont do it all day i put some injector cleaner in it 2 weeks prior can anway