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• astra 1.4 overheating 21 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  ... this female is stumped please help me out any advice will be taken on board and dont have me taking parts out of my car that will stop it running lol
• does an economical 4x4 exist? 16 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  else. We are probably looking at buying something at least 5 years old,it must have 7 seats and it will be sole family car. Does anyone have any thoughts about the most economical to run?
• Yaris rear wiper 13 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Mrs. S6's Yaris needs a new rear wiper blade. Both a branch of a national chain, and local 'corner shop' motor factor tell me it's a dealer only supply. The problem is the local Toyota dealer - we had a long running dispute with them, and I'm reluctant to let them have a penny of my money. Does
• Getting the best mpg? 7 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  , can't better than 55 on a run sticking to the 70 mph on a motorway (where I use cruise control) Aircon is usually on. Are my expectations too high?
• austin somerset 5 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  then it is running at about 30 on the oil indicator then suddenly and slowly the oil pressure drops untill it reaches zero if i rev the engine it will rise slowly but as soon as it goes on tick over it drops again any ideas folks i dont know where to start looking
• Smoking Vectra 19 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  starts to pour from the exhaust. I have left it running in the driveway for over a half an hour and although a little smoky it will not seem to replicate the road test? Any advice on a low cost cure would be appreciated.
• Urgent Focus engine mgnt light question? 5 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Hello, My dad has bought a Focus, 2002 2.0 Ghia, he went to clean under the bonnet (OK, perhaps unwise) and disconnected the plug leads. He clearly did not reconnect one leade properly because the car ran on three cyls when started, he checked and found the loose plug lead and now it runs fine
• Peugeot 406 door seals/rubbers 5 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Can anyone advise on how to replace the door seals on a 406 (HDI saloon 2000 X). Specifically, it's the window seals outside the car and the seal at the bottom of the doors that runs from front to back. The front window seals have a screw inside the door - just undo this screw and pull the seal
• Bleeding brakes 1.6 ZM Engine (BJ) 3 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  1.6 ZM Engine (BJ)MAZDA 323F. Can someone tell me, when bleeding brakes does the engine have to be switched on to keep the ABS pump running. Or do you just bleed the brakes the normal way using two persons. It's just that I changed the brake fluid and now the pedel goes down a lot. Pumping makes
• Glow plugs Mondeo 18 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  I have a 01 Mondeo TDDI and i think one or more glow plugs are not working properly. On starting from cold the engine seems lumpy for 5-10 secs and there seems more smoke than usual. On starting from warm there is no problem. At all other times the engine runs fine. How do I determine which plug(s
• charisma gdi 1.8 fuel injection 3 May 2006 (Forum)
  Now ive heard that this will work but thought id run past you guys to see if its safe to do. To clear my rough idling problem (due to carbon build up) if i disconnect the pipe from the air box to the throtle body after the mass air flow sensor and spray some carb/injector spray down
• Compressor Help 24 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  longer to fill the receiver or is there something else involved? it has a 200ltr receiver so i don't think it's going to run out on me during use just take longer to fill cheers chris
• Honda Jazz Service 19 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Our Jazz is just coming out of warranty and a local and trusted garage are keen to service it and undercut the dealer. No worries about affecting the value of the car as I envisage it staying with someone in the family as a kind of heirloom until it dies, as it is so practical and cheap to run
• Pedestrian casualties 28 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  or just stupid or actually wants to kill themselves, runs into,or steps off the pavement,into the path of my rapidly moving, but not speeding car,even if they knew I wouldn't be physically able to stop in time and I was proceeding as carefully as can be expected with regard to traffic flow etc.,would I
• Emissions Quick Fix - 1999 VW Golf 26 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  ? The garage are claiming that the problem is that there is some oil getting into the system ('car is running a bit smokey'). and that the stuff the replaced is 100%. Pulling hair out trying to get this resolved. Any advice?
• passat gearbox 16 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  fit? I did run a Vento diesel (75hp) with much better gearing but the clutch was cable operated (very heavy) whereas my passat has a hydraulic operation. Any tips would be most welcome. Allan Crossley
• Focus water leak, interior 8 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Can anyone help? My 2000W 2.0i Zetec 3dr Focus has been misting up a lot recenly, but has always done so to a certain extent. I was horrified to find the drivers-side front and rear footwells are saturated. I can't find water running in from the tailgate, but can't find any from under the dash area
• Cat damage 29 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  I am trying to ascertain the cause of damage to a 6 month old catalytic converter. The car began running badly and was driven gently back to base - approx 1 mile. At which point it was revved very hard by a '3rd party'to try to drive it onto a ramp. Black smoke ensued at that point. The problem
• Omega brake pad warning - cause? 21 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  as all pads had at least 1/3rd left on them. What causes it to display the Brake Pads warning? (It isn't a wire running through the pads themselves apparently). Is this likely to be a spurious display? Should I worry?
• Computer Related Questions - Volume 63 31 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  run XP by the way). So I manually select Adobe Acrobat from a list of programs, and it opens fine. So - why doesn't Windows recognise that this is a pdf file?