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• Repair or Scrap? 20 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  The timing belt on my brother's S Reg Vectra 1.6 went on Saturday night. I am getting information second hand just now but as it stands he has been advised that the engine is goosed and will need replaced. Car has done 108,000 miles, he still has 5 x £200 payments left to make and he has been
• Pug 309D Mystery Coolant Leak.... 11 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  - even when the car is on wheel ramps & cam belt cover off - I\'m suspecting perhaps the water pump seal has finally gone and I\'m getting a very small leak somewhere round it. This seems to flow it\'s away around and drip off the lower part of the engine. All hoses are fairly new and show no sigh
• Fiesta engine (?) problems, Help! 9 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  I've got a fiesta 1.3 finesse, 98 s - reg. it's a really good car, but.... it loses power. not all the power, about 15% of it at various times and only for about 10-15 seconds or so. e.g crusing along the motorway, keeping up with traffic (you know the speed), then the "power loss" kicks
• DIY Bentley 5 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  dubbed his mad motor the Mentley Insanne! His labour of love is now thought to be worth £50,000. The garage owner, of Poole in Dorset, said: ?Every time I?m at a service station a businessman comes up and asks if it?s a new prototype.? Andy is now exhibiting it at car shows in Europe. A few pics
• Drivers or car operators - Discuss 19 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  your 18year old boy racer out of his new clio or corsa and stick him in a MkII escort from the late 70's see how far he travels on that B road before he gets a close up of the hedges. I regularly see young guys braking through corners, or approaching corners too quickly knowing their ABS will 'safely
• Thatcham Cat 1 Alarm on Discovery 10 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  and found them charging anything up to £350 to supply and fit The best quote I had was £260 plus £25 for a driver\'s side central locking motor, so that all doors can be locked with the RC fob. Total £285 inclusive of VAT The system I have been offered is a Laserline, which the chap claims has better
• No cassettes on new Toyotas? 16 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  a cassette if I fork out for £3000-worth of colour DVD/SatNav or somesuch! I can\'t believe this. There is a slot in the Corolla\'s dash below the radio that I could slot a cassette deck into, but it would have to be a third party unit, and not sure to be compatible with the Toyota CD/Radio. I like taping
• Pirelli P6000s really that good? 9 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  to drive fairly quickly on the open road when there\'s no-one about but the Pirellis scare theout of me when they start to lose it on a bend. Anyone know of a decent alternative to the Pilot Exaltos? Not time to replace the P6000s yet but I\'ve been thinking about Michelin Pilot Primacy for when I do
• VW Golf door locks 7 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  /immobilser has been activated only comes on when you turn the key twice in the lock, which is the opposite of what\'s supposed to happen! 3. The pasenger door sometimes doesn\'t let me open the central locking, the key just turns and nothing happens. Has anyone else had problems with their locks? I am sure
• car insurance 4 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  they be willing to 'reimburse' me the loss of my excess and loss of NCBonus the following year(s). They said unfortunately they couldn't. Their hands were tied no matter what I saved them.'It's the system' they said. Howver they said they would still appreciate me telling them 'what I know' and any help to get
• Noisy PAS 31 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  at this Thursday. As I know nowt about PAS, is there anything I should watch out for to avoid B/S from the garage and also unnneccessary work? Anything I should ensure to check that they have done? I noticed that the fluid is a bit murky, should it be clean and clear or is a bit brown acceptable? The garage
• free insurance or not? 19 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  ....! yes, yes get another nanny I hear you say, but you try explaining to two under 5's them that you sacked the nanny 'cos the insurance is too high....? doesn't fit in to barbie world now...and it is Christmas So it seems that best deal is to go for one of those 12 month free insurance offers with VW
• Traffic Lights on Rondabouts 27 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  times. However, it does now scare the s*** out of me on occasions. This is when traffic is stopped on the roundabout by one set of lights and tails back to partially block the previous exit, causing traffic for this two lane exit to converge into one lane. I don?t know if there have been any serious
• escort 1.3 hcs 12 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  thinking is that it's not the piston ring/s that have worn but the stem seals. If anyone could enlighten me more i would much appreciate it. thanks.
• excellent police driving 31 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  and then took off mucho rapido when I pulled over. As it passed I could see it was a Volvo patrol car. Point is, I was expecting to be tailgated to within a few inches of my life, which seems to be the norm these days for idiots speeding on the motorways if you happen to get in their way. OK, so if (s)he
• Ford Galaxt TDI sluggish performance 24 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  I have a 1998 (S reg) Ford Galaxy 1.9 TDI 110Bhp with 28,000 miles on the clock. In mid-May 2001 I had the clutch & slave cylinder replaced (due to my wife's heavy foot). At the time of replacement the garage failed to reconnect the Turbo Charger in-let (?) pipe and on the way home the car
• Peugeot Cam Belts 4 May 2001 (Forum)
  In the course of my work I change a lt of cam belts. Some is easy, some is not. Yesterday I had the misfortune to change the belt on an S reg 406 LX 1.9 Turbodiesel. I think I can honestly say yhat apart from a Toyota MR2 this has got to be the most unfriendly installation I have come across
• Cabrio joy 10 May 2020 (Forum)
  but the interior looks like something from the 80’s and they’re awful to get in and out of.    I’ve also had the pleasure of a track day at the wheel of an Aerial Attom with a supercharged Honda VTEC motor in what is basically a shopping trolley. It’s mad, it’s
• FIAT Doblo Cargo - Shaking on acceleration in all gears 7 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  . More than one garage has inspected all visible suspension/steering bushes, joints, links etc and can find no wear. Crowbars have been applied to wishbones to check for free play. Top and bottom gearbox mounts have been changed. N/S driveshaft inner CV tripod joint replaced
• Life story of a car - Polo C 1985 23 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  Bought new in 1985 - did 28,000 miles in one year under my ownership and then sold as a favour at below trade price to my Father who had a 10yr old Mk2 Escort - the floor of which had virtually rotted off. I nodded sagely at that - because the Polo followed two basic Fiesta`s - of which I