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• Seat Exeo ST - Sound advice freely given - thanks HJ 30 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  Just wanted to say a really big thank you to HJ for the really excellent advice he gavce me when I needed to purchase a second-hand estate car and was tempted to go for a 4-5 year old Audi A4 Avant.  His general advice was, and I paraphrase here - 'if you're not too bothered about
• fiesta 97 - Fiesta ignition key barrel (again - sorry) 29 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  Hi there,  Sorry to raise this old subject again, I've read all the posts I can find on here without a solution. The ign key no longer wants to turn so I need to get the barrel out. I have no pin hole to poke a paperclip in, I can't see any circlips, there is an indented 'hole
• Honda Accord Tourer - Battery died but has green "telltale" LED 2 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  Starting my Accord iCDTI has been a bit laborious a couple of times recently. Over the bank holiday weekend it hasn't been driven and now it cranks but will not start. The original battery is the OE one, so 8 years old. I guess it doesn't owe meanything so
• Peugeot 206 1.6 hdi - DPF Replacement Question 2 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  not sure exactly how old the DPF is as I purchased the car at 55k and it's now at 71k and I have no idea if it had one on before I purchased it. Thanks in advance,   Danny.
• Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate - Instrument panel gone blank 9 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  I have a Mercedes E Class estate reg 2009, [old shape] and yesterday the instrument panel went blank. The car starts and the indicators and lights work but there is no speedo, rev counter etc, which are all on the instrument panel.   I got this advice from anther page
• Pug 307 - cambelt 22 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  . It was supposedly replaced 5 years go on 101,000 and now the mileage is 133,000. How difficult is it to do? I have replaced cambelts on 106's and on saxo's and they are relatively straight forward. I have been quoted in the region of £370 by the garages around here and due to the cars age it isn't
• Daily Telegraph advice - Honest John 10 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  looking for a £3,500 car to replace my Mazda 6. I don't drive a huge annual mileage, but most individual journeys are long so I want diesel economy, comfort and reliability. A Ford Mondeo or Focus would be suitable, because I need to carry a bike, and it's fine by me if it already has 80,000-odd
• Scratches on paintwork 1 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I have a 6 month old Ford Fiesta in vision blue and recently there were some small scratches under the crease on the passenger side rear door. I dont know how but its pi**ed me off.   Over the past year i have used a mobile dent/paint repair service and this time I showed
• Peugeot 306 - Peugeot 306 1.9td smoking under load. 8 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  Hi to all, My 306 smokes quite a but when under load. It's hard to tell what colour it is through the rear window but if ever there is a car behind me with their lights on I can normally drench them in smoke! I think it's black smoke... Service wise other than coming up for an oil change
• Vauxhall Zafira - dpf 31 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  hi everyone about 3 weeks ago my dpf had to be replaced as the old one had clogged up and blew 2 pipes of all of this was rectified but a couple of days ago the car went into limp home mode i scanned for fault codes and got one relating to the dpf and when i checked the saturation level with op
• BMW 1 Series - 600 miles added to clock after sale agreed 6 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  Hi,  When I collected a nearly new car (9 months old / 5000 miles on clock) from the local BMW dealership at the weekend, having agreed the sale and put down a deposit for a few weeks ago, I found that it had been driven an additional 600 miles since the test
• Volvo V70 - rear end shunt 11 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  move and the other won't tension. Oddly the idle speed is now fast too. The rear tailgate was replaced and several rear end items like the bumper too so it was a fair old smash. The car was mot tested and serviced recently and none of the faults listed were present but I have to attribute them
• VW Golf - What to buy? 22 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, I'm in a real dilema! At the mo I own a VW Polo 16v, 2000. A very good little runner, never let me down from new, however, now I find myself wanting to buy a small caravan, 1000kg ish, and don't know what type of car to replace my trustee old Polo with? I have looked
• 2008 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCi - Loose fuel injector pipe 20 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, I've just purchased a 3 yr old 1.8 TDCi ford focus from a main dealer. On getting it home I realised it was leaking diesel all over my driveway. A quick trip back to the dealer and they identified that one of the injector pipes had come loose and they reattached it. My question
• Ford Focus Saloon 1600 zetec - Semi-synthetic or fully synthetic oil? 14 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  I okay with part synthetic and if so, can someone recommend an oil? Also, should I be looking at a thicker oil for an old older engine? As some have suggested, as my car seems to be using a small amount of oil monthly. There are no leaks or blues smoke so lord knows where its going.
• Nissan Qashqai - Knocking Sound from rear 29 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  I have a 3 1/2yr old Nissan Qashqai (25K miles) which has suffered the known knocking problem on and off since new, first experienced at 6K miles. 1st set was replaced under Manufacturers warranty and the second set failed within 6K miles of fitting. The Nissan dealer did not fit
• Avensis 2002 2.0 vvti-auto - Which Automatic transmission Fluid 12 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  Can anyone advise me which automatic transmision fluid I should use for a drain/refill in my avensis 2002 2.0 VVTi It is the last of the "old-shape" models (facelift version of the MkI) There seem to be so many fluids on sale many of which claim to meet a startling ange of specs
• corsa - Log book for part-ex 4 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  Couldn't find this anywhere so forgive me if I am repeating anything. I am buying  a new car and trading in my old one under the Vauxhall swappage scheme. The dealer (Pentagon) have gone over everything and tell me not to worry about the problem and not to send off the log book
• BMW X3 - Multiple problems 27 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  My November, 2007 (51) X3 SE Diesel Automatic, owned since 6 months old has done 36.000 miles and has been serviced as per manufacturers instructions.   The following warning lights came on at the same time today
• skoda octavia - skoda octavia 1.9tdi giving lots of white smoke 11 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  Hi all. I have a 2002 skoda octavia 1.9tdi. 3 days ago whilst stuck on the ice i reved the car to get out of the ice and it shuttered to a stall. when i started it back up the engine was jerky and alot of white smoke is coming out the exhaust. took it to a mates garage and we thought