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• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - - Blue smoke, anyone know a good indie in Leics ? 12 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  A colleague bought a BMW about a month ago and has arrived at work this morning with some problems. The car is a 330i SE 52 reg. and done 141,000. The car has been fine until he was on the way to work this morning when it started smoking. The smoke is blue (oil we assume). We have been looking
• Golf MkIV Fuel starvation/throttle issue 5 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Car: 2001 Golf MkIV, 72,000miles, petrol, 1.6 I first had this problem in Feb 2006. As I was pulling into a car park the engine cut out on me at low revs. Couldn't get it started normally. Got the AA out and the guy reckoned it was a throttle potentiometer problem. He started the car by manually
• antiroll bar link keeps failing vectra 10 May 2007 (Forum)
  making knocking noises with steering to left or right. the gaitors on the link appeared perfectly fine and no play was detected pulling the link by hand. you could feel the link vibrating after a knock induced by the steering movement. its interesting that even with both front wheels off the ground
• Daewoo Matiz Nightmare Update 5 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  droplets of water on the inside, and are confident that it is dripping in from here striaght to the floor, when it is parked up and raining hard. The seal looks ok, anyway, they have bent the door, ever so slightly to make a better seal at the top of it where it is coming in. 1. What would one suggest
• IAM driving techniques 17 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  of their suggestions seem fine, what are other BackRoomers thoughts on these two that I'm not sure about: 1. No eye contact with anyone except motorcyclists, with whom you should always try to make eye contact with. The biker bit seems sensible, acknowledging you have seen them. I disagree with the other part
• Megane coolant loss 11 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  parked up and let the thing cool off for an hour or so. Checked the coolant level had dropped below minimum in the expansion bottle which explained the overheating. The fan wasn't running either when I stopped which made me suspicoius too. I topped it up with some water (had no coolant to hand
• BMW 316i auto box slipping (E36)? 16 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  , it shifted up and down fine, went into R or D at a standstill without jerking or clunking, etc. However, when pootling along at say 25mph, kickdown seems surprisingly jerky. It feels almost like a slipped clutch on a manual for about 1 second (as it revs to about 4500rpm), then appears to engage with a bit
• Warning!! Is this a con?? 8 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  ( the make and reg. no. were on the letter ) had been illegally parked on December 29th 2000 somewhere else down South and as a result had been clamped. The clamp had been removed without authorisation and as a consequence he as to pay a £30 fine. If he did not comply proceedings would be commenced. Replys
• Warning!! Is this a con?? 5 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  ( the make and reg. no. were on the letter ) had been illegally parked on December 29th 2000 somewhere else down South and as a result had been clamped. The clamp had been removed without authorisation and as a consequence he as to pay a £30 fine. If he did not comply proceedings would be commenced. Replys
• C3 Opinions 8 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  comfortable, but in this car I fitted just fine. The only downside is that with me in the front seat, you can forget about anyone else sitting behind as there was very little legroom left. Rear visibility is a bit iffy when reverse parking, the back pillar (C?) being quite wide and the headrests obscuring
• Road rage - moi? 8 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  with the court official. It must be Pasadena Court we had to appear. Brief instructions on how to how to get there were given. I drove like the wind breaking every rule in the book (no lectures please). Arrived in underground car park with 5 minutes to spare. One parking space only was available which
• Kia XCeed - Kia Xceed PHEV review 8 Oct 2021 (Forum)
  in the front and rear,heated steering wheel,cooled seats,digital dash board and every safety item such as blind spot monitoring,lane keep assist,collision avoidance etc. It comes with front and rear parking sensors and camera and even parks itself!. I have installed a type 2 charger at my house
• VW cc 2016 - VW Group cars with 02252 Generator fault on OBD 20 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  +are not good for the AGM plates in the battery. So a typical short drive with start stop heated seats lights on etc will take more out of the battery!!!  So many are using SMART battery chargers which is fine if the car is parked up for weeks but a modern car should be able to be parked
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 97 XSi Phase 1 has my head gasket gone? 16 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  leaking and now there's white emulsion on the oil filler cap. not only that it's pushing oil up through the spark plug threads. I assume the head gasket's gone and give up hope and park it up in the garage. It's been parked 6 months. Now it's been driven, around 10 miles. Didn't overheat, engine seems
• Getting even the San Francisco way 10 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  of her, I tarnished her \"image\", her \"reason for living\". Now, she does park there or on the sidewalk sometimes, but it is usually for only a few minutes, and then she leaves. Fine with me. So now, I still put letter on the windshields of illegally parked cars in my neighborhood, and I even
• Ford Fiesta 2003 1.25 LX - EAC Fail 23 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  ). When parked up at home I waited for my dad to get back and look at it and he switched it on and all seemed well. He took it round the block and it was fine. So we assumed it'd just had a 'funny turn' but got the AA out and the bloke could find no wrong but suggested the throttle body might need seeing
• Skoda Octavia II (2004 - ) - First 1000 miles... 17 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  gently but I think it'll have a fair turn of speed if I need to floor it. Handling is fine, it might not be as good as a Focus on the limit but, hey, it's a family hatchback so I don't drive it like that so I couldn't care less. Much less ponderous than the C5 was while the ride is very good too
• Audi A4 B6 - Stuttering engine then stall - 2004 1.9 TDI 23 Apr 2019 (Forum)
  in relays under ECU which caused limp mode plus soaked carpets inside drivers and rear passenger behind driver side. Cleared blockage and dried out relays and all appeared good. 2 days later I got CEL light and code P0230 but car still ran fine. 3 days after this, as I was arriving home
• 2019 Tucson Diesel - Hyundai 28 Nov 2024 (Forum)
  , with no issues. Today it started fine, but had very little power or pull going thru town, the engine warning light came on (Malfunction Indicator Lamp), indicating an emissions issue, but power returned, it was driven for a further 15 miles with no problems at all, it pulled normally, there was no smoke
• What happens if someone passes away? (insurance) 3 Feb 2022 (Forum)
  drive or have a licence.  The insurance is due next week and set to auto-renew. There is money in their father's account.  Car is up for sale. Car is parked on public road.  They are worried if they notify insurance, then may struggle to get insurance. Also, car may get