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• Ford Focus 1.8 TDDi zetec 2001 Query 17 May 2005 (Forum)
  My son has looked around and finally decided he would like a Ford Focus 1.8 TDDi Zetec 2001 51 reg with 67k miles.Silver, FSH, sun roof, CD player (multi) but no air con. The car is in good condition apart from a knocking sound under the rear when test driven. The guy who owns the garage
• 306 Dturbo diesel pump and immobiliser 26 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  My 96 phase 1 Dturbo DHY engine let go of a pre-combustion chamber resulting in a wrecked piston and head. I have now got a replacement engine for it sitting in the garage which is complete with all ancilliaries. It came out of a later car, 97 phase 2. The breakers that supplied the engine told me
• Oil filter leaking? Escort 1.3 1 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Hi Car is an '89 Escort 1.3 HCS (OHV) I've been a bit of a naughty boy recently and haven't checked the oil in my car since it last had an oil/filter change in January. When I checked this morning, guess what? No oil on dipstick. Slightly bemused by this, I filled up with the 1 litre can
• C3 Clutch 3 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  I have a 10 month old C3 (1.4 Desire 75bhp) which has done just on 8000 miles. The clutch has started slipping, so I took to the dealership to take a look. They say the clutch has burned out and needs to be replaced, and that this is down to wear and tear. They would like a shade under £400
• ATF puddle under radiator crossmember 16 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  I don't know if there anyone that help out here as it for an old lady of a car, a '69 Rover P6 3500 Auto. I've noticed that after only about 10 miles, there's a sizable puddle of ATF under the radiator forming on the cross member. I can't for the life of me find where it's coming from. I know
• Renault Espace 2.2DCi Poor Performance 12 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  Honest John, I run a January 2001 X plate Renault Espace 2.2DCi. The vehicle covers approx 15,000 miles per annum and is used on a combination of 4, 14 & 150 mile round trips regularly. Since about 15 months old it has suffered from a recurring starting problem. This basically arises when you go
• Focus for 5-series 24 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  against the nationality just don't trust the build quality), and prefer my cars to lean more toward sporty handling than cushy ride. I originally considered getting a year-or-so old Mondeo or similar, but I'm now enthralled with the idea of getting something a bit more special, in particular the 2000
• Rover 400 / Honda Civic 5 Door Headlight 16 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  What with these cars and their appetite for head light bulbs. The works pool car is a P Reg 416i, which will happily much its way through 3-4 bulbs a year. My Civic VTI has used 3 in 9 months of ownership and the driver?s side has just gone again. My brothers N Reg 416Si is already on its first
• 75000 mile Type-S, what needs doing? 7 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, I'm now the proud owner of a Jap import Prelude Type-S (the 220bhp monster jobby). For a six year old car that's done 75000 miles it's in absolutely gorgeous condition, and the engine is amazingly sweet. (Revs out to 8000rpm without missing a beat.) It's been well looked after
• Laguna accident +Brakes 15 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Arghhhhhh - Accident in the Laguna. Did the old trick of rear ending somone at a roundabout, you know the one, theres a gap, hes gone, theres a gap I go OH NO he is still there. Anyway, Knocked the the rear bumper off a x reg nissan almera or sunny thingy. The laguna just has some dirty scuff
• Proton Persona 1.5 GLSi 29 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  , but it does need a new windscreen (about £95 apparently) as the old one has two pellet holes in the drivers field of view, as a result of being parked in a less than pleasant part of Nottingham. I'm aware of the Mitsubishi Lancer heritage of the car, and of the slightly rough edges in terms of the occasional
• Commercial vehicles for Private use only 21 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  How many other back roomers run a 'Commercial' vehicle for private use? As many of you know I drive a SWB Renault Trafic van 2.4T gross weight as a private vehicle for property renovation, in the same way that some people may get an old banger for the same purpose. I have problems at tips etc
• VW Build Quality (Passat) 14 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  (3 elements failed) New indicator switch (indicators failed) New alarm sensors New boot struts New dashboard (couldn't resolve the "creaking" after 7 attempts) Now a new Turbo unit. Not bad for a 17 month old car!!!!. You pays your money........
• Omega...Worth a try? 18 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I've always hankered after a large, 6 cylinder car. Until now I've always been scared off by insurance costs. However, now that I'm getting old and past it I've found that I can get very cheap insurance on this sort of car...so I'm gonna go for it. I'm pretty poor so I'm only looking to spend
• Intermittent ABS fault 26 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Further to Peter D thread of 2Aug02, I also have a 1995 VW golf GTI 8v with an intermittent ABS problem. I purchased the car at 3 years old having been previously run by an office colleague as a lease company car.The problem will only manifist itself in one way. The ABS warning lamp illuminates
• Mondeo Automatic - 2.0 or 2.5 9 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Considering getting a Mondeo II for my next car. I am downsizing from a Volvo S80 - see my other post regarding theft and recovery of this car! Anyway, come September I am handing it back to the HP company, having achieved 50% of the payments. I want to replace it with something a little smaller
• Premature belt failure 4 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Is anyone aware of common cases of belt failure on Audi 2.4 V6's? I have a 4 year old 54k model A6 which started with a knocking noise at idle. Ran it to a local independent garage today who advised I leave it there and not drive any further so they can check it out - suspected timing belt problems
• VW electric windows 24 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  I opened the passenger side window on the way home from work, and when i wound it up again, it stopped an inch short of closed. I tried to shut it again several times using the switches on both doors, and by manually pushing, but it wouldn't have it (just what you want in tesco's car park
• Exploding Batteries 7 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  plates connecting and igniting the gas that causes it - any one else had experience of this? As far as I can tell the old battery was the original one that came with the car when new. I've had it two years now and todays "incident" is the only blot on an otherwise pretty clean copybook :0) I had
• Becker Mexico (2330) radio question ? 29 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  Hello All , I wish to update my old radio to a quality RDS one. The Becker radios always get a good review , have a simple intuitive layout and do not have the Las Vegas style flashing lights that most car radios now have. However they are very expensive : £500 upwards. I have been offered