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• Ford KA, KA2, KA3 (1996 - 2008) - 2002 1.3i - oil top up followed by white smoke??? 20 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  not been serviced for about 2 years. Personally I have my car serviced regularly, but I though the Ka's engine was a tough one, using simple mechanicals from the old Ford Anglia. Any help would be much appreciated. Regards, Rob E ==========
• Irrelevance of FSH? 19 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  . Both told me it has no real effect on the p/ex value nor were the slightest bit bothered about seeing the history documentation. This exact same scenario happened when I purchased this car and part ex'd the old one in 2004! It makes me wonder about the necessity of maintaining that nice neat row
• Need a car for £100 2 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, I've been reading here and absorbing lots of information with the odd post for a while now, but find myself needing to ask a question at last! I need to buy a car for £100 or less. After purchase can spend some money (~£500) making basic repairs, getting it tax/mot/etc, but basically
• 1986 Mini - go with my head or heart? 11 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  enthusiast and had two or three on his drive. The one he is selling was purchased last November for his daughter but as she now travels an hour a day the car is a little impractical to say the least. What worries me is that it's 21 years old (or as good as) and obviously has started to show one or two rust
• Sat Nav problem 10 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  the upgrade process is difficult and "doesn't always work properly" and that sometimes they need the car for several days to get it working!!! I asked for the work to be done under warranty.... not unreasonable, the car is just less than 3 years old, and surely a DVD based sat nav system is designed
• Volvo V70 TDi classic - opinions ? 11 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  I am considering buying an old shape volvo V70 with a TDi engine - I understand it is an Audi 5 cylinder design. Can anyone give me their experiences with these cars, both good and bad ? I have noticed that most of these cars for sale have very high mileages ~100K+ Do these cars still have
• Insurance: declaring modifications 17 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  As a few of you may remember, I ploughed my wife's Vectra estate into a kerb in the snow a couple of weeks ago. It turned out to be an insurance job. I have now got the car back. The car is an 'LS' model, about a year old when purchased. It had steel wheels as standard. Just after I bought the car
• Renault's insane design 12 May 2005 (Forum)
  wire running from the crank sensor to the ECU. The wires are really thin and the plastic had gone hard and fractured - this on a car only four years old! Anyway I test drove the car and noticed that it was missing slightly and the gearbox was crunching a bit due to 'clutch drag'. I have discovered
• Volkswagon Golf TDI 02 13 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  returned home from shopping got out of car luckily she took her 9 month old son out as well. As she put key in the house the car alarm went off she turned round and the interior of car was full of smoke and flames coming from fuse box. To cut along story short Volkswagon have replaced wiring loom and dash
• Problem with Clio 5th Gear 28 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  I have a 2 month old Renault Clio. The problem I am getting is that more often than not the car just will not go into 5th gear. Its like something is stopping it. I have noticed that it seems to happen more often on slight hills (I think its when the revs are at about 3000). This is getting quite
• Expected Battery Life 25 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  I have just had a complete battery failure on my just over 3 year old Skoda Fabia 1.9tdi. The car was bought new and has covered 61,000 kilometers. Is this extremely short life usual? I know that usage patterns affect a battery, but in my case, the car rarely sits in the garage for more
• How to get shot of scrap cars 17 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Anyone care to share their experiences on this subject? My most recent experience was my Pug 309 SRi, which was the victim of a hard rear end smash at 14 years old in 2001 and therefore written off, 80K miles. Insurance valuation £600, which I received in full. I was going to sell it in a few
• Can an S-Class be run on a budget? 18 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  service schedule on an S280? I don't intend to use Mercedes Dealerships for .. ermm .. anything really as they didn't seem to want to sell me a car in the first place ... I tried three times over 18 months and failed! I did managed to keep my 9 year-old 190E going for another 11 years by changing fluids
• Pressure washers. Remind me ... 29 May 2023 (Forum)
  Should this be in non-motoring or does it belong here coz I use it to clean the car's wheelarches? Was it GB who bought one a while ago? Can't remember which models were spoken of then. Sorry. My old Karcher 520MH (bought in 2002 for £159) still soldiers on, but must
• Honda Accord Tourer 2.4 2005 - Dead chock absorber - are cheap parts ok? 17 Sep 2021 (Forum)
  , from €33 to €73 a pop. Can I just get the cheaper ones and they will do the job, or how? You can look here: https://www.mister-auto.pt/amortecedores-traseiros/honda/accord/accord-vii-tourer-cm-2-4-190cv-2003-2008/ The car is old, has done about 240000 (so, about 150k miles) and we
• Honda FR-V - Honda FRV clutch? issue 17 Aug 2021 (Forum)
  Hi, my 130k 2.2CDTI suddenly started sounded and feeling like a bag of nails. And the clutch pedal was vibrating. Local mechanic said it’s a flywheel issue and quoted £1k to replace clutch and flywheel. I love this car but not sure it’s cost effective to spend that much on it. So left it off
• Peugeot 107 /108 - battery storage at supplier 17 Aug 2021 (Forum)
  Recently purchased a new Yuasa battery for no reason other that it fits both cars and one battery is nearly 6 years old and the other 7.  I have a battery less jump starter so I am happy to wait until a problem develops. Can I just leave the new battery undisturbed on the shelf which
• Volkswagen Sharan (1995 - 2009) - 99 1.9 air conditioning 14 Jul 2020 (Forum)
  of gas and checked the pressure. It saya its ok on the gauge that is supplied. I later found the pump doesnt seem to be engaging when i hit the on button in the car. The fans are both working fine. Is there a fuse that starts the pump. Could the pully possibly be jammed??? Any help would be greatly
• Audi 80 - Audi 80 Master Cylinder Seal Grommet 17 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  be girling. The old grommets I have for reference but I am not certain which diameter to measure as they narrow near the base bur have a larger centre diameter.  Car is an 88 1.8 S with NE engine code. None of the larger factors list them, a few places have suggested I need 22.2mm but the bore
• 2013 toyota auris - Windscreen smear....tired everything 27 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  Merry Christmas all. Im trying desperatly to sort my windscreen. The car is only 3 years old with 20.000 miles. It had brand new bosch aero wipers on last month.  Before i put them on I cleaned the screen thoroughly but still get a really annoying smear on the down swipe right