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• argh dealers 19 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  chain, and was told on many occasions, that as the car is a ford they will not do anything unless its a dealership prices. GARGH!!!!! I even had one person tell me why i should go for a manufacturer's service over the "non branded service" due to the fact that you could not use any old oil. When i asked
• Diesel Chipping-Decision Time 4 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  the warranty be affected. The car will be a year old in November so I really dont want to affect the warranty but my dealer seems to think that if I went ahead and had it upgraded it would affect the warranty.
• Parts for Isuzu Rodeo 12 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  , the engine and transmission is not Vauxhall. It has a 3 litre V6. It is about 10 years old (and a bit of a dog). Mate bought it as he was emigrating to France. It got him to his new home, but the next day the exhaust expired and the clutch gave up. His local french garage says that it is not possible to get
• Servicing and fuel economy 9 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  to maintain good fuel economy e.g. quick gearchanges, low revs etc Any comments would be really helpful. Also, where can I get information about old cars e.g. max torque, max speed, MPG, (the official stuff).
• MkIV Golf another gearbox bites the dust 25 May 2003 (Forum)
  It appears to have been a running theme through some posts recently. I have a 4 year old 51000 golf 1.6se and the gearbox has been rendered useless, due to a great big hole being put in the casing!! It was an approved used VW and it has just gone past the extended warrentee period. Not only
• Dead Battery 25 May 2003 (Forum)
  Stopped outside my local motor spares place yesterday to buy service items for my V8 90. When I got back in the car, which had been starting and running perfectly, I turned the ignition key and all the lights went out and the engine wouldn't turn. Having checked all the obvious, tight battery
• Motorway Madness! 25 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Does no-one give way on motorways anymore? The old school thought of M-S-M appears to have given way to M-S-S (Manoeuvre-Signal-Sometimes). I have lost count of the times where I have left a suitable gap between myself and the car in front, only for someone to dive in, leaving me with no option
• reading newspaper at 70mph 3 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  . Other incidents included a school bus driver caught travelling at 42mph in a 30mph with 10 children on board a 19-year-old who had no driving licence, stopped for driving at more than 100mph in a stolen car seventeen drivers caught travelling at more than 100mph on the southbound A74(M) motorway.
• Replacing tyres on a Mercedes A class. 16 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  general advice is "Irrespective if the vehicle is FWD or RWD in general the new replacement tyres should be fitted to the rear wheels of the vehicle." but also recommend to "Refer to the vehicle manufacturer’s recommendations" The advice of Mercedes is to fit the new tyres where the old ones
• De-coke methods. 22 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  OK so I know we don't have to do this on modern cars but on another thread I noticed *terry* mention his old Anglia vacuum operated wipers. By chance this morning I was reading a September 1953 Popular Mechanics magazine (USA based publication). In it there was a tip for an easy de-coke
• Screaching noise on a 16v Corrado 14 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  Hi all. Just looking for some advice on a screaching noise my 16v corrado has started to make. It usually makes the noise when I first start it in the morning, or after any significant period when it is left stationary ie. when i leave work. The fan belt is about 6months old and appears
• Slick 50 style oil additives 4 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Hi all I have just bought a 3 yr 75k old 1.8 16v Ecotec Vectra and intend to do an interim oil and filter change (Yes cam belt has just been done, yes I know about all the usuall gripes... some pepole like them, get over it!) On all my previous cars, Toyotas, Reanults, VW's.. I have added slick 50
• Mercedes E240 2 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Damn but its cold in this country. I need advice. Picked up the Avis rental, its an E240. Damned heater doesn`t work. I stopped and got the coolant topped up, but although the heater isn`t cold, it certainly isn`t warm. The car does not seem to be running excessively hot, the major pipes
• Mondeo Steering racks 7 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  3 yr old car, 30 k from new. Full Ford Service history, purchased from Ford main dealer at exactly 1yr from first registartion. At annual service, attention requested to investigate 'slight pulling to the left'. Outcome, "needs new steering rack Sir, 'the threads on one track rod end' have
• changing gears 25 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  One thing i've always wondered when i've been driving around.... Is it better, when stuck at lights or whatever, to put the car into neutral or is it ok to just stay with the clutch down? which is better for the gearbox or is there no difference? similarly - when slowing down etc, I tend to go
• Mondeo woes again 9 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  Hi folks, need your help again. The Mondeo has bitten me in the pocket yet again. About 3 months ago we had a new cat fitted, the old one had collapsed internally. At the time Kwick Fit (they were the only ones able to get one next day, the day we went on holiday) said its the main cat thats
• Peugeot 205 1.8D - Rev limiter tampered! 30 Aug 2023 (Forum)
  Can someone help me with tachometer of my 205, because the car injector pump rev limiter has been tampered by the i**** previous owner. When I took over a tractor other day, the car has pause round 4,000rpm, it doesn't feel like is limited on right rev of 5,540rpm what my manual book said
• Civic 1.8 VTEC - Poor fuel economy after little use for 12mths 1 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  Hi all, I hope everyone is ok and keeping safe! I have an old 2007 honda civic 1.8 which has not been used much since Jan 20 but I since I have started to reuse this car the mpg seems poor. I filled up to 3/4 of a tank and have done around 120 miles but now I'm showing
• Vauxhall Corsa C (2000 - 2006) - yr2004 - camshaft snapped, compensation???? 23 Dec 2018 (Forum)
  Wife's cousin has a Vauxhall Corsa that was three years old in August. Car was bought second hand six months ago. Full Vauxhall service history & she had it serviced at the Vauxhall garage in August (along with the first MoT). She took it back two weeks ago saying the engine was making a funny
• BMW 320d 2008 - Rear Door Central Locking 25 Nov 2018 (Forum)
  -owned.  But he also said that if I don't get it fixed, they might all go and lock me out.  That last bit sounds dubious. Does the forum agree, it sounds like a broken actuator?  On a 10 year old car that has only 2 more years in my care, £200 to repair a door I don't use