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• Why are some cars dogs? 3 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  as the various sub assemblies are made and bolted together on different days. What is about certain makes that leads to some samples being complete dogs? Ever heard of a Micra or a Yaris with a series of faults. No? Thought not.
• escort 6 1.3 endura e probs. 5 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  mate has escort 6 1.3 endura e engine. was running rough and stalling so changed lamda sensor and cleaned idle control valve. also changed plugs and leads. now if lamda sensor connected the car runs so rich that it floods itself. if disconnect lamda car runs not to bad but intermitantly will die
• refreshing change, 89 polo stalling 2 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Well loved but sick 89 1050cc polo, Has been taking noticeable longer than usual to start recently, and currently dies after about 20 sec of idling, runs ok with a bit of right foot, suspect the in line fuel filter, any other ideas? Spark plugs ok, rotor arm and distributor carp ok, leads ok
• VW Passat-poor radio reception 22 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  I have just acquired a 1997 VW Passat that has very poor radio reception. I have tried a replacement roof mounted aeriel from VW but this did not help. I have also substituted the lead from the radio to the aeriel, but still no good. If I connect another aeriel to the radio I get perfect reception
• Car accident insurance advice 29 Jan 2018 (Forum)
  and the driver of the lead vehicle may be found 100% at fault. In Ayers v. Singh, 1997 CanLII 3410 (BCCA) the lead vehicle stopped suddenly at a green light after he became confused by a left turn signal that had turned red, and was then rear ended by a vehicle driven
• Ford Focus - Car starts then starts, then doesn't... 14 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  lights dimming, decided to put the lights on and it got worse and worse, left it, got jumper leads and connected it up, still same thing, took them off and was going to give up, connected them directly to battery this time (previously I had connect the negative to the body earth), It started, left
• 2002 VW Passat 2.0L 130bhp AZM Engine (petrol), Cylinder 3 Misfire, out of ideas 4 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  lead condition and found no corrosion, a tight fitting cap and no damage to cable. 5) Earthed the HT lead and have strong spark when engine turns over. 6) Checked the injector electrical connections with a bulb tester and all is fine. 7) Removed the fuel rail and extracted cylinder 3 injector. 8
• Peugeot 106 - Coil Pack Problem 17 May 2012 (Forum)
  I get a bit stuck really.  I know the power lead must eventually go to the battery but it's not a straight connection.  The power lead goes into another bunch of wires which are all bound together and dissappear round the engine.  Does anyone have any ideas of what might
• Renault Clio II Petrol - 16 V Extreme 53 - Renault Clio - loss of power, exhaust popping 31 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  spark plugs - coil pack and leads - one of the fuel injectors The emissions warning light then intermittently appeared (flashing) and tended to come on with high revs and/or over 20/30mph. The third mechanic read the fault codes which gave the fault as on spakr plug/lead number 4
• Daewoo Matiz 800cc 2001 - Daewoo Matiz no power!? Engine check flashing 26 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  as soon as I drove it the engine management light started flashing and it had no power.  Took to local garage but they couldn't get a computer reading. They said it would most lightly be the coil pack or the head gasket. They suggested changing the plugs, leads and coil pack and a cost
• Mazda 121 - 1.3 - 1996 - Draining Battery 25 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  of the smaller cables that directly earths out, it disappears under the Engine bay fuse box, I guess it the main power source... But I do not know this for sure. I don't know if it has any bearing, but the Mazda/Ford Handbook says.. When starting the car using jump leads, Connect the positive
• Reanualt Clio 2 - Clio 2 2004 1.2 16v - Rough Running 15 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  Sensor, Loom , you know all those lovely things Renault would charge an arm and a leg for but stopped and went right back to basics, car starts fine with no engine light on, runs like a lumpy pig so going back the days before ECU's and Laptops I would have said H.T lead or maybe coil so checked out
• Renault Clio 1 Petrol RT 1.4 - Misfire and general roughness 18 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  Hi everyone Im having some trouble with my clio. For a few weeks now its been misfiring badly. It was misfiring a while ago, but was solved with new plug leads, distributor cap and rotor arm. About 3 weeks ago, the misfire returned. Its not consistent though, which is confusing
• Crash & cash it scam 13 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  distance. Yep, the occupants of these two cars are 'friends' working together and (if) having now caused the accident they are after, the lead car speeds off leaving you with a whole heap of mess to sort out. It was reported that this is happening on all classes of roads including motorways
• Fitting a parrot handsfree 2 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  from that the Parrot comes with leads that are all shaped so that they can only fit one other fiting so there is no doubt where any of them go. If your radio is not ISO then you need to get a separate lead - Halfords will charge £20 for this but available for about half that on the net. The system
• Mondeo Diesel run dry 17 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  of life from the engine then nothing. We noticed some disel leaking from the 2nd cylinder plug (probably from the fuel line which feeds to this plug, none of the others were leaking the fuel line leading to/from this plug was also saturated with fuel - but none of the other fuel lines between plugs were
• 96(N) Escort 1.8 Zetec Idle Speed 29 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  down, it feels like a dodgy plug lead but i'm not sure. I know it could possibly be a flat spot but the car isn't very smooth even at low speeds. The guy i bought it off (workmate) did say he thought it was holding back a little so i don't think this problem has always been there. I had it serviced
• Don't judge a..... 27 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  , and worse lead some people to believe it was a really souped up machine. Unfortunately it wasn't, it was a true sheep in wolf's clothing, and I hated it (for that reason I'm not even going into any more detail) I couldn't wait to get rid. That's what lead me to say that appearances can be deceptive
• Qashqai - Qashqai 1st Gen---faults and reliability? 14 Dec 2021 (Forum)
  failure, windscreen leak---leading to water ingress, front suspension lower ball joints not seating correctly, power steering and rack/pinion problems, etc. Can any users verify this? What have you experienced and do you regret your decision to buy? Thanks J
• any - Tyre Tread depth. 1 Aug 2021 (Forum)
  The legal minimum depth for tyre tread is 1.6 mm. We are advised to replace when the depth is reduced to 2mm. I recently replaced mine with a set of leading brand tyres. On line facts give noise level, braking and fuel consumption performance. I was surprised when I measured the as new