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• Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 26-11-2016 Part 1 5 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  Regarding the 1.6TDi VW engine in AJ's Polo. I ran the same engine in a Touran with the 7 Sp DSG. The EGR valve failed after 2 Years, a known weakness, followed by the EGR coolant sensor, then another coolant sensor, then finally an ABS sensor, all known issues, but all fixed under warranty. While
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  Engine failure on Nissan Qashqai 14 Oct 2016 (Ask HJ)
  The 1.5 diesel on my Nissan Qashqai broke, due to turbo failure. Nissan has replaced the engine and I am due to get it back tomorrow. What should I check?
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  Corsa heater problem 9 Dec 2011 (Ask HJ)
  The heater in my Vauxhall Corsa only produces cold air and I don't understand why this is.
• 2006 Mazda 6 Petrol - Overheating after service 22 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  My 55k Mazda 6 has just had it's annual service by the local Mazda dealer and since then it's overheating and the heating and air con are working sporadically.  The coolant was replaced and the air con system was serviced.  I've only done about 30 miles and three times
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  How can I drain the coolant from my 2001 Volkswagen Passat? 25 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I wish to flush the water out the cooling system in my 2001 Volkswagen Passat, but I don't know where the radiator drain plug is. Can you help?
• Astra G 1.4 16v 2001 - astra cooling problem 22 May 2010 (Forum)
  , then the needle started going up and down for a bit but right down the bottom, 5 mins later everything is all fine, temperature gauge returns to normal, no coolant loss, misfires or anything, ive been told its more than likely the coolant temperature sensor reading faulty causing the engine to misfuel etc
• BMW 3-Series E36 (1991 - 1998) - 97 1.8 Coolant Bubbling 18 May 2009 (Forum)
  Hi please can some one help? My 318I touring becomes normal tempretaure very quickly. If I am in traffic for10 mins tha guage rises and it ould possibly...
• Vauxhall Vectra B (1995 - 1999) - 1995 2.0 Water coolant leak 6 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  I have a vectra 1995 (2.0). . . I notice water diappearing from water resevoir every two days. check all pipes for broken pipe but all are fine. I noticed...
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - 03 1.6 8v. Brown Sludge in the Filler cap 2 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  Hi, I have noticed brown sludge in the filler cap of my 2003 Astra 1.6 8v petrol. There is no sign of extra coolant usage, infact I've never had to top up the coolant and the dipstick shows only normal condition of the oil. I have not noticed any decline in performance and I use 10w50 10w/40
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 1998 1.25 Losing coolant. 25 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Hi, I have a fiesta 1.25 LX on a 1998/R-reg plate. Before I had it serviced I noticed the water level was going down slowly but consistently. I asked...
• Motorbike Head Gasket CBR1000F 18 May 2006 (Forum)
  Any bikers on this forum changed a head gasket on a water cooled bike before. My normally reliable CBR1000F appears to have possibly blown its gasket. when it gets warm i'm getting loss of coolant thru a jubilee clip ( they've been checked along with operation of the thermostat)Drained coolant
• Fans and coolant on 306 13 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  Hello I have a couple of questions about my 1997 306 xtdt.First is the pair of cooling fans on the rad. i tried to test them the other day by letting the...
• Wot! No Bleeding Screws? 16 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  In every vehicle I've ever owned or worked on there have always been bleedscrews in the cooling system (usually in the heater exit pipes and maybe the top hose feed to the water pump as well) to assist you in bleeding all the air from the system when replacing coolant. I've just bought a 1990
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  Diabolical Sequential Gearbox 10 Oct 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I was delighted with my 2005 SEAT Altea 2.0TDI DSG, purchased March 2006, until March this year when clearly there was a fault in the drive train, diagnosed...
• Volkswagen Polo - Cooling fan eager to start 18 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  ), I've started the engine from cold first thing in the morning having sat overnight, and after a few seconds the cooling fan starts. Looking at the coolant gauge it's not even left 0 yet, and the oil temperature on the dash isn't registering any temperature at all. After I drive for a few
• Ford Focus 2006 1.6 Petrol - Coolant/Antifreeze 15 Jun 2019 (Forum)
  Hi, Just a quickie on Coolant/Antifreeze ( C/AF ). My car had a new cambelt kit and water pump fitted a couple of months ago. I now find the C/AF is way below minimum, I presume this is due to the mechanic scrimping on C/AF when filling up after completing the job (even though I paid
• 99 Ford Fiesta 1.25 - Overheating 1 May 2013 (Forum)
  only had it for a week! Opened the bonnet to here a whooshing gurgling noise coming from the pipe that goes into the expansion tank to the main heating block bit, rather than the pipe going from expansion tank to rad. I'm not sure if this is normal, but it looked like coolant was coming back
• Peugeot 309 (1986 - 1993) - 89 1.9 losing water/coolant 15 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  3 or so weeks in the last couple of months - but not by much. 10 days ago sprained my ankle so it sat parked totally undriven (facing downhill, in case that's relevant). got in last night, coolant light on, had to top it up about 2 litres until light went off. I know I'm asking you to speculate
• Ford StreetKa (2003 - ) - 04 1.6 Running hot ?? 5 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  to be getting any better ( thought this system should self bleed ? Thermostat is working well. Heater is working too, hot and cold on demand ( although is does seem to get hot way too fast in my opinion ) I can smell hot coolant in and out of the car but given the fact that the heater control valve
• Rover416 Over heating. Water pump vanes? 17 May 2007 (Forum)
  found no problem. On the most recent journey - 1st 40 miles on fast dual carriageway/ motorway at 60/70 it started to overheat. Some minor loss of coolant so stopped and a minor top up of coolant Next part - fast A roads probably similar speeds and another overheating situation. Final part - fast A road