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• Which oil should i use? 7 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  My cars oil requires changing but looking at the oil available and its vast difference in price i have no idea which to choose. I have a 1.6 Ford Orion LX. Whats the difference between synthetic, semi synthetic and mineral and which is the best for my car? What do the figures 20/50, 15/40 mean
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol - Astra burning oil 24 Aug 2015 (Forum)
  Had a problem with my 51 1.6 Astra overheating. There was no smoke from exhaust but bubbles in the coolant. Took it to my garage and they diagnosed a blown head gasket. Got that changes and now it is blowing grey smoke out and going through 1lt of oil every 20 or so miles. Garage trying to tell me
• Which oil - 1996 1.8 D Endura Fiesta 21 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Hi - can anyone clarify which oil I should be using in a 1996 (mark 4) 1.8 diesel Fiesta, with the Endura engine please? It has covered just over 50K miles, which I believe to be genuine. I probably do around 12-14K miles a year, should I be doing 6-month/6K mile changes? I don't have a manual
• 2nd hand Fiesta 2 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  I have just bought a second hand 1997 1.3 EFI Fiesta LX 37k miles for my lad to learn in. It has a full Ford SH, but I have noticed there is some brown crispy deposits around the oil filler and in the rocker cover. Will this dissapear with frequent oil changes, or is there some additive I can add
• Ford Fiesta (2009 - ) - 09 1.4 Notchy gear change between 1st and 2nd 15 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Hi - can anyone help solve my notchy gear change problem when changing from 1st-2nd on my nearly new Fiesta? Its 6 mths old. Could it just use some oil or is it something more serious? Thanks
• Merc coolant change 28 May 2005 (Forum)
  I've been told by my local MB dealer that as my Merc CDI has a chassis no. starting with WDC something... that it doesn't need a coolant change for 15yrs!! They also say there is no need to change the fuel filter for 5yrs. Is this correct or are they just saying this as it would mean one
• Which oil. VW specification. 2 May 2007 (Forum)
  Just bought a Skoda Fabia Sport 64 1.2 12V petrol for the wife. Cracking little car in metallic black with only 500 miles on the clock. I obviously won?t be doing any oil changes myself until its out of warranty but wanted to know what oil to be used for any topping up. Two local Skoda garages
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 00 2.0 misfire, oil leak and coolant loss 22 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  not been changed for a while, but when I removed the leads I noticed the first plug (to far left) was swimming in oil. Could this cause the misfire? Wondered whether rocker cover gasket leak could be the cause (but have changed this 3 times within last 2 years...!) Bit concerned whether coolant loss
• Does oil go off? If so, how? And by how much? 29 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Oil change is often advised 'every year or x miles, whichever comes sooner.' I haven't changed mine for three years 'cos I only do a few thousand a year and the revs rarely go above 2500 [Italian tune-up every 1000 miles or so when warm to flush the oilways]. It's six years old in my TR7 which
• diesel mondeo power surge........scary!! 22 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  i own a 1996 1.8 diesel mondeo, about 6 weeks ago, when i was in a traffic jam, i was creeping along when suddenly the engine speed soared, redlined, then settled back down, i was told this could be due to the turbo being nackered as there was oil in the intercooler, so i changed it, 4 weeks later
• Rover 214 ticking noise 22 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  suspected it was the hydraulic tappets on their way out. After a search on the 'net, I read that the tappets could be making noise because of the engine oil being aerated, so I did a full oil / filter change and the problem was sorted. In the last few days, though, the noise has come back again, even though
• service idea 10 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  hi looking into starting my own servicing company and wondered wat you all thought of the idea, basically 3 service levels, 6 month, annual and 3 year and they go as follows 6 month, approx cost £40 plus any extra parts oil/filter change levels check tyres/pressures check coolant level check
• Vectra noise 6 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  ,98 2L CDX 97K gen mileage took the car for a spin at the weekend & unusally had the radio off !! noticed that when accelerating in third a whining/tufbo noise which disappears on changing to fourth wondering if it was time for gearbox oil change with an additive ???
• 1997 Ford Ka2 Pollen Filter Help Needed+ 27 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, My Mrs is having her pollen filter changed but can't find where it is located and thats even after looking in the Haynes book! One other quick question, she's also having an oil change but the oil sump plug has completely gone from a hexagon bolt to a round whats left of it bolt
• Scorpio Cold Starting 19 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  credit, refused to take the car in and said change the oil to 5w/40 ( i believe). Would that make sense to you as i didnt get round to it last winter but am about to get the oil changed and it has run perfectly all summer. Any thoughts. Regards John
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 06 2000 oil filter 19 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, have just tried to change filter on>> Mondeo>> It's the cartridge type in the plastic>> housing. Couldn't remove old filter from its>> location on the bottom of the housing,>> the part that unscrews from the main>> housing. Should it pull off?
• Car Value 17 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  Have a Red Peugeot 405 GLD 1990 (H) thats used as a second car, now too big so shall sell for a supermini, done 137K I defy you to find a better example, 55mpg nnil oil consumption, (oil change every 3K) plenty of history, any idea as to the value on a trade in/private sale. thanks.
• Mazda 5 - Mazda DPF oil return to sump 8 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  companies who will remove DPF's and reprogram the ECU, ours doesnt seem to present too many problems with the exception of the sump oil level meaning an intermediate oil change is required between services. I presume a pipe goes from the filter unit back to the sump.  Is there any way you can
• VW mk2 Golf 1300 transistorized ignition system - Faulty distributor sesnor 25 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  arm the cam is wet with oil. I have GTX Magnatec oil and could the magnetic oil inside the distributor effect the hall sensor? Last year I had to change the timing belt and oil pressure sensors as these were damaged by oil leakage due to a blocked engine breather.  
• Renault Espace (1997 - 2002) - 00 2.1 oil pipe broken, now no acceleration 13 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  . Turbo? Some blackish smoke out of the exhaust when changing gear and trying to accelerate - could be oil residue burning itslef off? also engine misfires/pinks/shudders at around 20/30mph when accelerating. Not a car expert but any suggestions please as having read the renault espace vol 1 and 2 some