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• Battery changing advice that works 11 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Many moons ago, my father taught me that when removing or refitting a car battery, always disconnect the positive lead second, and reconnect it first. The reason? If, whilst swinging the spanner round to do/undo terminal posts you touch the bodywork or engine, no short circuit will be completed
• Omega V6 thermostat : Where is it ? 17 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  is evey easy and straight forward. It is not obvious to me exactly where the thermostat is !!. both of the main connections to the rad lead to some very inhospitable places on the engine so much so that I cannot get to or see anything which resembles a thermostat housing. Does anyone know where I can
• Mystery Motorway Exit... 17 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  Does anyone know where the mysterious 'Works Exit' junction lead to that's situated between J14 & J13 east bound on the M4? I've heard that it's some sort of secret nuclear bunker or even a missile storage site. The fact that the sign is permanent - and not a temporary flimsy ?works traffic
• golf gti miss fire 15 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  doesn't twitch I have replaced the following plugs leads dizzy cap + rotor arm fuel filter stp injector cleaner The rest of the time it runs great, it revs smoothly and quickly, pulls well but this is baffling me. i have only had the car 3 weeks (didn't show up on the test drive) and it is begining
• oily wet spark plug? - Mondeo 10 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  into the grooves. i am changing the plugs and leads as there is a bit of hesitation when accelerating in 3rd from about 2500 rpm. as this problem was previously cured lasttime by my garage by the prvious plug change i thought i would do the same. should i be alarmed by the plug appearance??? cheers
• Citreon AX GT Smoke 2 May 2003 (Forum)
  when he got it drove it about 100 miles to get it home and was fine no bother at all. could it be piston rings? and its hessitates when u accelerate just did service (leads, plugs, oil, oil filter, fueal filter, cleaned the air filter as well) on it and still has these probs thx in advance
• strange problem losing power 29 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  cleaned the plugs they were covered in black soot and checked the ht leads they seem fine nothing visible... i\'ve not lost no coolant and the oil is clear. please help. i need my car back working for next week to take litlin back to nursery...
• carlton start problems 30 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  the engine wont start. If i leave it for 20-30 minutes and try again she starts right away, i have checked all the usual stuff ht leads battery connections & so on. Everything seems to suggest a problem with the E C U I would be extremly gratefull for any suggestions thanks and a merry christmas.
• 16 valve zx 28 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  ? this however does not effect the performance of the car, But wonder if anyone owning one of these vehicles would be kind enough to have a butchers under the bonnet of theirs & let me know where the pipe work leads to from the vacuun diaphrams & the ACAV system ? I have tried citroen head office & various
• Rover 220 Coupe Problems 21 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  to determine a problem: Lambda Sensor ATS CTS TPS Idle control stepper motor Changed fuel relay, HT Coil, rotor arm and lead to distributor. Rover dealer had the car for a week and found no problem but tightened an earth connection. Problem returned the next hot day. Really stratching my head now
• RAC breakdown cover update. 3 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  Remember my RAC renewal where they had jumped it from the £34 last year to a renewal of £65. I was chuntering that the building societies had just been pulled up for disadvantaging the existing members in favout of new business etc etc. Thanks for all the replies, I did follow several leads up
• our Fred 12 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  Just watched Fred Dibnah explaining the engineering skills and achievments of our ancestors. It makes one proud of this small island nation which could lead the world in feats of engineering and skills. Should be mandatory to teach this in our schools instead of alien cultures. And today we don't
• jetta ignition problem 3 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  in the ignition. The Crypton tester shows an intermittent (every 10 to 40 seconds) loss of spark, the Crypton signal "breaking down in the middle of the scale as if turning up a resistor in the ignition circuit". He has borrowed the following components from other vehicles: coil, ECU, amplifier, leads and has
• Focus 2.0 engines 22 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  and good except that the revs still don't die as quickly as they should do (leads to jerky gear changes in the lower gears), and the new induction noise is dreadful (sounds like a sports manifold/exhaust). Its going in for its 12 month service on Thursday, so I would appreciate any (constructive) advice
• Diesel injector Wear. 18 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  Refering to the Golf TDI, HJ wrote a few weeks ago: "85K IS ROUGHLY THE MILEAGE WHEN THE TDI'S INJECTORS NEED REPLACING. THEY WILL CONTINUE TO FUNCTION AS THEY ARE, AND YOU WON'T NOTICE MUCH DROP OFF IN ECONOMY, BUT THE SPRAY PATTERN WILL BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE, LEADING TO PREMATURE BORE WEAR
• Old Polo rickety starting 28 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  My old ('87) Polo 1.3 is reluctant to start on cold mornings. I changed the spark plugs to no avail. It still seems to fire up one cylinder at a time. Once it's warmed a little it runs fine. I haven't been able to replicate the problem for a garage. The coil, cap, rotor and leads are all Bosch
• Volkswagen Golf IV Tdi - Battery Drain 16 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  randomly and constantly as if it was switched on. The Oil sensor workshop warning light comes as well and then goes away.  At Volkswagen they came after expensive diagnose checks to tell me the following issues: -Starter Motor lock up and smoking.  FIXED. -Positive Lead
• cavalier diesel 3 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  continued for several minutes and when it stopped he tried again. The ignition as turned on and the whirring noise began again. It was coming from the back of the engine. This time the car would not turn over and it was left parked up. Suspecting a starter motor problem I disconnected the +ve lead from
• Golf Mk3 1.8 Misfire under load 20 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  replaced the HT leads and WD40'd everything, but this didn't help, so the car was at a local garage last week to try and fix this. The garage reckoned they had fixed the problem by replacing the distributor (not cheap!). Since having the car back from the garage it still doesn't start straight up
• MG - Roadster 1970 1.8 running problem with classic car 18 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  new points and condenser - no change. 2. New coil. 3. New dist cap. 4. New rotor. 5. Tried different set of leads (borrowed from TR6 - no difference - so assume leads ok). 6. Checked vacuum advance is working by sucking on tube at carb. 7. Checked advance springs are intact in dist (removed base plate