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• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 01 2.0 Snick when engine warm when accelerating 17 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  Hi - just wondered whether anyone has any thoughts as what might be causing this. Had new plugs, leads and new (Ford) coilpack - all fine when first starting out on a drive. Once engine is warm I get a snick / misfire when (for example) pulling away at a roundabout. Seems to happen in all gears
• Temporary speed limits 13 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  We have a music festival up the road (Isle of Wight Bestival) and lots of 30 limit signs have appeared at the side of roads leading up to the site. Mostly, the traffic is such that they are unlikely to be going that fast in the first place, but one road is normally NSL and has a couple
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 2006 1.6 VCT petrol engine flat spots 1 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  appear after several miles(around 20 to 30). not keen on going to local Ford dealer as they charge the earth. Next step is to change plug leads. Any suggestions please. I do not have trouble with water round plugs as experienced by some owners. Pity there is no Haynes manual yet.
• Drive way fine in petty Britain 30 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  http://tinyurl.com/mell2z 'Families along the stretch of road in Leicester paid the council to build the driveways leading from their houses to the road nearly 30 years ago.' 'A spokesman for Leicester City Council said the driveway was counted as a public highway.' Did they tell the residents
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 02 2.0 Diesel non starting 13 May 2009 (Forum)
  hi there .. looking for some help (AKA pointing in the right direction) my 02 plate mondeo diesel cut out on me last week and ever since has been a git to start when warm .. cold starting was ok until i fitted a new fuel filter as i was lead to believe that could have been
• Toyota Avensis (1997 - 2002) - 97 2.0 Battery loosing charge 8 May 2009 (Forum)
  , meters have been used all over the car. One garage left it linked to a computer for a week, finding nothing. Disconnected it & found it flat the next morning. (No charge for that one) I did speak to a guy who had heard of this with a Toyota before but couldn't give me a lead to check on. I feel
• Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 1996 1.8 Starting problem,please help!! 15 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  plugs ,dizzy cap,rotor,leads and the injector unit rubber gasket,which was split in two,which I though was the problem but no,still the same. There is a bit of oil around from the breather on the injector area,could this be messing things up? Thanks!
• DVLA Medical Questionnaire 10 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  . -or does this look like special pleading and be likely to lead to futher complications? What does the Forum think?
• Road works. Change of road direction 23 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Ended up at a Junction in Newcastle (Bottom of Gallowgate travelling from Haymarket) today with no where safely / legally to go. It had a sign up with "no right turn except Buses, Taxi. CCTV in operation". I was in the right lane turning right with buses in the left hand lane. Left leads
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 03 1.8tdci starting problems 14 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  the starter motor over for a long time until it starts - it's like trying to start a 40 year old diesel engine! The car has only done about 30000 miles. Glow plugs have been replaced and also cam position sensor and leads without result. It has been put on one of these hand held computer diagnostics
• Moto morini motorcycle recall 9 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  : EQUIPMENT; LABELS AND PLACARDS.CONSEQUENCES OF DEFECT: OPERATION OF THE MOTORCYCLE BY ANYONE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE LOCATION OF THESE INSTRUMENT CONTROLS WOULD CREATE AN UNSAFE SITUATION THAT COULD LEAD TO A VEHICLE ACCIDENT. Modern Health and Safety hysteria? Build Years/Makes/Models: 1977 MOTO MORINI
• Vauxhall Vectra B (1995 - 1999) - 1999 1.8 16v occasional misfire 25 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  . Instinct was to give it some new plugs & leads & rotor arm... until I saw the 6-point bolts holding the top onto the engine... and realisation dawned that rotor arms went out with the dinosaurs. Engine cover put it well beyond the realms of a kerbside job with a small handful of sockets. Anybody have any
• Litres Per Hour / Gallons Per Hour 12 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  , or for many here, gallons per hour? Hammersmith to Hampstead for instance is probably 5 miles, but could easily take 60 minutes, and half a gallon. 2 gallons an hour doesn't sound too bad! Which leads to another query - I wonder if real townies consume more fuel per year than rural dwellers. My bet
• Audi - Day running lights 4 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  to be less than easy as the option was hidden away in the computer menu system somewhere. It's a bit depressing really - I can't help but think that this is much more about marketing than anything else, and worse still it'll lead to loads of other manufacturers following suit to get a bit of "Audi-ness
• Vauxhall Zafira A (1999 - 2005) - 00 z18xe any tips on rear door removal? 29 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  Evenin' all SWMBO's Zafira has developed the usual wiring fault where the leading edge of the rear door chews through the loom between the B pillar and the door connector - central locking and speaker have stopped working on OSR door. Having already done this on the NSR door it was a real pain
• Nissan Micra (1992 - 2003) - Scrapping a driveable car: economic sense? 5 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  shop -- doh!), needs new HT leads and probably a new battery for the winter. And is cosmetically bad, with scratched bodywork and front bumper repaired with insulation tape. And that's before the MOT test. It runs OK, though. Should/when it fails its MOT. Any ideas for scrap values in the North
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2000 1.6 would a blowing exhaust cause??? 20 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  hi, i am a real novice when it comes to cars. i have just changed oil & filter, air filter, re set gap on spark plugs, and checked HT leads for Arc-ing. car idles fine on rev counter and runs fine, however when idleing it appears to miss every 4-5 seconds (counter does not move), causing
• Old petrol disposal? 22 May 2008 (Forum)
  seemingly. I cannot put this in my petrol car can I? Appreciate outboards are a long way off topic but wondering if it's worth starting/attempting to run engine with this fuel? Believe it can lead to alls sorts of running problems! As a compromise i could put another 6 litres of fresh petrol into tank
• Citroen C5 II (2008 - ) - HJ's Road Test 13 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Just been reading HJs road test of the new C5. The most disappointing thing abut the new car is that it is much heavier than the competition, leading to a reduction in around town performance and economy, whilst overall top speed and cruising economy are unchanged. This is a ridiculous state
• Vauxhall Cavalier (1988 - 1995) - 95 2.0 ecotec - judder at low revs 10 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  hi, problem with judder at low revs especially when lifting foot off accelerator.Have done the usual ie,cleaned all breather pipes from rocker cover & crankcase,changed rocker cover gasket due to excess oil covering spark plugs & fitted new ht leads & plugs.No engine light coming on & drives really