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• VW Golf 1.6tdi SE running report 2013 6 Oct 2020 (Forum)
  I purchased this car one year old from Motorpoint in Birmingham at £15k.  the mileage today after 6 years is 130k - all components are original including car battery.  Its had an oil change between on average 7-8k using VW Quantum 504/507 spec, between 10k to 90k each oil change
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  Should we change our car's timing belt because of an oil leak? 24 Jan 2017 (Ask HJ)
  My wife's 2002 Ford Focus 1.6 was bought second hand just over 2 weeks ago. We noticed a small amount of oil leaking from the engine, and took it to a...
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  My BMW has suffered turbo failure at just under four years 8 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2009 BMW X3 2.0 diesel which is 3 years 10 mths old. It has covered 57,000 miles and the turbo has failed. Is there anyway I can claim from BMW...
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  Carbon fingerprint 22 Aug 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I have purchased a Honda Accord Tourer 2.2i-ctdi. The car was first registered on 18/09/2007 and I purchased it in February 2009, at 18 months old, with...
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  One year old high mileage Insignia - good used buy? 14 Dec 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I'm planning to buy a insignia from a Vauxhall dealer. A 2014 model for £10,800. But this car has 53000 miles already on in 1 year, and has 1 key missing...
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  When is a DPF fluid change due? 10 Aug 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My Ford dealer tells me that I should have completely changed the DPF oil at the 37,500 service. My village garage - who did the service - says that AutoData...
• BMW E39 auto gearbox 10 Sep 2020 (Forum)
  Hi Folks, Would anyone have any experience or views in changing the automatic gearbox oil/filter on units that are so called 'sealed for life'? I have a 2001 2.2litre 520i with the steptronic box and 72k on the clock. BMW will not even look at the box for servicing or an oil change. Other people
• Ford Mondeo - Ford PowerShift gearbox 27 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  Good afternoon Ford dealer (and HJ) says Powershift gerabox needs 3 year oil change at £250 Ford UK directly contradict this suggestion by saying; 'this gearbox is a sealed unit, meaning the gearbox oil inside
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  Is my 2001 Corsa belt or chain cam? 15 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have 2001 (51) Vauxhall Corsa 1.2 SXI 16v. It has an ecotec engine, can you tell me if it has a timing belt or timing chain?
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  Engine rattle 8 Sep 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My car engine rattles when you first start it up, only for a few seconds and then it runs fine. Can you advise as to why this may be?
• Mercedes Benz M Class 270 CDI Manual - Gearbox and transmission lubricants 14 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  I would like to change the oil in the gearbox, transfer box and 2 diffs on the above car .It is 8 years old and has covered 75K. I cannot find any information on the grades and capacities for this car does nobody change these oils in this day and age, Years ago Casrol used to supply
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  n reg polo 1.4 injection 9 Nov 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a N reg Polo 1.4 injection - petrol keeps getting in my oil. I have changed the injectors.
• smoking mondeo 15 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  can anyone help, when i start my 1995 1.8 td it smokes like a kipper at idle, its ok when its warm and it does not smoke when its being driven (or revved up a bit). i have done some basics of changing the air/oil/fuel filters, changing the oil its self, had the idle speeds checked but it does
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  Fried turbo 29 May 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Apparently, BMW E46 2.0 litre turbo diesels are prone to turbo trouble. Could you kindly elaborate upon this by stating what these are, how they manifest...
• Ford Focus 1.6 2007 - Oil leaks 23 Apr 2016 (Forum)
   since the oil was last changed, in February. If its engine oil rather than gearbox oil, are any of those leak stop fluids that you add to the engine worth trying before I take it to a garage? The car has done 70k and hasn't missed a beat since I bought it, so
• Vauxhall astra h 2.0 turbo 2006 - Oil light, slight smoking 28 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  Hi, oil light came on this evening, static orange light. Oil checked yesterday as I was doing a 60 mile trip and was in the middle of the 4 notches on the dipstick. Had car 2 years oil changes 6 monthly around 6 thousand mile. Last one done April 29th 2013. When in traffic yesterday slight smoking
• Oil Consumption on motorbike 26 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  and max marks). The bike has been serviced from new with oil changes every 1000-2000 miles. It only has 17000 miles on the clock. I did once overfill the oil a little and rode for 100 miles after which I drained it. Could this be the cause? My question is: is it normal, how can I stop this and should I
• Oil Leak Cure Wanted 30 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  Are there any products on the market( that REALLY WORK ? ) that I can add to my engine oil that will stop an oil leak? The problem appears to be at the cylinder head and in the past I have changed the head gasket and had the head skimmed which cured the problem for a couple of years
• Why is my car leaking oil when it’s sitting for a 13 Jul 2019 (Forum)
  So I have a 2009 Nissan Sentra and I don’t drive it too much. It hasn’t been regularly driven in a few months but every month I’ll take it around the neighborhood a little. It hasn’t had an oil change obviously and the oil is pretty old in it. Drove around 5,000
• VW Golf GTi 16v mk2 - Engine oil leak X 2 17 Apr 2014 (Forum)
  Hi, i had to get towed back the other night by the AA when my golf chose to spit its engine oil out every where. Got it home and found an oil switch on the oil filter housing was pumping out oil at a fair rate, changed the switch but have noticed i've also got a much slower but continuous (leaks