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• Vauxhall Corsa B (1993 - 2000) - 97 1.2 Will not fire upll turn over thow 5 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  pump was not working and towed me home. Is it that, do you think? Also, the engine management light flashes when I try and start the car. The RAC said that that is probably when the car tries to turn over it all getting confused, and that something is wrong (I don't need a flashing light to tell me
• Car price guides. 9 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  extras such as a makers detachable tow bar, optional rear spoiler and optional rear bass speaker. The car looks in good nick apart from 2 small marks at the rear which he is going to send pics of tonight. I have spoke over the phone and he has said he would come down to £12500 maybe a little more, do you
• Using Dexron III instead of MErcon V 25 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  approx 8,000 miles a year) as this is an easy job to do. I intend to use my Mazda6 for towing a 4berth caravan, so wish to installa fluid cooler, and replace the very fluid regularly. Need to do a fluid change in the meantime anyway, as stuff in it is discoloured.... Apparnetly Mazda6 autobox
• Peugeot 306 Headlights Blinkin, Help !!! 4 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  hiya,ive just bought a peugeot 306 1.4 1995 not sure what model it is, it has full electrics so its quite a decent motor,appart from after i got it home.i towed it home on an A frame so had all the lights switched on, should have just put hazzards on ,but hey ho , you have to learn.any way i had
• Galaxy turns over - won't start 30 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  daughters to see other g'parents, Gal proceeds fine at first then after about 1 mile just stops completely. Will turn over and over but no life. AA man flummoxed, so he towed it to our (old) local garage in Portsmouth (we now live in Swindon - great!). I need to call the garage in the morning to explain
• Flatbed Trailers - Where? 2 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  this route before. The one I use regularly has a maximum gross weight of 2600kgs, hence effectively a two tonne payload. I tow with a Vauxhall Monterey (Isuzu Trooper), which has a plated gross train weight of around 5500. It weighs around 2000 itself, so, something with a MGW of 3500 would be ideal
• An expensive lesson 16 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  name of the proprietor before any work is done 5 Others I have yet to think about. The cost of my new engine was about £3000 and had it been much more then it would have been a toss up between fixing it and towing it to the breakers. Another thing, modern cars are complex and expensive to fix so
• Used 'new' Range Rovers 11 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  I am shortly about to look for an early 'new' Range Rover manual diesel to replace my company car. The reason for this is to tow a comparatively heavy, twin axle caravan (1350Kg) which we hope to upgrade to early next year. My budget will only run to dealer prices for an early 'm' 'n' reg Range
• VW Golf 1.6CL cambelt failure at 40,600 miles 17 Jan 2001 (Forum)
  Hello, everybody! The cambelt on my VW Golf 1.6CL (95M, 40,600 miles) broke as I was trying to start the car yesterday morning. It was towed to the nearest VW dealership whose service dept has just called me to tell me that after replacing the belt, the engine was misfiring and they were
• Nissan X-Trail (2001 - 2007) - 2004 2.2DCi 7 Turbo's, 3 Intercoolers, what do I d 27 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  , I treat the vehicle carefully and I change the oil and filter every 6K miles, not the advised 12K. I also have the air and fuel filter changed ahead of schedule too. I tow small trailers fairly regularly and a large one occasionally. The intercooler and pipes around it are leaking again, so
• mazda 6 or something else - What used car to buy under £12k 18 Oct 2020 (Forum)
  Hi Guys, I need a new car, since my mondeo is on its way out after many years. I do about 20000 a year as my job involves driving around. I need to tow a caravan  sometimes and get my dogs in the boot.  Priorities are reliability comfort and decent drive with enough guts
• Citroeon Berlingo 750 hdi - Help for a newbie please 23 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  that wont turn over and said they thinks the immobiliser is stopping it from starting. Electrician friend said it would stil turn over if that was the case but just wouldnt start. Eventuall got it recovered and towed to a local garage. They did a diagnostic check and said a list of faults are showing yet
• Skoda Fabia - Fuel leaking into the Sump tank 10 Jan 2019 (Forum)
  came down however then revved up again at which point I turned the car off and pulled over. The car then wouldn’t start again as if it had a flat battery with the ticking noise. Towed it too the garage, who asked when I last put oil in, I said not for a while the level has always been alright
• Who knows - Advice on new car please 1 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  to a normal seat sitting position as possible due to an op ive had I have 3 children, 2 of whom are in car seats and one who is a teenager so needs to be wide enough for all 3 to be seated comfortably so really a flat back seat with no foot hump I have a dog so need to get a cage in the boot I tow a 1500kg
• CORSA SXI TWINPORT 2010 - ECU ISSUE 22 Apr 2017 (Forum)
  , other times it has the ABS light on and on one occasion it wouldn't start for 2 hours and the AA guy had to tow it to my local garage as he said it wouldn't even turn over. I'm based in Manchester and not sure who to take it to. Do I take it straight to Vauxhall or will they rinse me? I've already paid
• Skoda Octavia 1.2 TSI DSG 2011 - Mechatronic Failure - a word of caution 13 Jan 2017 (Forum)
  My 2011 1.2 TSI DSG-7 is a car with 41,000 km on the clock. I have only done 7000 km since buying it 13 months ago. It  lost all 2nd/4th/Reverse gears, so got it towed into our Skoda
• Volkswagen Polo 1.2 2010 - VW Polo 2010: EPC light on for the third time 13 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  about £100 for it and now the EPC light is back on again. Before all of this, the EPC light was on and my accelerator was also really weak, my dad was driving it to take it to be fixed and the car stopped on the way had to be towed. I paid around £450 that time around, last week £100 and now it's
• Land Rover stolen yesterday under our noses 4 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  Christmas shopping in Lidl car park yesterday, 11.15am, while inside shop a man got in the Land Rover and female accomplise in a van hooked up to our Landy and towed it out of the car park not 10 yds from the Lidl huge front windows and tills in board daylight in front of all.  Our
• 1.9 cdti with dpf - Dpf and/or engine experts please help 22 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  as it can be from an engine and just stopped. Towed, although when cooled could be started again. Into Vauxhall, changed manifold and dpf and they said I had a lot of excess oil. Genuine manifold, aftermarket dpf. Since then, when regening, huge blue smoke comes out and doing the process for way too long
• mini one clubman'59 plate - mini one clubman '59 will not start at all 3 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  was immobilised. The key was turning on the radio and some of the dashboard, but not all the dashboard. Absolutely no response from the engine  The garage came round and thought maybe low battery, so changed that, then changed it back. Immobilised and local garage not able to tow. Local mini services says