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• Fiesta 1.25 Zetec oil pressure.... 17 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  I have a 96 model with 60k on the clock. Owned and regularly 10k serviced and oil changed from new, (by me since warranty, using synthetic oil). Having left it standing for 5 weeks recently I started it and it unfortunately fired and started immediately. Obviously whilst standing, all oil
• Ford fiesta - Fully synthetic/semi oil for 1.4tdci 2004 fiesta? 26 May 2014 (Forum)
  I have a 2004 1.4 tdci fiesta. Its done 140K. I do 22K a year in it. I am a window cleaner so there's quite a bit of stop and start but also a bit of 60mph throughout the week. I have not been keeping up on my filter/oil changes (as i know i should - very naughty!). Its been getting a bit louder
• Land Rover Freelander 2 - Bad Service 29 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  and took some photos for me. The guarge revovered the car and have changed the oil 3 times and say the car is OK. The problem is that although it runs OK the fuel efficiency has definitely dropped by 20% of it pre service level. The garage say the car is OK but I think damage has been
• MG ZR 1.4 - Loosing Coolant 12 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  to zero from the normal position, it never goes high though. Whats the reason for this? As I understand the head gasket is probably blown. How many miles can I drive before I scrap the car (repair cost is very high)? As there is water in the oil if I change the oil will this buy me some
• corsa sxi 1.2 c - corsa sxi 1.2 help please 27 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  very much like a diesel, I have changed the oil and filter ( oil crap and filter worse). But it has made no odds, oil magnatec and halfords filter, when I first start the car from cold its fine sounds good no tapping at all but after about a 10 min drive the tapping
• Zafira 1.8 auto gearbox oil (2002) 16 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  While pricing some bits for my cam belt change I thought I would get some automatic transmission oil for my Zafira 1.8 with a AF17 gearbox ? Haynes manual and a friends VX tis cd (2003) says it should be VX part No. 09 117 946 but having been down to the VX dealers they say it should be Dexron11
• Isuzu 1.7DTI Oil Pump Drive Bolt 13 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  Hi, Does anyone have any information on the problem of the oil pump drive retaining bolt working loose on this engine? Have heard of a few engine failures due to this problem. Does anybody know the cause of the problem? Is it due to an assembly process error, i.e. lack of thread lock on the bolt
• Citroen XM - K and N Air Filter 14 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Hello Folks, I inherited one of these filters fitted to my 2.5 TD '97 XM. I suspect that my Citroen indie did not change this on the last couple of services, as there are specific instructions on the filter housing, namely: "Clean every 50K miles by soaking in K and N filter cleaner. Do not soak
• Sierra auto box leak 13 May 2001 (Forum)
  In May 1999 at 77000 genuine miles my Sierra auto gearbox blew its front main oil seal causing £700 worth of internal damage. Having had the box re-conditioned I also changed the rad/oil cooler as the oil cooler part was completely blocked. One of the electric cooling fans had failed so
• Audi Service 29 May 2001 (Forum)
  the same Audi dealership had offered him new oil filters, when I enquired how he was obtaining them, the reply was, when your on bonus you don't bother changing them every time, just give the existing one a wipe round, then throw the new one in your toolbox and dispose of it later. The previous year I had
• Volkswagen Golf - Automatic VW Golf won't change into 4th gear 29 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  My Volkswagen Golf, 2003 automatic model has problems changing from 3rd to 4th gear. For the first 5 minutes of the journey gear changing is fine,changing into 4th with no problems. But after around 5 minutes of driving the car will go from 3rd to 4th and straight back down
• Xsara gear change 28 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  . As far as I know the oil in the gearbox has never been changed - would this help. Also, I'm thinking that because it's difficult to pull out of gear, something might need to be adjusted clutch-wise. Interestingly, it's a lot better when the car is warm or it's been sitting in slow moving traffic
• Ford Mondeo IV (2007 - ) - Booking a service, do I take the "extras"? 15 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  recommendations", specifically: * Air con treatment * Pollen filter replacement * Oil-top up * Brake fluid change Elsewhere on the page there are prices for the pollen filter (£39.99), the air con treatment (£29.99) and the brake fluid change (£55). There is no indication of a price for the oil top up. Because
• Ford Fusion 1.4 TDCi smoke problem 19 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  and Ford approve Millers XSS 5w30 (semi-synth), so I am going to change onto this in the next couple of weeks. Then if the problem reoccurs (as I suspect it will) I can then say I am using Ford approved oil in the engine. Has any one seen this problem, or can offer me any suggestions? I emailed Honest
• Nissan Almera 1.4 knocking 18 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  and the magnet on the drain plug had some swarf attached to it but it didn?t seem excessive (how much is excessive?). I refilled the gearbox with oil as described in the Haynes manual. No change. The clutch works OK and gear changes are as good as all the front wheel drive cars that I?ve had. Does anybody know
• Honda CR-V - Car Servicing 25 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  or 36,000 miles. They confirmed that they had changed the oil and oil filter and other servicing had been done. I informed them I thought their standards were very low and was disappointed in the servicing. I had never seen filters so dirty in normal usage. I wont be using the main dealer for servicing
• 2006 KIA Sorento 2.5 diesel - Any problem in using a low SAPS oil in older car? 9 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  price would be welcomed. I’d prefer fully synthetic as he isn’t too keen on regular oil changes and from reading other forums I am opting to use 5w30. I have found some Mercedes brand low SAPS 5w30 fully synthetic on eBay
• Mazda MX3 - Engine Flush or No? 1 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Hi All, Just bought an MX3 (1.8i V6 version, 1996 at 77k). It needs a service soon, so I'm gonna start with the oil and work my way along. Now I know about the HLAs, and how they can get clogged up. I've also heard some people recommend doing an Engine Flush during the oil change to clear them
• Pernicious mendacity in the Sunday Times 17 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  Chap asks whether he should change his oil more often than every 9k. Says that his American friends change every 2k. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2105-577548,00.html "...with some manufacturers warranting engines up to 100,000 miles, you can bet that their servicing schedules have
• expensive service cost! 1 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Had ny civic 3 door 1.6 sport in for the 2 year service ,only on 20,000 miles not the 25,000. The cost a whopping £271 to check it,sparkplugs ,oil change etc Talk about rip off!