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• FIAT Punto (1994 - 1999) - 96 1100 Driveshaft problem - help please? 26 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  About a year ago my BiL aquired with my help a "bangernomics" 1108cc Punto with the FIRE engine. It has given him 20k of uneventful service the only expenditure being a new lower engine mount. About three weeks ago he suddenly lost all drive, picked up by RAC and towed to garage who found
• Ford Escort (1990 - 1992) - 1994 1.6LXi - Immobiliser Problems 8 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  minutes. Went back to the car tried to start it but it wouldn't fire up! Really couldn't understand it. I had it towed back to my home and called a mechanic out. He ran all the usual checks such as fuel pressure, crankshaft and spark plug test. He then informed me that the immobiliser was stopping
• Citroen Saxo (1997 - 2003) - 1.4 Immobiliser problem 24 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  on the car. I now have no idea where i lie with this problem. Citroen are telling me it MIGHT be the alarm and the garages are tellin me its within the ECU. Can anyone plz help me coz its costing me a lot of money at the min and its takin up a lot of my time towing the car bak and forth. Is there anyway
• New engine - third time lucky? 14 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  and after a few checks the guy diagnosed a fuel delivery problem, probably a failed fuel pump. The car was towed to my home, and then taken this morning to the nearby VW dealers. I phoned this afternoon to check progress to be told it needed a new engine because a bolt in the cam belt tensioner had broken
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 01 1.8 Electrics gone haywire 19 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  . The battery reading when tested was flicking inbetween the "green ok" section of the meter and the red to the right side. He said it should just be steady in the "green ok". He said the alternator might be spiking as well. Anyway was towed home. This couldnt have come at a worst time for me financially
• What would you do - neighbour spraying car 27 May 2008 (Forum)
  - he jsut continued waving the can about. 7/8 years ago I spent hours cleaning silver paint the from of my then pristine car. He had sprayed the tow bar of a delapidated caravan. I cannot put the new car in the garage as 1) The other car is in it 2) the new car is too tall and too wide - 21st
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2000 1.8 TDDI Fuel Pump Problem 19 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  down I told them to work on it when they had no other work on. Now 6 weeks later the engine has been rebuilt but I am now being told the engine will not start and the mechanic thinks it is because the battery has been off for so long the ecu has lost its settings. He towed it to the local ford dealer
• Vauxhall Astra F (1991 - 1998) - 95 1.4 petrol - Not Starting... 19 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  The car is a Astra 1.4 petrol 1995, my wife drove the car yesterday, she told me the car began to lose power and as she pulled over the car cut out and refused to start. Having towed the car back home i was able to look at it today, first i removed the cambelt covers and found that the cambelt had
• Rover 75 (1999 - 2005) - Rover no more 21 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Having parked the car on friday for a morning in the office I returned to it to find a police car and three tow trucks some nice person who the police have yet to apprehend although they know who he is decided to use his brothers car and ran into three parked cars,all three plus the car he
• Ford Fiesta (1989 - 1995) - 93 1.1 petrol. coolant sensor location 30 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  tick over and run perfectly every time on a bump start 20 yard tow. Any help welcome. Many thanks
• Two cars to choose from - what would you choose? 9 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  , don't carry much stuff with me, but I do tow a caravan 6-8 times a year. I do a lot of miles, hence the diesel. A test drive of the mondeo was really too short to get a feel for the car. I had 10 minutes and was told by the dealer that if I wanted a longer drive I need to hire one! So, should I go
• Omega Write-off Value 3 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  Hi All Some woman in a Mazda 6 rear ended my miggy this morning on the way to work. She hit me good and hard - her airbags went off and it took two tow trucks to winch the cars apart. My car is 8 years old, so given that and the damage my insurers have decided it's a write-off. Which is a shame
• Golf MkIV Fuel starvation/throttle issue 5 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  opening the fuel valve. Took it into VW and all they did was reset the ECU. Everything ran fine until last Friday when the engine cut out again. This was as I was changing down from 3rd to 2nd. Couldn't get it started and it was towed back to my house. I got to recovered to a VW garage but before I did
• Golf MK2 - clutch problem? 19 May 2007 (Forum)
  found that the clutch cable was slack inside the engine compartment and I had to tighten the clutch cable adjustment nut as far as it would go. Then it worked fine. I drove the car on a local journey, and got a mile from my house before the clutch hit the floor. I paid £40 to get it towed home. I
• I hate this time of year 11 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Easter Holidays that is - I also hate the Christmas Holidays. Because the roads are quieter the level of Driving takes the michael. This morning I witnessed a Van towing an Ice Cream Fast Food Type Trailer undertake the driver in front (2 Lanes, Left Lane Left Turn Only) and I only avoided
• minor rear end shunt 12 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  plate, but only just. Everything else was fine, although I haven't had a detailed look under my car. (I have a tow hook, so the bumper wasn't touched). There was no damage on his car at all that we could find. We exchanged names and addresses - and I said I would call him if I discovered any damage
• Reliable, cheap French car - possible? 3 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  retained local value as RHD! I'd make sure I took a clutch cable too. I would use it for airport trips, taking rubbish to the dump and towing a trailer for the bigger items of rubbish. I imagine it would be pressed into carrying building materials as well. I am prepared to spend a couple of thousand
• Roadside Recovery Woes 27 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Last night I had the misfortune to suffer a gearbox failure on the M1 in the midlands. Having waited 45 mins for the AA I was told it would need a recovery truck as the standard AA van could not tow me off. It was stuck in gear and disengaging gear proved near impossible... 2 hours from
• Switching to Petrol from Diesel 1 May 2006 (Forum)
  the decision is my beleif that generally diesels cost more to maintain and that the only benefit is the fuel economy. I've had diesel previously thanks to initially being a student, and then getting a job which meant travelling over 400 miles just tow ork, without weekend activities. I've got an old 1.8 TD
• 'Wet' Skoda Superb 10 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  and then the car started. There was an immediate smell of burning & within 30 seconds, smoke appeared between the top of the dash and the windscreen. Naturally, I switched it off PDQ and got the extinguisher from the boot, No fire, but obviously, I'm not going to try starting it again!! Rang AA & got it towed