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  • Golf MKIII idle hesitation 31 Jan 2007 (Forum)
    1995 I.8 Monotronic ABD engine Golf, Recnetly at idle the the engine is very slightly rough, runs well, new leads plugs, cap rotor, fuel cleaner. The same. So I am down to an air leak. Just spent 2 hours chaecking all the pipe work, operation of the purge valve and Carbon can an can find a leak
  • Opening door with flat battery - Omega 3 Jan 2007 (Forum)
    and will become the standard solution for this problem everywhere, leading to revered worship by mechanics worldwide and subsequent overloading of my ego by fawning women? b. A recipe for disaster, as it'll blow a dozen circuits? c. Daft, because there's an easy, tried and tested way to resolve
  • Is this really fair? 16 Sep 2006 (Forum)
    , screams up and down a nice straight back road behind our house, flies up and down pavements. No helmet, no leathers, no insurance, no licence, no MOT etc etc. If he should run in to me and I am judged to have 'cut a corner' which leads to his death or injury I would be well hacked off.
  • Citroen ZX 1.8 8v - Idle/Starting Proble 23 Aug 2006 (Forum)
    by letting engine idle for ~1min, then gently feathering the accelerator peddle until engine speed increases without cutting out. I have changed head gasket ~5 months ago and I have therefore checked, cleaned and reconnected all the sensor multi-plugs. I have also changed the Plugs and Plug leads. Could
  • Log Book Loans 8 Aug 2006 (Forum)
    this is a daft idea and is almost irresponsible in that it may lead people with bad credit histories, or insufficient dosh to pay the loans, into further credit issues. No doubt resulting in them losing 100% of their car to service the 40% they borrowed. Or am I missing something and its really a very good idea ??
  • Mk2 Mondeo front wishbone size? 10 Jan 2006 (Forum)
    EARLIER TYPE LEFT)' '(REPLACES EARLIER TYPE RIGHT)' Leading me to assume that both parts fit, but the later part replaced the earlier part. Anyone got any ideas?
  • Who's to blame here? 18 Dec 2005 (Forum)
    Out walking last night at about 8:30pm I was nearly part of an accident. A young cyclist was making quick progress along the pavement behind me. His bike was unlit as one would expect. The cyclist and I were next to the main road and I stopped at a minor road leading off the main road for a look
  • Volvo Ignition timing 18 Dec 2005 (Forum)
    Volvo 240 SE 1993 B200F LH2.4 Jetronic. Yes that one but bear with me here. I am still in trouble with my Volvo but I have made some progress. I thought the Knock sensor was not working and removed same to test off the block only to discover the scope lead was faulty. However this caused me to dig
  • Repair your own car - get insurance hike 19 Nov 2005 (Forum)
    this will actually lead to an increase in accidents? Most people that repair their own vehicle are competant (it's their own safety on the line for a start) and often don't trust garages because of the likelihood of serious mistakes. Insurance companies do things to absolve themselves of responsibility which
  • Mondeo Euro III/IV diesel 13 Sep 2005 (Forum)
    going back to a Mondeo ? but this time I think it will be a diesel. People like Ford?s of Winsford have TDCi 130 Ghias for £11.5k which seems like a good deal. Which at last leads me to my question ? my reading tells me that there is a big mpg difference between the Euro III and Euro IV models
  • Berlingo HDi gearbox trouble 8 Sep 2005 (Forum)
    for a while, after having travelled in fourth or fifth. Now, after a couple of days of that, a whine has also appeared on fourth gear and sometimes fifth, again only evident after using these gears for a while. This, and the faint whiff of gear oil when emerging from vehicle, leads me to suspect I am
  • A change in a speed limit 17 Aug 2005 (Forum)
    I was in NW Surrey at the weekend, RF's manor, pulled off the M25 J11 on to St Peters Way, a shortish stretch of dual carriage way that leads from the motorway towards St Peter Hospital (Chertsey) and Ottershaw. I came off the roundabout with a Mercedes going slowish in front and a C2 hard on my
  • Peugeot 406 Estate - radio, brake lights 11 May 2005 (Forum)
    that the already lousy reception did not actually deteriorate when it was unscrewed. This leads me to believe that the connection from the aerial to the radio has failed, but I cannot work out how to remove the aerial base from the roof - does anyone have any ideas? Thanks Paul
  • Broken motorbike 7 May 2005 (Forum)
    on choke allowd to warm up 2 minutes then allowed to idle and blipped to 2000 rpm has died. Subsequent investigation has proved sparking at all 4 plugs when hitting the starter so it appears that the colis, leads and plugs are fine. However the fuel system draws fuel thru the fuelcock by vacumn action so
  • The Speed Camera Thread - Volume 30 8 Apr 2005 (Forum)
    2 years or even 1 year ago the Tax Camera threads were the hottest on this board. Not only did (do) we have a dedicated speeding thread we also had (have) a dedicated speeding related to Tax Cameras thread. I was there up the front leading the charge, OK I was also being made redundant
  • Megane jerky at high revs 25 Jan 2005 (Forum)
    the more throttle I give it the less I get back in return. It feels almost as if someone is pulling the car back. I had the spark plugs & HT leads (all top quality) done about 3 months ago and also the coil packs were changed. On top of this I've noticed it stall twice recenly just completelty
  • The effects of temporary traffic lights 17 Dec 2004 (Forum)
    . The lights are located half a mile from a roundabout, which in turn is half a mile from another roundabout on the Leeds ring road and a retail park. This one set of lights caused the first roundabout to clog, plus the four roads leading to it, the main ring road island was also gridlocked and the queue
  • Car-share lane will debut on M1 10 Dec 2004 (Forum)
    From the BBC News website, this is also proposed on the A370 leading into Bristol. I just see it as completely undemocratic, the ability to share a journey with someone is a matter of circumstance not choice. Why should I be penalised because I do not happen to have a friend or neighbour who works
  • Dangerous is the new safe 31 Oct 2004 (Forum)
    drivers will drive these death traps more cautiously, leading to fewer accidents! My preferred term for these proposed schemes is 'muddle zone'. To be serious, I can see muddle zones have a limited application, i.e. where there is an alternative route so that they need only be used by local access
  • 1987 Golf GTi missing on right bends 9 Oct 2004 (Forum)
    My trusty (up to now!) 1987 Mk2 Golf GTi 8v 1800cc has given excellent service and is now on 217000 miles. It has developed an intermittent misfire which I thought was ignition so replaced the usual plugs/HT leads/Dist cap/rotor arm. But no change, the car would misfire, in fact cutout
 

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