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• Confusing electric wire - vw transporter 1 May 2007 (Forum)
  Playing with a non starting car today (1970's with points and condenser etc) and couldn't get a spark. No lead was attached to plus ve side of coil, but 2 suspected ones were loose and would reach so looked likely. 1 was not live at all so ignored. 1 was live with ignition on so looked likely
• 306 TD Clutch Cable 2 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  I've owned a '96 TD for about 4 months and was surprised how stiff the clutch was when I bought it. I've got used to it now, but have since heard that there's a problem with the cable drying out, preventing the automatic adjustment from functioning, leading to premature clutch wear and failure
• Audi A3, 1.6l, 2010 - Audi A3 doesn't start sometimes 21 Aug 2022 (Forum)
  boost starter. Which took few times to start the car, after 5 -6 times the car started. Then it was ok for a few days. It easy starts with jump leads, but with battery boost leads takes few min, few times to crank the car. * When it's not starting the engine cranking, but no start. Jump
• 1988 golf 1.3 electrical fault 10 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  . Neither does it matter if the weather is wet or dry. I know what the problem is, but not the remedy. When this happens the car has no spark, so every time when this happens I disconnect the HT lead from the distributor and earth that end of the lead to the engine block. I leave the other end connected
• peought306 1997 - no spark 11 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  wont fire gettin no spark from leads
• Ford Fiesta - 2003 Fiesta Zetec misfire - water in plug chamber 6 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  Plenty of results of internet searches about this seemingly common problem. Took off a plug lead and one side of the plug chamber had half a thimblefull of water in it. Plugs had tracking marks, diagnostic said misfire cylinder 1. Cleaned all out, cleaned leads, replaced plugs. A few weeks later
• Ford Focus 1999 1.6 Ghia - Firing on 3 cylinders (I think!!) 26 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  Hello, my brothers Focus suddenly started firing on 3 cylinders.  Thats how it seems anyway. Plugs, leads, coil-pack all replaced (they were over-due anyway) still the same :( I tried to identify which cylinder wasn't firing by removing a lead at a time so when I removed
• Volkswagen Polo III (1994 - 1999) - 96 1.4 Lumpy running 13 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Due to a power steering leak I've not run my Polo for about 1 month now and the battery had gone flat when I went to start it today. No problem as I used jump leads to get it going. The problem is the engine is really running rough now and it definately not running on all 4 cylinders. I took off
• How to Cut Fuel Prices 4 May 2002 (Forum)
  to 90p a litre. Here is how to prevent this price rise and force Premium Unleaded back under 70p. No one needs to stop buying fuel. All we need to do is collectively boycott the service stations of the two leading oil companies and buy our fuel from their competitors. Faced with a near total collective
• Ford Ka - Ford KA missfire, ANY HELP APRECIATED 24 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  and the engine light has come on. with the engine running lumpy I can remove plug lead 2 and 3 and nothing changes, but when removing 1 or 4 the engine cuts out
• Ford Focus - engine misfire 20 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  causing tracking on the spark plug leads where they enter the engine and Ford recommend a dose of their silicon spray. Has anyone heard about this? It is not a great problem because it does not happen too much. They are the original plug leads so maybe it is to be expected?
• Ford Fiesta V reg 1.25 Zetec - Servicing and parts? 16 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  Hi It looks like the problems I'm experiencing with my car (issue posted in technical forum) may be down to plugs, HT leads and a good service. I know it varies, but how much would I expect to be paying for: a full service (what does this include?) spark plugs
• Ford Fiesta (2002 - 2008) - 03 1.4 Water around spark plugs 16 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Changed the plugs March 08, when the plug lead was removed to gain access to spark plug I found water around base of the plug, I used a sponge to remove before changing the plug. The other 3 were the same. Have just changed the leads because car suffering from hesitancy when cold, there was a small
• Golf2 doesnt like wet weather 24 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  My Golf Mk2,Driver 1.6,Greg-is getting harder to start from cold in wet weather.It splutters,backfires,and sometimes the battery go`s flat from the turning over.Ive tried spraying wd4o on the leads,coil and distributor,which sometimes makes a difference,but I usually have to hold the starter
• My Favourite Bumper Sticker 13 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  IF YOU'RE NOT THE LEAD DOG, THE SCENERY NEVER CHANGES
• golf mk 4 gti - keeps cutting out 7 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  Hi everyone My golf keeps cutting out when i slow or stop and is very lumpy when idling and sometimes also cuts out when idling i have replaced within the last month as follows spark plugs and leads, oil and filter, i cleaned the throttle butterfly, air mass meter, collant temp sender
• Wiys Jeep MB, 1943. - Petrol additives for Willys Jeep MB. 3 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  I bought a 1943 ex French Army Willys Jeep 3 years ago and it came with instructions to add 2-stroke oil and lead replacement additive to each tank of fuel. Having driven it back to the UK from the Alps and renovated various parts I found there was differing advice as to the necessity
• Fiat punto running roughly. 6 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Tonight my daughters "P" reg Punto suddenly started to run very roughly, idling badly with no power when driving. I thought it may be coils, plugs or HT leads, but all plugs are sparking, and on removing the HT leads on the coil one at a time, (and then putting them back) all drop the revs and one
• citroen berlingo 2.0 hdi 2003/4 - berlingo washer pump lead question. 8 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  hello. i've just had the fun job of replacing the washer pump on my 2003/4 berlingo 2.0 hdi i've notice that the wiring 'loom' from the front bumper...
• Astra 1.7dti fan relay fault 28 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  My Astra 1.7dti suffered from a flat battery I started it using jump leads then when I disconnected the leads the car shut down. I've had the fuel pump ecu replaced a new alternator and battery, yet the EML is still illuminated apparently reading fan relay faults the air con isn't working either