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• 1993 CLIO Diesel-Head Gasket gone? 3 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  The car is blowing coolant out through the pressure cap,no visible leaks elsewhere. No mayonnaise under the oil filler cap or oil in water but system is pressurising. Timing belt is being renewed at this time (car has 68000+ on clock) and haynes manual says I need a special tool to tension the belt
• Mercedes W124 advice welcome 18 May 2005 (Forum)
  it looks very presentable, just a couple of supermarket dings for dentmaster or whoever to sort. I am aiming to run it for the foreseeable future and want to do whatever is sensible to ensure longevity over short term economy. I reckon to get the fluids changed - auto trans, coolant and brake - and sort
• Xantia's progress 20 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  it has lasted so long because the coolant has always been replaced at more or less the required intervals. My wife thinks it is a lot of money to pay on a car that is worth next to nothing but the car is in good shape, and is still lovely to drive. Maintenance has to be done, no matter how old
• ZX 1.4 head gasket?? 29 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  in at 100 degrees. But I would have thought with a new thermostat (88 deg) that it should run cooler, especially when the ambient temp is only 3 degrees. The reason I am concerned about the head gasket is that while changing the coolant over Xmas I noticed some brown mayo/sludge in the header tank. I am
• '96 Polo warming up too quickly 13 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  about 1/4 of a mile and reach 'normal' as in halfway after about a mile. I checked the coolant level before setting off and it was fine. I drove it a couple of miles and then let it idle until the fan kicked in. Temp stayed at half and heaters were blowing hot air. Nothing seems to be wrong just
• Ineffective Aircon - Rover 220 17 May 2004 (Forum)
  a different story) and there's no change at all. They said it tested OK - down to 2degrees, whatever that means. There is no problem with airflow (no pollen filter on this model, for example), and plenty of coolant. No overheating or other odd temperature behaviour. One thing which has been suggested
• faulty waterpump in vauxhall 13 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Again I am going to demonstrate my lack of knowledge with cars by asking for som advice before i make a fool of myself. Some of you will know that my husbands vauxhall carlton as been leaking coolant and the system has been massively pressurising 2 weeks ago the camshaft actually seized causing
• Overheating A6 5 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  the car gets to over 40mph again. This cycle will continue, but the needle always moves back to 90 when the car is brought to a stand still. There are no signs of any coolant loss, and the belts all seem fine. Thanks SteveX
• where's my oil going 24 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  checked the levels again yesterday and the level had dropped back down to midway between the minimum and maximum marks. Does anyone have any idea where the oil is going? there are no signs of an oil leak on the driveway, and no emulsifies oil on the oil/coolant filler caps. Is it normal for this type
• Peugeot 406 Coupe Water Leak!! 13 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  hand side is lower than the right. The leak is freshwater and not coolant / washer fluid etc. Water appears to be coming out of a small drain hole in a unit (I think a fan housing)up behind the glovebox During the 15 days I've owned the car it has spent five days in with the Peugeot Dealer trying
• Toyota reliability/value for money 10 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  on it has been 4 new Michelins, one set of front pads and wiper blades. I change filter and oil (Mobil 1) 3 times a year and coolant every 18 months. Listed at £19 K, I got it from a supersite for less than £12K. Given that any local taxi firm would probably jump to give me £4K even now, I consider
• too darn hot 22 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  for the electronic coolant valve, and does not show any images of the heater unit..... has anyone encountered a similar problem, or care to give some pointers? appologies for the short and poorly written effort. thanks in advance for any help people may offer. tim.
• Ford KA, 52 Plate, Petrol - Ford Ka Overheating Problem 8 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  Last Sunday when I was up visiting my folks in Birmingham steam started pouring out of the right hand side of the bonnet and the temp warning light came on, then the following sequence of events took place: AA man attended, refilled water tank with water/coolant, then noticed
• Peugeot 306 diesel - Cambelt Failure Catastrophe 13 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  his Morris 10 scraping-in the big-end bearings using engineer's blue. In spite of all this, I have had catastrophic failure leaving my ego severely bruised and camshaft broken in four places with cyl head totally wrecked. Pug 306 1.9 Diesel needed cyl head gasket replacing as coolant
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - 02 1.6 head gasket & cylinder head fault 16 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  coolant loss. The radiator had developed a leak causing this. I took the car back and the radiator leak was seen to be the cause of another head gasket failure. The head gasket was replaced and a new radiator was fitted. I expect that the cylinder head was inspected again and, seeming fine, this second
• Pug 206 XSi Various Probs 5 May 2005 (Forum)
  impact frontal or otherwise, from looking at the passenger side unit, I think I could snap both the mountings just using the force it takes to replace the dust cover on the headlamp assembly. 2. The oil temperature indicator (not coolant temp - coming to that in a minute) never moves onto the scale
• Ford S-MAX - White smoke from under bonnet. Losing the will! Please help :-) 25 Feb 2023 (Forum)
  Hi, this is my first time posting but having been back and forth with my car to my mechanic I was hoping for some help/advice. My 2007 diesel Ford S Max was losing coolant. My mechanic diagnosed an issue with the thermostat housing which he then replaced. When I got the car back there was diesel
• Car servicing 6 Jan 2022 (Forum)
  such as air filters, plugs, fuel filters, coolants etc have been itemised and usually added to the initially  agreed price of the actual service. For me much confusion also exists on what's included in the final bill, what's recommended for further work, what's essential and added on after customer
• OBD2 and Apple Carplay 10 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  I have a Pioneer head unit which is apple-carplay compatible and it's great.  However, I would like to get something like an ultraguage to have a readout of engine coolant temps and other parameters not shown with precision (the temp guage goes to the middle and will sit there over
• Land Rover Discovery Sport - DPF just cleaned by Land Rover (AA partner) 26 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  diagnostics and carried out dynamic regeneration, then cleared diagnostic trouble codes stored, no further warning messages and normal performance restored. No further assistance required. Engine Oil Level Ok. Coolant Level Ok."