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• Ford Escort (1993 - 2000) - 1998 1.8 Misfire 26 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  cylinders are clean and plugs were ok, apart from Cyl 2 where the plug was black, but not oily or wet. I have changed the HT leads and changed the plugs, so not sure what my next step should be. I can confirm that all plugs are sparking though. Thanks Jon ps : Hi by the way :)
• Volkswagen Golf II (1983 - 1992) - 1988 1.6 Ignition Coil testing ? EZ engine 20 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  , so discounting carb icing ? All ignition components, cap, leads, plugs recently replaced, and all appear Ok. Coil has been on for as long as I can remember, (+ 10 years, +170K miles!) Coil is a Lucas VW/VAG OE 211 905 115 D, doing a basic test, Primary Winding Resistance = 1.4 > 1.2 (on 0-200 ohm
• Attacked in my car! 10 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  ...by a herd of cattle. I had backed into a bridlepath at the request of a guy leading the cows along a narrow lane in order to let them pass. As they walked by one of them stopped, gave me a long look and wandered towards me followed by about half a dozen of his mates. Squeezing by the car
• Renault Clio II (1998 - 2001) - 01 1.2 D7F stutters after top end rebuild 25 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  on power and seems to stutter right through the rev range. I replaced 4 valves & ground them in. problem occurred so I did a compression test one cylinder (4) was slightly low so off came the head again (deep joy!) redid the no.4 and replaced the inlet and reground both. .....Same problem. Replaced leads
• Mercedes Benz E-Class W124 (1985 - 2000) - 92 2.3 W124 odd bulb failure 18 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  . It?s as if any load on the circuit brings it down. Bulb-failure warning is lit up the whole time. The earths there are sound, I tested it with a new earth lead to a test bulb; the cabling is sound too. Problem is not the bulb, I have swapped in known-good bulbs I need to trace things back
• Vauxhall Corsa B (1993 - 2000) - 1995 1.2 8v - Hot Starting Problem 19 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  light doesn't come on. So far I've replaced the plugs, leads, cap, rotor arm and air filter. I've recently replaced the temp sensor in the inlet manifold. I've found a few post with very similar symptoms but no definite results and ideas on what to swap next? Cheers, Brian
• Peugeot 106 (1991 - 2002) - 2001 - 1100cc - very rough running in wet weather 10 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  - am going to tap that out in a bit. It runs well most of the time but when the weather is very wet it runs very rough - kangaroos, sounds like it's missing etc. My initial thought was Distributor cap / HT leads but it's a distributor-less ignition system with a rail. The spark plugs have not been
• Volkswagen Polo III (1994 - 1999) - 1998 1.4 - only running on 2 cylinders 7 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  , leads and coil. (it always has a good spark). swapped injectors with 2 and 4. Cleaned out the throttle body twice. Sent the ECU away and had it lab tested, no problems at all they say. Its now out of MOT and won't pass because of the high emissions, its practically undrivable anyway. My independant
• Road Works- duty to minimise delays ? 25 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  to dig up a road! The second occured when I left home to go to a specialist shop at the weekend. It is a twenty mile round trip and there was an hour before the shop closed. A road on route was closed and a diversion signposted. The problem was that the diversion lead to a right turn onto a busy road
• Mk 3 Golf Ignition Problems 27 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  ) and although the engine turned there was no ignition. I replaced the coil amplifier ( had similar fault on another Mk3 ) but it didn't fix it. When the breakdown company turned up, they disconnected the HT lead from the distributor and held it against the block, whilst I turned the key, there was no spark
• Range Rover - surging and poor starting 22 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  to do with the "surging" which leads me to suspect the MAF sensor. Any suggestions?
• VW Golf - tankslapper/steering shimmy 9 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  by contact with something kerblike which leads me to consider a bent wheel as a possible candidate, but I'm basing this suspicion on supposition rather than any experience or knowledge in this area... Cheers, Jonathan. PS, I have suspected for some time that the car could do with the tracking done
• Warranty Issue.. 15 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Hi guys, I'll be hypothetical so not to fall foul of the rules. Lets suggest that a diesel powered german prestige car is covered by a warranty from a leading warranty provider. The car in question is not high mileage - infact, it's below average and thus within the mileage limits in force
• Which lane for roundabout? 2 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Near to where I live there is a dual carriageway leading to a roundabout. There are no road markings to tell you which lane to be in. The signpost in advance of the roundabout shows 3 exits, all of which are single carriageways. The first is a major A road with the road being shown as wider
• Dodgy salesman!! 28 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  and again in a a couple of months and that will validate the warranty" So according to him, you can get it serviced 10 months late, then again bang on two years and all is well ." Not having a car serviced will only lead to the loss of the third year dealer warranty. The two year manufacturers warranty
• Cavalier Misfiring on tickover?? 26 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  checked the plugs clean,i checked the leads,(got a shock of all of them) good spark,iv tryed every thing i can think of???the managedment light is NOT on???i had a problem with the alternator,and it BLEW the bulb on the dash board,just had a new one fitted ,would you think it could be a sensor??if so
• Renault Megane 1.4 Not Starting Right 19 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  . It then got worse and wouldn't start at all, even though it sounded like it was turning over properly, it just wouldn't start up at all :-( I bump started it and took it down to the local garage, but they couldn't find a fault. They said they checked the Battery, Starter Motor, Leads and Spark Plugs
• Hosepipe ban poses danger to motorists 27 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  . No doubt some members of the public will now think that it's ok not to wash their cars because that bloke on the radio said a hosepipe would lead to this and he was a motoring journalist, so he must be right. Even I, who puts his car through a car wash once every six months if it's lucky, am capable
• Alloy cylinder head material 9 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  on my V70 are dulling to a white powder. Of all the cars, the V70 is the one with the best 'weather proofed' under bonnet area too, with good rubber seals along the leading edge. Would love to know why, as I would have thought alloy components where extreme heat or loading is not a factor would have
• rover 111i noisy,no go & drinks petrol 6 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  bought new plugs and leads last week, its no better. My friend has exactly the same car which she's scrapped as the head gasket has gone and she said I can help myself to anything, so I've just been round there and changed the distributor cap (couldn't get the rotor arm off) still no better and changed