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• Mercedes C180 W202 1998 - Starting Problems 28 May 2012 (Forum)
  was changed a year ago. Can you help please . By the way I live in Howick, KZN, South Africa. The lowest temp where I live, the garage temp is +- 0 The oil filter was changed 1 year ago as well, I use magnatech oil. Thanks Dave
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  Audi A4 S Line Quattro 2005 27 Dec 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Can you please tell me what grade of oil is required for the above car?
• vectra 1.8 spark plugs 31 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  went to change plugs and noticed plug were nearly burried under oil is this normal
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  BMW 1 Series - when should I get it serviced? 24 Jun 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I have had a 2008 BMW 118 diesel SE for 14 months, However, I am worried because it has now been 20 months and more than 20 000 miles since the last service,...
• Volkswagen Golf II (1983 - 1992) - 1990 1.3 - Smoke from oil filler cap 27 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  I took the filler cap off for the first time in ages yesterday due to a bit of a smell of burning oil I get through the heater, and noticed the oil is now a dark black colour and there seems to be a little bit of smoke coming out. Is a certain amount of smoke normal? I haven't changed the oil
• astra 2.0Di oil 29 May 2004 (Forum)
  hello the wife's car now has 250000 km and upto recently has had minimal oil consumption (1/2 litre between oil changes done every 15000 kms). however over the last 7000 kms it has consumed 3/4 litres of oil. there are no leaks and i can't see any obvious blue smoke from the exhaust. taking off
• NEW GTX oil ? 2 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  GTX oil for high mileage - New? - henry k Thu 1 Apr 04 20:56 "Castrol High Mileage GTX. NEW 15-40 API SL ACEA A2 / B2 For engines over 75 K miles Contains seal conditioners to preserve the elasticity of engine seals, helping control oil leaks IN the engine. Damaged seals can cause
• New Vectra & Factory Supplied oil 25 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  . What value do you now put on a fully stamped service book? 6 Imagine a new Vectra towing a caravan in the south of Europe in mid summer, when ambient temperatures are elevated. This oil must be at "the end of its (specification) tether" irrespective of when it was last changed What
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  Timing chain failure on BMW 120d, is this common? 13 Jul 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2007 plate BMW 120d SE, which I bought from a dealership 15 months ago. It has 67,000 on the clock and always been in the dealer network for work...
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  Issues with Fiat 500 Diesel 29 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Fiat 500 Diesel car, which is currently having white smoke coming from the exhaust. It is also over revving and the DPF warning light has come...
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  Skoda Octavia DSG problems 18 Jun 2015 (Ask HJ)
  Over the past few months, when starting from cold, my 2012 Skoda Octavia estate DSG diesel struggles to move through the gears. As a result, I end up bunny...
• Mini - ALL - Clock ticking on condition based services 3 Jul 2021 (Forum)
  While the condition based usage adopted by Mini & BMW can be useful if you are a low mileage driver, there is a massive flaw in the system.  Last year we bought a 'new', unregistered F55 Cooper S, reg in June. Today, the oil change warning appeared on the Mini app. Mini recommend
• Mazda MX5 (1998-2005) - Putting laid-up car back on the road 19 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  My daughter's returning from her foreign travels and will no doubt expect her car to be available straight away. It's been sitting on a relatives drive for the last five months, in the open, with its' hard top on. It's only had two oil changes in its' five years. She wouldn't let me change the oil
• Thoughts on Magnatec? 25 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  would suit the Accord (Honda, Swindon, was insistent that I should use a 10/40, *not* Mobil 1 as I'd originally intended when I bought the car). They don't. But what was really interesting was that Mr Castrol seemed incredulous that I was changing my oil every 4.5. He could see no reason for doing
• Berlingo HDi gearbox trouble 8 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Actually a Peugeot Partner 2.0HDi but it's the same as a Berlingo. Had clutch changed two weeks ago at around 145k miles. Two weeks later I start hearing a whine on third gear. But the whine only appears either after moving from rest changing up from first and second, or after using third gear
• Mazda 323 pulls back 17 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  I've bought a V plate Mazda323 1.5 petrol recently and when driving in 4th or 5th gear, car seems to pull back a bit and you can feel it. I've changed oil/oil filter last weekend but it hasn't made any difference. What other things should I look at. Could it be a faulty spark plug or something
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  Is my 2006 Volkswagen Golf GT likely to suffer from bore wear problems? 22 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I was quite alarmed to read, under "Chain reaction" about what was said about the Volkswagen Golf GT 1.4 TSI 170. I have the very same model, also a 2006....
• Any - Dealer Satisfaction when ordering next car 6 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  ) have been servicing the car, twice this year plus intermediate oil change when "change oil now light" came on, another oil change due at 30,000 because i don't trust the dpf regeneration system even though it appears to be working properly, so to avoid a sump contaminated with diesel, I am doing
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  Did the dealer damage my ECU? 10 Feb 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I had my Audi A6 serviced at a main dealership. At the same time they did a gearbox oil change for me. They returned the car to me and said all the work...
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  My Golf has 174,000 miles on the clock and is still going strong 14 Jan 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a Volkswagen Golf MKIV GT PDI 130 from my brother-in-law who owned the car for years and bought it with 30k on it. It's now done 174k, mainly...