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• 97 Astra 1.6 8v - Don't know what to do! 3 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  Right guys, ive cleaned the Idle control Valve, cleaned the Throttle body, changed oil and oil filter including a can of wynns engine flush and im still getting some problems. Firstly, the idle hasnt got any better, it still chugs and is not far off stalling, and its still making a tappet sort
• VW Bora Fuel Pump Relay 27 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  Experiencing some problems with my 2001 VW Bora TDi 115bhp. The traction control light stays on, no glow plug light, no fuel pump priming and engine turns over and won't start. When it did start I had "low oil pressure" alarm come on even though there is enough oil in the engine. I have tried
• SEAT Altea (2004 - ) - Dodgy garage ? Has my car really been serviced ? 4 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  and dirty so I took it back to the garage to discuss. They said because it is a diesel the engine retains a large amount of dirt and as soon as the new oil circulates it picks up the remnants and changes to black. Sounds a bit dubious to me but he stood his ground. Is he correct?
• Ford Focus TDDI Tappet noise 31 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  and the ambient temparature is around 25C at the moment! Is this a common fault with this engine? I'm pretty disturbed to have this sort of problems at 70k with oil changes every 6k (always using good oil as well). I've only ever had this type of thing happen at the 100K plus mark on previous cars, and even
• Overdue service on Mazda6 8 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Hi all - first post! Love the site, lots of knowledge and humour - can you help on this one? Bought a Mazda6 TS 2.0 petrol at auction with 15,000mls and found that the 12,500 mile service hadn't been carried out - no oil or filter change! Oil wasn't low, just dirty. Car seems fine and obviously
• Sticking clutch - Golf Mk2 9 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  then...) Yet, after a while, it will work fine again. For days. Then I'll park up, start up a while later, and it's red-face-no-gears in the middle of the street again. Clutch changed about 30k ago. Did it myself, used the little packet of grease on the splines. Box oil level ok. Slight oil leak from
• passat tdi stop sign illuminating 16 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  not stay on long enough to show the fault (oil presure,coolant level,brake fluid etc). Put the car into VW to have it plugged into the vag com no faults recorded. Incidently the car has covered 58,000 miles from new full vw service and extra oil change between services. Anybody any thoughts on this problem
• Rover 600 SDI sump plug 13 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Went to change the oil this weekend on my 95 plate 620 only to find that the clown who did it last must have tightened it as hard as he could. Try as I might with my fairly hefty socket, I couldn't get it to budge, even with a spray of Plus Gas and little blast with a blow torch. Normally I would
• Extended service intervals, gone daft? 13 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Happened to be wandering around the M-B website today and noticed the service intervals for their range of vans. Now, in my cars I've always worked on the basis of 6months/6000 miles for an oil change but M-B are advocating intervals of up to 18,000 miles for the Vito and up to 30,000 miles
• VTEC engines, does pushing them hurt them? 10 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  ever see in a normal day's driving. I like to get a shift on, so it's been seeing quite a lot of 4000rpm+ action, is this going to have a serious effect on the engine's longevity or are they designed to be pushed a bit? I'll be getting it serviced, including an oil change with high quality synthetic
• 1999 VW Polo 1.9D (mk4) - cold spot/smoke 20 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  When I first bought my Polo it vibrated quite alot on tick over and got noisier,and so decide to give it an overhall.Firstly I changed the diesel filter/air filter and oil and oil filter replaced the timing belt and tensioner  aux belt and hydraulic valve lifters when doing this amongst
• Vectra C Eco-Service Query 15 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  -Service Flex". Why does it say this? If I press the odometer reset button with the ignition off, it flashes up 21,000 miles to next oil change. As I have done 700 miles since it has been serviced, It looks like the car is set up for variable oil change servicing. I didn't find the retailer helpful, so I
• 306 HDi - Engine/Sump Guard Broken 2 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  section off to re-join it to the main section I have already removed. Judging from the difficulty of removing these bolts I presume these have never been removed so guess that changing the oil involves removing the quick snap locks and the 2 bolts at the rear and flexing the guard it down to get
• MX6 cambelt 9 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Friend (very non-mechanical, has blown 2 engines on Fords by not checking oil!!!) now has P reg MX6 with 80k on clock. I mentioned to him about cambelt changes as well as checking oil occasionally. He doesn't know if belt has been done. Checked on HJ car by car and there is conflicting advice Quote
• car service in the future 21 Jun 2019 (Forum)
  Although a long way off I wonder what will happen to the garage service industry with presumably no oil changes and ever increasing reliability of component moving parts. I read they are testing Hydrogen trains so cars can't be far off?  Hydrogen, if practical, certainly seems a better
• Seat Altead 2.0 TDI DSG - Seat BKD enginge 8 years old 43k 30 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  How much would it cost to replace piping to the turbo as the car is 8 years old and has done 42k has had an oil change every 5k sometimes less than 5k is it worth doing?
• Vauxhall Corsa C (2000 - 2006) - 06 1.2 Lack of maintenance 6 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  I'm considering buying the above car first registered July 2006. However, it has no maintenance shown on the service records other than an oil & filter change last month. It has covered 10,000 miles. Price asked is £5300. Should I be wary?
• Opinions on Kia Magentis 10 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Being a bloke that loves saloon cars above all others, I'm thinking of buying a 2litre Kia Magentis automatic ( three years old ). People IMO don't seem to be able to comment on them, but i think its solid Mitsubishi technology at a knockdown price, for the savvy on a budget. I do my own oil
• Ford Escort 1.6 16v Zetec 5 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  I have a clicking noise comoing from the left hand side of my engine as you look at it. It increase in speed with engine revs. It occurs on about 4 out of 5 start-ups and last for the duration of my journey. The oil levels are fine and the timing belt was changed 30,000 miles ago. Any ideas?
• 53 plate Corsa Servicing 17 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all, I've got a friend with a 53 plate Corsa 1.2 SXi but she's never had it serviced. She's done (she thinks) 18,000 miles. It's got to be due a service now but shouldn't she have had an oil change somewhere between when she bought it and now? Any help appreciated, Adam