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• Peugeot 205 - Starting Problem 6 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  battery lead, then reattach it and everything back to normal. Except yesterday this quick fix didn't work and I had to jump start it from another car. Could this be a battery fault, a dodgy lead (which looks fine) or some strange Peugeot electrical gremlin?
• Mitsubishi Shogun Sport - Recon Engine, 2.5TD- help please 14 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  All, Need some leads here please. Our Shogun has just expired on holiday with crank pulley mounting failure which has wrecked the key-way mounting on the crank shaft. Nationwide auto centre who the AA recovered us to indicated this to be a common fault, although little comfort
• new scam ? 28 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  New scam reported in top gear Guy gets paid to reposes a car by finance company Swaps the alloys for steel wheels Rips out the stereo Pours oil over the engine Messes with HT leads to cause a misfire Puts car through auction He buys the car himself, or gets a friend to do so Takes it home
• Clockwork Ignition problem 28 Oct 2001 (Forum)
  Mk I Escort 1298cc X-Flow engine (GT spec) Engine misfires badly throughout the rev range - badly enough to stall if left idling for 20 - 30 seconds. It's across all cylinders and from checking there is no output from the coils HT lead. The dizzy shaft has a bit of wobble (side to side). Timing
• 1998 Mondeo 1.8 - Coil pack or something else? 3 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  Have a 1998 Mondeo 1.8 which is misfiring when cold and under load. As it warms up it gets a bit better, but isn't right. I have replaced plugs, which has helped (one was cracked). Swapping the HT leads made no difference. So my next suspect is the coil pack. Before I head down
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 02 1.6 Sudden misfire on cylinders 1 and 4 25 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  hi Car suddenly quit. left it with local garage who Changed the following: Coil pack Leads plugs These had no effect at all, The mechanic said he disconnected the leads on 1 and 4 whilst running and there is no difference. His computer apparently said feed 1 and feed 2 at coil not present. he
• Ford KA, KA2, KA3 (1996 - 2008) - EMU light permanently on 31 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Hi I have just had the HT leads, plugs and coil changed after problems with a faulty lead. At the garage this morning the mechanic reset the EMU and the light went out, but when I drove the car this afternoon the light was back on again, permanently. Please help - what could this mean? I need
• Rover 200 (1995 - 1999) - 97 1.6 How was it running at all? 20 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  I've just replaced the Dizzy cap on a colleagues 216 16v as it was running like a bag of spanners. When I took the cap off, the carbon brush literally crumbled into dust & the main coil lead snapped clean off at the cap end (it had gone a mouldy green colour). I replaced the coil lead
• spark plug removal - 1.6 Astra Automatic 10 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Without sounding like a complete novice which i am ,I need information how to remove spark plugs from my Astra 1.6 automatic.The HT leads come from a rectangular box attached to the top of engine.The actual leads are a black corrugated plastic covered.Where they attach to the top of the spark plug
• BMW M3 convertible 8 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Does anyone know of any battery problems with this vehicle, leading to fire and eventual destruction?
• GOLF 2L MARK4 GTI - CUTTING OUT WHEN SLOWING OR STOPPING 5 Feb 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
• Daewoo matiz chugging? 11 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Hi every-one. Well my little daewoo matiz is playing up. on tuesday night on my way home it started losing power, and seemed like that i may have a faulty h.t. lead. I managed to get home and called the r.a.c. When the patrol man came out. it was perfect (typical hey) He said that the disi cap may
• basic car stereo questions 9 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  to connect the two front channels to a tweeter and a 3 way unit each in parallel but I have also read that this could lead to blown final stage transistors. I have also been advised to connect the two front channels to a tweeter and a 3 way unit each in series but I have also read
• Seat Leon discounts 19 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  Removed as duplicate post in Discussion, thus leading to possible repetion of replies. DD
• 2005 Ford Focus 1.6 - core plugs leaking on cylinder head 20 May 2013 (Forum)
  Greetings. I've recently changed the valve cover gasket on this car which had cracked and found the spark plugs on 3 and 4 swimming. I know about the problem regarding the washers leaking onto the valve cover, but after fully drying the head, plugs and leads, this car ran like a sewing
• Corsa Stereo Connections 15 May 2010 (Forum)
  Don't know if this is something anyone has knowledge of. I've just installed a new Sony headunit in my Corsa, but the unit never remembers stations etc. I've discovered the continous power supply connects to a wire (through the leads Sony supply to the vauhxall fittings)- but have no idea what wire
• Jeep Cherokee (1993 - 2001) - 95 2.5 Won't start 4 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  the cap to the ht leads. changed all leads, but no difference. Traced 3 wires to the dizzy, black w/ purple +11 volts with ignition on and 2 orange w/black which seem to do nothing any suggestions would be most gratefully received. Cheers
• Citroen AX starting anomaly 14 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  fine on the key! Leave it overnight and you are back to square one, the things I have changed to try and cure it are the HT leads, distributor cap and rotor arm and they made no change at all. Jump leads make no difference either. Any clues on this please ? Thanks for taking the time to read
• Michelin @ Indy - Volume 2 2 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  . When asked what he thought of Danica Patrick, who had this year achieved national acclaim by becoming the first female to lead the Indy 500 before finishing fourth, he replied, "Women should be dressed in white, like all domestic appliances" His ready wit has has gone down like a lead balloon
• Fiesta 1.25 misfire 13 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  I have a 40,000 mile 1998 Fiesta 1.25 LX which has developed a bad misfire at low speed, when moving in traffic or pulling round a corner in low gears. It seems fine on the motorway. The plugs were replaced 15,000 miles ago with Motorcraft platinum and the original HT leads are still fitted. Do you