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• Audi 80 Mk II (1991-1995) - Bangernomics - 2 year update 3 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  £10.00 135000 Rear Tyres £35.00 137000 Front Tyres £75.00 141000 Fan Switch £5.00 144450 Coolant Change £10.00 144450 Thhings to note are; Car cost me 450 pound to buy (Dec 2005) Mileage is now around 148000 I do 20k per year (fuel has worked out at 5k for 2 years
• Ethics - selling/trading in problem car 12 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  in pretty damn good condition for a 4-year old car. Trouble is, it needs the coolant fluid topping up every week to 10 days as there is a slow leak. (Latest news on this is that a Masterfit tech reckons it'll be the heat exchanger and it'll cost well over £1,000+ to put right...) Now it *could* just
• 2002 Renault Trafic SWB Van - Trafic 1.9dci - Won't Go Above 50-60mph 24 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  on again I can drive it normally (until around 50mph of course). Equally, there's no check engine light, no smoke from ignition and bar the acceleration problem everything else seems perfectly normal, although I have noticed my coolant and engine oil levels are low (have been told this wouldn't
• Peugeot 308 CC - Faulty engine control system 17 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  to get back home as I was only round the corner contacted RAC who check car over and reported the following: Engine start fine but with EMS light on. Engine oil and coolant levels checked - OK. Plugged into Rac-Scan to draw fault/trouble codes. UNABLE TO COMUNICATE WITH VEHICLE SPECIFICS BUT COULD DRAW
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 05 1.6 Engine System Failure on 115PS 12 Jan 2020 (Forum)
  what my be the root of this problem. I have heard it could be a speed senor, lambda senor, engine coolant senor or problem with ECU itself. I also understand that a main dealer can charge £100 or more just to plug car into diagnostics machine without actually fixing problem. What is my best plan
• Fiat Punto 1.9 JTD 85 - Error code P0380 but 2 dealer got no clue 21 Mar 2016 (Forum)
  hard to find the cause of P0380 still not find, he said may relation to EGR valve clot up or water coolant thermostat sensor fault because that share same wire to relay mount But is that true? I can't sell the car till it fix but nobody seem to know what wrong with it as I see lot
• 2001 Fiesta Zetec-S - Fiesta playing up 16 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  Sparks New Fuel filter But sod all. After i put the new coil and plugs in the EML came on. I reset the ECU and the light went and has not come back since. Both oil and coolant are fine and not dropping or does not have any foreign stuff in it. I bought a ODB reader that bluetooths
• Citroen C4 Picasso 7-st (2007 - ) - 07 1.8 Problems with Water Pump & Manual Gearbox 13 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  are surfacing. I noticed that there was coolant loss, after three trips to the dealers (two different dealers) a leaking water pump was diagnosed (that's been replaced today).... pretty poor in my opinion for a car of this age and miles. What is more worrying is an intermittent judder that happens when
• '03 MGZR 1.4 cylinder liners 25 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  My Car is a '53 MG ZR 1.4 petrol with 75000 miles. last year the head gasket was replaced as the car was overheating. In the last couple of months I have noticed that the car is loosing approx. 1/2 inch of coolant / week - I have taken the car back to the same garage who undertook the head gasket
• Engine failure TWICE - Peugeot 306DT 23 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  bought it from an independent garage with a 3-month warranty included. The same garage has regularly serviced it. I also check the oil and coolant etc. on a regular basis. In September 2001, whilst on the A1 motorway, a con rod shot through the side of the engine. The car had only done 45,000 miles
• Any - Turbocharger Care 1 Dec 2021 (Forum)
  , chances are the turbo is water cooled. Do not neglect to maintain the cooling system. Change the coolant at the manufacturers recommended interval or earlier if there is any signs of loss or corrosion in the header tank. I recommend a mix of 25% coolant, 75% de-ionised water and one bottle of water wetter
• Honda CR-V - Suggested price for CR-V 2009 automatic 5 May 2024 (Forum)
  transmission filter (genuine Honda) #Replaced differential oil (genuine Honda) #Replaced coolant (genuine Honda) #Replaced sparks plug (Denso irridium) #Replaced drive belt #Replaced alloy rims for nice looking diamond cut. #Replaced all 4 tires for great quality all season Good Year Vector 4 gen 3 #New
• Ford Focus misfire after rebuild 18 Dec 2023 (Forum)
  . After like a week the head gasket blew going down the motorway after all of the coolant leaked out.  Apparently a common problem on this model. I bought it from a dealer, it was under their warranty and they rebuilt the engine, with a new head (they sent the old one to be skimmed
• DS the early years 28 Jul 2021 (Forum)
  the engine coolant. Steering ball joints cracked, fuel tanks collapsed due to an internal-external pressure differential. There was only a key lock on the drivers door on early cars, so if it was parked drivers side next to a tall kerb, when the suspension 'settled', you couldn't get in!. Even the wind up
• Volkswagen - White smoke from oil filler cap and dipstick 20 May 2018 (Forum)
  how hot or cold the engine is, there is never the slightest hint of smoke from the oil filler cap or oil dipstick. In older cars smoke from the oil filler cap or dipstick usually meant burning oil, coolant in the oil, head gasket about to go etc. SO you can see my hesitation with buying
• Mercedes-Benz C180 - Starting Probelms 7 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  ).   I have checked for fault codes and there is none.   I have replaced the crank position sensor without any change.   I have checked the coolant temp sensor (using OBD) and this varies nicely as expected
• Had car 2 months, needs 2 grands worth of repairs 17 May 2012 (Forum)
  Hi There! Bought a car 2 months ago from a decent looking dealership, not a main dealer though. Paid top price for that make, model, age, mileage - £12k Car was loosing coolant rapidly, dealer replaced the radiator to his credit, which didn't quite solve the problem
• Ford Fiesta (2000 - 2002) - 01 1.25 Heating only works when engine pushed hard 9 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  . This didn?t really matter as the weather wasn?t cold then so I left it. About 2 months ago my car developed a coolant leak and needed a seal changed underneath the engine (not sure how else that describe it!) I did some searching about the earlier problem on the Internet and found that it was most likely
• Volkswagen Golf IV - White smoke from exhaust 14 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  it a couple of months and I've already had to put about 7-8 litres of oil in it. The oil is definitely not being lost through it dripping on the floor, nor is it being mixed with the coolant so head gasket has been ruled out (by 3 garages). I have been told that its likely to be the piston
• Citroen Xantia (1993 - 2000) - 96 19td Urgent maintenance advice 6 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  , and he claims that we wouldn?t need to heater matrix system and he by the water tube by not going to matrix system. I found the water come out from coolant expansion tank filler cap too corroded and yellow orange. Please advice on this. Clutch engage problem. 1. Even though full clutch pressed the second