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• Proton Coupe 1.8 - Been Standing 8 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  not appear to be ridding themselves of the rust and the handbrake no longer works well it barely makes a contact, will not hold the car, so it seems that there is no fluid getting to the rear brakes, could this potentially be leading to major work needed on the back or is it something like a cylinder or just
• Mk3 1.6 Golf misfire - help! 5 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  the throttle power returns, this leads to some interesting Kangaroo driving in the lower gears ;o) Power is OK when it's not misfiring. Fault doesn't seem to happen when the engine is cold, only after running for a few mins. It is very repeatable at the same throttle position when on the hill on my way home
• Heater Not Hot - Seat Alhambra 1.9 TDi 9 May 2007 (Forum)
  . The mechanics of the heater have been checked out, the dials are attached to their respective leads etc & the thermostat has been replaced. This has not made any difference. l have heard that there is a secondary auxilary heater, in front of the near side rear wheel, that uses glow plugs to ignite diesel
• Renault 21 Savanna emission problems 20 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  adjust or do, it does not go below this. To date I have; Changed the air filter, spark plugs, distributor cap and rotor arm. In the last 9-10 months, I have changed all the HT leads and performed an oil filter and oil change. The mixture has been weakened as much as is physically possible
• VW Polo Mk4 (1999) cutting out 12 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  the pump's mesh filter to allow any debris to be flushed into the inline filter). (4) Changed the HT leads, distributor cap and rotor arm. There are no fault codes stored. Any ideas? It's changing from a nuisance to a danger now, so I'm keen to get it sorted as soon as possible. Thanks, Nick.
• 25th Anniversary of the Airbag 9 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  "...the airbag was finally ready for production in December 1980 when it celebrated its world premiere together with another innovation, the seatbelt tensioner, in the Mercedes-Benz S-Class" Quote from an article on UK Motoring Search Engine News (http://tinyurl.com/atb4v ). Leads me to a couple
• Golf Mk3 Dead - Help!!!! 21 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  I own a golf mk3 1997 1.4. Bought it two years ago and its done 66k miles. On Monday I drove it about haf a mile pulled over and the engine died. Got a local garage to come out and have a look. After the usual checks (plugs, leads, dist & cap etc etc) they traced the problem - they said
• Is my old Golf a write off?? 1 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  a load of work?? Maybe the oil breather or something? The thing is when I put my foot down a bit it runs lovely. What a attempt at swearing deleted . It's something I could never have known when I went to look at the car as it could have been the leads or something causing the probs, but now after
• Rover 200 1999 1.4 - Unsolvable Problem 10 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  no problem accelerating, although initial acceleration in any gear can be a bit jumpy. I have changed the following: - Fuel Filter - HT Leads - Distributor Cap - Rotor Arm - Ignition Coil - Spark Plugs (correctly gapped) - Engine Flush - Oil and Filter change (Wynn?s Valve/Hydraulic Tappet Cleaner added
• Focus Tdci Running Problem 30 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  2000/w focus 1.8 td di ghia, 89,000miles ,fsh ford only serviced 250 miles ago and fitted new battery leads . drives fine and then for no reason the diesel glow plug light flashes and the car stalls ,but rev counter stays where it is ,stuck in limbo!this happens at lower speeds 30mph ish restarts
• Difficult 1st Gear VW Golf Mk2 GTI 28 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  on the slope leading to my garage, but my girlfriend had to drive it in in 2nd last night. I have checked gearbox oil, seems OK. I don't know how much resistance there should be, but the engine seems to rock quite easily - is there a chance that knackered engine mounts are a cause? It makes sense in terms
• Motorway Layouts & Design 25 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  remain for access on and off the motorway. Even during high demand, during rush hour, the two ?no access lanes? (assuming no accidents or breakdowns) flow smoothly at the posted 40mph limit. The two ?access? lanes are backed up constantly. This leads me to assume that it?s the act of leaving
• High mileage oil for Mk2 Golf GTI? 3 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  oil types (mineral and synthetic)? I am a bit concerned as I have been topping up with some decent semi-synthetic and never thought to question my garage as to what they've been sticking in. A few posts on this forum have lead me to think that perhaps I should be taking a closer interest...... All
• The Speed Camera Thread - Volume 21 2 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  and two wheels. Time he learnt by visual reference as to what speed he is travelling at like the majority of the rest of us. His last encounter which will lead to his disqulaification was 81 in a 60 limit on two wheels. Didn't know he was speeding?. The speedo on the bike would be right under his nose
• Scrapping old cars (Polo anyone?) 26 May 2004 (Forum)
  want it (free)? 6 weeks' tax, 48 hours' MOT. Half tank petrol. Haynes manual. Just south of Tower Bridge? Recent cambelt; brand new points & plugs & rotor; recent leads, well maintained recently. Recorded 83k miles, but more probably at least 183k or maybe 283k. Starts 1st or 2nd time
• Leon TDI - Brief grinding noise 4 May 2004 (Forum)
  was concerned that my wheel bearings may be showing early indications of wear. They assured me the bearings were ok and it was likely a stone caught between the brake disc and the plate behind it. The sound occurs without braking which has lead me to rule out pad wear - the pad wear indicator has never
• Fiesta 1.25 zetec - fuel system problems 20 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  doing this for few months while accelerating through exactly 4500, so high it's never been a major prob, suspected filter). Just renewed badly worn Plugs for NGK's, Bosch Leads, Fuel & air filters. Absolutly no different! Is this a dodgy air mass sensor. Very consistant fault never cuts out
• Mondeo Pinking 4 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  and it has new spark plugs, HT leads, air filter and fuel filter. Ive tried running higher octane fuel ( Shell Optimax ) and the pinking is still there. Ive checked the Intake Air Temp sensor and it gives a reading of approx 25kOhms at 20degC which seems to be OK. Also checked the EGR by applying a vacuum
• Volvo 760 Behaving Badly 18 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  is the in-laws who live a 3 hour drive away and unfortunately this was as usual sprung on me on a visit last weekend under the excuse "We don't like troubling you" - suppose I should be gtrateful really, but some warning would be nice. The jobs done over the weekend include; Replace distributor cap, rotor,leads
• Astra 1.4i Merit 1992 - Burbling 4 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  it. New Rotor Arm, Dizzy Cap, HT Leads, Spark Plugs, Oil and Air filter Change, Cleaned out all breather type hoses. New Thermostat, water pump and cambelt. However it is burbling at idle. The tickover speed seems OK and if a normal engine note was: Dt-Dt-Dt-Dt-DT..............etc Mine sounds like: Dt