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• Spent £826 on repairs this year on a reliable car 23 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  ) Resprayed wheel trims (cosmetic) £6 for the primer and finsih 10) Resprayed wiper arms (cosmetic) £1 paint from £1 land 11) New coolant and brake fluid £25 inc labour 12) New front tyre £45 (emegency) 13) New rear shock absorbers 14) New ball joint 15) New CV boot £156 fir 13, 14 and 15. 16) Some body work
• Warning for Rattle: how to do it, how not to do it 14 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  I have found this old piece among my files. Unpublished, although I seem to remember quoting from it here. It embodies a warning to Rattle and anyone else tempted to seek short-cut solutions to coolant or gasket problems. Forgive me for this shameless recycling, but it seems a pity to let
• Corsa CDTI 2004 - LOTS of Black smoke..... 13 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  (Swapped from working car) Maf Sensor (Swapped from working car) Crank sensor (Swapped from working car) Cam sensor (Swapped from working car) Coolant temp (Swapped from working car) Leakage pipes (Swapped from working car) Continuity
• Renault Megane (1999 - 2002) - 01 1.6 inlet valves bent on test drive after newca 17 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  2001 1.6 16v Megane 83000 miles ** I know this looks long but it's a good read and it would really help me argue my case with the garage** My water pump suddenly got very noisy, I was leaking coolant and the engine started to overheat. Knowing that the water pump is cam belt driven and knowing
• Hometune Service? Good Value? 13 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  Replace 6. Brake Fluid Level Check/Adjust Check/Adjust 7. Clutch Fluid Level/Clutch Cable Condition Check/Adjust Check/Adjust 8. Engine Coolant Level Check/Adjust Check/Adjust 9. Anti-Freeze Strength Check Check 10. Battery Fluid Level Check/Adjust Check/Adjust 11. Power Steering
• see if I care..... 15 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  bought a new Yuasa (they\'re the best). Hoses, belts, rad and coolant seem A OK so left them alone. The a/c is the old Bendix compressor out of the ark and used on every US car in the 50\'s/60\'s, so I had a leak test and I got it refilled with Freon and so far so good. But these are really old stuff so
• Citroen ZX - Citroen ZX Turbo Deisel - XUD Head Gasket Repair 1 May 2010 (Forum)
  be at fault. So I replaced that, too. The symptoms remained the same. The car didn’t overheat but did continue to run warmer than usual. The oil and coolant looked clean, but the car did gradually use more and more water. Then one day it blew the bottom radiator hose off. From cold, on tick over
• seat leon mk3 1.6tdi - Seat leon electrical gremlins - anyone any thought 6 May 2021 (Forum)
  Engine RPM: 0.00 /min Normed load value: 0.0 % Vehicle speed: 0 km/h Coolant temperature: 52 °C Intake air temperature: 29 °C Ambient air pressure: 990 mbar Voltage terminal 30: 12.453 V Unlearning counter according OBD: 40 CAN status - engine control
• Dilemma of dilemmas of dilemmas 2 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  timing belt, bends valves VAG used in Audi, VW, Skoda, Seat and others: piezo injectors, ECU software even in old 110hp 1.9; coolant loss due to porous cylinder heads, oil pump drive fail, Teves ABS issue. Nissan 136hp: Turbo will likely fail Renault: EGR valve, potential to run on sump