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• renault clio dti erratic acceleration 6 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  waiting for the gear to engage and set off. Easing off the accelerator drops the engine noise several decibels. This most occurs accelerating in 4th abd 5th between 50 to 70 mph. Also - and it may be me - the turbo isn\'t whistling as much as it use to. It\'s had belts changed at 44k
• Vauxhall Corsa C - Vauxhall Corsa, 'Yellow spanner' light fault 26 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  . Oil was changed to a 30/0 or less viscous….this again was OK for 2 days then same problem.. Some other parts were changed… worked for few days
• Bio Fuel - Jeep Cherokee 2.8 diesel 6 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  then broke down. So I had a look a found it wouldn't start due to low fuel pressure traced the fault to injector not holding fuel and leaking it all into the cylinder. Replace the injector and it started no problem but was still noisy so turn it off and check the oil found it was all sludge tried to drain
• Peugeot Bipper Tepee 1.4 HDI SA 2010 - Peugeot Bipper Tepee transmission fault 13 Jun 2021 (Forum)
  about an Audi and its tiptronic gearbox, they changed the gearbox oil and cleaned the filter which cured the problem. We have not changed any of the oils (gearbox or engine) in the last 4 years. Any suggestions would be much appreciated, cheers Mark.
• Vauxhall Zafira B - Vauxhall Zafira co2 emissions fail 5 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  I have a 1.6 litre petrol Vauxhall Zafira. I recently put it in for it's MOT and it's failed on two minor things and then co2 emissions. I tried additive and a good thrashing and put it for retest it still failed. So I tried an oil change and oil filter gave it a run again and it still failed
• Vauxhall Vectra B - Vectra diesel diagnosing injector seals 18 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  being supplied to them. After reading on this site people suggested an air leak. Also as it was parked on a slight uphill I suspected this was the case too. So I changed the leak off pipes today and tried to start it after the job was complete and still no go. Tried tuning it over for about 5 minutes
• Ford Focus 02 plate - Another Emissions test fail question 6 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  the management light and reported a fault of misfire on 4. He saw no problems with the sensors and suggested a retest . Plugs changed, air and oil filter changed, new oil put through and taken for adecent run (8 or so miles) but driven normally as in up through the gears then taken for todays retest
• SEAT Ibiza III (2002 - 2008) - Trouble with dealer servicing a car after purchase 14 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  miles, (bought the car on 15k and reached this after 4 months) and they stated that the service was not due for a year or 10,000 miles. The upshot of this is that they haven't changed the oil for 16,000 miles. I have argued the point to the them about when we bought the car we assumed fully serviced
• Farewell faithful VW 13 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  to my shop where it was used as a 'mobile warehouse' and I changed the oil every 6k miles, but it was as reliable as my old Westie. It has now gone to a good home and I am left with my recently acquired 12 year old Defender 90. With a spare set of wheels and Vredestein M & S tyres we had some real
• Breathing problem?! Golf Mk4 9 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Hi I have a Golf Mk4 1.6 SE which has hesitation problem which I have posted on here recently. I have now changed the air filter. When I changed the Air filter I had a look around the engine area and check the new throttle body VW had fitted. I notice that the small pipe that comes from
• Garages - am I being paranoid? 15 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Wife took car into main dealers for scheduled servicing on the Wednesday. On the previous Sunday I went around checking the car, marking the oil filter etc, checking wiper blades front and rear which were all in perfect condition. Wife phones me and says garage say the rear blade (a favourite
• Ford Mondeo - Rant about blatant lies from second hand dealer 10 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  was the most alarming obviously... Unforunately, being a diesel when I dipped the oil it was already black so I have no way of knowing if it was actually changed. I rang the guy to ask him how he could stamp a service book after leaving the brake fluid so low and whether he actually lifted the bonnet
• Audi A3-2007 - Shock absorber £replacement -AUDI A3 23 Jan 2018 (Forum)
    My MOT is coming up very soon--and I see on the 2017 Test Certificate that the 2 front shock absorbers --and one rear are noted(advisory) as having "light misting of oil". I may or may not change the car this year-but I want it to pass it's 2018 MOT test, which i suspect
• insignia elite ecoflex 2.0 160bhp - Insignia knock 5 Sep 2016 (Forum)
   its not there, no fault codes or warning lights have ever shown up,  The car is mostly used with shell diesel, engine oil and filter changed recently as it was happening before I changed it. Not done
• Dodge Nitro 2.8 CRD 2007 - Cold Start Problems 3 Feb 2015 (Forum)
  Hi, and help My car is not starting in the cold weather. I've changed the Oil, Fuel Filter and the Glow Plugs. Still not starting. I've taken the plugs out and checked the glow plugs when I turn the ignition on - no glow. They are 4.4v Glow plugs. When I check
• astra mk4 p0340 problems with camshaft sensor 29 May 2012 (Forum)
  hi has anyone found a good solution for 340 code. ive changed camshaft sensor for a used 1, changed air intake valve air mass sensor spark plugs and oil and still the problem persists. when you start the car from cold it runs ok until idle settles down and then the engine revs dip but does
• Engine worry? 18 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  with regular oil changes and sensible driving the actual engine will go for mega miles.
• Mercedes Benz C-Class W203 (2000 - 2007) - 03 270 Noise / loose cabling or wiring 23 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  or solved in routine servicing - one specialist talked of having it in for a day or 2 to examine it. Any ideas or experience of this gratefully received I changed the radiator because of fault noted in HJ's text re leaking into gearbox oil matrix. Should I have the auto gearbox fluid checked or changed ?
• Vauxhall Corsa B (1993 - 2000) - 00 1.6 smokey when warm 27 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  does any body know why my corsa 1.6 sport (x16xe) is developing a smokey habbit, ive recently had every single gasket changed i mean evry one, ive recently changed the valve stem oil seels but stil no look, its fine when its cold but after say 20 minutes when it gets slightly warm its booting out
• Mazda 323 (1998 - 2003) - 99 1.3 Manual gearbox problem? 25 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Hi All, Now it's my Mazda 323's turn to play up! - I've noticed that gears are getting harder to select, they work fine, I can select them all, but moving between gears isn't as slick as it usually is. Playing with changing the gears when the car's off and there are audible sounds when changing