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• MONDEO TDCI Mk 4 DIESEL - Erratic Temperature Gauge 2 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  there.   The car drives without fault apart from this minor issue  and both heater and aircon work fine - there seems to be no noticeable effect if I have heat/aircon on or not. It has relatively newish coolant (usually at the right level or thereabouts
• Hyundai Santa Fe - great car but only up to 5' 10" 31 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  . It hasn't lost any oil or coolant.  It is going in for a service soon.  The only thing is I am 6 feet tall and it is built for, er, SMALL PEOPLE>  I CAN'T STAND IT. I REALLY CAN'T. I do not advise anyone over 5' 10" to buy this.  I do long miles and my legs
• VW Passat 1.9 TDI PD 2004(highline) 130bhp AWX - Grey smoke on acceleration 8 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  .... now every time i accelerate loads and loads grey/like dust smoke coming out of my exaust...better to see is in dark when car is behind with lights on! There is no loss in power on any light on in dash...! i keep on checking my oil/coolant levels and they don't move at all! And once i was driving my
• 2009 Nissan Micra 1.2 - Heater Matrix 18 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  of the car and Nissan dealer for over 20 years is no longer franchised). Apparently if I had driven to a Nissan dealer about 20 miles away they may have considerd it, this despite the fact I had lost a significant amount of coolant and that my local garage were previously a Nissan dealership
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1997 1.4 Diagnosis of headgasket problem (photos) 30 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  Hi All, This is my first post so hopefully will receive some good feedback! I recently bought a Peugeot 306 1.4 LX petrol Only done 46K on a 1997. However, in haste I failed to check rad integral expansion tank and later noticed it was full of brown mayonnaise. I flushed the coolant system
• Ford Ka - Blown HG or cracked cylinder head? 23 May 2011 (Forum)
  Hi all. I am fixing my ka, so far changed oil + coolant + air filter + 4x spark plugs + ICV Spark plugs were the biggest b!tch, rusted to hell in the endura engine
• ford escort 1.6 si 1996 - White smoke out of exhaust 1 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  along head and it was straight, put it all back together and gave it an oil change, it started but lots of white smoke comin out of exhaust, took it for a run after running it half hour and it was blowing white smoke out, checked dipstick and its clean oil, checked coolant and it does not seem
• Toyota Hiace 2.4D - Toyota Hiace temperature gauge problem, help! 16 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  the heating is a bit crap, never gets really hot, just luke warm - would the next step be to change the thermostat and/or coolant and squeeze tubes etc when re-filling in case of airlocks? Any advice much appreciated. Cheers louis
• VW polo 1998 - 1998 VW polo - cutting out - no spark. 8 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  coming out from the coil while its down. after I wait a while there is a spark again. So i tought it is the coil and I've replaced it but the problem keeps coming. I've even replaced the coolant sensor (read it somewhere on the net) and still cutting out. Do you have any suggestions? Do you think
• Rover 400 (1995 - 1999) - 99 1.6 K series bad idle after headgasket 1 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Hi, I Have a rover 416 K series 1.6 16v ( not the honda engine ) I have done Headgasket + skimmed head new waterpump and all pulleys new belts full service Now it is idling like a bag of spanners, i've changed the idle control valve The only thing i can think of is the coolant temp sensor but ive
• Volkswagen Golf V (2004 - 2008) - 04 2.0 TDI - over excitable engine fan 11 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  it is summer and therefore the fan will kick in when sat in traffic etc, but this is far more regular than that. I have checked the coolant level, which is all fine. The car was only serviced last month and has a full VW history. Any ideas what this might be? Something to do with the control module
• Peugeot 406 (1999 - 2004) - 01 2.0hdi bosch. Takes long time to start 18 May 2009 (Forum)
  or 7 turns as when cold. I have driven a few 03 and 02 406 hdi's which all start with one or 2 turns of the engine whether hot or cold. If it was a petrol engine I would say the coolant temp sensor was faulty. Seems like an electrical problem but not sure what to look at on these. I have a code reader
• Citroen ZX (1992 - 1998) - 93 1.9TD Over cooling 10 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Hi guys The temperature gauge on my ZX TD has been running slightly cool recently, around 80 - 85C instead of the 90 - 100C I believe is normal. As it was overdue, I renewed the coolant, and the thermostat (which I suspected might be the cause). I let the car idle for around 20-30 mins
• Volkswagen Golf III (1992 - 1997) - 1995 1.8 AAM Auto engine hesitation when cold 3 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  otherwise. There are also no faults recorded on the ECU and the ECU temp sensors (coolant and air) read exactly what the current outside temperatures are. regs Joshs
• Nissan Micra (1992 - 2003) - 95 1.0 Starting Problems 12 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  of cranking to get it to cough into life. That was after checking for 4 good sparks and drying the plugs. Today was the same saga, but I gave up after 10 mins, and tried bump starting behind a land rover. fired first time in about 10 meters! Having read the various threads on this, should I go for coolant
• Citroen Saxo (1997 - 2003) - 00 1.4 lumpy running and cutout on warm-up 4 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  way of reading the fault codes without a diagnostic check. Is it possible that the mixture mapping could be corrupt at a certain coolant temperature and is giving it over enrichment? Any help appreciated. Cheers slt
• SEAT Altea (2004 - ) - 2004 2.0 FSI (petrol) cooling system problems 26 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  . This doesn?t make sense as the water leaks from the car when stationary as well as when it is running, even when left for a week. No steam is visible when looking at the engine, the water appears to be coming from the engine and not the radiator or header tank. The coolant is not showing signs of head
• Vauxhall Omega (1994 - 2003) - 97 2.5V6 - new head gasket - now poor MPG 4 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  Hi All! Had the HG done, as we were loosing 1/2lt in 300miles or so. No loss of performance, or water in oil, so not certain if this was REAL cause of coolant loss, as it needed 2 further attempts to fix 'other leaks' after the HG! But that's hard to quantify, so ignoring that, really. What we do
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - buying e46 330d sport 17 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  My current car has died (see thirst for coolant on technical) and need a new (to me) car. I have always wanted a 330d (see post over two years old) and am taking this opportunity to get one (03,04 e46 204bhp sport with some spec). Am I mad?? newer cars don't seem to have a feeling of quality
• Rover 400 (1995 - 1999) - (95-99) Multiple problems. 14 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  to first gear and try to drive the car with the handbrake up the car moves, now the heater dont work and everytime I top up with coolant it doesnt seem to fill the container but I dont see any water leaking from under the car and plus there is also a cranking noise like metal shaking the noise comes