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• VW Golf - water in the oil tank 6 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  To cut a a long story short, my wife has just managed to pour 2 litres of water into the oil filler, thinking it was the radiator filler. Fortunately she realised her error before starting up the engine (well, a passing bloke pointed it out to her....). The car is currently being towed home
• diesel particulate filter - Audi A4 (06) 10 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Hi. I have an Audi A4 cabrio. '06 model 4 cylinder2.0 Tdi. Since purchase , filter has been a nightmare. Clogs up on short and repetitive town journeys.Broken down 3 times to be towed away. Had new ECU, new filter, new sensors. Light is still coming on. Been in over 15 times to Audi. they say car
• m reg rover 414 sli rear shocks 21 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  has done the bounce test and they return after one bounce. personally i think that it is due to the tow bar,as i think it is a little low but is fitted correctly. has he got something to worry about or is he just imagining this? also it is happening with just him in the car with no load, so would
• Brake fluid and bad luck 29 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  to cross it in red and stop on the other side. We were towed home and found out that the brakes pump has gone. The next week I got a camera notification for going on red light which was on for 66 seconds. Great! I will pay it and get 3 points on my provo license but how can I complain to the police
• Test Drive Technique...? 23 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  asked but in Honest Johns Car by Car breakdown he suggests to be aware that the autobox might be worn. Is there anything in particular I can do while on the test drive that will give me some pointers? I know to check the ATF and the service history for fluid changes, and one of the cars has a tow bar
• Transportation of broken down car 14 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  . How best (cheapest) to recover this: 1. RAC can organise private recovery but obviously expect me to foot the bill; 2. Ring round private recovery firms for quotes; 3. Tow it myself. Option 3 is excluded for reasons of safety. The route's round the s/w corner of the M25 and along the M4. I
• Sailing Dingies 18 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  that it is towing a sailing dingy with mast horizontal and pointing my way. There was a rag tied to the tip, and it was heading for ME. Those brakes were good, provided you put sufficient boot behind them, and I did. The Cortina stopped ?on a dime?, with a great noise. It must have shaken the people in front
• AX Throttle Fault 5 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  Anyone got any ideas where to start with this one? A friend has an AX 1.0 'K' plate. It broke down and had to be towed-the fault is this (this info is second hand from the AA man to her to me so apologies for the vagueness). The car will idle but apparently when the throttle is pressed the engine
• gift horse or money pit? 17 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  , and it was no more than the sender wire having been knocked off, after checking the dip stick, and finding the level correct, i continued driving until the van ground to a halt, a short tow back to the garage, and removal of the oil filter indicated that the oil pump wasnt working. one new oil pump and £250 further
• Galant engine failure 6 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  Hello all, A guy at work has a 98 Mitsubishi Galant 2000 auto estate with 40000 miles, at the weekend the oil light on the dash came on, he stopped, checked oil level and after finding levels correct got the car towed to the main dealer for investigation. The car has always been serviced
• meter maids... 25 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  this the solution is to tow the vehicle away (as I wrote, was parked on a ped. crossing) and only release it when the fines were paid... or is that just too logical?
• Sierra auto box leak 13 May 2001 (Forum)
  this was replaced too. A new fan thermo switch was fitted just in case. Last week almost two years on at 89000 miles, after a 120 mile trip the front seal blew again. I have not removed the box yet so internal damage is as yet unknown. The car has never towed in its life. How can this happen!!! An experts
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  Reconditioned turbo keeps whistling - is this normal? 7 Sep 2017 (Ask HJ)
  The engine management light came on in my 2012 Nissan Qashqai 1.6 diesel, which has done 42,000 miles. RAC diagnosed and exhaust and throttle control actuator...
• Lexus RX 450h - Lexus Dealership 1 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  of vehicles, of which I test drove, with the following criteria/ tick boxes, in order of importance. 1. My comfort. 2. Tracy being a lot shorter than me, could drive the car, my partner, who has little legs lol. 3. Would tow our caravan. 4. Can be converted to mobility controls, of which at the time
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  Should I idle my Octavia TDI before switching off to allow the turbo to cool? 5 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  A few months ago I purchased a Skoda Octavia L&K 2.0 TDI with which I have been very pleased. This is the first diesel that I have run and have been receiving...
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  I'd like to recommend Green Flag recovery following their help with my Rover 75, which broke down in France. 14 Apr 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I thought you’d like an update on a problem I referred to you a few months ago. Last summer, while driving in France, my 2003 Rover 75 Connoisseur diesel...
• Car blew up & and was stolen the same day I bought 13 Jul 2024 (Forum)
  , wild vibrations, things falling out from the engine onto the road. I pulled over on the hard shoulder and, three hours later, had a tow truck bring the car back to my house.  I was gearing up for a fight with the dealer this morning; went to take my kid to school, and the car was gone
• Sort of. Or suggestions... - Kei Trucks 15 Mar 2024 (Forum)
  .  That is still a possibility.  We have a small trailer tent (Dandy Dart, about 350kg) that we use during the summer, so anything would have to be able to tow that. Our current second car (Renault Twingo) can't tow. I have always fancied a kei truck, since I drove a Bedford Rascal back in the day
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  Should I replace by 2.0-litre SUV with a smaller engined model? 1 Jul 2020 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Tiguan 2013, which I would like to update. I went to a Volkswagen garage yesterday and said I wanted a used 2.0-litre 4x4. They told me I would...
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  Do additives help clean turbos clean? 25 Nov 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I see there are various types of additives that claim to keep turbos clean. I would like to know if they work? What can an owner do to keep the turbo oil...