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• Keeping your head down - what have you done? 7 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  .. anyway.. Walking back to the tent and car on this rather overgrown site we saw a family coming towards us with black grease on their lower legs. Sure enough it was all over the long late summer dried grass in the centre of the track leading to our tent at the far end of the site. I must admit, my first
• Vauxhall Vectra B facelift (1999 - 2002) - 1999 1.8 Missing whilst revving 28 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  Afternoon all, i've just joined and looking for some help. I'm unlucky enough to own a face lift vectra on a T-plate, which i believe has the x18 xe1 lump. The coil/dis going across the head with no leads. Anyway, the trouble i'm having is, that when i'm in neutrel and revving the car around 2k
• What fuel consumption gaffs/efforts have you made 1 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  as its main jet wore due to the rubbing needle. Sold in desperation as it needed leaded petrol too. 5) The saviour of my finances, in the early 90`s recession, the new Maestro Clubman D, that could get 60MPG, drew max car allowance and ran for 130,000 miles. Boring after that as i had learnt a lesson
• Citroen C5 (2001 - 2008) - 2002 110 HDi - Leak of precious fuel... 23 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, before throwing myself at the mercy of a garage, I thought I would see if anyone could help with my little problem. I have a 2002 51 reg C5 110bhp HDI with close approaching 100k miles. A strong smell of diesel and small tell trale drip from back of sump tray lead me to have a good look today
• Jaguar X-Type (2001 - 2009) - manual or auto? 11 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  lead me to believe in running an older car that has already largely depreciated. So I am thinking possibly of a slightly older V6 saloon, not the 2.1, I have driven one, it lacks torque, the 2.5 is much more flexible yet alone the 3.0. I am working from home now so mileage/MPG less of an issue than
• Interesting experience at shopping centre 13 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  I was driving into an out of town shopping centre just outside Leicester this afternoon, and when I turned onto the access road I noticed a large plain white van parked right in the centre of the road across the chevrons that lead from the end of the centre railing. This was a long wheelbase van
• '99 Accord - oxygen sensor 6 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  located the sensor on the exhuast manifold. There are tell-tale residue marks which we believe to be WD40, which would indicate that the workshop has tried to remove the sensor but can't shift it, leading me to believe that the price quoted is for both the sensor and the manifold. Where do I stand
• Parking Ticket 27 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  . There are however signs at the ends of the road, one next to a footpath some 20m away from where I parked which leads down some steps and could easily be blocked by a parked car, similarly there is one at the other end of the road across a junction (some 20m away), where the road is narrower and a throughfare
• Ford Mondeo 1995 idle speed control 28 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  , leading to a stall. Can anyone tell me how good the diagnostic kit is at a main dealer and therefore how likely it is that the part I need is the Idle Speed Control Valve? Also, if it is this, is £120 too much to pay? Finally, what is the implications of running the car without the MAF Sensor connected
• Misfiring Vauxhall Astra 14 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  later took it to an independant garage for a decoke quote who told me that it didn't need one the problem lies elsewhere. Since then I have change the spark plugs, HT leads and used numerous tankfulls of redex and the like, cleaned the injector inlet using injector cleaner, poured redex
• 51 Mondeo Misfire 19 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  and everything seems fine. I've replaced HT leads. Oil and plugs were changed by a main dealer 3-4 months ago. There are no warning lights and a local garage checked the ECU and found no faults. I'm not keen on taking it in to the local Ford garage without some idea of where the problem could lie. I'm also
• Ford KA 2003 Misfire...pls Help..EUC?? 12 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  and it made no diffrence to the running. pulling any of the others of and it nearly dies. so I swapped the plugs round, and the leads. still the same . I carried out a compression check and all was well also, I then removed the fuel rail and swapped over no 1 and no 2 injectors, still the same problem, just
• Renault Clio 1.4 Engine hesitation prob 6 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  . It is a bit worrying when trying to pull out at junctions etc, as if you are not quick with the cluch & accel then the car stalls, It has got to the point where she wont drive it any more, so we have had to swap cars. So far I have replaced the following: Plugs, Leads, Dizzy cap & rotor. -all where past
• Mercedes 190E Misfire 18 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  rev it to 6000RPM in neutral without problem, but as soon as it's back under load, it misfires again - it's the loading causing the problem) The garages have replaced the distributor cap and rotor arm, leads and plugs over the period, all to no avail. The car will run perfectly for 2000 or 3000
• LR S3 73 Brake Britpart Drums problems 18 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  changing, braking was terrible. Took off drums discovered only trailing and leading edges touching drum surface, loads of dust. Cleaned out re-fitted, brakes still varaible from very poor to non existent. Repeated cleaning out drums, several times, noticed area of contact slowly increasing, lumps coming
• Rover 416 1997 coolant question 30 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  even thought the water pipe leading to the heater is hot I have moved the dial from hot to cold to hot again but it has no effect. If I drive the car hot air will come out of the heater after a while but it is not very hot and it will go cold after a while once you stop moving. should I replace
• Bora 2.ol running probs/low mpg 22 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  and spark plugs today, have fuel filter and H.T. leads to change tomorrow, the car hasn't been back on the diagnostic yet. Any help would be most appreciated. Paul
• AUDI A3 1.8T Service overdue...69k 25 May 2005 (Forum)
  - Genuine or OEM from third party? Timing Belt - Genuine or one from 3rd party or only Genuine? Fuel Filter - Genuine or OEM from third party? Spark Plug Leads - Genuine or OEM from third party? Distributer - Genuine or OEM from third party? Ok well that list is poor, basiclly, is there anything that I
• Tarmac v Monobloc 31 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  I live in bog standard semi detached with driveway up the side of the house, mono bloc at back leading to garage. Up to the monobloc, my driveway was once stones, but is now compacted stones into ground, leaving it very muddy. Looking to get the driveway done and looking at either mono bloc
• Saab 9-5 susp noise, oil light & judder 18 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  juddery vibration when driving above 70, below this drive is very smooth. My limited knowledge leads me to guess it is just wheel balancing. Again, is this a symptom of something more sinister and what other basic check should I do? Help on any or all these much appreciated.