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• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1998 1.9 dt Headgasket Change - how difficult 9 May 2008 (Forum)
  Recently aquired 306 dt Supect head gasket gone. Mayo in filler cap plus, yesterday I idled car on drive with header tank cap off, after 10mins looked like I'd poured a cappuccino in it!!!!!! The car has never overheated, I noticed the mayo when checking the oil so I am hoping the head wont
• diesel mondeo wont start 22 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  i was driving along in my r reg mondeo diesel for no reason it cut out, the car has been serviced every year oil + filter changed every 6k miles,just had cam belt + diesel pump belt changed about 3k ago, the car has only done 115k miles, r.a.c man came out to me, he thinks the diesel pump just
• Just bought a Polo 8 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  on it. I just want to know why and when it should had been changed? Also car has got light creamy coloured stuff on the oil filler cap. I cleaned it and after starting up the car for few minutes it comes back on. Trader said to me its due to "condensation" and its definitely not an indication of head
• Golf V5 mk4 vibration and juddering 12 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  changing the throttle body, the fault was not rectified so i took it to another garage to get the codes cleared, and now the ecu reads no codes however.. the car is still juddering and shaking a lot while stationary and also while taking off. There is a smell of burning oil from the exhaust and also a lot
• How long should we keep the Focus? 19 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  SWMBO bought a 51 1.6 LX Focus auto with 40k in August 05. FFSH, ex Motorbility lease car, paid £5,000 from a Ford dealer. She'll do about 10k pa, mostly short (10 miles) to very short (3 miles) trips. It gets used most days. I'll change the oil myself every 5k, and get it serviced to schedule
• Rover 214Si Coolant 19 May 2004 (Forum)
  bleed the air out. What is the normal servicing periodicity for this car, oil will be changed at 6K and cam belt mileage/time? TIA Peter
• Diesel Power 13 May 2002 (Forum)
  1.36. ( Out of interest, is this 1.36 "particles" per million ?) I now have a noticeable reduction in power. The air filter has been changed recently, the injectors have been cleaned and I change the engine oil at every 3000 miles. Could anyone kindly advise if the loss of power is a penalty which
• Vauxhall Vectra B facelift (1999 - 2002) - 00 1.6 ECU light on- starts "missing"at const foot 6 May 2009 (Forum)
  is P0400 EGR valve redistribution. The EGR Valve has been changed and also the EXHAUST Manifold has been changed (£300.00) as it & Cat both were having a crack. I have got the car serviced (oil and air filter changed) by paying £150.00. Don?t know what else I should do . Don?t want to go to VAUXHALL
• Neglected aspects of car maintenance, 1st Place? 2 May 2008 (Forum)
  actually bothers to change modern antifreeze in older cars, lots of these would seem to be lucky if they were even maintained at a 50% solution of the correct spec. What else it at the top of the neglect tree while *seeming* to escape unscathed. Unlike for example the opposite, such as engine oil
• 1st Car, Need help (cambelt) Golf TDi 10 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  that sort of rattling noise that you here from diesels. Is that because it is also near the 10,000 mile service? Or is that because it needs the 10,000 mile oil and filter change? Any help would be most welcome as I dont know much about cars. Thanks!
• Honda CR-V - Vibration at low speed only. 25 May 2015 (Forum)
  Honda £250 to flush and change both gearbox and diff oils.            So £250 for the fluid change and £500+ in driveshaft parts later it's even worse.  I called Cox Motor Group and they quoted me a great price for both front inner cv joints
• Nissan Micra K11 - Nissan Micra K11 no gears at all 11 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  , D or L you can hear engine RPM change. When I cycle back from D to P I can hear slight grinding noise as if something was not locking properly. When the car is in D ( still not driving) and I press on the gas pedal the spedo is moving as if indicating that the car was driving. I changed transmission
• Bedford Rascal hesitant acceleration 5 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  after buying it: I changed the cambelt, spark plugs, fan belt, oil filter, air filter, gearbox and diff oil, adjusted the valve clearences and swapped the distributor points and condenser for electronic ignition. I haven't changed the fuel filter yet though, and I haven't touched the carb at all nor
• Renault Espace (1985 - 1997) - 1994 2.0 (Petrol) MOT Emissions Failure 4 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Hello all, Am really struggling to get my Espace through the emissions test: First test results: Fast idle CO - 0.63 Fail HC - 38 Pass Lambda - 1.02 Pass Normal Idle CO 0.71 Ok so I change the oil, oil filter, air filter, spark plugs (cyl 1 plug slightly oily), O2 sensor (this was looking
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - (96-97) 1.9TD -White Smoke on Starting 28 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  ... My best guess is that it's either: A) An injector has gone down B) Fuel timing is out Ive read around, and most people suggest that white smoke is unburnt diesel. Fuel filter looks brand new. I did an oil & oil filter change over the weekend. and put a new Air Filter in too. Any ideas as to what
• E46 BMW sump problem 19 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  ) not including a 10% discount. The car has only ever been within the main dealer network and to my mind it seems that they have overtightend or cross-threaded the bolt. When he asked the dealers how this could have happened, they said it could not have been them as "a very experienced technician changed the oil
• Mini TLC servicing - what is missed? 11 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  after it is fixed. Challenged BMW service garage as to why this was not picked up at the last service 6 weeks ago (rust is much longer than 6 weeks worth - many many months according to the local garage)) The BMW dealer service dept responded - The last service was essentially only an oil change - we
• Xantia Misfiring 3 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  ...that 1.8i 16v again! Changed fuel filter and used injection cleaner recently. The problem has improved but is still there. In addition I cannot get the twin radiator fans to kick in at the right temperature, although I know both fans work, as I put a probe between a terminal and earth to test
• M-B: 1. Bargain oil change 2. Servicing 5 May 2003 (Forum)
  I had Kwik-Fit put 7.5 litres of Mobil 1 in my car yesterday, for which they charged me £43.44 -- about £20 less than the retail price of two four-litre...
• 2001 Daewoo Matiz - Daewoo Matiz - Stalling Issue 26 May 2017 (Forum)
  and it starts to run without fault. I've checked the air filter, it is relatively clear as if recently changed.  Also checked, it doesn't give out smoke as well, oil level is pretty much constant too so I doubt it's burning oil.  Any other advice that you could provide will be very