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  • Audi A4 2012 - Car With Little Or No Mileage In Last 12 Months 14 Jun 2016 (Forum)
    Hi. First time poster here. I have been looking at a car on autotrader.co.uk that is being sold by a dealer in Peterborough. It is a 2012 s line Audi A4. It looks like a lovely car but I had a look at the MOT history on carcheck.co.uk and found that it has basically barely
  • Advice on the best replacement for my V70 15 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I hope that you can help. We currently run an 05 Volvo V70 D5 manual estate. The performance, fuel consumption, seat support and trust in the safety...
  • Volkswagen Passat (2001 - 2005) - '03, 1.9 PD TDi - low mpg 19 Feb 2008 (Forum)
    and the mpg figures usually increase following the service (usually the same with performance). My usual figures were from high 40's up to a max of 55mpg. Most of my journey each day takes me along the motorway and I tend to drive the car pretty enthusiastically. The figures have since dropped to high 30s
  • Escort Turbo 19 Mar 2007 (Forum)
    Will an M reg 1.8 turbo diesel with intercooler go on to a S reg 1.8 endura de .Both Ford Escorts.
  • Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 97 1.4 Replace Clutch release bearing - or whole s 19 Jul 2008 (Forum)
    Hi all, Can anyone tell me if it's possible to replace just the clutch release bearing on a 97 1.4 Zetec, or do you have to replace the whole slave? I...
  • What to use on dry bushes? Ford Escort. 29 Oct 2005 (Forum)
    ... and no mentions of plenty of water and a dash of miracle-gro ;-) Car is an 89 Escort, has been squeeking from the back for a while now and has just started creaking from the from suspension/turning right. I\'m thinking it\'s just dry bushes as the car has just passed it\'s MoT. My question
  • Make me a shortlist? 24 Jul 2012 (Ask HJ)
    Can you please short list 3 to 5 cars that would in your opinion fit the following - new or used, 1.6 Ltr engine or less, easy to live with but interesting...
  • Ford fiesta ecoboost 1l - Ecoboost wet belt query 14 Apr 2024 (Forum)
    been advised that it would not be known if the engine is damaged until the repair is completed (due to driving with the warning light on). Are able to give 3-400 for sc***. It is a 2015 plate with 100k miles.  Any comments/advice would be welcome as unsure how to proceed with this. Many thanks   
  • Ford Focus - Best used car to buy for £3-4k & sell next Feb? 3 Jul 2014 (Forum)
    We'll be back in the UK as a family from August until Feb 2015, and have £3-4k to spend on a used car that we'll want to sell again in February when we head back overseas. We'll do mostly city driving with a few motorway trips, and need something that can take 3 child seats across the back
  • Focus heated windscreen replacement 3 Jun 2003 (Forum)
    /Autowindscreens etc etc, or is it a job for Ford ? Also, any idea of cost ? If it's done by autoglass/autowindscreens, we just pay the £50 excess, elsewhere the insurance will pay out a max of £125 (on top of the excess). Thanks mb
  • Isuzu Denver Max PPP 22 Sep 2006 (Forum)
    Has anyone fitted the Pro-drive Performance Pack to an Isuzu Denver Max pickup? Very interested in the performance benefits. many thanks
  • Is a cam belt change necessary? 9 Jun 2020 (Ask HJ)
    I own a 2015 Audi A3 e-tron plug in hybrid, and find it brilliant in every way. It was our main car but 18 months ago I passed it on to my wife, who only...
  • Is clutch failure covered by the Consumer Rights Act? 28 Jun 2022 (Ask HJ)
    My son bought a 2015 Ford Fiesta ST180 in March 2022, paying £11,000. He purchased it from our local main dealer. He was driving home one evening and...
  • Duratec Engines... Reliable ? 11 Apr 2007 (Forum)
    Hi all, I am picking up a ford Ka on sunday. 2003 model. 13,600 miles from new with full ford s/h. It has the 1.3i duratec engine fitted. Are these reliable engines, and what are they like to work on for basic servicing. Thanks all. Graham.
  • Intermittent Wipe fault - Ford Scorpio 13 Jan 2004 (Forum)
    My inter wipe started giving \'two for the price of one\' last week and is now giving constant wipe. Anyone know if I stand a chance of fixing myself? It\'s a 15yo Scorpio, so not going to get any real money spent on it.
  • Ford Focus 2008 1.6tdci 110ps - Bleeding the cooling sistem on 1.6 tdci 110ps 4 Jul 2016 (Forum)
    cleaning. EGR gases on this model are liquid cooled using the engine coolant and by removing the egr radiator I've lost some coolant. Now that I have toped it off to the max level some air came out but in order to "corectly"bleed the sistem most cars have a bleeder valve wich I have not managed to locate
  • Are there any modern diesels without a DMF? 23 Sep 2009 (Forum)
    ? For instance, I heard the Ford 1.8 TDCi doesn't have one. Anyone know if that's true? Or should I just go for petrol? Consensus of opinion seems to be that it's a much safer bet. (To give you some context, I've got a max budget of 7k and don't really want anything much over 5 years old / 50k mileage. Cost
  • economics of engine manufacturing 31 Oct 2005 (Forum)
    I was noticing an advert in VW's "Incredible, but true" series which told me that the price of the cheapest Golf Plus was less than that of the cheapest Ford C-Max. I checked and discovered that this was indeed true - but that the cheapest Golf Plus had a 0-60 time of 16.0 seconds - slower than
  • Euro iv compliant diesels 8 Dec 2003 (Forum)
    Looking for a new company car and see that Ford at about to bring out a Euro iv compliant Mondeo TDCI 130 bhp. However rather than better emissions and economy its worse - 159g/km against 154g/km and combined mpg of 39.2 against 48.7. Have Ford rushed this to market - I\'m not aware of any other
 

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