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  • Why are my Volkswagen Polo's brakes stuck on? 16 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I just bought a 2007 Volkswagen Polo today, which was stolen/recovered from an auction site that insurance companies give their cars to. The car's back...
  • How do I change my 1999 Peugeot 206's air filter? 31 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
    Could you tell how to change the air filter on a Peugeot 206 GLX 1.6 1999 please?
  • What's causing the whirring noise coming from my Saab 9-3's engine? 3 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I have a funny whirring sound coming from my 2005 Saab 9-3 1.9 TDI's engine. Any ideas as to what it is?
  • Why are my Peugeot 406's indicators working intermittently? 25 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
    I have a Peugeot 406 and sometimes the indicators work fine, and sometimes they do not work at all. Is this the flasher unit? In my experience, when they...
  • Trading in car(s) questions 22 May 2009 (Forum)
    Hi All Need some advice. Father in law is getting a newish car from a dealer and my missus looks like getting his one - 4 year old C3 for x amount of...
  • Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1997 1.4 Rear o/s door replacement 25 Jan 2009 (Forum)
    Hi All, Just bought a replacement rear door off ebay which was advertised as off a 1998 model. However after reading the Haynes maanual I'm pretty sure...
  • Toyota Carina E (1992 - 1997) - 92 2.0 Engine performance 9 Feb 2008 (Forum)
    Hi I have a Toyota Carina 1992 it?s a 2.0 L petrol engine and it?s Automatic. The Car has a small problem the car starts and drive all right but when you go on the Motorway or a high way it doesn?t pull all right, the engine revs up. but I can see the engine struggles to pull in the motorway
  • Geting the car out and putting it away 5 Jun 2007 (Forum)
    My daughter has just bought a house in an area which is mainly occupied by older (as in their 70?s+) people and she?s noticed that every morning they get their cars out of their garages and park them in the road. Then in the evening they put them away again, without the car ever having been
  • vw golf 2 , uneven brakes? concern? 15 Feb 2007 (Forum)
    [mk2 1989 golf gti 16v tried my brakes out during some hard driving tonight, i find that i can repeatedly lock the o/s/f wheel over and over ..same thing hot or cold brakes everything seems to be in good order , new braided hoses that were well bled , recent discs and pads , matching tyres etc
  • Should I buy a Vauxhall Senator? 6 Jun 2006 (Forum)
    With all that talk of the Senator rear lights on Bristols, its kinda made me hanker after one now! If I cant have the Bristol, I can have a car with the same lights :) I like both the 80's and 90's ones so which ones are best? 2.5, 3.0 or 3.0 24v? Which is the most reliable? Can you still get
  • A photo quiz for all you petrol-heads 29 May 2006 (Forum)
    Please take a look at that photo: http://2plus1.neostrada.pl/a1.jpg What we?ve got here huh ? Ah, that?s easy... A humble, reasonably priced eurobox: current-shape silver Vectra hatch 1.8 / 140 horse, facelifted model year 2006. So... this car (the Vectra) has got something really, really
  • Peugeot 306 cam belt change 5 Sep 2005 (Forum)
    on the 306? Is it nesessary to remove the road wheel(s) etc. to get at the various parts? Any help or advice appreciated. Is it best to change any idler roller(s) also whilst I'm at it? Thanks in advance for anyone who is kind enough to comment.
  • Best4cars, Buymynew car & others 26 Aug 2004 (Forum)
    . So has anyone used any of these retailers recently, and if so, what were your experiences please. Now the dealer has said that, I can't help being a little more cautious about buying on the net. Some of the cars are listed as preregistered. Should this be of concern? Thanks Keith S
  • MB 230TE 1l oil1/100miles what\'s wrong? 1 Mar 2004 (Forum)
    Idles on 3 cylinders. Uses 1 litre oil per 100 miles - spitting it out through the exhaust pipe, leaving a nice oily smudge if the car is parked somewhere. I...
  • Omega MV6 wiper stalk 23 Mar 2003 (Forum)
    , then an upper and lower one marked R and S respectively. It looks suspiciously like cruise control to me (R = RESUME, S - SET, button = ON/OFF), but it doesn't do anything. And the manual shows Cruise Control ("where fitted") on the left hand stalk but nothing on the right hand... Anyone any idea what
  • Cheap Brake Pads 15 Mar 2003 (Forum)
    I noticed the item in today\'s paper \"Warp Factor True\" (406 with warping brake discs). It reminds me of my same experience when my Rover 218 turbo diesel was a company car and the lease company garage kept replacing discs. It finally appeared that the cause was cheap brake pads that caused
  • New C3 vs 2nd hand Ibiza TDI S ? 10 Mar 2003 (Forum)
    Haven't driven either yet, or got down to any substantive discussions about price, but next weekend we hope to drive both in a quest to choose our second...
  • More 2nd Hand Vehicle after sales faults 25 Jan 2003 (Forum)
    My brother bought in last year a Vauxhall Brava 4x4 pick up 1995 M from a 4x4 independent specialist, we have subsequently discovered that there are two...
  • Vauxhall Brava Diesel 6 Jan 2003 (Forum)
    My brother runs a 1995 Vauxhall Brava 2.5 litre diesel with the Isuzu diesel unit. It went wrong before Christmas and was diagnosed with a faulty injector...
  • Xantia electrics 20 Oct 2002 (Forum)
    As s**s law would dictate in this cold weather, the heater fan for the passenger compartment has given up the ghost along with the rear screen demister. I've tested the fan which works fine, so it can't be that, so therefore resorted to stripping the dashboard out to see if there was a loose
 

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