Maybe its just me.......

Crap oil filter without a non-return valve to stop all the oil draining out when you let the car stand?

Halfords do one for 10mm plugs, with a stiff flexible hose about 10" long. Includes an adaptor for 14mm plugs. Around £20 IIRC. Mike.

I thought that, but if it has been happening, its only been happening recently, not since August when i changed the filter.

thanks, worth a shot

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Not last week they didn't. I wanted a compression tester and tried five shops in Telford and not one still sold them.

"There's no practical people left, mate. I just sell service replaceables and shiny bits for chavs" said one.

In the end I got one of eBay for £9.

Guy King ( snipped-for-privacy@zetnet.co.uk) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

You can't say they're not honest, though.

What sort of gauge is it? Just thinking aloud here, but if it's the old type with a narrow oil pipe running directly to it, perhaps a slight blockage in the pipe would slow down its reaction. But then I'd expect that to affect the action in both directions. Is it slow returning to zero as well?

That's just plain stupid. It's a common enough requirement for DIY mechanics. Maybe for some reason they've discontinued carrying it. It's a couple of months since I baught mine from a Halfords s/store.

Next best bet is a motor factor, I suppose.

Sounds good. Mine went walkies and I needed one in a hurry, otherwise I'd have tried there myself. Mike.

It is def slower going up, when the oil is hot and i take my foot off throttle it goes back down normally. The new clutch is great. had to get a slave cylnder tho. garage only charged me £90 to fit. took them 3 hours for clutch and a bit for cylnder.

I tried a biggie place in Sheff today when i got a slave cylnder, asked them if they had one but said no.