Car Maintenance

Whining noise - driveshafts?

My car (R reg 106) developed an intermittent whine on the A46 today! It is silent under load and starts whining when yo...

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posted by mark.dammes

1 comments posted 13yrs posted by mark.dammes

Daewoo Kalos: the answer

The Kalos arrived and apparently the lack of speed and the aeroplane noise were not present today! The MIL light was sa...

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posted by g.odonnell35

13 comments posted 13yrs posted by g.odonnell35

Shunt Resister

A shunt resister is a driver who leaves a safe distance between his vehicle and the one in front. There are too few of t...

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posted by Gordon_News

0 comments posted 13yrs posted by Gordon_News

Overhang in car parking bay

Our local council are red hot making money from parking fines. A lot of the latest parking bays are very cleverly 'mean...

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posted by 5487587

40 comments posted 13yrs posted by 5487587

Car Transportation

Hi As anyone had experience of having a car collected and delivered? I might have to get a small car from the north of...

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posted by dnpark

4 comments posted 13yrs posted by dnpark

Rivnuts

I need to make some modifications to my Westfield kit car, which involve installing some more rivnuts. Can anyone recom...

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posted by Huge

29 comments posted 13yrs posted by Huge

Vectra 2.2SXi: any horrors with these?

No1 son passed his car test last week (had his full bike licence for 4yrs+ now). He's looking at getting a cheapish Vec...

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posted by nil

7 comments posted 13yrs posted by nil

2010 Laguna 2.0 Dynamique tomtom

I am considering changing from my mondeo and getting Laguna Dynamique 2.0 Dci estate tomtom edition. I have found one f...

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posted by cadeywillson.bac6597

3 comments posted 13yrs posted by cadeywillson.bac6597

Sweepstake guesses at the fault

On Monday a Daewoo Kalos is due in, I have never seen it before or even looked under the bonnet of one. The problem des...

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posted by g.odonnell35

11 comments posted 13yrs posted by g.odonnell35

Ford Fusion 3 Flat spot under accel...

Posting on behalf of a friend... He's got a 52 reg Ford Fusion 3 1.6 Zetec, that is flat spotting under accel, with a j...

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posted by cupra.snomail

4 comments posted 13yrs posted by cupra.snomail

Focus stat

On a 1.8 04 petrol focus. Is getting the the stat as simple as undoing 3 torx screws and that small top hose and pullin...

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posted by none

9 comments posted 13yrs posted by none

Blocking EGR valves. Environmental vandalism or a good idea?

I've read quite a few reports of folk deliberately disabling their car's EGR systems to improve slow speed running, pow...

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posted by timdownie2003

2 comments posted 13yrs posted by timdownie2003

What Is a Shunt Resistor?

A shunt resistor is a precision device used to measure current in an electrical circuit. Also known as a current shunt...

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posted by albertwillson.ba87117

55 comments posted 13yrs posted by albertwillson.ba87117

Strut

Having a bit of trouble changing the top mounts and bear on a mk4 golf. I am basically trying to change the top mount a...

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posted by none

0 comments posted 13yrs posted by none

Ten quid IR thermometers - any good?

eBay's got plenty of 'em, all with the same stock photo. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171000881512 et al Are they any use,...

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posted by toomany2cvs

5 comments posted 13yrs posted by toomany2cvs