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Renault Scenic Monaco door trim

I'm a newbie to both the newsgroup and the car. How do I remove the rear door trim ? I've removed the two Torx screws b...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by nospam
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by nospam

LPG 'tuning the engine'

Do all the tricks in getting more BHP from a petrol engine i.e. porting, raising the compression ratio etc etc apply to...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by asr
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by asr

Renault19 diesel help please!

I've just bought a renault 19 rt turbo diesel from an auction. When starting the car in the morning, i get a lot of smo...
13 comments posted 22yrs
posted by welly_59
13 comments posted 22yrs posted by welly_59

How long should a new car last?

I know this a pretty hard to generalise, however, how many miles should a brand new car reasonably cover before things...
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by tox
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by tox

renault 19 help

The car is a renault 19 rt 1.9 turbo diesel(1994) On starting the car after its been left over night, there will be a c...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by welly_59
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by welly_59

Removing the sludge after head gasket failure

After 90k the head gasket finally gave up on my Rover 416. The gasket fails in a rather drastic manner and hence there...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by G.J.Taylor
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by G.J.Taylor

Peugeot 306 - Head gasket

The head gasket in my 306 Turbo Diesel is starting to give trouble. There's the tell-tail oil in the water symptom and...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by b.lurring
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by b.lurring

steering wobble

I have a Rover 420 sdi low milage 53000 and have a minor steering wheel wobble at low speed, anyone have any idea what p...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by roytitan2
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by roytitan2

Sierra Sapphire intermittent cutting out

Hope someone can help with this one. I have a K 93 Sierra Sapphire 2.0i GLS The problem I have is that it will start OK...
9 comments posted 22yrs
posted by me
9 comments posted 22yrs posted by me

What's in major service.

Hello, I am not sure if I am doing the right thing, but my astra is going to the vauxhall dealer for a major service. W...
17 comments posted 22yrs
posted by krb
17 comments posted 22yrs posted by krb

Seat Ibiza Steering

I'm having problems with my Seat Ibiza CLS. A few weeks ago the power steering felt very heavy, but only every now and...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mark_doherty
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by mark_doherty

squeaky door

er, sorry to ask such a newbie question, but I am one. The door squeaks when you (or I) open/close it. Is is best to put...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by test
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by test

Xasara HiFi

A friend of mine (in UK) has got a 2000 model year Citreon Xasara 2.0HDI, with the standard Citreon radio/cassette. He...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by acedrew
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by acedrew