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Corsa C fuel filter pipe joints?
Hi All, Daughters 01 Corsa C (175k) had a fuel smell / leak and it turned out to be the joints where the fuel pipe joins the fuel filter (by the fuel tank). Mate in the garage felt he had sorted it...
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Tight brake pad
Hi Rover 25 I smelt an over-heating front nearside brake on parking up on Saturday morning, though after several stops to check, completed a 50 miles trip with no problems. Not happy though, I had the...
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Number Plates
I need to replace mine - what's all this with 'legal styled' and 'legal': recommendations? Thanks, Rob
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Mouldy carpet in car boot
My 98 Peugeot 106 has a condensation problem in the boot. The carpet smells of mould! I wonder if drilling a series of holes in the ribbed steel floor would help it breathe, or cause more issues?...
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Paging Mr Cheerful
Any luck with the HIF carb hunt?
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Tyre balancing
Back in'th day when men were men and whippets were frightened and kept their tails tucked between their legs for safety I used to find that front tyre balancing was fairly critical on my old rwd cars...
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Zafira 1.9TDH EGR valve
Had the emission warning light and code 04005A come up a couple of weeks ago, and drove for 150 miles or so like that. The car has 40k miles on the clock. Cleaned the EGR valve (what a filthy job)...
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Snail mucus on headling of my BMW 335d
I recently took a load of garden waste to the dump (now that my council has= stopped free collections). A few hours after the trip, I noticed some trai= ls on the headlining of the car. A rogue snail...
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2003 Jeep Grand Cherokee - not starting, immobiliser?
Does anyone have any bright ideas on the causes of a JGC refusing to start? My wife is "some distance away" and has told me that when she got back to the car the battery was flat. She got a jump start...
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Mondeo alarm
There are only two options, try it. neither will hurt the alarm. First logical try would be: Disconnect and insulate the wire, most bonnet switches connect when the bonnet opens.
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Commercial camera pinout connections
I have a commercial camera + LCD display package and what I am trying to do is use just the camera part, with my double din unit which includes an LCD display all ready to accept a reversing camera...
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MAF reading g/s
My Autel OBD diagnostics unit reports its MAF reading as nn.nn g/s. Is anyone able to tell me what the g/s means please? My best idea idea so far is gallons of air per second, but 17.23 seems rather a...
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ECUs
From another place; MESL TAG 320 MS 5.5 Innovo open ecu M1 (various)
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Bleeding brakes
My trusty focus is due a brake fluid change. I bought a gunson eezibleeder from halfords one of those one man kits.. many good reviews. I was just wondering having never touched a bleed nipple if this...
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Focus Towbar Fitting (Electrics)
Hi I have a 2008 mk2.5 Focus Saloon. I have been fortunate enough to be given a small box trailer :-) I now need a towbar and electrics. I have had a quick look at actually fitting the towbar itself...
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