Car Maintenance

2005 Ford Ka Overheating

Neighbour has a 2005 1.3 Ka with approximately 31,000 on the clock. It apparently overheated last week so has been sat...

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posted by barkingmad

8 comments posted 13yrs posted by barkingmad

Go faster bike batteries

A mere £174.99 will get you this go faster bike battery. http://www.bikebits4you.com/Maintenance/Batteries/Lithium_Ion/L...

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posted by joe60

1 comments posted 13yrs posted by joe60

fuel release mondero mk 4 borked - fuse or mechanical ? help needed

Hello Do any of you learned posters know which fuse or relay controls the fuel release on a mk 4 mondeo tdci ? or its a...

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posted by me

0 comments posted 13yrs posted by me

Zafira radio code

I'm about to do some work on my Zafira B (1.9 CDTi) that requires the battery to be disconnected. Will I need a securit...

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posted by nospam

11 comments posted 13yrs posted by nospam

2005 Audi A6 electrical problem

Hi everyone, I've got a 2005 Audi A6, 2.0tTDI that is showing a weird electrical fault. On starting the car and driving...

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posted by simonfinnigan

48 comments posted 13yrs posted by simonfinnigan

OT: Price of Saabs

Given that Saab have gone toes up, I kind of expected second-hand prices to tumble. It doesn't seem to have happened, or...

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posted by NOTsomeone

5 comments posted 13yrs posted by NOTsomeone

Trace a leak in my Fiesta.

There is a small, but annoying leak from my Zetec Fiesta. I don't really know if it's oil, or PAS fluid, and would like...

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posted by no

2 comments posted 13yrs posted by no

Sometimes there is real satisfaction in a repair

Yesterday I had one of my regulars in: Ford Focus 1.8, one owner, yearly service. This year it was 10 years old (but on...

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posted by g.odonnell35

31 comments posted 13yrs posted by g.odonnell35

Mixing oils

Can you mix semi synthetic and fully synthetic oils together ? I ask as I spotted 4 litres of semi synthetic oil in tes...

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posted by Adam

1 comments posted 13yrs posted by Adam

astra oil change: sheered plug?

Hello, I crawled under the (1.4 petrol, 56 plate) Astra to unscrew the sump plug to do an oil change. The sump plug req...

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posted by stephen

12 comments posted 13yrs posted by stephen

Scrap value for 98 Corsa?

My niece has a 98 1.0 Corsa that needs a clutch, brakes, tyres, etc, more than a 18 year olds purse contains! (Clothes...

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posted by mark,dammes

3 comments posted 13yrs posted by mark,dammes

Change or clean spark plugs? Or just leave them?

What do most people do with their spark plugs nowadays? When I was a lad, you'd just clean them up a bit with wet-or-dr...

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posted by bugger

13 comments posted 13yrs posted by bugger

Putting a car back on the road

My daughter's old Corsa has been Sorned for 9 months and she'd like to put it back on the road (if economic). Am I righ...

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posted by timdownie2003

3 comments posted 13yrs posted by timdownie2003

Car insurance and missing no claims

My son who is thirty years old has not had much use for a car of his own so has often used mine when needed and so has...

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posted by st48rt5478

50 comments posted 13yrs posted by st48rt5478

Golf Mk4 TDI ABS warning light staying on

Hi all, My 02 TDI Golf's ABS warning light is staying on, and a look in my books essentially said to take it to a VW de...

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posted by angus

4 comments posted 13yrs posted by angus