Car Maintenance

a long shot. old VW passat problem

A young friend of mine has an old 1.8L petrol Passat (about 8-10years old maybe), that intermittently flattens it's bat...

6 comments posted 14yrs

posted by timdownie2003

6 comments posted 14yrs posted by timdownie2003

oil bargain at Asda

4 ltrs of Castrol GTX in 10W-40 or 15W-40 for £12, normally £20. Fill yer boots (or shopping trolley). Ejoy.

10 comments posted 14yrs

posted by Stewart

10 comments posted 14yrs posted by Stewart

Smart Car Problems

Looking for a run around for the wife, these tick all the boxes. Every one i see has had or needs a new engine, what giv...

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posted by ni

34 comments posted 14yrs posted by ni

Just had

A car outside my house suddenly revving to the limiter, white smoke billowing from thev exhaust and the occupants scramb...

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posted by steve

3 comments posted 14yrs posted by steve

Appealing at a late date ?

It seems more and more that councils put making a profit from the motorist ahead of any guilt about inconveniencing mas...

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posted by greendt

25 comments posted 14yrs posted by greendt

Mini PAS problem

2003 MINI Cooper 1.6 manual, 51k miles. On a motorway run a couple weeks ago I lost PAS - the wheel became very heavy b...

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posted by mike

5 comments posted 14yrs posted by mike

VW Goilf estate 19.l TDI with ATD engine

Hi all, The miles per gallon figure has dropped by 20%. Ive checked for fuel leaks (none) and replaced the air, fuel an...

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posted by ilovespam

9 comments posted 14yrs posted by ilovespam

MOT renewal date

Now it's all computerised, presumably you don't require the form to get the existing expiry date i.e. In my case 26th Ju...

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posted by atjngiee

2 comments posted 14yrs posted by atjngiee

Driving just bought car home and insurance.

Going to look over over a car for sale (from a private sellar) with a young relative who wants to buy it. He has no car...

34 comments posted 14yrs

posted by greendt

34 comments posted 14yrs posted by greendt

2003 1.2 Punto Fan

Hi Just a quickie... Just been doing a bit of a service on a friends Punto 8v 1.2 2003. The car has recently had a repl...

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posted by thomasburton7

4 comments posted 14yrs posted by thomasburton7

Economical travel

With the ever increasing costs of motoring, i'm thinking this will soon catch on here in the U.K. http://tinypic.com/vie...

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posted by greendt

14 comments posted 14yrs posted by greendt

Dodgy New Clutch Job

Ford Focus Petrol 1.8 51 plate Had a new clutch / slave cylinder fitted by reputable garage that I have used before . T...

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posted by unshaven

3 comments posted 14yrs posted by unshaven

Reduced performance after new cat

The exhaust was blowing on one of my cars (2003 Golf GT TDI 130), so I took it to my usual (independent) local garage....

1 comments posted 14yrs

posted by zxs

1 comments posted 14yrs posted by zxs

2000 Suzuki swift Rear brake/hub problem

My MOT is due shortly so I was just checking all the wheel bearings when I noticed that one of the rear wheels wont spi...

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posted by theboyuk

9 comments posted 14yrs posted by theboyuk

Cleaning and engine bay

I've never been a fan of upsetting the engine bay unnecessarily but mines looking a bit of a mess and was wodnering if a...

22 comments posted 14yrs

posted by none

22 comments posted 14yrs posted by none