Car Maintenance

Ford DCi 130 engine

Hi all is there a cam belt or is it a chain in the ford DC1 130 engine, and what is the recomended mileage to change Ta...

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posted by mcole153

3 comments posted 14yrs posted by mcole153

Grease for brake components

I going to have a go at my friends vw polo front brakes, very straight forward affair. Over the years I've used copper...

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posted by none

7 comments posted 14yrs posted by none

Those cheap OBD DVDs on eBay

Has anyone here tried one of these? Do you get amateurish freeware? Ripped-off commercial stuff? Or genuinely good softw...

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posted by eff

1 comments posted 14yrs posted by eff

Replacing wheel nuts

Have decided to take off the 'anti-theft security' nuts on the wheels of a 2002 Corolla. Are there any breakers in North...

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posted by etsept

2 comments posted 14yrs posted by etsept

12v impact wrench

I was wondering if these are any good for light diy-ing, spotted one in a local shop for £15 with 17-22mm sockets, case...

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posted by none

7 comments posted 14yrs posted by none

Do any new cars make 'overs'?

Perhaps a bit OT, please excuse me. I've been thinking about this in my dotage. In 1972 I ordered a new Range-Rover. Th...

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posted by nickswan

2 comments posted 14yrs posted by nickswan

new brake pads noisy

Recently I had some new brake pads put on the front of a 2002 Corolla. A couple of hundred miles later, when braking fa...

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posted by etsept

3 comments posted 14yrs posted by etsept

Focus groan

When cold and pulling off in 1st gear there is a groan literally a groan noise at pulling away speed from the drivers s...

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posted by none

10 comments posted 14yrs posted by none

Honda Civic 1.8

it will be probably question to Mr Cheerful (as he repairs cars); when honda civic is Ageing? What kind of problems are...

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posted by katarzyna.talarek

16 comments posted 14yrs posted by katarzyna.talarek

Honda CR-V

Hello, is there anybody here who drives CR-V and would like to write me a little about experiences with such car?

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posted by katarzyna.talarek

89 comments posted 14yrs posted by katarzyna.talarek

Oxygene sensor behaviour during rich and lean run

Hi all. I need to focus on the operation of the oxygene sensor, and I don't mean the wideband sensors. I wonder if it's...

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posted by powerampfreak

6 comments posted 14yrs posted by powerampfreak

mot fail on wheel bearing

Her indoors car has just failed the mot on O/S wheel bearing. A bit surprising as just had 2 new front tryes on it and...

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posted by dave

8 comments posted 14yrs posted by dave

MK4 golf 1.6 PAS fluid change

I checked my fluid levels on my power steering and they was a little low as I wiped the dip stick and the fluid was a b...

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posted by none

2 comments posted 14yrs posted by none

Fiesta clock much too fast.

My Mk5 Fiesta clock is much too fast, gaining something like a minute every few days. It's not the end of the world, of...

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posted by eff

2 comments posted 14yrs posted by eff

Finding a car to buy

Is there a useful forum or web service where you can advertise that you want a particular car? My daughter is looking fo...

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posted by No-one here

24 comments posted 14yrs posted by No-one here