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Honda brake pads change?

'06 Honda Jazz Time for its first pad change (front and back), disks look OK, fluid tests OK. Also one of the very firs...
2 comments posted 14yrs
posted by dingbat
2 comments posted 14yrs posted by dingbat

Nation oil/filter change

Spotted this http://www.national.co.uk/oil-vehicle-search.aspx basically oil and filter change from £22.50 5/30 fully s...
25 comments posted 14yrs
posted by none
25 comments posted 14yrs posted by none

Steaming up windows and polish

Newly acquired motor has been tarted up with some nasty slippery 'silicone' polish inside the cabin. The windows steam...
5 comments posted 14yrs
posted by etsept
5 comments posted 14yrs posted by etsept

Mechanical diesel injection fixup.

Hi all (hoping there are some old skool diesel fitters on here ..) I have a small leak on the throttle lever pivot on m...
5 comments posted 14yrs
posted by news
5 comments posted 14yrs posted by news

Honda HRV Wheel Bearing

Hiya Am getting a wheel bearing noise (gets louder/higher-pitched as you go faster, stays on when you drop clutch,) on...
27 comments posted 14yrs
posted by smokinfish.8bb9e20
27 comments posted 14yrs posted by smokinfish.8bb9e20

Agila tail/brake light

Hi Bit of a problem on the missus's Agila, with lights on the right rear tail light goes out when you press the brakes,...
19 comments posted 14yrs
posted by no
19 comments posted 14yrs posted by no

perils of leaving ingnition on?

My daughter is in the back and beyond and wants to charge her mobile phone off the cigarette lighter. Only problem is,...
18 comments posted 14yrs
posted by timdownie2003
18 comments posted 14yrs posted by timdownie2003

Escort 55 red van rear door lock bits missing

The rear door lock on my red 1999 escort 55 van stopped unlocking and the other locks were a bit dodgy too so I bought...
2 comments posted 14yrs
posted by ian_sutherland
2 comments posted 14yrs posted by ian_sutherland

Brake noise from Primera P11 1998

Every now and then - usually on the motorway - my Primera's left front brake starts making a kind of scraping/clicking...
0 comments posted 14yrs
posted by newsfromnowhere
0 comments posted 14yrs posted by newsfromnowhere

Astra steel wheel query

Just discovered my recently acquired 03 Astra has a 175/70R14 spare while the running wheels are 185/65R15. GRRRRR. At...
3 comments posted 14yrs
posted by newshound
3 comments posted 14yrs posted by newshound

Pug part number for hose?

Hi all, Just thinking out loud .. A water hose went yesterday on the old 94 200k Rover 218SD (1.9 non turbo) and the Ro...
1 comments posted 14yrs
posted by news
1 comments posted 14yrs posted by news

Glow plug warning light - Kia Sedona

Had problems with this a few times with the wire breaking. You get a flashing curly wire on the dashboard. What exactly...
4 comments posted 14yrs
posted by bertiebigbollox
4 comments posted 14yrs posted by bertiebigbollox

Peugeot 306 1.4 Spark Plugs/Service tools

I've offered to service a friends Pug 306 for her later this afternoon. It's an R-plate 1.4 model. Brakes and fluid wer...
19 comments posted 14yrs
posted by stickit
19 comments posted 14yrs posted by stickit