Car Maintenance

Engine Management Warning Light

Toyota Avensis 1.8 VVTI 2002 engine warning light came on after I stalled engine and has stayed on . I have been drivin...

4 comments posted 14yrs

posted by unshaven

4 comments posted 14yrs posted by unshaven

Vectra Y reg 1.8 rear pad pins?

How do you remove the pins which locate the pads in the rear brakes please? They look as if the outer ends of the pins...

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posted by harry.m1byt

1 comments posted 14yrs posted by harry.m1byt

Some petrol is better than others?

It was mentioned recently in this group, the opinion that branded petrol (ie shell, BP, esso etc) was better than the s...

24 comments posted 14yrs

posted by planet702

24 comments posted 14yrs posted by planet702

Court rulings on repairs just after Warranty finished

Your equipment breaks down just after the Warranty runs out, if it's not happened to you; it might soon. In conversatio...

2 comments posted 14yrs

posted by planet702

2 comments posted 14yrs posted by planet702

focus rear brake piston

I bought a piston rewind tool but have read they are left hand threaded which means you have to turn it anti-clockwise?...

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posted by none

4 comments posted 14yrs posted by none

pug 206 diesel

My works van is beginning to struggle up one motorway hill, where previously it would manage 65 it now barely does an i...

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posted by news

8 comments posted 14yrs posted by news

DSG oddity

Having decided to hang on to my car as it was going so well it now seems to be falling apart around my ears. :-( First...

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posted by timdownie2003

19 comments posted 14yrs posted by timdownie2003

pug 307, brake squeal after turning but not touching brakes

weird one, my brothers pug 307, top of the range diesel, 07 reg i think, got discs all round, when he turns into a park...

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posted by n

2 comments posted 14yrs posted by n

MOT advisorie advice (mk4 golf)

The golf had its MOT today and had an advisorie for the front anti roll bar bushes. Which at a glace look fairly worm a...

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posted by none

7 comments posted 14yrs posted by none

Tyre wear mystery

About 4 years ago I fitted a set of Conti premium contacts to my wife's Toyota Yaris 1.3 and a set of the same my Focus...

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posted by paul

13 comments posted 14yrs posted by paul

VW Touran diesel master cylinder?

Hmmm... I think car needs a new one. Had a recent brakefluid change and now the pedal is sinking under pressure ( engin...

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posted by timdownie2003

11 comments posted 14yrs posted by timdownie2003

Solenoid type click

'98 Megane 1.6. Ok, washed car on Sunday (only mention it as this "problem" didn't exist before then). Went out to car...

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posted by write.to.me

5 comments posted 14yrs posted by write.to.me

Peugeot 206 1.4 auto 2003

A pal has just bought one of these with the intention of driving it to his place in Spain and leaving it there. It's in...

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posted by dave

4 comments posted 14yrs posted by dave

VW cigarette lighter

Okay, so it's probably not a cigarette lighter any more? On my VW MkV the lighter socket was always on. If I plugged so...

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posted by krak

6 comments posted 14yrs posted by krak

Marlin kit car

I asked about UK - Germany car design differences, and I passed on to my friend what you told me, and he is now very in...

7 comments posted 14yrs

posted by killefitz

7 comments posted 14yrs posted by killefitz