Car Maintenance

vacuum pump testing

Hi, I bought a cheap vacuum gauge from a well known auction site and as per the advice in my other thread, I wanted to...

13 comments posted 16yrs

posted by fred

13 comments posted 16yrs posted by fred

Valve Shims

I need various valve shims to fit a 1965 Jaguar 3.8 XK type engine. However, they need to be a lot thinner than those n...

11 comments posted 16yrs

posted by sweller

11 comments posted 16yrs posted by sweller

Ford focus t reg water in driver side foot well

Hi all Problem as the subject water is drippng from side panel near accelerator pedal cover for pollen filter had come...

6 comments posted 16yrs

posted by anon

6 comments posted 16yrs posted by anon

Whine from radio.

Got a new accompaniment to music on the car radio - a sort of whine which varies with engine speed. Coincided with a ho...

7 comments posted 16yrs

posted by dave

7 comments posted 16yrs posted by dave

Damaged spark plug thread

When daughter bought a used Mazda 121, I replaced the spark plugs as part of giving it a service. Most were difficult t...

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posted by jhenRemoveThis

14 comments posted 16yrs posted by jhenRemoveThis

Re: Ignorant Wanker - Vauxhall Vectra Silver

> > My first post was 100% true. You don't know me and I don't know you. > However I do not lie and my post is 100% tru...

2 comments posted 16yrs

posted by malwhite1

2 comments posted 16yrs posted by malwhite1

Vivaro - cold

Just hired a Vivaro and the temp guage doesn't move and the heater blows cold, even after a long trip home through traf...

4 comments posted 16yrs

posted by paul23223

4 comments posted 16yrs posted by paul23223

Too much pedal travel after bleeding brakes

Hi, 2000 Fiesta.....Did a complete flush of the brake fluid and now the brake pedal travels a bit too much before the b...

11 comments posted 16yrs

posted by peter

11 comments posted 16yrs posted by peter

ECU

Anyone any idea where the ecu is on a 51 plate fiesta need to disconnect it

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posted by steve

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by steve

Puggy 206 speeds up

I have a 5 year old Puggy 206. If I start it up from cold it does so normally. If I then drive to the local shop, turn...

10 comments posted 16yrs

posted by dickydirt

10 comments posted 16yrs posted by dickydirt

LPG cost effectiveness in 2010?

Hi, I was driving down the road today and passed a petrol station. The sign said that petrol was 117.9ppl, diesel was 1...

9 comments posted 16yrs

posted by fred

9 comments posted 16yrs posted by fred

Kalos Daewoo, 04 Plate, 2nd Cylinder Misfiring

Hi, guys I have a Kalos, reliable little car but for some reason it has begun repeatedly misfiring from the 2nd cylinde...

3 comments posted 16yrs

posted by shyofshadows

3 comments posted 16yrs posted by shyofshadows

holts radweld, bars seal, etc

Hi, In the recent thread about not having a spare tyre, someone said you were more likely to puncture a radiator than a...

28 comments posted 16yrs

posted by fred

28 comments posted 16yrs posted by fred

MOT & ABS

Does the MOT test ABS? If not, why not and would it be a good idea ? Andy C

10 comments posted 16yrs

posted by Andy_Cap

10 comments posted 16yrs posted by Andy_Cap

Effing battery

Still won't die. 9 year old Ford Focus battery that's been sat for a year while the car's off the road apart from the o...

2 comments posted 16yrs

posted by Null

2 comments posted 16yrs posted by Null