Car Maintenance

Has “Punctureseal” gone belly up?

Having stuffed this stuff in my motorhome tyres and my car tyres (which has no spare) and ?fixed? a puncture in my wife...

47 comments posted 8yrs

posted by tim.downie

47 comments posted 8yrs posted by tim.downie

Oil leaks.

The old Rover is leaking a lot of oil. Crankcase is pressurized beyond what the breather system can handle. It's done a...

11 comments posted 8yrs

posted by dave

11 comments posted 8yrs posted by dave

Heated Windscreens?

I've just had a windscreen replaced by Autoglass, first class service. However, it reminded me of an option I had on a...

25 comments posted 8yrs

posted by no.sp

25 comments posted 8yrs posted by no.sp

Radio Harness Standard???

The matter of radio harnesses is a bit of a mystery to me. I thought there was supposed to be a standard so you could s...

0 comments posted 8yrs

posted by no.sp

0 comments posted 8yrs posted by no.sp

Radio locked

Need help for radio code for Blaupunkt Who van help for unlock radio? Numbers of the radio: BP 6262W7758193 and 76462620...

21 comments posted 8yrs

posted by gbovenhuis

21 comments posted 8yrs posted by gbovenhuis

Proposed London low emission zone.

On the news tonight there is the proposal to have a low emission zone within London bounded by the North and South circ...

31 comments posted 8yrs

posted by dave

31 comments posted 8yrs posted by dave

Praise - for once.

One of the keys on my car was a bit iffy. Just the remote side - once inside, it started the car OK so the transponder...

4 comments posted 8yrs

posted by dave

4 comments posted 8yrs posted by dave

Mondeo P00BD code hose leak

Hello, I have a 60 plate, 2L diesel Mondeo. Yesterday I was driving along and noticed that when I accelerated, I could...

11 comments posted 8yrs

posted by reply

11 comments posted 8yrs posted by reply

Saab 9000 headlamps

With the new MOT, I worry that the reflectors on the headlamps may go dull. Replacement headlamps are difficult to sour...

7 comments posted 8yrs

posted by johs

7 comments posted 8yrs posted by johs

Aviva safer driver app ad - dent in wing

Am I seeing things? The current Aviva ad., shows the driver starting up and pressing start on his phone to use the app....

0 comments posted 8yrs

posted by harry.m1byt

0 comments posted 8yrs posted by harry.m1byt

No. plate vs. year of first reg.

Gentlemen, I'm forced to give my age away here, but I have to 'fess up to the fact that I never got to grips with the '...

23 comments posted 8yrs

posted by curd

23 comments posted 8yrs posted by curd

Seat belt thingie

A sort of sliding stop that sets the position of the buckle when the belt isn't being worn. On my 'new' car, one is pre...

2 comments posted 8yrs

posted by dave

2 comments posted 8yrs posted by dave

Crossindex for car paint?

I'm on a hunt for a can of cheap (less than a tenner) aerosol paint to spray a new replacement door mirror housing on m...

6 comments posted 8yrs

posted by email

6 comments posted 8yrs posted by email

Kia Ceed air conditioning - help understand please

2012 Kia Ceed VR7 Dealer noted air con not working on annual inspection in February. Yesterday I took the car in to a l...

12 comments posted 8yrs

posted by nhhu-o3hu

12 comments posted 8yrs posted by nhhu-o3hu

New MOT

You probably seen this already. MOT can now PASS in three ways and FAIL in two ways. Dangerous: Fail. The vehicle is a...

16 comments posted 8yrs

posted by johs

16 comments posted 8yrs posted by johs