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Idle Air Control System on New Beetle

My other half drives a VW Beetle. It's on a 52 plate, so not that new, I guess. Intermittently, the 'check engine' ligh...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by salmondays2000
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by salmondays2000

08 Focus

I've got a Focus hire car. Any hints on opening the bonnet ! It's run out of washer water. Thanks Andy.
12 comments posted 17yrs
posted by Andy_Cap
12 comments posted 17yrs posted by Andy_Cap

Red paint on new car?

Am thinking of buying a Citroen C1 as it's very frugal! But any colour except red comes at a whopping £350 premium! Red...
16 comments posted 17yrs
posted by peter
16 comments posted 17yrs posted by peter

Daihatsu Hijet distributor and ignition timing

Hi anyone know which way round the rotor goes? And where the 'check connector' is that you are meant to short out in or...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by corriequk
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by corriequk

MYT engine - is this genuine?

MYT engine - is this genuine? http://tinyurl.com/74opln A friend has just sent me the link, and I thought this was the...
37 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nospam
37 comments posted 17yrs posted by nospam

Bit OT car cloning

My sister lives in a flat, she renewed her tax disc online, the disc never arrived as didn't lots of post for the whole...
3 comments posted 17yrs
posted by nbkm57
3 comments posted 17yrs posted by nbkm57

BMW Cold start problem

Hello all, any ideas for this cold starting problem? My 52 reg BMW 320TD has developed a cold starting problem this win...
9 comments posted 17yrs
posted by wazzaed
9 comments posted 17yrs posted by wazzaed

Cold Start Problem

Hi Guys, The wife's car is a 99 Mazda 626 GSI Estate 2 ltr which has a major problem when starting from cold.As soon as...
2 comments posted 17yrs
posted by M.W.J.Ward
2 comments posted 17yrs posted by M.W.J.Ward

Help! Peugeot 306TD not starting

Hi all, I've been working on my car to get through the retest. What I have done is replace the suspension arm ball join...
4 comments posted 17yrs
posted by marpate1
4 comments posted 17yrs posted by marpate1

Nationwide Autocentre MOT = £33.10

If anyone's MOT is due for renewal, Nationwide Autocentre will do it for £33.10 (£20 saving). Got mine MOT'd on Saturday...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by slider
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by slider

Re: Thinking about changing my car

> I'm thinking Audi or maybe BMW. Is Japanese an option? > Mondeo? Avoid the LX and Ghias with their old man suspension...
5 comments posted 17yrs
posted by conor_turton
5 comments posted 17yrs posted by conor_turton

moving a car using its starter motor

i read once about a guy who said he moved his stalled car a few hundred meters away to a safer place by removing the pl...
65 comments posted 17yrs
posted by beerismygas
65 comments posted 17yrs posted by beerismygas

device to read car OBC - opinion? (ELM327)

came across this... http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16923 anyone have/use one? Is it any good - ie does it do...
6 comments posted 17yrs
posted by dave
6 comments posted 17yrs posted by dave

tyre inflator / compressor

Hello, I had one of those tyre inflators that plugged into your cigar socket. It was a digital model, which you could p...
8 comments posted 17yrs
posted by invalid
8 comments posted 17yrs posted by invalid