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Using Wash'nWax as a wax?

For a quick wax on the car could you do the following or would it harm the paintwork?: 1. Wash and rinse car. 2. Using...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by abertech
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by abertech

Kent rockers

Hi All, Not some Brit Iron Motorcycle club but the noisy rockers on my old 78 1300 Kent lump. It has been clattery for...
23 comments posted 18yrs
posted by news
23 comments posted 18yrs posted by news

Intercooler pressure or vacuum?

Trying to help out a young lad with a split in the plastic end box with a temporary fix, until a replacement can be sou...
6 comments posted 18yrs
posted by harry.m1byt
6 comments posted 18yrs posted by harry.m1byt

ECU water temp sensors

Generally speaking, if a water temp sensor is unplugged while an engine is running, what should happen? A Felicia 1.3 M...
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by eastREMOVEkent
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by eastREMOVEkent

Locking wheel nuts

About 4 weeks ago I bought a secondhand Nissan QX and stupidly I've only just realised that it has locking wheel nuts b...
19 comments posted 18yrs
posted by x
19 comments posted 18yrs posted by x

astra 1.7 cdti sxi tyre pressure

have the above from company 2 door 07 plate, no handbook, could someone tell me what the correct tyre pressures are for...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by dfg
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by dfg

XP Loss of boost.

Hi all, My 2001 Saab 9-3 Aero seems to be slowing down a bit recently... It has a "turbo" gauge, which seems to be a bo...
18 comments posted 18yrs
posted by col.dustbin
18 comments posted 18yrs posted by col.dustbin

Direct injection diesel pump

I'm thinking of buying a second-hand Toyota Avensis D4D. I've just looked at the service schedule & it says the fuel pu...
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posted by dave.english
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by dave.english

Brake pads

What's considered normal for a set of pads? I keep seeing bods writing into newspaper columns with moans along the line...
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posted by mrdoki
79 comments posted 18yrs posted by mrdoki

that gearbox in the starcraft

got it back today, i took it to a place in sheffield, who do ginetta kit cars...cos a scrap yard i went to said they se...
1 comments posted 18yrs
posted by julianhales
1 comments posted 18yrs posted by julianhales

Best Jobs in UK Database - Daily updated Jobs

There is a new meta job search database around with 241,409 new job postings in the last 7 days. Rather than simply bei...
0 comments posted 18yrs
posted by hulle06
0 comments posted 18yrs posted by hulle06

Recommend me a car cover

I'm going to leave my car for a few months as I'm out the country. Can anyone recommend a good car cover to use while I'...
13 comments posted 18yrs
posted by spam2422
13 comments posted 18yrs posted by spam2422

Service intervals for Rover 620Si

Hi, We have recently acquired an old (1995) Rover 620Si, it seems to run OK but there are no servicing records or book....
7 comments posted 18yrs
posted by s1mon.black
7 comments posted 18yrs posted by s1mon.black

Renault Laguna Starting Problems

Hi all Been having this problem on and off for the past year but becoming so frequent now almost everytime I try and st...
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posted by h.scopes
2 comments posted 18yrs posted by h.scopes