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"leaking" alloy wheels?

Do alloy wheels "leak" air? I've never had the "luxury" (?!) of having alloy wheels on a car before and have found that...
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posted by gonaenodaethat
20 comments posted 20yrs posted by gonaenodaethat

odd stall

1999 Pug 106 1.1 petrol. Has happened twice now that, pulling away after..the only thing I can think is 'slowing down'...
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posted by chandy
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by chandy

help with 1998 peugeot 106d starter problems

can anyone help? i've changed my starter motor and after a couple of weeks it became sluggish in starting and now it fa...
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posted by cupidstunt399
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by cupidstunt399

peugeot 106d 1998 starting probs

can anyone help? i've changed my starter motor and after a couple of weeks it became sluggish in starting and now it fa...
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posted by cupidstunt399
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by cupidstunt399

Tyre slowly loses pressure

Astra (not that that matters?) tyre. It's fairly new and lots of tread but it slowly loses pressure over a couple of da...
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posted by gad
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by gad

Ford Focus heated electric door mirrors

some silly pratt sideswiped my car the other day and smashed the door mirror on the drivers side.all the insides were h...
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posted by phil.kaye
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by phil.kaye

OT: Merc ML series quality

I was aware that owners of these cars appear not to be a happy bunch according to surveys by TG and the like. However,...
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posted by j.r.walsh
8 comments posted 20yrs posted by j.r.walsh

Coolant pressuriseing on over drive

Hi, I have a query on my car coolant circuit, every time the throttle is snapped close from about 3000 rpm there is a s...
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posted by jamessalisburyspam
12 comments posted 20yrs posted by jamessalisburyspam

Re: been to court

> judge now says I cut him up and have to pay out £3k and no, I couldn't use > the witness statements Isn't that covered...
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posted by clive
29 comments posted 20yrs posted by clive

1994 Astra 1.6 8V fails to start

This car has run reliably for 140,000 miles now all of a sudden is fails to start. The engine cranks but won't fire up...
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posted by Jeremy
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by Jeremy

Ford Focus Wing Mirror

Husband set off to work at lunch time, and had his driver's side wing mirror smashed. Make of Car, Ford Focus 1.8 Year...
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posted by doddjan
1 comments posted 20yrs posted by doddjan

Ford Fiesta 1989 G reg MKIII

HI, Hope someone can help me, I am not sure but I think the bonnet release cable is either jammed or broken, and the bo...
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posted by carie.desgreniers
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by carie.desgreniers

Serendipity

This morning the postman delivered a nice second hand BOL for the Pug. Later this morning I pulled up at the local moto...
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posted by usenet
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by usenet

Zafira spare tyre release???

I've lost the manual to my zafira and i'm wondering how I'm supposed to release the spare tyre?? I've looked for a winch...
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posted by lipraloof
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by lipraloof