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205 diesel - pull to right on braking

Am going to have to get checked by a mechanic, but car is turning to right on braking with hands off wheel. Not a fierc...
6 comments posted 21yrs
posted by corriequk
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by corriequk

ignition switch

yeah i have a 1990 VW Corrado and i need to find out how to check the ignition switch and where it is at. can someone pl...
4 comments posted 21yrs
posted by ryan62864
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by ryan62864

Charging up a flat battery in less than an hr?

In my experience whenever the car wouldnt start due to a weak battery (often in cold weather), hooking up a 6amp batter...
7 comments posted 21yrs
posted by hotspot
7 comments posted 21yrs posted by hotspot

Bleeding Brakes - VX220

I thought the brakes on my VX200 were a bit a spongy so I thought I'd bleed them. I did'nt think there would be much to...
10 comments posted 21yrs
posted by rc001f6973
10 comments posted 21yrs posted by rc001f6973

Philips CAR 400 radio (Vx Omega etc)

OK, so the Omega passed its MOT today, to my surprise. To celebrate I sorted out the radio code. But despite all my exp...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by chris
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by chris

Automatic Gearbox Check message Vauxhall Omega

Hi, When I came home this evening, my 2L auto Omega developed a strange problem. The Check Automatic Gearbox message ca...
2 comments posted 21yrs
posted by tonyb
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by tonyb

How do you tell if a turbo works?

So, because my mundano needed a little attension for the MOT [1], I bought a new car, a Saab 9000, with a 1985 cc turbo...
17 comments posted 21yrs
posted by davidjones
17 comments posted 21yrs posted by davidjones

Name That Plug

I have a 1995 Rover 214 SEi (old shape). There is a sound coming from the back seat area that sounds like a distant law...
8 comments posted 21yrs
posted by paul02
8 comments posted 21yrs posted by paul02

Paintwork

My car's paintwork has been damaged by parking under a leaking air conditioning duct. The car is now covered in a harde...
11 comments posted 21yrs
posted by peter.everett
11 comments posted 21yrs posted by peter.everett

grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

This is mostly just a rant!!! So I get the ZX through its MOT. Disks and pads at the front, shoes at the back, handbrak...
9 comments posted 21yrs
posted by chandy
9 comments posted 21yrs posted by chandy

Cooling fan issue

Morning all; I have an N reg Vauxhall Astra TD with a non-functioning cooling fan (only noticed last night when I was s...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by no
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by no

cleaning breather pipes

My Pug's breather pipes often get blocked due to lots of town driving. Cleaning one of the pipes is easy, but the other...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by not_here.5.species8350
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by not_here.5.species8350

Alternator performing below par

My alternator seems to performing a bit below par. Could it be a slack belt? How do I check the belt is ok? What else co...
5 comments posted 21yrs
posted by 321
5 comments posted 21yrs posted by 321