Car Maintenance

turbo sabotage?

Hi all, Just after some advice. My car was in a crash about 6-7 weeks ago and has been in the body shop since, with the...

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posted by simonfinnigan

5 comments posted 12yrs posted by simonfinnigan

Who is responsible for the cost

I had to have a new front exhaust fitted to my Nissan Primera for the MOT. I supplied the pipe and got the garage to fi...

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posted by trevorsmith.dover

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Power Steering

Hello Car is Nissan Almera 1.5 S. Recently i had a wheel alignment and since then have noticed the steering is a heavie...

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posted by damian.tomlinson

5 comments posted 12yrs posted by damian.tomlinson

Focus cutting out

Ford Focus 1999 1.8 petrol. This is a hard one I guess, but every few months, always around town at low speed, the Focu...

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posted by gareth.magennis

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Hot ECU seems to be ok (Erattic starting Meriva update)

Hi all, Just a bit of feedback for those who have so far offered advice re our 2004 Meriva (Z16SE) that started not sta...

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posted by news

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Out of 3 cars that go though 1st MOT, only 1 makes it to 2nd?

Am I reading Statistical Release ? Vehicle Licensing Statistics 2012 - Page 3 of 10 Figure 1: Age of vehicles, right?.....

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posted by peter.usenet1

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Think I'm getting old.

Last week I was in a queue of traffic following a street sweeper. The 3 cars in front of me went the wrong side of both...

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posted by peter.usenet1

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mondeo (60 plate diesel) oil change

Hello, I have a 60 plate 2.0L diesel Mondeo. Up to now I had the car serviced to keep the warranty but I think the warr...

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posted by invalid

10 comments posted 12yrs posted by invalid

Mechanic car abuse

Hi all, To cut a long story short since I last posted here I've got a kid now and swapped my venerable old 1.25L Fiesta...

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posted by peter

87 comments posted 12yrs posted by peter

Narrowly avoided the same delivery van twice in one day!

Crashing has thankfully been a rather rare occurence in my nearly 40 years of driving. An errant Saab did manage to thu...

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posted by Null

23 comments posted 12yrs posted by Null

A fair price to offer a dealer for a car.

Acquaintance about to buy a 2006 Toyota Aygo priced at ?3850 from an independent dealer. But parkers.co.uk value the re...

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posted by pete5421bently

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exhaust oxygen sensor bollocks

I came across a sensor on fleabay which includes this: NASCAR OFFICIALLY LICENSED PRODUCT THIS OXYGEN SENSOR IS A PERFO...

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posted by bruce56

2 comments posted 12yrs posted by bruce56

ICE Bluetooth

My oldie saab has excellent sony stereo, but no bluetooth. I use a 'false' tape cassette which has a phono wire attache...

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posted by johs

8 comments posted 12yrs posted by johs

Corsa B help please

1998 breeze, C14NZ, Simtec 56.5 (I believe) - 2 probs 1 - Speedo dies when engine hot, fitted new speed sensor, no chan...

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posted by a

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Best diesel mis fuelling preventer?

... apart from not being a dozy pillock. ;-) Never done it myself but a good friend who's been driving diesels for year...

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posted by timdownie2003

11 comments posted 12yrs posted by timdownie2003