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My Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec TDCI is making a screeching noise on acceleration when moving off. This carries on for about half a mile then goes away. Any ideas on what the problem is?
I erred on the side of caution and had the cambelt changed in my Vauxall Movano 2001 Van. The first time following replacement of cambelt it started fine, second time was difficult but evenutally started,...
I purchased a Volvo C70 convertible on 25th March from a Birmingham car dealer that stocks over 50 cars. The timing belt snapped on the way home between Birmingham and Worcester, a journey of less than...
I was interested in your comment to NB of Fleet that the Volvo engine in his 2.5T Mondeo could suffer timing belt problems. I have a 5-year-old Volvo with the 2.4i 5-cylinder engine and recently expressed...
I may just be unlucky but it seems I am experiencing (by proxy - my son is the driver of these vehicles, but bank of Mum & Dad is involved) two cases of engine damage/destruction by timing chain/belt failures...
I have 45K kilometers on my Fiesta 2007. Just wondering what the timing interval for the belt is?
I have owned a Ford Mondeo Titanium X 2.5T from new. It is now two years old and has 46,000 miles on the clock. I normally trade my car in after two years but I cannot find a car that compares with my...
I have recently inherited a 2002 Rover 45 with 38,000 miles, mostly short journeys. It has recently had a new cylinder head gasket fitted and new tyres and has a current MOT but no recorded service history...
A 2005 Volkswagen Golf with 90,000 miles has no record of the timing belt being changed. Should it be done and should the work be done at an authorised dealer?
How often does the timing belt need doing on an 06 Peugeot 407 diesel?
 

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