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Please can you tell me where the pollen filter is on my current model Vauxhall Astra (2010 model)? Is replacement straightforward?
My 03 (built in 02) WRX has done only100,000 km. The manual calls for cam belt replacement at 160,000 km. In view of the age of the car, should I replace it soon? Does anything else need replacing at the...
We purchased a secondhand Peugeot Partner Tepee S HDI in the autumn of 2010, and had no trouble with it until we took it for a service at an independent garage, having done 15,508 miles. The car had a...
In March of this year, I purchased a new Mazda 6 TS2 Estate from a main dealer and it is now coming up for its first service (12,500 miles). It was suggested to me at the time that if the car was not serviced...
My Mazda2 needs will soon need its first service. My mechanic is fully qualified but not VAT registered. If he serviced my car would I forfeit my manufacturers guarantee?
Our Honda CR-V is now back having had a damaged number two exhaust valve replaced and the one next to it, all other valves re-seated and head skimmed etc, plus a new timing belt (old one only two years...
My 2002 Peugeot 106 1124cc petrol owned from new, and always main dealer serviced. On recent return from annual service the plastic end of the dipstick was found to have broken off - and the broken section...
Is it true that Aston Martins suffer a reduction in value if they are sold without a full Aston Martin dealer service history? If so, how much does it reduce the value compared to the saving from having...
I bought my automatic petrol van in 2007. I have done over 90,000 miles and I have serviced it regularly. I changed the Cam belt at 70,000 miles and it has got a new starting motor. What should a good...
I'm thinking of buying a used approved 2007 BMW 330d from a main dealer. The last service was Feb 2012 with mileage recoeded at 50,002 miles. The previous service was June 2011 at 52,000 miles, so alarm...