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I have a quote from Mr Clutch for £210 for a new clutch, local main dealer quotes £650 and says that parts alone are over 200. Have you heard good things about Mr Clutch?
My vauxhall vectra diesel 2.0-litre has a problem. Sometimes the turbo kicks in and sometimes it does not?
I have a 2002 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI 115PS. When started especially first start of the day it will start but then cut out immediately unless you rev it and then it will be fine. It also intermittently will...
We bought a new Audi A3 in October 07. Shortly afterwards, I was transferred by my company to Canada, but we kept the A3 and use it on holidays in England. Consequently, the car has done only 8,500 (mostly...
My daughter's car has an erratic braking operation. Sometimes the brakes work instantly when the pedal is depressed and other times the pedal travels a much longer distance before the brakes work although...
Simply, does this new 1.4 TSI petrol engine have a cambelt or camchain?
When my car starts from cold for the first five minutess of driving when I let the clutch up to move off there is a short "whooo" type noise, is this the clutch plate or release bearing, or simply change...
Several problems with this car all started at the same time. Firstly, when cold the engine starts first time and the car drives as you would expect. Once warm however, the car goes into limp mode and...
The handbrake cable recently went on my Corsa. I took it to Kwik Fit who advised that the cable they need comes in a pack of two so instead of the charge being £43.50 it will actually be £77. Why are they...
I have a 2005 Renault Espace which has recently had the alternator reconditioned. After a few days I had "battery charge fault" display on seconds after start up. Any ideas?