Since changing the fuel filter the car ,which was always a good starter is now starting but at times it can several turnings over before it starts. The manuel gives air in the system as a possible reason but it does not say how you get rid of it
Can anyone give me any help
MICKEL Read more

I recently asked for advice from this forum about buying high mileage secondhand Mondeos but I've changed my mind and am considering buying a nearly new Mondeo estate from Virgin Cars which is based in Manchester. Does anybody have any experience of them and are there any better car supermarkets in the North West or North East (I live in Cumbria)?

Many thanks

Mark. Read more

Hi guys.

This is my first, any probably most defiantely not the last :). I recently brought a peugeot 306 1.8 XT L reg, 83,000 miles. I have done a lot of work on the car and yet i still have a problem with it. The car is petrol and runs with a catalyic convertor.

Basically when i start the car from cold it seems very noisy, even for a peugeot. However prior to this car i did own a Vauxhall Corsa SRI which was very quiet. Once I start driving away I find the engine to be noisy, a slight knocking sound (nothing major). When I sit at a traffic light for example the car judders and idle really bad. I have changed all the sparkplugs, oil etc. Once thing I have noticed is when i turn the engine off the rev counters goes down to about 200-400 revs and not zero. When you turn he engine on it goes upto the correct revs about 1000. Could this cause a problem?

I have de-greased all the engine so i can see any issues but cannot find a thing, im stumped. Im off to the garage toady to get a top engine mount fitted and 2 of the ball joints replaced and we will see what that does to it.

The garage said that this is common in all peugeot's but he also said they have checked over all the engine and cannot find anything else wrong about from engine mount and ball joints.

Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated. I will let you know what its like after garage work.

Howard Read more

I've read comments on premature clutch wear on new Laguna's, mine's just starting to slip at 85,000 on a "motorway miles" 1.9DCI of 2001. Does anyone have any views on this and also I'm planning to change the unit myself, any tips or wise words of warning!

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Hi

What do people think about the "new" rules whereby learners have to learn how to perform oil/brake-fluid/PAS/coolant level checks as part of their test?

On paper, I think it's a good idea - people have an idea and an awareness of weekly/daily checks they have to do to make sure their vehicle doesn't brake down.

My concern though is that all the learner has to do is learn whereabouts under the bonnet the caps/levels are on the instructors car and repeat them parrot fashion. This would be great if every car had them in the same place, but more than likely those who couldn't be asked to check levels anyway will look under the bonnet of their new car and think "Woh! This is nothing like the instructors car, too confusing to me!" and promptly shut the bonnet. Worse still "Aha! looks a bit different to me but this cap marked 'P.A.S.' is in about the same place as I fill the radiator with water - yes, that must be it! Looks a bit low to me ..." , with dire concequences.

Why not get learners to learn a few of the generally universal signs/stickers manufacturers use. For example, a cap with a circle with lines either-side and an explanation mark in the middle is the brake fluid, and it almost always has a big black dustbin-lid-shaped servo behind it.

End of rant!





Mike Farrow Read more