I noticed a loud 'rumbling' on a 1.9 d polo. After checking the obvious (exhust mounts, idle speed etc) ive been told it might be a clogged with soot up exhaust gas re-circulation valve. Has anyone had any dealings with this.

Where is this valve located and is it easily cleaned. Is it worth trying to clean the valve out?

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Sorry if this has already been discussed about sunroofs but?
I real want to spec a sunroof on my new car, but as I don?t see many other new cars with them I was wondering what affect having one will have on the value/desirability of the car when I go to sell it in a few years time?
Have sunroofs really become that old fashioned/superfluous?
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Ive got two 2.5 tdi Transporters 102bhp from the AA recently both year 2001/X
One is very quick as expected but the other is guttless and has no power ,feels as if turbo isnt working ,will get to motorway speeds eventually but cant maintain that when going up hills
Any ideas ,turbo hoses appear fine ,turbo sounds ok ,someone has suggested pump timing is out ,may be Halfords did this wrong at last cambelt service both vans has done around 60-70,000miles and neither smoke or use any more fuel or oil
The one with the problem feels as if its holding back at lower speeds any one help? Read more

Very much doubt if anyone else watches schlock movies on late night TV, but Armored Car Robbery (1950, b/w) on BBC2 at 12.50 this morning HAD NASHES IN IT! The other cars in the movie were a random collection of 30s and 40s stuff, but there were two cameo appearances by Nash police black-and-whites, brand new, in one case with an obviously falsified (by sound men in post-production) engine note, and looking like spaceships alongside the other machines on view.

Whether any police force even in the US would ever have specified Nash cruisers without being heavily bribed is a bit of a moot point. They were a cheap lower-middle-class make renowned only for their bizarre styling and notably lacking in the performance, handling or real quality departments. The wish to make the car look like a flying saucer led to the concealment even of the front wheels behind a sort of roomy skirt. Don't suppose they handled much worse than anything else of the period but they looked as if they ought to. They came in all sizes from large to enormous, but don't think they ever made a V8. Just big soft sixes. Utter American carp for which the word 'tinny' might have been invented. In my sentimental dotage though I would love one now, if I could find a decent example (always wanted an Edsel too to remind me of my days in market research). They were always very rare in this country though. Not to the British taste really. Read more

I was wondering if anyone can advise me please. Im taking a car on a 24 hour test drive. The guy is bringing it down 120 or so miles to me tommorrow afternoon and then collecting it the following day. It is the first one i have had and i was wondering a couple of things.

1. Do i have to fill it up with petrol once i have finished with it or do they sort all that out for me?

2. Do they try and sell it hard once they pick it up again?

3. How does the bloke get home after dropping it off?

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