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Six feet deep now . Plus another two feet tomorrow?

I visited Niagra many years ago during February but avoided this sort of problems.
Being driven around seeing the results of an ice storm made me thankful I was not driving.

However I was able to walk on the ice, on the river, near the base of the falls.
I bet HSE does not permit that these days.

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Hi,
I've had this car for almost 2 years. Its a 1994 polo, 1 litre. When I first bought the car, it had a simliar problem which got fixed after changing the distributor. Although the problem seems identical it also does different things. I don't know if its the cold January/Febuary weather because it was the same time last year it had the problem.
It happens every now and then, the revs will drop up and down then it will cut out / or nothing out of the ordinary will happen and it will still just cut out. It seems if i sit there for about 20 minutes it may start again.
However the difference to the problem before is that sometimes it might not start at all, and it needs a jump start, and when it ticks over the battery sounds like its going to die. Although I haven't had the last part of the problem for a little while ( I did change the alternator as the break down man told me too) Maybe i'm having different probs at the same time!!
I've heard that polo's and some other VW's are prone to this kind of problem.

Does anyone have any suggestions, I've changed the spark plugs, alternator, and battery.

Any help will be very helpful!
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I have decided I want one of my spare bedroom 'back'. It is currently bursting at the seams with old car magazines. Mainly, Motor, Autocar & Car, from the 70s, 80s & 90s. They're all in pretty good nick & I'm reluctant to just throw them away.

Does anybody know of any car club in the Manchester area that would benefit from them (gratis), or any other good home for them?

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I'm geting stuck in the mess caused by these roadworks in Gateshead everyday. The local authority has them listed as 'carriage widening' but this seems rather unlikely as it is a normal two lane carriageway (albeit a 50mph zone). Why would we need wider than normal lanes here (the 6 months of chaos don't seem worth it)

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Following my burning oil thread, I have realised that is has not been burning oil at all but its steam and thats why it gets worse as the engine heats up.

I took off the rocker cover to find lots of creamy mayo in it, and the radiator header tank looks a tiny bit contaminated.

I am not sure what to do, I am not taking this car in to be fixed, I will just either have to live with it (its not drinking much coolant yet) or pray K-SEAL fixes it.

I have also never seen the fan kick in, so I am guessing this has failed and caused the HG failure :( I feel like a fool. Also when trying to fix the temp gauge I discovered the reason it dosn't work is because its been disconnected on purpose :( The thermostat is at least still connected.

PS Its a Fiesta 1.1

To be honest if K seal dosn't do the trick I am selling the car ASAP. My only concern is shouldn't a HG failure been picked up at service?

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