about 2 years i had spark plug spat out on my vw polo...not sure why it did it , but it cleaned the thread bare

so i found a engineering shop to fit a helicoil repair kit to the plug hole and its been fine sinse, but now the time has come for a plug change . im in two minds if i should leave that plug and do the others in case i disturb the thread repair, then again if i leave the plug to get caked up in soot/carbon there's a even better chance it might get ruined

so... should i fear swapping the plug or are they really safe as houses

and would it be better to change the plug with a warm engine or stone cold

Slight subject re-vamp -PU

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I now know I've spent too much time in the Back Room.

A couple of nights this week, Backroomers featured in my dreams. You will all be relieved to know that they occurred in perfectly respectable and non-embarrassing situations - but I'm still not going to name names!

Anyone else prepared to admit to signs that they have spent too much time in the Back Room?

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Just found this on Yahoo news, found it quite amusing....

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Two U.S. car thieves failed to make their getaway in a car they had just stolen because they couldn't figure out how to use its manual transmission, a witness said on Wednesday.

The teenagers armed with a gun approached a man outside a pizza restaurant in Marietta, Georgia, late on Monday. They stole his wallet and the keys to his Honda Accord, got into the car but couldn't make it start because it had stick shift, according to John Williamson, 18, a restaurant employee.

"The kid was just sitting in the car trying to start it but he had no idea what to do. He looked dumbfounded. The only thing he had going was the radio," said Williamson who witnessed the scene.

While the thief was trying to start the car, restaurant employees called the police who arrived and caught the teenagers as they tried to escape into nearby woods.

Unlike many parts of the world, the majority of cars in the United States are automatic and many drivers are unused to driving "stick shift" vehicles, in which a clutch pedal must be depressed to change gear. Read more

Can anyone please advise, Where is the switch which activates the boot light on a 98 Micra?
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Took my Fiat Ulysees 2.2 HDI 2003 (78,000) to a Peugeot dealer because it was making a strange noise, the mechanic told me it was the Turbo making the noise and that it needed replacing, asked him if it was OK to drive, he said yeah, not too fast, not too far come back tomorrow and we will have a replacement for you.
So I left the garage travelled about 1/2 mile was waiting at a junction, suddenly engine started to rev on its own, turned off but would not stop, lots of smoke and banging, stalled it and walked back to garage. They towed it in and then gave me an estimate for £6050 to repair it as the engine was completely destroyed and needed replacing, this was then upped by a further £1186 as the injectors were stuck in the head and could not be removed, this was then upped again when I was informed the intercooler and associated pipework was also damaged.
Now I have told the story, if you are not asleep, do you think I have any redress against the dealer, from what I have learnt since this happened I definitely would not have driven the car and I feel that the mechanic from whom I was seeking professional advice has been negligent in letting me drive off.

what do you all think, and what can I do about it??

Moved in here from tech - wider audience...PU
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