When turning slowly round corners eith to the left or the right there seems to be a knocking noise from the front wheels, I can't find what the problem is, I thought it might be the bottom ball joint but to happen on both sides at the same time is a bit strange. Can anyone suggest what else it could be???

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I have a customers galaxy in workshop and we tried to reset the service interval using snap on scanner version 7.4. It came up on the scanner that ecu was not in data base so reset was not possible.not too much of a problem for our customer.However when he left the oil light was flashing and none of the gauges worked.I re attached the scanner and could get all gauges working via the actuator test on the scanner.Have also tried disconnecting battery but no difference,also no fuses have blown and car drives as normal, any ideas? Read more

Having read an article in one of todays broadsheets regarding the expected Bank Holiday road chaos, it was with much trepidation I set off on the Suffolk to Wiltshire run home this afternoon. This involves the A12, M25 (northern section) and the M4 so I was expecting there to be very heavy traffic in all the usual hotspots and it to be a 5 or 6 hour trip back instead of the usual 4 or so.

Errr, what traffic ?

It was very quiet, too quiet in places. Which started to make me think how much influence the media has over driving habits in the holiday season. If they tell us its going to be a dreadful weekend full of massive holdups, jams and delays then do people take heed and stagger their journeys or even avoid traveling at all ? If this leads to quiet roads and quick journeys then thats great for us motorists who ignored the warnings and the government too as its less congestion, pollution and fewer accidents. But its bad news for the press who run a story which never occurs and therefore they lose credibility. Which makes me wonder why the stories are ever run at all - unless someones got a vested interest? Read more

Hi all

Can anybody advise on where to go next, I have a 1996 p reg old shape mondeo and my in-car heater is giving me a headache, I can only have the heater on level 4, the heat comes out fine but if i turn it from 1 to 3 i get some slight smoke inside cockpit, Is it blower?

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I believe the question of what to do about faded black plastic bumpers has come up several times in the past - and I reckon my neighbour may have come up with the solution.

Last summer, Steve sprayed the black plastic bits on his daughter's Corsa with Eastwood 'Under Hood Black' (obtained from frost.co.uk) after first carefully masking them off.

This could best be described as an experiment because I suspect that there is not a specific manufacturer's recommendation for this use.

Anyway, nine months later, I was out there this afternoon admiring the finish - which looks just as good now as on the day he applied it. He tells me that previous attempts at the job with a variety of other products have lasted a matter of a few weeks.

There are several warnings on the can about the flammability/toxicity etc of the product and I hope that no recent changes have been made which could affect performance.

If I can get my act together, I'll have a go at my son's Corsa when the weather improves. Read more