August 2010
I bought a 05 Meriva in March this year, low miles 30 thousand, good condition etc.
I was 3/4 hour into my journey to Heathrow on Saturday when the car seemed to have died on me, I coasted off the road, temp looked ok, well it was on the lower scale of cool/cold.... Read more
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Two months ago my vehicle started behaving like it has run out of diesel. When you put your foot on the accelrator, the engine cut out. When released its ran again until you went over 2k revs. After two miles it finally cut out with a lot of blue smoke. The garage re-programmed the injectors. It ran for 4 weeks and did the same thing. The garage fitted and new diesel pump (£1700). After 4 weeks did the same thing. They now say it needs new injectors. I dont beleive it. Did I need a new pump and why does it run fine for 4 weeks. When it cuts out, if you wait 30 mins, it will start and run for a time. Urgent reply required before I spend more money on it. Read more
My friend has a Jeep Cherokee (2004) with 110,000km on the clock. It has a problem where the engine management light has now come on, and when using the automatic gearbox, it has become very gutless and lacks power. When the gearbox is changed to manual mode, it performs reasonably. What might be causing this problem? Is this a serious problem. The car-by-car section of this site lacks the information I need.
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Its gone into limp home mode why its done this will need investigating.
I have a V6 Cougar and the heater is only blowing hot air, I assume the heater valve which controls the flow of water through the matrix has failed but does anyone know where it is? I've had a look down the back of the engine with a torch but I can't see it. Thanks in advance, John. Read more
Due to a few hefty garage bills I've decided to replace the front discs and pads on my c-max myself. I am quite mechanically able although I haven't done much work on anything newer than a 1990! I would be grateful if anyone has any advice on changing discs & pads on c-max / mk2 focus - such as do I need any specialist tools and are they pretty straightforward to do?
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Sorry , its the discs which were £27
Can anyone tell me please how to protect a folder with a password, instead of protecting each file in the folder separately? Or tell me a website as useful as this one but specialisng in computers? Read more
May be worth asking the question on a more computer related forum though. Not many answer on here at the moment.
Can you kindly suggest one?
I sometimes get a shudder when releasing the clutch and pulling away with my mx5. Any advise? Read more
>>a worn cv joint, or if kangarooing, a weak distributor
Not on an MX5.
I have posted about this problem before but still I am struggling.
I have replaced all parts on the rear brakes on my 306 estate. This has had new pads/discs (mintex) re-con calipers, brake fluid and handbrake cable etc.... Read more
If you had it MOTd directly after fitting the pads the efficiency would be low as it takes some time for them to bed in, especially on the rear as they don't do much most of the time.
Which would be a better time to buy a used car - August or September (or October?)
I'm thinking that the dealers (and private buyers) might be feeling the pressure of lack of interest due to the summer holidays, but on the other hand there will be lots of turnover from the plate change so there might be greater volume in September pushing the prices down. Or would this effect filter into the 2nd hand market in October?... Read more
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The problem here is finding someone who can really diagnose the problem 100% without the 'keep fitting new bits till it's ended' mentality.
If you happen to find thise elusive chap do let us know where to find him will you and we'll all be beating a path to his door....