February 2020
Hello dear
These days got problem with speedo meter sometime stops ... Read more
Using a syringe to flush and bleed the rear brakes, it'll suck OK but it blows very slowly,
Stripped and cleaned both wheel cylinders. They weren't bad, and it didn't make much difference.... Read more
When the second clip pinged off into the bushes (I only managed to fit the first one upside down) I was about ready to give up and use a rope grommet (Just read "The Way of A Ship" so was in an Arrh Jim Lad mood).
But I found it....
Hi all,
My VW Fox has drained its battery and I'm stumped as to how to jump-start it.... Read more
Awesome. Thanks Doc. In the end I managed to yank the cover high enough to get the croc clip under.
Just changed job doing much fewer miles now with the odd weekend /holidays blast somewhere. Looking at the idea of buying something around £3000-£3500 mark (Saab 9-3 sport wagon) getting a bank loan and paying this off with 1 year and then selling the car again and getting £2000 back? What are people’s views ? Read more
Some pretty deviant definitions of bangernomics in this thread, so I’ll give you mine, which I think is closer to that of the originator of the term, though I’d have to look that up.
Bangernomics is buying and running a car that has had most of the market value rung out of it by depreciation, so it cannot depreciate much further....
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I bought 2nd hand 2014 zafira tourer from a small independent car lot.... Read more
Common clutch issue on the 1.6 GM diesel engine, after a few years they provided dealers with a fix.
Take it to a Vauxhall dealer and get some advice.
2002 1.6 Petrol
I had had a slightly worrying metallic tap from the engine for a while, and had topped the oil up and driven very sedately. Listening with a "screwdriver" to my ear it didn't seem to come from anywhere around the top of the engine. I hadn't listened from underneath.... Read more
You recall the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster caused by a Tsunami. Well it also swamped the Nissan spare parts place. Because at the time I needed a new nearside door mirror for my old T30 xtrail. Had to wait several weeks while they sorted themselves out. I would guess this crisis will pass in a couple of months and it'll be business as usual.
So is Hydrogen/ electric best for the future or is a plug in electric car best.
As per the title. My God BMW are designing ever increasingly ugly vehicles.
The grills on these things are humugus one could possibly describe them a goping.... Read more
... Personally I think Hyundai and Kia are making better looking cars now days.
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rear highline brake lights not working. both side lights ok, checked all bulbs &connections. footbrake switch good, all other lights & electrics working fine. suggested the ECU or BCM module reset. how would that effect just some of the lights? Read more
Sounds more like a faulty lamp or a broken wire in the tailgate . Do all the electrical bits in the tailgate work in the tailgate work ?
rear demister & wiper ok . followed the wires back to the loom checked the earth all seem ok.
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Thanks a lot nste