June 2024
Hi there. I bought a new Toyota Yaris Design in April 2024. Do you know if it is worth having it professionally ceramic coated? I was going to get it professionally polished once a year anyway. I don't know if it is worth the cost and how long it lasts for. Thanks. Read more
The hub nuts vary 30mm is a bit too big. Found that 1" 1/8" 12 point was an hammer on fit for removal and needed to be used to fit new one the old hub nut can be used as a tool to remove the old one and the old bearing shell can be used for pressing in the last few millimetres, any thing providing its larger will do for rest of way.
A kit for £30 is useful but you need to still improvise using old parts to do the job and could buy threaded bar nut washers but the saving would not be great and you could sell the kit when no longer needed. Not sure if you can reuse certain hub nut as some are not laminated and not destroyed on removal. They vary in size and a Borg and Beck laminated one was a slightly better fit on 30mm socket and was able to fit with standard 3g0mm socket but not a good fit as we used to have in the old days.... Read more
All a bit confusing. If you want quality, then go to a Ford main dealer. The prices will probably put you off , even if you actually get the parts for a car this old . Nappa are a re- boxing company. They buy In products from all over the world are put it in their own brand box .
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Please can I have the radio key code for my Ford S Max:... Read more
Thank you so much!
Took the car in for the MOT and after 3 years of TLC from me and using Kia parts for oil changes and servicing, and the brake light switch which seems to have missed the Kia recall...
Passed, zero faults, zero advisories and emissions all well within tolerances.... Read more
65,970 - 64,723 call it 1250 miles in a year!
Doing that sort of mileage it's unlikely to wear out....
Hi,I'm looking for some advice on buying a used automatic diesel ( up to £9,000). My only two needs is the best MPG possible from an auto and that it meats euro 6 standards I'm open to size, make and year. I cover around 15, 000 miles annually avaraging 60 - 70 mph with a little in towns. I've read quite a lot online about PSA's bluehdi diesels, I see the Citroen C4 bluehdi returns great mpg, likewise the Peugeot 208 1.6 bluehdi. Also I've heard the Skoda Octavia and Renault Clio 1.5 return great mpg
What's the ultimate when it comes to MPG? ... Read more
<< And petrol costs less than diesel as well. >>
I reckon that the higher cost of diesel fuel (roughly) cancels out its slightly better consumption figures in today's cars, like for like. Doing 15,000 miles a year uses about 1150 litres @ 60mpg or 1360 litres @ 50mpg. At £1.50 a litre the difference is worth just over £300. Not insignificant, but pretty small in the whole cost of changing a car to get better fuel consumption....
My engine light came on last week after noticing some acceleration issues on a long drive. On the whole, the car still runs okay, but it limps sometimes and doesn't speed up as well.
I ran a diagnostic and was told I need to replace the turbo actuator/wastegate. On looking online, I can't find a definitive item I need to order as the details aren't always clear. ... Read more
Why do you think the turbo actuator needs replacement?
Please help me, what code will be on this radio . 4500 RDS E-O-N
M487997 Read more
9001
I stumbled across this the other day and I remember seeing some of the Channel 4 documentary back in 1987.
An interesting concept that ultimately came to nothing due to financial issues.... Read more
Did you always intend on going north? Not everyone did, but probably a better decision long term than those that went south, then south again... then across the sea.
Back to cars I agree with you, and nowadays Toyota is king although it was some time before the ubiquitous LRs, in their much simpler form, lost popularity.
During selling my old car, one buyer called me to the boot while the other was at the bonnet. When I went to the front, he had just finished doing up the coolant cap. He then asked to take it for a spin. Thrashed it then opened the bonnet. Proclaimed the gasket had just gone. The coolant tank was thick with black oil and trickling over. I took pictures of it. The dip stick however looked normal. He insisted the car was almost worthless yet he still wanted to buy it for parts. I took pictures, including a discreet picture of the buyer as something made me uneasy at the time.
Note the last time the car was driven about 4 weeks earlier, a garage had done a pressure test, checked the exhaust and more, advising there were no indications of gasket issues. Read more
Note the last time the car was driven about 4 weeks earlier, a garage had done a pressure test, checked the exhaust and more, advising there were no indications of gasket issues....
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It seems many don't know that polish is an abrasive and wax a coating. I gave mine a good clean (you can clay-bar if you want), polish and wax some years ago and the water still beads, although it'd probaly benefit from doing the wheels again before Winter. The brake dust doesn't wash off as easily.