July 2025
OK so I have just spent £350 getting my glow plugs changed on my ateca, seemed to be what everyone was quoting, but my engine management light is still on so now I'm thinking it's the relay, (I'd take it in for diagnostics but paying someone £100 to plug a computer in seems a bit of daylight robbery). Any idea where I might locate the damned thing? I'm a bit brassed off now. Read more
Im 76 and know little about my subject above.
Had brake fluid change. Day after brake light
Dashboard light flickered when I reversed onto road ( handbrake was off).
I called back head mechanic and he said that the fault was not his mechanics fault and checked it over.
His reply was “that the brake fluid levels were good. The reason the light flickered on the dash was that I was on a slope on my driveway and when I drove off my sloping driveway the sensor thought the fluid was empty”
What do you think? I think it is air in system as I have been parking the car on slopes for years with no problems and only one mechanic with a syringe did the job.
Advice please. Read more
Yes you might well use a syringe to empty the fluid reservoir prior to actually changing the fluid in the system, you then immediately refill the reservoir without touching the brakes at all, but unless the system has been flushed through from every bleed valve at each caliper/cylinder the brake fluid has not be changed in either the ABS unit the calipers/cylinders or the pipewor, i doubt if the fluid was only replaced in the master cylinder without flushing/bleeding the system, if it was i'd be finding another workshop.
For your own safety and peace of mind check the brake fluid level now, if its not up to the full mark there is an issue, either it hasn't been refilled correctly after bleeding (annoying but so long as its above the minimum air should not have entered the system in the interim), or more concerning there could be a leak in the system, one possible leak source is a bleed valve not fully nipped up afterwards, to check for that possibility have a look behind each wheel for brake fluid...which tends to spread down and through the inevitable grime that builds up there making itself obvious.
Hi all,
I’m curious how people here keep on top of all the car admin—MOT, tax, insurance renewals, servicing dates, and so on.
Do you rely on paper reminders, digital calendars, spreadsheets, or use any particular app?
I’ve found it surprisingly easy to miss important dates, and I’m looking for any tips or reliable systems that actually work.... Read more
For MOT and VED (car tax), set up a Driver and Vehicle Account on the GOV.UK website.
Insurance reminders will arrive via e-mail anyway a month before renewal. It is suggested that the best time to shop around is 3 weeks before renewal....
If you go down in the woods today, you're sure of a big surprise.
Bear drags motorcyclist down ravine in Romania and mauls them to death | The Independent... Read more
Thought you were suggesting that the bear mauled the biker because Clarkson doesn't like motorbikes..........
:-O
Why don’t you take up the offer from the garage before spending any more money?