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• Pug 405 replacement 3 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  At my age murder is out, as I couldn't do 14 years inside Comments anyone, particularly about engine choice. I will be maintaining it myself eventually, favour twice annual oil changes, and EGRs make me uncomfortable.
• Saab 2.2 TiD smoky exhaust? 10 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  The car has done 51,000 - so is due a service in another 3k - I notice the manual states you should change the oil and filters in a diesel engine every 6k miles if you use your car in stop start traffic often (I drive on the motorway a lot, and with it being England, that means stop start for quite a bit!)
• What happened here then? 28 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  But the next one: DATE: 26/08/98 MILES: 57785 JOB INSTRUCTIONS: Attend breakdown tow in - Strip bottom end of engine - Replace bearings + oil pickup strainer - Service engine So what happened there? The only thing I can come up with is, when the head gasket was changed, some of the swarf from when the head/block was skimmed ended up in the sump, and blocked the oil pick up strainer.
• Servicing. Why bother? 30 Jul 2007 (Forum)
  As soon as the car is out of warranty, why take it for a regular service? Let me clarify, I would always recommend an oil and filter change when due, but you can get that done at most quick fit places for around £20 - £30, air filter once a year, brakes obviously need to be checked but these can be checked every 6 months or so, depending on mileage done each month, when the oil filter is done.
• Toyota Yaris D-4D Testdrive. 10 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  Apart from an oil change I don't think there is an awful lot more that I would be prepared to tackle in this lovely little engine. Having said that there is always the reassurance of the 3 year warranty. Well, I don't know about you, but I've earmarked mine, done the deal, and will be picking it up at midday next Friday.
• Vauxhall Insignia 2011, 2000cc SRI - Loud knocking noise. 22 Dec 2020 (Forum)
  No warning lights have appeared at anytime on the dash. The car mileage is 104,200. I done an oil change at 103,000. I took the car to a local mechanic and he said the knocking noise was to do with the clutch so he replaced the Dual Mass Flywheel, new clutch kit and a concentric slave cylinder.
• 2004 Honda Jazz CVT 1.4 - Glitch under load 7 Feb 2020 (Forum)
  Has been stone reliable, except when a main dealership damaged the fuel pressure sensor on a major service. I do annual oil and filter changes etc. I renewed both banks of spark plugs two years ago (Back 4 looked like they had never been changed !). Runs well. Indicated average 45+MPG on short run normal use. Just recently it started suffering with a "glitch" on light/medium load between 1500-2000 rpms.
• ford fiesta 2003 - 1.3 - Can any of you geniuses help? 29 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  Hi there, we have recently changed the head gasket on my car. We had the head skimmed and pressure tested and got the thumbs up. We put it all back together but now there is pressure building up in the water tank /  we have checked all the pipes and the radiator.
• 2011 BMW 1 series - Run flats to regular 13 Mar 2014 (Forum)
    I wnat to keep my car(after warranty) and I am trying to find a cheaper way of doing the tire thing,oil changes,repairs. Any help on these items is greatly appreciated. I live in the Chandler Az area now so HELP if you can. Since I am at work I will have to come back and check this forum later..but please help..its a good car but after warranty its expensive!!
• Toyota Yaris - flood damage 19 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  i am having a big problem since after damage my car in flood, it is a toyota yaris triptronic 2005 , the car got flood water atleast 3hours so ,i just brought to the in my garage drain all the water got dry everything.dryed the ECU Engine Change the oil and filter  car was driving alright just  had a test drive about 10minutes that  car transmission has stop working and wont drive anymore.just towed back to garage checked all around just realise about the ECU for transmission  had abit moistured and dryed reset by computer there is no trouble code but she is not changing any gear at all there is a misfiring in cylnder 1 got replaced the injectors but still having same misfiring though as soon im giving by pass power to injector one its go back normal.The dash has shown the stop sign  as well.checked  all around so far every thing seems to be clear. please give me an advise about my car.
• BMW 320D SE - BMW As & When Servicing 2 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  I then got a dashboard !! Sign saying service required at 36K. I took it in and it needed an oil change and fluids check. Fine. The bill? £357! Next up, according to the all-telling key fob, is a brake fluid change after another 1,600 miles. Can't you do it now? Not due yet. Next will be front brakes in March, apparently.
• Renault Laguna II 1.9 dCI - Whistle from engine 16 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  Could this be causing it? Earlier on sunday I did an oil change, and no differently to the many times before, so I cannot see why this would have caused any problem. I have checked all the piped leading to and from the turbo, but all seem fine with no splits.
• Buying a C3 Pluriel 17 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  If anyone has any advice on what to ask / look for on this specific car or in general then I would appreciate it. I know nothing about cars (can change oil and fit bolt on parts like exhausts but thats about it) then I would assume people would recommend an AA/RAC inspection? Cheers M
• vauxhall carlton starting problem 1 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  hi hope someone can help . my old girl has started to play me up its a carlton 1800 . starting up when she feels like it and then cuts out , when she does decide to run its a low powerd effort from her .no load she ticks over nice (sometimes).took air filter off and was easier to start but the carb spat out and sometimes smokes up , but when she wont start i take out plugs and there wet there is a great spark at each plug. what i have done is changed the rotor arm new (made sure this went on right way) distributer cap new leads new oil and filter change erm im pulling my hair out this is the first time she has let me down in anyway in 6years from what i can tell the carburator is a piperburg (think thats how its spelt) all help is desperatly need as my wifes doin her nut at me .
• Previa Diesel Turbo or not! 24 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  It has also cut out and gone into "get you home mode" several times Finally the Toyota dealer has decided that this is a Turbo fault and it needs to be changed out (at great cost as it is now out of warranty). This fault is intermittent, I am not using any oil and not pouring black smoke out of the exhaust, even when the fault is occurring. When the fault is not happening the engine pulls fine and revs cleanly throughout the range.
• Astra Ecotec Cam Belt Failure Info 12 Jun 2002 (Forum)
  Similar story to David W's job back in October 01. Car lost power at 70 MPH/3000 RPM and ground to a halt. Belt and tensioners had been changed at 30K and car had now done 71K. It was due for a change but there was no noise whatsoever coming from that end of the engine. Engine stripped - 16 valves bent, 6 Valve guides cracked and cosmetically marked pistons.
• Peugeot Boxer 2.5 2001 smoking after belt change 14 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  I called the guy over who did the belt change and asked him why it was like this to which he replied (it may be your injectors ). Ffs i didnt bring it in to you like this. Anyway i needed the van for work so took it home. Now i serviced this van 2 days earlier and was underneath it and all was ok except a bit of an oil leak front and rear.
• Honda Jazz - CVT Fluid 7 Jun 2025 (Forum)
  It’s got a slight judder when taking up drive, that I’d like to cure/diminish. Consensus is that a fluid change would be the first port of call. The level is OK on the transmission dipstick, but the fluid is more an engine oil colour than the red I’d expect. The problem I’m having is getting a garage to do it - even after I’ve explained that it’s a routine procedure.
• Skoda Yeti - Skota Yeti auto -- DSG high mileage 29 Nov 2024 (Forum)
  It's 9k and I'd want to get a good few years out of it. Asked for service history and was shown one page of A4 with a list of yearly service and oil changes every 2 years ... but no actual stamps / receipts. Thoughts, anyone?
• Skoda Superb 2.0 DSG 190 2020 - Keeping a complicated car going 27 Sep 2021 (Forum)
  I find i actually quite like it so I'm looking for any strategies to keep it going for the long term. My worries include the DSG box (early oil change?) and numerous electronic systems. I didn't realise Skoda connect was only free for a month then i have to pay ?£30 pcm for it. There goes the 600MB software upgrade via WiFi then. . Is the skoda service pack and then extended warranty worth it?