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• Warranty and - Servicing Costs 13 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  Helped mate buy nearly new aveo 1.2ls, now needs 2nd year servive but only 6000 miles. Evans Halshaw quoting £232 inc vat for this with the brake fluid change. Local (trusted indie) will do for about £100 inc.will use original parts! (oil and air filter) Even I am shocked at the difference!
• Car Maintenance 19 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  I'm near Notts and Derby, but can't find anything suitable nearby. I'm looking for a basic course so I can do oil & filter changes, etc., etc and get a good idea of what's going on under the bonnet. Anyone any ideas? Cheers Pootle
• Mercedes Benz - Mercedes with service history ? 3 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  The great Quentin Wilson has a motoring page including readers questions and this week a Mercedes owner claiming to be hard-up asks for advice on servicing , his petrol E-class has done 60k without even an oil change !
• Mitsubishi Carisma (1995 - 2004) - 03 1.6 Sump Nut spanner size 22 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Hi Want to do an oil change on this car. Does anyone know the correct size spanner needed to undo the sump nut? Also to loosen the nut do I need to turn clockwise or anti clockwise? Thanks
• Toyota Yaris (1999 - 2005) - 2003 1.0 New clutch problem 5 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  If cable then the auto adjusteder may be stuck. Where if the bite point with the clutch. Did they change the gear box oil when they did the clutch. Regards Peter
• Servicing..is it a rip off.. 6 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  I recently went in to get my 20,000 mile (Diesel)service done at my local Pug dealer and came out for a bill of £230...for basically an oil change. Why does it cost so much for so little (I even had to ask nicely to get my tyres rotated). Is it me or is it just a dealer rip off?
• fiat tipo turbo diesel bad mileage 14 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  My car is constantly chucking out a cloud of dark grey/black smoke from the exhaust. The fuel and air filters have been changed recently and it doesn't use oil or water so I assume this is due to overfuelling??? Any ideas as to how I could adjust this myself????
• Amazing Astra 24 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Reading the latest news story makes me wonder what the service history of this car looks like. Has it had oil changes every 5,000 miles using Miller's or similar. Or has it had stuff Barry Mead picks up at the local spares shop for £2.99 a gallon? Whatever the secret is of this cars long life, it would be educational.
• pattern parts 10 Dec 2000 (Forum)
  My car is a 91 1.6 Astra which has covered 76000 miles. I change the oil regularly and was wondering what the difference is between a filter costing £2 from a local motor factor and either a champian filter from Halfords or GM from Vaxhaull. As the filter is only on the car about 3 months would it make any difference?
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  Should I have my Citroen Picasso's timing belt changed before a 2000-mile journey? 7 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  My 2003 Citroen Picasso 1997cc with a mileage of 84,000 has just had a tow bar fitted, and will be travelling with a caravan on a 2000-mile round trip....
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  Does my car need a service every year? 10 Jul 2018 (Ask HJ)
  We have had our Hyundai i10 main dealer serviced since new in 2010. This year it has only done 3500 miles so do I really need a service, or will the MoT...
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  Buying a used BMW - timing belt issues? 13 Dec 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I have seen a BMW 118d 2011, 61 reg, 3200 miles on the clock for £10990. Were these models affected by the timing belt issues on N47 engines. Should I...
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  Jaguar XJ diesel - any common problems? 30 Jun 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I'm thinking of changing my 2008 BMW 520D for a 2006-ish jag XJ 2.7 litre diesel. Other than body corrosion issues do you know of any specific issues/problems...
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  Exhaust Emission Light on a Corsa? 21 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
  First one is that there is a ticking noise on the engine when idle, (I have recently had the water pump changed). Second one is my Exhaust Emission...
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  Is this fuel economy acceptable for a Volkswagen Golf 1.6 TDI? 29 Oct 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I know you have reservations about the economy of the VW 1.6 TDI. I have now covered just over 30,000kms [19000 mls] and have averaged 62.3 mpg. Although...
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  Mercedes-Benz (Smart) servicing - what's your advice? 13 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My wife owns a 2008 Smart fourbytwo cabrio and is thinking of taking up the Mercedes servicing offer, which constitutes one A and one B service over a...
• 1999 VW Polo 1.9D (mk4) - cold spot/smoke 20 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  When I first bought my Polo it vibrated quite alot on tick over and got noisier,and so decide to give it an overhall.Firstly I changed the diesel filter/air filter and oil and oil filter replaced the timing belt and tensioner  aux belt and hydraulic valve lifters when doing this amongst other things  I had to remove the righthand engine mount under the car and noticed the nut and bolt connecting to the engine was undone and rattling then when I got to changing the cam belt I set the diesel pump sprocket at TDC and noticed the timing was out on the fltwheel mark  anyway put everything back together,but for some reason the car has developed a coldspot when first starting and within the coldspot it chucks out loads off smoke,so somewhere along the long it has got to be something to do with the idle booster from cold or in that area but dont know how to set it up.The engine runs ok once its is warmed up and has curd the vibration.Can anyone explain to me how to set the injector pump idle booster or cold start up.
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  What's causing my 1997 Audi A4 TDI to lose power? 18 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a 1997 Audi A4 TDI the other month. It was going great until I was going fast one morning, when the car's power just died on me. It now struggles...
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  Filter tip - auto transmission advice 14 Mar 2010 (Ask HJ)
  For 5 years the local Toyota Main Dealer has serviced my 150,000 mile 2001 Lexus RX300. I took it in with a slipping automatic transmission. He told me...
• Vectra C Eco-Service Query 15 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Why does it say this? If I press the odometer reset button with the ignition off, it flashes up 21,000 miles to next oil change. As I have done 700 miles since it has been serviced, It looks like the car is set up for variable oil change servicing. I didn't find the retailer helpful, so I am loathe to ask them again.