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• LPG: Where can I get my car converted to run on LPG? (FAQs)
  UK LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) is wellhead gas, rather than refined from crude oil, and current estimates are that there is enough under the North Sea to last 40 to 60 years. Usually a petrol engined car running on LPG suffers a 10% to 20% increase in fuel consumption. If it uses significantly more LPG in comparison to petrol the reason might be the siting of a crucial part of the conversion, or it may be that the fuel stations are short changing the amount of LPG they supply.
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  Top 10: Gifts for Women (Article)
  >> Read our full review Women's Home DIY: Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual How many blokes at Haynes does it take to change a light bulb? None. The girls have beaten them to it. They've also fixed the leaky tap, put up the shelves, tiled the kitchen, insulated the loft and changed the oil in the car. Why wait around for a tradesman, friend, family etc to help you do DIY around the house when you can learn all the skills you need to do it yourself?
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  Top 10: Gifts for Women (Article)
  >> Read our full review Women's Home DIY: Haynes Owners' Workshop Manual How many blokes at Haynes does it take to change a light bulb? None. The girls have beaten them to it. They've also fixed the leaky tap, put up the shelves, tiled the kitchen, insulated the loft and changed the oil in the car. Why wait around for a tradesman, friend, family etc to help you do DIY around the house when you can learn all the skills you need to do it yourself?
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  Top 10: Father's Day Gifts for petrolheads (Article)
  That’s enough to get most at home maintenance jobs done – though there are various other essentials an aspiring home mechanic will need for jobs like oil changes or brake maintenance. But don’t worry – we’ve got a top 10 guide to those here too. Click here to see it .   How To Drive by Ben Collins - £12.99 RRP Former Stig and professional stunt driver Ben Collins is probably one of the best people in the world to teach you how to drive – and that’s precisely what he has done in his new book.
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  How to buy a classic car (Article)
  Your complete guide to buying a classic car
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  Top 10: Gifts for teenagers (Article)
  aff=512&utm_source=AffiliateWindow&utm_medium=Affiliates&utm_content=Standard&utm_campaign=Feed&aff=512&awc=550_1571410912_122d766b241525c8631ff859ef6b3f88">Star Wars set comes with four masks featuring your intergalactic favourites; Chewbacca: A moisturising mask packed with coconut oil to hydrate your skin - Darth Vader: A powerful mask infused with anti-ageing black tea extract - Yoda: Cucumber, it’s full of. Cool and soothe, it will - C3PO: Oh my goodness, you’ve got a golden glow!
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  Top 10: Gifts for teenagers (Article)
  aff=512&utm_source=AffiliateWindow&utm_medium=Affiliates&utm_content=Standard&utm_campaign=Feed&aff=512&awc=550_1571410912_122d766b241525c8631ff859ef6b3f88">Star Wars set comes with four masks featuring your intergalactic favourites; Chewbacca: A moisturising mask packed with coconut oil to hydrate your skin - Darth Vader: A powerful mask infused with anti-ageing black tea extract - Yoda: Cucumber, it’s full of. Cool and soothe, it will - C3PO: Oh my goodness, you’ve got a golden glow!
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  Top 10: Cafe racers in 2023 (Article)
  The ride and handling are better, too, courtesy of new KYB front forks. Perhaps one of the most notable changes to the Street Twin is the addition of rider modes. This gives you a choice of Road or Rain settings and there’s quite a marked difference between them, with the Road setting giving a much sharper throttle response.
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  Used Van Buying Guide: Dispatch 2007-2016 (Article)
  The majority in the classifieds are the 1.6 HDI 90 model, upping the budget to £3000-£4000 doing little to change that. Here you’ll shave a good 40-60,000 miles off the odometer, and start finding post-2012 facelifted examples which come with better levels of standard equipment. Crew vans start to appear at this price point, many being priced a touch high with opportunistic sellers highlighting the potential to convert them into campers.
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  Christmas Gift Guide 2019 (Article)
  width=409&height=409&mode=max" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/d8b01fa500004408a51e1b1ca8df7132" /> Each pack comes with four masks featuring your intergalactic favourites;  Chewbacca: A moisturising mask packed with coconut oil to hydrate your skin - Darth Vader: A powerful mask infused with anti-ageing black tea extract - Yoda: Cucumber, it’s full of. Cool and soothe, it will - C3PO: Oh my goodness, you’ve got a golden glow!
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  Buying and selling a van on eBay (Article)
  Happily this is reduced for vehicles, so you pay one per cent of the final value, with a minimum of £25 and a maximum of £45. For business sellers this changes to 0.9 per cent, with a minimum and maximum of £21.99 and £39.49. As a seller, eBay also insists that you have a Paypal account and that you offer these as a means of payment for your vehicle.
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  How to buy a scooter (Article)
  If you passed your driving test before 1 February 2001, you can ride a moped without any training or changes to your licence. To ride any other two-wheeler with an engine larger than 50cc, you must complete a CBT course. Drivers who passed their test on or after 1 February 2001 can ride a moped as soon as they have passed a CBT course.
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  Up to £276 For a Franchised Dealer Oil Change 27 Feb 2006 (News)
  Franchises are charging up-to £300 to change engine oil and filter. It takes about 20 minutes to change the oil in most vehicles. Less if the less than satisfactory siphon method is used, which leaves old contaminants in the sump pan.
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  One-in-five drivers leaves oil checks too late 1 Jul 2013 (News)
  Furthermore, when it comes to actually checking oil more than half (51.6%) of drivers let someone else do the job, whether that be a friend, relative or someone at a garage. 60.2% of respondents to the survey said they had their oil changed once a month at most, while 45.7% didn’t know what the recommended oil change interval for their car was.
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  Ask HJ: What’s trending October 2012? 25 Oct 2012 (News)
  Click here to see more Q&As about cam belts . A cam belt change can be quite expensive, but keeping on top of oil changes shouldn’t be too pricey and will prolong the life of your engine. October saw quite a few queries about engine oil, including one from a reader who is quite religious about them: “I change the oil twice a year with Total 5w/30 fully synthetic oil.
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  Special Oil For Original Minis 12 Feb 2009 (News)
  A lot has changed in 50 years but Millers Oils passion for the classic Mini has never waned. So to celebrate half a century of this sixties icon, the specialist automotive oils and lubricants manufacturer has launched an improved engine oil design specifically for the original Mini.
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  Millers Oils Launches Spill Free Oil 'Can' 4 Jun 2014 (News)
  The design follows Millers Oils’ recognition of the difficulties and issues consumers face when topping up and changing oil at home. “An independent test has shown that 80% of cars that go into garages are low on oil,” says Mark Berry, Business Development Manager - Automotive, Millers Oils.
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  Best Oil Brands & Oil Manufacturers 8 Jul 2019 (News)
  You may not give it much thought but oil is the lifeblood of your car’s engine, and using the wrong kind or an inferior brand could end up costing you dearly. Our guide will take you through the major brands and what they offer.   Don't forget, if you're changing oil, you're going to need an oil drip tray
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  Now Drivers Can Get The Condition of Their Oil Checked 13 Jun 2014 (News)
  The condition of a car's oil can tell a lot about an engine. So now Millers Oils is offering a professional analysis of engine oil, for lubricity and contamination. Millers Oils has launched an oil analysis service called MillerCare, which enables drivers to investigate the health of their engine or transmission.
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  Pajero Recall 13 Mar 2001 (News)
  European market Shoguns and Pajeros have a torque converter lock-up on second gear and above. But the automatic transmission change points are mapped differently for Japanese market Pajeros. In heavy traffic or when towing this can lead to an excessive number of changes in and out of first gear which overheats the automatic transmission fluid and splits the oil cooler fitted integral to the radiator.