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• Ford Focus - 2000 Ford Focus 1.4 stalls at idle, dial probs 11 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  The car has recently been serviced with new brakes, spark plugs, oil change, air filter blah blah. I've just had the idle control valve cleaned, a new clutch has been put in (after 150k it needed one!) and the speed sensor has been replaced.
• Skoda Octavia II (2004 - ) - Octavia at 50 5 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Variable servicing so had two services, another should be due shortly (around 18k between services) and only had to put oil in once between services. Just had a full set of tyres, first set of fronts lasted 18k(Bridgestone) Dunlops took it to 49500 when all four were changed to Dunlops (SP Sport Fast response) last week.
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 96 1.25 cooling problems 6 May 2008 (Forum)
  another problem im having is that when i put my foot down from under 2000 rpm there is a rattling noise when the engine is under load and the last few days its happening all thro the rev range when i accelerate , its not a knocking noise but i cant explain it , i recently changed the oil and put 10w30 in there and that aint made any difference , any advice ? thanks in advance Darren
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - 98 1.25 Zetec Smoky engine 2 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Don't think its blowing but it's a bit loose and needs mounting correctly - It's not used any noticable amount of oil in the 200 or so miles I've driven - It's been filled with fully synthetic 5W/40 for the last few years - Car is a mid-1998 1.25 16v Fiesta Zetec - I've got another 1997 1.25 Fiesta LX that runs perfect I could swap parts from to try Cheers, it's cold so I'll stay inside and plan my next move...
• Volkswagen Polo III (1994 - 1999) - Rear wheel bearing - lose hub 14 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  For the past week or two I have become aware of a droning noise which I took to be possibly a wheel bearing on it's way out. I took the opportunity today (whilst performing an oil change) to jack the rear of the car up and examine each wheel for any play or 'grumbling' and was shocked to find that the drivers side rear had massive play e.g. I could rock it quite far - approx 1 or 2 cms - more than just slight movement.
• 96(N) Escort 1.8 Zetec Idle Speed 29 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  The guy i bought it off (workmate) did say he thought it was holding back a little so i don't think this problem has always been there. I had it serviced when i got it (approx 18 months ago) including cambelt, oil change, plugs, fuel filter, air filter but it made no difference. It's done 117,000 miles, and i don't really want to start buying parts to guess what the problem may be. Does anyone know if replacing any of the following might cure the problem?
• Peugeot 306 1.8 XT Juddering/idle probs 21 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  Once I start driving away I find the engine to be noisy, a slight knocking sound (nothing major). When I sit at a traffic light for example the car judders and idle really bad. I have changed all the sparkplugs, oil etc. Once thing I have noticed is when i turn the engine off the rev counters goes down to about 200-400 revs and not zero. When you turn he engine on it goes upto the correct revs about 1000.
• D'oh, why me? 3 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  Dabbed stain, rubbed it 'tween finger and thumb...felt oily!, sniffed it..came to conclusion twas brake fluid!. went back in house, changed into "muckys", went back out to car, popped bonnet, checked m/cylinder... full of yellowy stuff, checked power steering... full of red stuff, oil and water o.k. decided to check underneath, so gets humongous tree stump out of shed, lugs it round house to car, jacks front of car up and plonks it on stump.
• Citroen XM advice 18 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  Plan is to get 2 years of usage out of the car minimum - about 15k a year if that. Am capabable of basic servicing but always (for ease) get my oil changed at a fast fit outfit. Am I being stupid looking at these cars? Is their reputation one of those undeserved "myths"? Said specialist would be quite prepared to give a car the "once over" at a reasonable cost which I'll probably do.
• New user looking for some omega advice 20 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  It sounds a little clattery to me, not too serious but not silky smooth as I would expect. Next up is the auto box. Is it a good idea to get the oil changed in the transmission given its high mileage, vauxhall told me theres no need. I find in neutral the car idles very smooth but in drive when stationary (foot brake on) I can feel a little vibration.
• Death of my Xantia 11 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  I have enjoyed the car for 2 years, the mileage now reading 100,000 and I planned to keep it for two more. I looked after it and servicing was carried by me (well regular oil changes) and the more technical bits by a moonlighting Citroen mechanic which kept the bills down.The car always delivered over 45 mpg and more with careful driving. About 3 weeks ago I was tail ending whilst stationary in standing traffic on the M3.
• Pug lion is a duck 7 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  Cheers, they are not back in the office till monday! I have just worked a load of 12 hour shifts(driving my oil tanker) and do not have time to listen to greensleves on the phone.Is this the time to throw in the towel and buy an older jag,merc,lexus,bmw,audi.Why spend over 12K on a sensible little car if it cannot behave itself?
• Please give me a bus pass - not! 6 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  I have not looked in my mirrors but I am just issuing the change to the last customer and have shut the doors so look out I have already pulled out - oops!? Finally just to rub it all in the bus had a wonderful new advertising paint job which prevented you from looking through the back window to see if any passengers were getting up to get off or the bus stopping light was lit after someone had rung the bell.
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  Is there a known fault with the DSG on my 2012 Skoda Octavia? 20 Aug 2017 (Ask HJ)
  I've been told by my local Skoda dealer that my 2012 Octavia 1.8 TSi DSG Estate needs a new DSG as it suffered a failure. They found metal debris in the...
• Vauxhall Corsa C 1.7 DI GLS - Lack of Power/Gutless 18 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  I bought a second hand fuel pump from a 2004 car that had only done 46,000 miles as the bottom end was knocking after running out of engine oil. 14. I have now ordered new vacuum hoses for the EGR and boost control valves and the hose to the boost unit in case these are collapsing internally. I really am out of ideas now!
• Subaru Forester - First 2 months and 2,000 miles of ownership 27 Aug 2020 (Forum)
  Over the first few weeks I was really disappointed with the drive. It hesitated when I tried to take off, It seemed to kangaroo after gear changes. It has two ECU modes - I for “intelligent” and S for “sport”. I tried changing between the two, but no difference. I was when looking through the manual I found the suggested gear change speeds – in essence you need to keep the revs at about 2,000.
• SEAT Alhambra 2011 1.4 TSi - Car purchase help 24 Oct 2020 (Forum)
    But it's the MOTs past emmisson issue (I'm hoping a new exhaust would have solved this?) and repeated oil leaks which are causing me concern...  The sales guy told me the oil leak was fixed and they put new tyres on, but I'm not convinced. Should ask him if I can see paperwork confirmation that shows that the mot advisories have been fixed?
• Micra automatic 1.3 1998 - My Micra won't start; Please help !!!!! 8 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  Took it to a specialist auto garage who were less than useless, but whilst on the ramp, I now know the sound comes from just inside where the left drive shaft i.e. passenger side, exits the gearbox. Anyway, their answer was to pay £140 to have the transmission oil changed "to see if there is any metal in the oil" and offered not a hint as to what might be wrong with it. Needless to say I did not have the oil changed, but did buy some and topped it up, as it was very slightly low.
• Ford Focus Estate - My dreadful experience with an Rac car dealer 1 Oct 2018 (Forum)
  To cut a very long story short after another 5 to 6 weeks I was told by the rac that there team of experts didnt believe was caused by the clutch and more evidence was needed . I got the car fixed and as there was oil contamited inside the clutch I had that changed and treatment into the gearbox (as I coudnt afford a new gearbox as wel as a clutch ) Although doubting this would be covered in the warranty as the problem existed when I bought the car the garage then applied for this and had it turned down by the rac.
• VW Crafter CR35 2.5TDI - DPF!!! As usual. 20 Nov 2016 (Forum)
  Ok, instead of the normal service intervals of 17,500 miles as advertised and which is why we purchased the van, they have reduced it to have a service every 5,500 miles (which we do in about 3-4 months) and they mention the DPF light coming on is not a fault....i agree, its not - but we have this light come on every approx 4-7 days with the oil levels rising and a huge loss in MPG including when we regen the light does not turn off.. They are apparantly backing this up with the ECU readings, the computer is telling them that we are failing to comply with the correct regen procedure...if there was no problem then why the hell would VW assistance agree to get the van recovered every time & every time its in VW carry out a free oil and filter change.