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• Mitsi Shogun Sport Trojan 2006 - Aux power sockets 7 Nov 2013 (Forum)
   I do not have a manual/wiring diagram, so locating the whereabouts of the possible offender is proving a bit tricky. I am now wondering if there is a relay that has gone. Failing that I have run out of ideas. Anyone help please?
• 2010 mazda 6 sport - Mazda 6 2.2 diesel fitting sechand injectors? 17 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  Have a mazda 6 2.2 R2AA diesel car with 3 bad injectors, i can source very good tested second hand injectors but if i fit them will my car run ok on them or will they need reprogrammed by Mazda to get car going? new injectors with dealer is £550 plus vat each so don't want to waste money getting second hand injectors if they need to be or can't be reprogrammed?
• ford mondeo 2.0 ghia - vacume noise 15 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  hi, does any body know what a whoomp noise (like a vacume pump ) when i turn left or right , when car is stationary, also when the car has been run for a while and you restart it the rpms go up and down , and the vacume noise goes in and out with it ?, there does not seem to be loss of power steering fluids, and no other problems with driving,.. any ideas would be grateful. thanks.. the car is a 51 plate 2.0 litre ghia, this problem only seems to have started since i had a clutch and flywheel change.?
• Ford Fiesta Mk4 1999 - Delayed dipped beam 4 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  Hi guys just recently ive been having a long delay with my dipped beam coming on when engine is running the sidelights come on fine when the stork is turned fully but dipped eventually comes on which is not normal. Plus last couple of nights there has been cases where as im driving with lights fully on the dipped has switched off once ive pulled over kept moving the stork on and off eventually they come back on ?
• Skoda Citigo - Steering veering left after having full left lock 30 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  Steering veering left after having full left lock on parked up. Dealer can find no fault after running all tests and having taken advice from HQ. Been at dealers over a week. They're doing one last test from cold on Monday then, if no problem, I get it back, to wait until it happens again. Numerous reports of same on VW Up owners forum but skoda not interested in that.
• Nissan Navara D22 - failed crankshaft after only 12000 miles 16 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  As far as i'm concerned this falls under the sales of goods act , as the shaft was not fit for purpose/ i'm the unlucky 1 in 1000 its happened to. their is no other contributer to the failer but with the fer member dening any responsibility for the supplied new crankshaft i have costs running into 1000s what should i do.
• Chrysler Grande Voyager - Chrysler Grande Voyager cutting out 26 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  It usually starts up again if we get out of the car and rock it from side to side ????? Recently we had our car in the garage as it would not run, it had a service, new pipes, leads etc, they also disconnected our gas conversion as they thought this was the problem. But now one month on and £550 later we are in this situation as above???
• Ford Fiesta - 2005 Fiesta Clutch or Gearbox Problems - URGENT 16 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  However, the clutch is NOT slipping at all. It goes into gear fine when the engine is not running, which to me indicates a clutch problem When sitting in first gear with the clutch to the floor, the car still judders a bit as if the clutch is still making contact, stick it in neutral and this stops   Its a 1.4 Duratec.
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  Which 3 Series without too many gadgets? 28 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
  My 206,000 mile BMW 530d needs to be replaced. How recent a 3 series can I buy while avoiding recent electronic bling like stop start and run flat tyres?
• Oil change, x miles/1yr, whichever comes sooner 26 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  I changed the oil and filter in my TR7 in 1989 [51,000m], 1993 [56,000]  1997 [58,000] and 2002 [60,800].   It still runs perfectly and I shall change it this year [67,000ish] when it gets a bit warmer.  Let's have a bit of educated common sense here, oil doesn't go 'off'  significantly after a mere 365 days!
• N/a - Noise pollution from buses 27 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  Has anyone else noticed how appallingly noisy many double decker buses are now? Around here the fleet run by FirstBus are rear engined with huge cooling fans behind a grille on the right rear, the fan noise drowns the engine sound as they pull away or grind up the many hills. Years ago I worked on the development of temperature sensing fan drives for heavy trucks, the market for which devices had grown due to noise legislation, based on drive-by tests.
• Renault megane 2004 - losing power when driving at low revs 12 Mar 2013 (Forum)
  The car has been running fine for ages but all of a sudden it has lost all power up to about 3thousand revs and struggles to make it up hills, the car is also rocking when it is ticking over. An orange light has come on which I think is the engine light but can't make out the symbol.
• Jaguar X-Type 3.0 SE - Key Transmitters failure 2 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  Apart from throwing myself at the mercy of a Jaguar dealer, is there anything simple that can be tried to get it up and running again?
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol - astra g (2003) automatic gearbox fault 1 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  hi all, hope someone has come across this before, have got an astra 2003 1.6 automatic, had a gearbox put in it about 5-6 months ago and it been running ok, parked the car up this evening, left it for about an hour and had to go back out, started the car and went to move the gear shifter and it just moved up and down and did not engage, the car wont move as its stuck in park.
• Advice needed car allowance car 35k miles a year 7 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  The allowance stipulates the car must be less than 5 years old and you get paid more the lower the emissions. I currently run a Hyundai I30 that is coming up to five years old and not really big enough. I need a reliable estate but max I can only pay is 5k plus px on the Hyundai. Any advice appreciated.
• MINI Cooper D 2007 - oil pressure/engine knocking 27 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  She heard a noise in the engine, felt the pedal was a bit funny, ( loosing power i'd say) oil light came on, drove about another mile and finished her journey. Now start the car when its cold it runs fine no lights on, until it heats up a bit  and thins the oil of course, lights on and starts kocking and rattling. Is it worth putting a new oil pump in and seeing if it will sort it out long enough to sell it??
• Zetec 1.25, 2000 - Fiesta fuel pump 21 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  Car was left 4 weeks while owner away.  Now fuel pump does not run for 1~2 secs when ignition turned on and car will not start .  I have checked the fuse (31) and that the cut-out has not popped. Which is the fuel pump relay please?  (I cannot tell from the Haynes manual.)
• 2001 Peugeot 306 2.0l hdi - Hot starting fault 17 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  When it is hot it is much worse some times not starting at all. I can get it to start with a little squirt of brake cleaner and then it runs with no problem untill i try to start it again. What is really strange is that I changed the fuel filter housing and it was fine for a few days then slowly developed the fault again. I have also changed the cam sensor.
• Skoda Superb 1.9 tdi 130 - engine surging when de-powering 22 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  not quite sure how to describe this problem - not that i'm intending to try to fix it myself but would be good to go to my mechanic with half an idea of what it might be... basically, the car runs absolutely fine until I'm travelling at highish speed in 4th or 5th gear, when i take the gas off to coast or to slow down, the engine gives little surges and then depowers. It's almost as if there is fuel injected and then cut off - the result is a jerky deceleration.
• Peugeot 1.4 HDi - Fuel problems 1 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  I decided to park overnight facing uphill and the car is very difficult to start. Priming puts fuel into the pipe, but it then runs back out. There is a lot of air in the fuel. Is there a none return valve in the fuel feed? Also does anyone have a diagram for the fuel system pipes as I cannot follow them very easily.