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• Troubled conscience 14 May 2005 (Forum)
  I put about 5 litres of darkish filtered recognisable oil into my paraffin drum for use in oil lamps when the electricity takes a holiday. So I was left with about 20 litres of crystal clear heating oil which occuped every spare closeable vessel in the garage by the time I had finished. Did I wait until the new plastic domestic oil tank arrives? Er, no, I added it to the 40 litres of diesel already in my car's fuel tank.
• Why are cooled seats not a more common option? 5 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  So ever since basically the start of September we've been hitting a daily average of about 28 to 35 degrees Celsius, and it's going to stay like that till roughly April, which means that the majority of our year  However I recently been looking into buying a new car for the wife and everyone seems to heated seats, no I mean they're probably really good in climates where it gets cold, but when the average winter temperature here really gets below about 10 degrees in most of the country, and even in the coldest parts it only get 2 maybe -5, it seems that for about the 3% of the country that gets really cold, heated seats and not much of a selling point.
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  Do turbocharged engines operate properly in first gear? 9 Oct 2016 (Ask HJ)
  Turbochargers on engines used not to operate in first gear or below 2000rpm. (diesel) or 3000rpm. (petrol). Is this still the case as I may in the future...
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  Vibrating Jaguar S-Type transmission 21 Mar 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Jaguar S-Type 2.7 Diesel Automatic, 05-plate with 77k miles. There is a shaking/vibration from the transmission when it is accelerating between...
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  VW Golf Mk3 engine problem 2 Jan 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I own a 1995 Volkswagen Golf MK3 1.8 cabriolet. I have recently discovered brown foaming in the radiator expansion chamber. The temperature guage inside...
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  Exhausted exhaust 28 Nov 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My son-in-law’s Peugeot 307SW has a light flashing saying the particulate filter wants servicing. He contacted his local Peugeot dealer who wants £400...
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  Cooling off, period 11 Jul 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2005 Vauxhall Zafira 1.8 16v. The heating system in the car is working, but when you turn the dial to cool air it doesn't blow cool. It’s warm....
• Rocket fuel ? the future ? 26 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  In a rocket the fuel is burned all in one shot, to get the thing airborne with the least possible delay. In a car, of course, it isn?t that way, controlled burning is needed. Researchers have found that if the iron is powdered to nanoparticles it reacts with oxygen so readily that it needs not much heat to get it going.
• 1996 BMW E36 Heater fault 21 May 2005 (Forum)
  I'm now driving a 1996 BMW 316i fitted with manual A/C that my family have owned from new. We've never had any noticeable heating problems with the car or any bother with the cooling system. However, the heater seems to have stopped blowing warm air, at best I'm able to get some lukewarm ait through if I turn the temperature dials (it has two) to maximum.
• Mercedes Benz - Artico trim 29 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  I've got mixed feelings about having leather seats in my next car. The leather in my S80 has been very easy to clean the dog hairs off, but despite being a light colour and heated seats, it's still cold in winter and hot in summer. Is Mercedes ARTICO man-made leather any better?
• BMW 318 i 99 model auto 26 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  Please Help. Car when hot or cold and with a/c off seem to vibrate and nearly cut out but never does, vibration increases and idle speed drops further when turning with heated screen on, with a/c on vibration falls away as idle speed is raised.
• External Temperature Sensor 18 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  I have always wondered this (I should find my interesting things to think about really)... How can the external air temperature sensor be accurate? Surely the heat from the engine and wind chill make it inaccurate. Also where is the sensor typically placed? It was very cold this morning, but I'm not convinced it was -2c like my car said!
• VW Golf mkII Heater fan stopped 28 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  The car heater fan has stopped working. Its been cutting out for a couple of weeks, but has now finally given up the ghost. Its not the fuse, and the heat still comes through, so its just the fan. Can anybody advise me what I should do?
• Overseas (Canada) Roadside Assistance Cover 19 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  Just returned from driving in Alberta, Canada. Hired a car from a reputable Car Hire firm in Calgary, after getting as advised an International Driving Permit and DVLA codes of which when told the assistant I had them. Looked blank as to why I had them. I am planning another trip shortly to Calgary.
• Renault Clio - water leak 19 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  Hi, I do hope you can help me. I've been having problems with my clio for approx 2years. When it rains the floor in my car is full of puddles of water. I've been trying to find where its coming from, been looking underneath the glove compartment and i have poured water over my windscreen to try and see where it is leaking from...but i've had no luck.
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol - car intermittantly missing 23 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  hi guys ive got a 2000 astra mk4 1.6 16v and 50% of the time it drives spot on smooth and quick. the other 50% of the time its will miss when you accelerate, feels same sort of symptoms like when you are running out of petrol and it starts juddering, then it will kick in again and be fine, recently changed oil and plugs so i can rule them out, any ideas would be greatly appreciated as i feel like throwing mi trolley jack through the windscreen at the moment lol....... cheers
• MOT stickers issued by MOT stations 7 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  Its seems to be that MOT testing stations now place a sticker on your windscreen with the date that the next MOT test is due. Is it a legal requirement to leave this sticker in place, or can you just peel it off? Its not a particularly attractive addition to any vehicle! It seems a great idea, so the authorities can see at a glance that a car has a current MOT, but what happens next year when all cars have this sticker in place?
• Rain water in Mondeo boot 12 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  All, I bought a Mondeo (1.8 TD Diesel, 1999 model) this summer, and in the last few weeks (since it started raining) have discovered that there is a lot of water in the boot of the car. This has travelled onto the back seat of the car - which is now constantly wet as a result. In fact, in the sunken housing where the spare tyre sits, I found literally 4 inches of water when I then extracted using as mug.
• Reversing Cameras 8 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  Reversing is a problem, and the specialist professional disability advisers can only recommend additional mirrors (they say this is the hardest disability to help people with). These fall off the windscreen anyway (the sticky pads cannot take the extra weight). But in these days of small covert cameras and Nissan Primeras with reversing TV images (she doesn\'t want as big a car as the Primera), does anyone know if such items can be sourced and retrofitted on cars?
• 306 heater/overheating 12 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  the car is a 93' pug 306 1.4, the car overheats slightly and the heater inside the car doesnt work, lve changed the thermostat and drained the system flushing through the best l could with the garden hose, refilled the system using a header tank on the expansion tank and bled the system, now getting some (not a lot) heat in the car, lm now thinking the heater matrix is partially blocked any suggestions how to unblock?