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  Could a water leak be a head gasket problem? 5 Aug 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I just put a deposit down on a car. The seller says it has a water leak "due to a compressed water supply" which to me sounds like maybe a damaged pipe...
• Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec 2007. - Driveshaft oil seals 19 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  General question. I believe that on my car at least (perhaps on all cars, I don't know) the gearbox end of the driveshaft rotates within a fixed oil seal which has no moving parts. If so, why is the rubber seal not melted by the heat created by the friction of the rotating shaft?
• Motoring in music 20 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Listening to one of my new Beatles CDs in the car on the way home started me thinking about motoring lyrics and motoring song titles. Taxman, by the Fab Four, still rings true today: If you drive a car, I'll tax the street, If you try to sit, I'll tax your seat, If you get too cold, I'll tax the heat, If you take a walk, I'll tax your feet.
• Tightening up roof-lining material 30 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  My car has an after market glass electric s/roof fitted. It's an extremely good one but the car is 8 now and where the original rooflining was re-applied to the sliding panel underneath the glass roof, it has become a little bit creased.
• Golf thermostat 6 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  One of my customers has been fiddling as his car is over heating. He has replaced the thermostat. I'm fitting a new rad on fri. but I wanted to check if he had the thermostat the right way round. If I remember these can be fitted both ways. the car is a 1600 f-plate with the W-pump and thermostat at the bottom of the engine, with the thermostat inside the pump but joining the bottom radiator hose.
• auto box sump plug 2 Sep 2002 (Forum)
  tried all that but no joy got a round bolt lol so i think i have too options. 1) Weld a nut to oldthe round bolt will this type of heat will destroy auto oil?. 2)Remove sump remove sump nut fit new nut gaskets and oil filter and oil change. CARS WHO NEEDS CARS LOl >> can anyone please tell me how i might undo the filler
• Mazda 2 (2011) - Front Suspension Really Soft Is This Normal? 27 Nov 2020 (Forum)
    It's done 59,000 miles and is pretty good.  The only thing I don't like about it is how much it bobs around at the front.  Pushing the car down at it's corners, it is much stiffer at the rear, but the front is pretty easy to push down at both corners.  I'm thinking of replacing the front dampers at it looks like a really simple job.
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  Is it legal to drive a car with a broken fog light lens? 17 Jul 2023 (Ask HJ)
  I have been supplied with a hire car by my employer for work, which was previously used by another employee. It has a front fog lamp with a broken glass...
• Peugeot 108 - Axle Stands 26 Jul 2020 (Forum)
  I would like to change the oil on my daughter's car.  It is a Peugeot 108. If I jack the car up at the jacking up points (pinch weld just behind the front wheel), there is not enough space to put the axle stand to provide extra support. I have two options: 1) jack up the back of the car a bit higher, and fit the axle stand on the front pinch weld.
• Vauxhall Astra - Astra cooling 15 Jun 2021 (Forum)
  Can any one help I have a 2016 Astra 1.0t the car does not over heat but I have noticed the bottom hose stays stone cold all the time the top hose slowly gets hot and slowly moves accross the rad At has new rad and thermostat on bottom hose I have to drive around 80 miles to get the rad hot all over
• Almera SE - CD player removal 9 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  I have a Nissan Almera 1.5 SE 2005 and I need to remove the CD player. I have looked online a few times and can't find any information for my car. I have the large central display screen with the single disc CD player underneath the heating/volume control panel. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance ??
• Mazda 5 - Radio not working and light flicker on radio 3 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  Start my car last night, notice light from radio dash was flickering(only on that part) all the rest light on dash and heating, aircon, etc. was ok. And when press power button radio, not working. Tried press any button radio faceplate, unresponsive.
• vw polo 1.0E 2001 - delayed electrics 3 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  my Daughter has recently bought the above car on a 51 reg.it has developed a rather unusual quirkyness. it starts first time every time but the wipers indicators heater blowers and heated rear screen do not  function straight off.you need to sit for about 5 minutes with the engine running and then as if by magic everything comes to life.what could possibly be causing this?
• Skoda - 09 2.0 Keeping New Alloy Wheels Clean 22 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  My new car will have a protective paint sealant (I know , probably snake oil) but the garage refused to apply the sealant to the wheels with vague caveats about the heat from the brakes. Anyone successfully protected their wheels?
• Winter running 26 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Since the dip in temperature round these parts, the only way I can get my motorbike to register anywhere near normal on the water temperature gauge is to use the old trick of blocking off half the radiator with a piece of cardboard. That got me wondering if owners of modern cars with big power outputs and bigger air intakes have to do similar in winter to get any heat into the engine ? Not sure if this is miscellaneous or green motoring.
• Volvo 760 door mirror 9 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  My mum has broken the glass in the door mirror of her Volvo 760 in a narrow road. It's electric and heated so will be expensive to replace the whole unit on an old car. But I had a closer look today and the casing is intact, only the glass is cracked. Anyone know if just the glass can be replaced or does she have to get the whole unit replaced by Volvo?
• fully synthetic oil prices 28 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  Found an alternative supply of this stuff at a price somewhat less than the stratospheric levels charged in retail car accesories shops. It's called Castrol CONSTAB PS - 10W/40 fully synthetic - £43 plus VAT for a 25 litre drum. Available from the likes of Lubricant/Central heating oil distributors and normally supplied to Police Authorities ( hence the name, I suppose...)
• Seized nuts and bolts 2 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  / penetrating oil/heat /nut splitter /hacksaw /grinder but what about those inaccessible positions? Pete
• Jaguar XF - Shuddering steering wheel when braking 13 Feb 2018 (Forum)
    I use a guy who has set up a mobile garage, he used to be a mechanic at a premium brand dealership for many years.  I took the car for a drive with him to see and he said I needed new front pads and discs changed.  He fitted Pagid pads and discs on both front wheels. The shaking stopped for a while but now has started up again.
• JB Weld - Testing High Temp Epoxy 1 Jun 2023 (Forum)
  JB Weld test pieces used previously (and therefore high temp cured) were compared with Bondite epoxy, No failures in any samples during a maximum of 40 minutes heating. Superior heat resistance of JB Weld over Bondite is thus uncomfirmed ATPIT, (would require higher temperatures) but Bondite is a “fast” epoxy (4 mins) so gives insufficient working time and is probably weaker.