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• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 00 2.0L petrol, 128 bhp, difficult starting 13 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  hi, my 2.0 focus is proving increasingly difficult to start from cold - it typically takes 2-3 attempts (starter motor sounds normal) before it catches, and usually only with a dab of throttle (which I know isn't the best way to start cars...). Once started, it runs fine, also starts fine when engine warm. No fault codes showing when I ran it through diagnostic equipment at local garage. HT leads? Battery? - Don't want to to start replacing items at random before having half an idea what the cause might be!
• Recommend a good electric tyre/air pump? 13 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  I treated myself to an electric tyre / air pump from H'fords a couple of years ago. Now, SWMBO managed to run over it on the drive this afternoon. Yes, I know...... Tee blinkin' Hee ! Naturally, apparently this is my fault for leaving it there as opposed to hers for not seeing a largish brightly coloured object in plain view in broad daylight etc etc !
• Volkswagen T4 Caravelle (1994 - 2003) - 2002 2.5TD Engine Management light-generic reader? 2 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  Hi My engine management light has came on breifly today in my VW Transporter. Every time this has happened in various vehicles its always cost much more to run the software than it has to get the part. Last time I had it done on the VW I think it was ~£70 Will the generic readers on ebay do the trick? e.g.: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VOLKSWAGEN-AUDI-SEAT-SKODA-CAR-FAULT-CODE-READER-U281_W0QQitemZ120213408937QQihZ002QQcategoryZ30921QQcmdZViewItem P.S.
• Toyota Yaris II/Vitz (2006 - ) - (2006-) D4D Ride Quality 14 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Another factor which must contribute to this harshness is the tyre pressures. Why is it necessary for the front tyres to be inflated to 36psi? Has anyone any experience of running at lower pressures and has anyone found other ways of improving the ride quality?
• Effect of speed on emissions 13 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  A development of the "Effect of Speed on economy" thread, though a different point: This is a little simplistic and does not account for appropriate gears etc however an engine does not run at it's most efficient at very low revs, i.e low road speeds, therefore while increased drag and rolling resistance will generally cause it to consume more fuel at higher road speeds the engine is likely to be operating nearer peak efficiency at higher road speeds and therefore will be more effectively burning the fuel it is using and thus be emitting much less in the way of hydrocarbons albeit while producing a little more in the way of CO2.
• Accurate Fuel Gauges 22 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  What I want is a simple measure of capacity, I do not want a 'fill up now, fill up now!!' gauge. I do not want to feel fear that I may run out because I do not know how much is left, all I want is accuracy; is this impossible? Comments welcome.
• Peugeot 406 (1999 - 2004) - T reg 2.0 petrol - engine judder and hesitation 18 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  I have a T reg 406 2.0 petrol estate (facelift model) which runs fine when cold but as the engine warms up to temperature the car has an intermittent judder or hesitation when driving. It almost feels like a missfire or momentary loss of power and seems to happen completely at random.
• Editing of IHAQ Vols 212 and 213. 10 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  JBJ's response to Cheddar's camera question has now been tacked onto the thread within 212 and therefore runs logically. I hid the Bank Branch question under the stairs for a while and then took it out, dusted it off and put it into Vol 213 once the paint had dried on it. It all took some time 'cos I lost the glue pot - your posts weren't deleted or changed in anyway just stuck to my fingers for a while !
• Skoda Superb (2002 - 2008 ) - cambelt-siezure 9 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  if you need more ammo , sign me up. my car (skoda superb 1.8t classic) just siezed up at 45,000 right after a service,2weeks. i don`t blame the garage i personally checked the oil when it went it was clean and plenty of it but we`ve had it 2 and a half years with skoda services until it was out of warranty and all it does is the school run and a bit of shopping surely it should`nt just die like that if i`d wanted to throw money away i`d have got into gambling. many thank`s if you can resolve this or shed some light or even point the way to something else.
• Ford C-MAX (2003 - 2010) - 54 plate 1.6 bonnet lock faulty 1 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  i cant believe it, i have just fixed the boot lock on this car and straight away the bonnet lock breaks on the same day, i am putting the key in, i turn it left it just clicks and nothing happens...bonnet stays locked, it worked the day before without problem wasnt stiff or anything like that, as far as i can see into the grill it has a short flexible cable(about as thick as a pencil) running from the key barrel to the bonnet release mechanism(which i cant see). there is nothing i can see that is obviously wrong, anyone else had this problem and knows what the fix is?. regards, graham.
• Toyota Corolla (1997 to 2002) - E11 1.3 4E-FE cold starting problem 13 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Nice car, but it wouldnt start this morning (and didn't even seem like it was close to doing so) but started instantly when I got home from work (even though it was still v.cold!!) and was just after some ideas. I recently renewed the sparkplugs and HT leads and it runs great otherwise so I don't think its timing or ignition related? Do these cars have some sort of cold-start sensor? Thanks chaps. PS, no engine management lights are showing, and starter spins over nice and quick.
• 1970's car technology today 31 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  It was also the first car I owned where I never had to spend a penny on rust removers. (My plastic pig excepted, of course). How many other run of the mill cars do people think would still cut it? --
• Renault Clio II (2001 - 2007) - 03 carbon cannister and accelerator problems 30 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  I have a renault clio 2003 03 plate dynamique with some crash damaged now repaired i fitted a new carbon cannister + evap valve but i think i may have a pipe missing, i have a pipe +wire loom plug on the valve on the top, but on the cannister i have only one pipe but looks like there should be 2 can any one help??? Also when i was running the engine up all was going good no air locks and fan cut in, after finishing this i turned the engine off for ten mins the on restarting the accelerator does not work at all can any one help??? SLT
• Definition of driving when using mobile phone 23 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  I understand that the law prohibits the use of a hand held when moving and also stationary with the engine running. Someone has now told me that it may be rather foolish to use a hand held when sitting in the driver's seat with the engine off. According to this 'someone' the police may assume that the engine was swiftly switched off when the driver saw an officer approaching.
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 04 plate 130 TDC - Lack of power 17 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  My 38k Mondeo has just started having an intermittent problem. It looses power. It runs but only revs very slowly - I just got out accelerated by a double decker bus!! I've noticed that when this happens the temperature gauge also stops working. If I stop, switch off and then on again (rebooting it?
• Audi A4 (1995 - 2000) - yr 1996 - 1.8 petrol engine. Erratic tickover 16 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Is it an easy job? Where is the cheapest place to buy one? Would a secondhand one be OK to get the car running to sell? Thanks for any advice Stewart
• Mercedes Benz C-Class W203 (2000 - 2007) - mercedes oil pressure 11 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  you get so many different answers on how to check diesel oil levels that it is confusing. some say check when cold, others when hot and yet some say run it, let it cool 10 mins then check it. Anyone sure of the best way to check levels?
• Quick tyre question 10 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Wife's car goes in for MOT tomorrow and I know it needs two front tyres - tracking was out and outer edge is worn so was going to get two more Toyo Proxies Tr1's (195/50/15)- only problem is I don't trust garage to track it if it needs it again with new tyres and garage I trust is a good run so I rang garage that tracks and they can offer two Avon ZV3's at £45 each (Toyo £47) Has anyone got ZV3 on their car -if so what do you think of them - Toyo's have good wet grip and wear quite well (if tracked properly) - If I go for Toyo will get them to check track but not adjust it.
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - 1999 1.9 - eratic idle 9 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  then i get a poping noise when i rev and the choke does not come on. I also checked when i undo the engine filler cap i get a suction, do bmw suck in when engine running. Any help much appricated.
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - Flashing glow plug light 24 Sep 2007 (Forum)
  Hi, all I have recently got the infamous glow plug problem in my 2002 mondeo TDCi. The car is running all right but not enough power, like no turbo. RAC got the error code p2336, is something called injector 1 below threshold. I have checked on Google and found out that this need recalibration of the injector.