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  What's causing my BMW 3 Series to misfire? 5 Sep 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have a BMW 3 Series automatic. Presently, the car misfired on the first start of the day, but clears after five minutes. I’ve replaced two coil packs,...
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  Is there any chance of a goodwill contribution from MINI over a failed Cooper S water pump? 24 Aug 2013 (Ask HJ)
  My daughter has a 2006 MINI Cooper S which needs a new water pump. Sytner MINI Sheffield has quoted £590. I read water pumps have been a problem. Do you...
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  What is this creamy-coloured deposit around our Clio's oil filler? 3 Aug 2013 (Ask HJ)
  There is a creamy coloured deposit in the oil filler of my wife's 2008 Clio 1.2TCE (26k miles). The water level and oil level are normal and the oil is...
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  Turbo problems 5 Jul 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2007 Ford Focus. The car suffered with injector problems and I fitted a new turbo and all the trimmings as advised by my local mechanic, but now,...
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  Cold starting problem on Xsara Picasso 20 Feb 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2005 Xsara Picasso. In freezing temperatures, if I do not use the car every day, it will not start first thing in a morning. I have had a new...
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  MGF engine over revving when hot and stopped in traffic. 16 Oct 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have an MGF. The engine starts OK and runs smooth at speed but when I come to a stop at the lights or enter a garage the revs go up and down between...
• Ford Focus - Temperature Guage issues - ford focus 26 May 2012 (Forum)
  I discovered my coolant reservoir was completely empty and we had a leak in the system which turned out to be some cracked housing. This was replaced along with the thermometer and coolant replaced. After a day the temp guage kept shooting to red.
• Ford Focus 1.8 petrol 2003 - ford focus - please diagnose my leak!! 23 Aug 2011 (Forum)
    i pulled over straight away, which fortunately was next to a service station. checking under the bonnet the coolant level was right down, so i topped it up with water just to get me home.  fortunately i made it back home driving very carefully, warning lights still on, but temperature back down to normal i checked the coolant level again when i got home (about 30 mins later) and it was nearly all gone.
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  Windscreen washers 22 Dec 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I live in the country and iced-up windscreens and frozen washer jets are a problem most winters, not just this one. Do you have a solution to the problem...
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  Is the SEAT Ibiza ST Sport a good replacement for my Altea? 27 Oct 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I am recently retired and now only doing short journeys around town with the occasional long motorway trip. I am following your advice by changing from...
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  Should I buy this 2001 Rover 75 with a new engine fitted? 1 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I phoned a guy who is selling a petrol 2001 Rover 75 1.8 Club. He is selling this car for £1300 and says he has put a new clutch and a new engine in it....
• Mazda MPV 2002 - Discovered fault after 3 weeks, where do I stand. 5 May 2010 (Forum)
    All was well until yesterday when we couldn't get any warm air from the heater.  I checked the coolant level and found the header tank empty and it took a litre to refill, after which we started to get warm air back through the heater - obviously there wasn't sufficient coolant in the system to feed the heater matrix.
• Rover 200 (1995 - 1999) - 1998 1.4 - 214 overheating - help! 5 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  I switched the engine off to give it time to cool down but then it took a while to start again. When I got home and let the car cool down I opened the bonnet and realised that the coolant was empty. I filled this up and the car was then running fine...... until a couple of days ago. The same thing happened to me again and when i looked under the bonnet the coolant was empty again.
• BMW 318 E46 Coolant System Troubles 18 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  I have an S Reg BMW 318iSE which has done 78000 miles and twice in the space of a 1.5 years the car has broken down with cooling system problems. The first...
• Audi A3 2015. 2.0 TDI - TDI 184 main fan comes on a lot, where is CTS? 24 Oct 2023 (Forum)
     Never overheats, temp gauge rises to the middle and stays there!  My mechanic read the codes and said Coolant temp sensor no.2 shows no reading, and is U/S! I have bought both CTS anyway, PN 059919501a, the smaller one, and the other, PN 8170794RMP Where are these located, and are they easy to swap out?
• Ford cmax 1.6 tdci 2011 - Cmax over cooling 28 Dec 2022 (Forum)
  My cmax coolant reaches 85c eventually on a run then drops back to 60 it will not reach proper operating temperature without alot of revs. If I turn off the heater in the car it will then work OK until I turn it back on.
• SantaFe 2.2-155-4x4-no dpf - Oil specifications 29 Jun 2019 (Forum)
  Hi,  Looking to change all fluids on my car. Managed to find the specs for power steering,engine oil and coolant but can't seem to find anything on the transmission, transfer case and rear diferential. Only thing that i could find is that the rear diferential and transfer case use api gl5 and the transmission uses api gl4.
• What's happened to weekly/monthly quick checks? 28 Nov 2016 (Forum)
  In my residential area and even at petrol stations I hardly EVER now see  1) Oil being checked with dipstick etc 2) Coolant/windscreen water being topped up 3) Tyre pressures being checked 4) Car being washed. 5) I was going to add that it is also very rare to see a car bonnet UP! Most cars I see are fairly new, some luxury, many 4x4's all with, I suspect, long service intervals.
• vauxhall vectra B - part x leaking 14 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  I have noticed my car has developed a leak its pink and coming from the radiator it looks. my engine coolant keeps needing topping up over the last 3 days and theres a large puddle at the front of my car every time i stop.   do i get the car fixed before i go to the deal or tell them its leaking and risk blowing the whole deal?
• focus mk1 1800 petrol zetec - timing belt and waterpump change 20 May 2016 (Forum)
  Hi. Think the waterpump has gone and Im dripping coolant by the OSF wheel. I have asked for a few quotes and they seem to think they dont need to take the timing belt off ( I had it changed 8/10 k ago about 18 months ago ) to change the pump but everywhere else I look tells me the pump runs off the timing belt?