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Ford Focus 1998 1.8tdi oil type and capacilty As the subject Sons car no hand book Need engine oil type and capacity what cheapish oil would the panel recommend Regards ... 7 Feb 2010 07:36
Peugeot 306 HDi code reader I'm looking for a code reader/scanner for a 1999 Pug 306, if it could reset the airbag light it would be a bonus :) Does anyone have any cheapish recommendations ? Thanks in advance :) -- Tony Bond / UncleFista www.bradford7.co.uk Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra. Whi... 2 Feb 2010 19:04
Broken Springs, All makes of Cars Hi To All Is it just me, I have never known so many road springs to break. On All makes of Cars. This year I have replaced 7 ,Last year 27, 5 years ago ZERO. I know we all say pot holes but is that the answer to the spring breaking or is it more material's mike d ... 5 Feb 2010 12:53
Pug 206 water ingress My daughter's 206 is letting in water, which is lying in a puddle beneath the back seats and making them wet. She tells me that someone at work has the same problem, as does a friend of that workmate, so I assume it's common on these. Any experience of it and how it's sorted would be handy before I get to have ... 4 Feb 2010 15:46
Crazing of glass (plastic) cover screen on Ford Focus instrumentpod On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:23:51 -0000, HowardB <howard(a)nospam.com> wrote: Hi I originally posted this in the Ford Focus group, without any response. I wonder whether anyone here can help me? I have a Nov 2005 (55 reg) Focus Zetec (Mk 2 UK model) and there seem to be growing cracks in the gl... 2 Feb 2010 19:04
Crazing of glass (plastic) cover screen on Ford Focus instrument pod Hi I originally posted this in the Ford Focus group, without any response. I wonder whether anyone here can help me? I have a Nov 2005 (55 reg) Focus Zetec (Mk 2 UK model) and there seem to be growing cracks in the glass/plastic transparent screen in front of the speedo, dials etc. It has developed slow... 2 Feb 2010 19:04
Mk4 golf thermostat help and update I managed to get the thermostat changed today on my wifes mk4 golf 1.6se 8v 1999, barrel of laughs it was :) The temperature needle now sits bang on 90, heats up quicker, heating is hotter and on a short run the computer is tell me encouraging MPG readings. There were no leaks, I let it cool down and topped up ... 2 Feb 2010 19:04
97 - 1.0 Polo Stalling/Hesitation in wet conditions My girlfriends car as above has stalled and refused to start in heavy rain on a few occasions. Prior to actually stalling it gets really sluggish and wont rev easily. I was going to replace the leads/ distributor cap/rotor arm/spark plugs to see if that sorted it but before I did so I wondered if someone could tell... 2 Feb 2010 19:04
Check Engine Light On On 30/12/2009 16:36, Mrcheerful wrote: Rob wrote: On 30/12/2009 11:28, Mrcheerful wrote: Rob wrote: On 29/12/2009 13:59, Mrcheerful wrote: Rob wrote: On 29/12/2009 11:55, Mrcheerful wrote: Rob wrote: On 28/12/2009 23:30, Adrian C wrote: Rob wrote: ... 2 Feb 2010 19:04
testing a battery: voltage results Hi, I've bought a max/min multimeter as recommended by you all. The voltage before I started the car was 12.2V When I started the car the voltage dropped to 9.1V minimum during staring. Once the engine was running, the voltage was 14.5V maximum. Am I right to be worried about the 9 volts? It seems low ... 2 Feb 2010 19:04 |