Happy New Year!
Ever since I replaced the vacuum hose from the TCS to the TCS valve on
the firewall it has not quit (or gone into LHM) on me! (fingers still
crossed)

9000 2.0T: I had the misfortune to have the hydraulic line from the master
cylinder to slave cylinder separate this week-end. Waited in the bush a
dehydrating 3 hours in 40C heat for the recovery truck to pick me up.
The Quasi motors site describes a pressure bleed procedure using a

Looks like the pesky TCS is acting up on my 93 9000CSET. I make a right
turn, shifted to 2nd and suddenly no power. Engine at 1000rpm but felt like
I was in 5th gear. Had to juggle gas & clutch to get any forward motion.
Pulled over, turned off engine, restarted, everything was ...

Recently I replaced the worn-down brushes in the voltage regulator.  My
battery having been depleted, I got a jump start and the engine ran,
but the charge light was still illuminated, and as soon as the jumper
cables were removed the engine died.  Now I've fully charged the

I have a '94 9kCSE. I normally run Chevron or Unocal premium in it (91
Octane here in So. Cal) with good results.
One of the stations here is selling a 100 Octane that they call racing
Fuel. I'm wondering if it would cause any damage if I ran it in my 9k,

It's now 2006 here - welcome to the new year!
Craig.

Shell in Australia now sells 100-RON fuel - just wondering if it's the
much-discussed ethanol-based fuel or if it really is a higher octane blend
of conventional crude-oil-derived petroleum fuel.
Is there anything on the web which details the exact composition of this

Hello all.  Hopefully someone can help me out.
Whenever I start my car (whether it's been off for 5 minutes or
overnight) the car can't be revved too fast (ie. flooring it).  Revving
it too fast causes it to stall.  I have found that slowly revving it up