got a p reg diesel tranny been great but recently its been a pain if its
left for a couple of days the fuel runs back and it will only start if its
bled which it does with ease then will run fine all day. i have fitted a new
filter and lift punp and renewed the hose fron the tank ...

Looking through my Mondeo w/shop manual I had a thought about the
auxiliary drivebelt failing mid journey .This belt drives the water
pump,power steering .alternator .What would be the situation if it did
snap midstream .I know that the steering would be extremely heavy but

The usual case of bolting the stable door.........  but having just had my
radio stolen I'm about to replace my old faulty car alarm with a rather sexy
new one.
Thirty plus wires connected to the alarm although not all will require

I've got a problem with the central locking on my Mk3 cavalier (one with
deadlocks). When you lock the driver's door or push the lock down, all the
other locks go down and then pop back up. The same thing happens if you try
locking the boot.

Howdo...
So the rattle turned out not to be loose spring tension, but a knackered
camshaft, apparently by having old (dished) followers used with a new
camshaft. Several of the lobes are damaged.

I have a 1999 Vectra 1.8 LS with 80,000miles on the clock. Sometimes
when I go over bumps in the road there is s dull thud/ bumpy noise as if
summit is in the boot. I have emptied the boot and the compartment that
hold the spare tyre- no luck.

I've just got a local garage to quote for a cambelt and tensioner
replacement on my son's Mk1 Mondeo TD. I requested the quote to include
a genuine Ford belt kit because there are certain areas where I prefer
to use OEM parts.

Did this guy pay too much for this guy on ebay? I am in the UK. Nissan
Bluebird Turbo 1.8. The bodywork doesn't look that good, bumper
corners paint worn off, signs of rust at bottom of front wheel arches.
There are other standard bluebirds for sale on ebay with neater

The family's out grown my trusty Galant, so moved to a 1997 VW Sharan 20l
petrol. I don't expect red hot performance from this type of car, but it's
piss poor, it wouldn't pull me out of bed. It doesn't seem to be missing or
anything. Does anyone know if they're all like this or ...

I have a BMW 318i to whicj I fitted Oz racing Superleggera wheels, nearly
two years ago now.
They haven't needed to come off, and now I find they have kindly decided to
corrode on and won't budge.

In the modern common rail diesel cars is it OK to top-up with veggie oil
from the supermarket.  I've always used a 20% mix as they do in France on
older style engines but not with a HDI.  It certainly helps the wear on the
fuel pump.

Last year had my Mondeo MOT'd and the only thing was an advisory about
the wishbone bushes but I didnt replace them ..
This year I put it in ,2000 miles later ,and expected something to be
said about the wishbones  but ( apart from the broked front coil

I was driving my Corsa, which while not exactly in its first flush of youth
('96) is generally still doing OK, to pick up a KFC when it simply
spluttered to a halt.
I then get to spend an hour with the Green Flag blokey pulling apart the

hi ppl
i'm sorry if this is a dunces question
my car has aquired a problem in that it kind of jutters and has acceleration
problems - seeming to get a spurt of energy even when i am not depressing

would anybody out there be kind enough to help me sort out this problem. I
have petrol in the diesel tank (about 4 gallons) and cannot syphon it off
and the fuel pump does not seem to pump fuel without the engine actually
running.is there a way of draining the tank without the need ...