Folks :-
I hope you can point me in the right direction.
I think the clutch on my elderly astra is slipping, on the motor way I
sometimes see the revs increasing without any corresponding increase in

I have lost the charger wire for my jumpstart pack. Would a standard
power plug thing with the right adaptor do the same job ok? The ones
where u can select the voltage from 3v to 12v and it comes with a
selection of plug adaptors. It fit ok and the charger charge light

I have a Nissan Almera 2.2 SDi, and when I first got it a year ago it was
pretty nippy.
It's got 64K on it, 2000X plate (UK), but it seems to be less responsive
now.

Having a go at changing the head gasket on my Corsa, thought I'd change
the timing belt at the same time (someone before me has also cut away
most of the rear of the timing belt cover so that will have to be
replaced too!).  Having prblems getting the flyweel off though, the one

   I'm going to look at a Peugeot 306XT (1769cc.) tomorrow.  It appears to
be cheap ATM, but I expect to discover that it needs a new cambelt.  Is that
going to be a straightforward job?  What might be the likely cost?
TIA of any replies.

I've had a battle with the load sensor valve on my Corsa. I've had to
chop the brake pipes off as they were seized at the 4 unions. My
questions are:
1) Which is the best course of action- renew all the four brake pipes

A few weeks ago on a cold morning the idle revs went down to about 500 then
up to 2000, and continued to pulse between the two. The problem went away
but has now reoccured, but as well as pulsing between 500 and 2000 rpm it
sometimes sticks at 2500 rpm. The car is a 1994 model and ...

I have a 2.0 Ghia X Auto Mondeo registerd in Oct 2000. Its the smiley face
one.
It runs just fine no problems at all right through the rev range.
However, I recently noticed that if I rev the engine whilst in Neutral at

I see that several people are selling resistors that they claim enhance
the bhp of any petrol car with fuel injection system from 1988 onwards.
Has anyone tried one of these and if so what was the outcome?

My Ka's just failed its MOT on play in top suspension bush. The top
mounting of the strut appears to be a rubber cup pointing upwards on
the underside of the chassis, and a similar one pointing downwards on
the topside. When the car is jacked up allowing the top mounting to

I have old type roof rack in my garage,one of those that fit on the water
channels that run along the side of the car roof.Because I dont like to bin
things if there is a use for them I have been looking at cars in my area to
see if any now have these channels but do not see any ...

How does the Rover Metro compare to other small cars..
I'm finding fuel costs high, but that may just be the high prices.
I have a high performance SLI effect efficiency.
But I'd be interested to see how my car compares to others...

I've had a battle with the load sensor valve on my Corsa. I've had to
chop the brake pipes off as they were seized at the 4 unions. My
questions are:
1) Which is the best course of action- renew all the four brake pipes

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I have a Fiesta Si 1.25 Zetec, 1998, which has done about 76,000 miles.
The Haynes manual I have for it says get the timing belt done at 100k. Is
this still a reasonable mileage to get it replaced or have things changed
since the book was published?