I did something really, really stupid and really would appreciate some
feedback to help me sleep through the night!! I am borrowing my aunt's
Peugeot W Reg 406 (I think) diesel and added about 70% unleaded to the
tank and drove it about 3 miles. It was spluttering this morning till ...

The belt make some squeeze noise when the car is cold, and the rev
counter doesn't work when noise come out. There are two belts, one is
for the water pump (tight), the other is for alternator(loose). Is the
loose one making the noise?

Is it me or is the tescos' diesel prone to foaming up ? It took 20 mins
to get the tank full this morning! I wander what causes it 'cause other
people seemed to be having no problems.

I have an Astra 1.6i GLS 16v and wonder if someone could just clarify
which is cylinder 1,2 etc.. if i am facing the engine compartment are
they numbered from left to right, or from right to left. ie. is the
spark plug on the left number 1 or is it number 4? might need to

Driving along in a 30 limit, straight road. Suddenly there was a
light but noticeable clonking, apparently from the n/s front, at
wheel speed. I throttled off and almost coasted to the side of
the road. I replaced the CV boot on this wheel, and re-packed

Many thanks for your suggestions.
The thermostat was failing to open---Im not impressed with Volvo quality-a
£3000 engine jeopordised by a £5 component.I suspect this is a pretty common
fault on Volvos.

Car is a 1999 Toyota MR2 (N/A mk2).
Over the past 3 years, it's probably started on 3 cylinders around 3 times -
quite intermittant & rare occurances.
In November last year I replaced the dizzy cap & rotor arm (genuine Toyota

i drove the car through a flooded under pass. i had no idea how deep
the water was but apparently it was about 2 feet. now i towed it to my
house but i am lost as to the rest.
please please help.

I have a 9 month old Rover 45 2.0TD with 11k on the clock.
A few weeks ago, it started making a metallic whistling noise on
accelaration.
Took it back to Dixons who diagnosed faulty turbo (I can't say I noticed

Any ideas what it could be , its been in the main dealers for a week
and they gave me it back saying that they would have to remove the
engine to investigate further.
the have  checked , plugs , leads coil packs vacuum hoses maf sensor

Astra 1.6 8v, 1998 'R' reg
My son has it now -- I sold it to him.  It's developed a noise which
sounds to be coming from the front wheels, he says.  It's kind of a
"rotational rubbing" noise: I can't give much more detail 'cos my son is

The windscreen in my wife's Rover 218SLD seems to be coming unstuck.
We've had the car for 3 years now and never noticed it before; I drove
it today and noticed that every time I went over a bump there was a
'squeak' from the trim around the screen.  Sure enough, there's 4-5mm of ...

    a few months after buying my car, Nissan Primera (R reg), I found a
funny shaped socket in a cubby hole. Not knowing what it was I binned it.
At a service today the garage asked where the key was for the locking
wheel nuts. I now realise what the odd looking socket was for. My

Been hearing this rattling noise from the engine bay and had a look and
listened for a bit it comes from around the bottom left when facing the open
bonet. Thought it might just be the rubber band thing that spins around bolt
but that was fine so said the mechanic who checked it ...

Was thinking of buying an older (1995) Frontera diesel.
Can anyone tell me how easy diy repair is to the standard faults and how
cheap are spares. I believe some people fit ISUZU diesels, are these the
same as the standard Vauxhall diesel as far as accessibility etc.