The exhaust heat shield has just come loose on my S reg Citroen Xsara
1.4i Petrol.
I spoke to a garage who said that depending what was underneath, you
may not actually need a heat shield.

So, got the brakes done on my Bravo but I've noticed I have a squeaky
clutch, as I press the pedal it sounds quite awful.No grinding noises,  no
problems with take up of drive, no slipping, etc, but it doesn't sound
healthy. Have lubed the pedal, but made no difference. Any ...

I have a 2001 2.O FWD TDI Transit.
It's only putting out a miserable 75ps and since the van's always
running around with a good load on I'm finding the power isn't really
all that great.

i have been reading these groups for some time now, and am starting to
wonder if a lot of cars ecu`s are using mocrosoft windows,
it just seem strange on the amount of errors that some ecu`s seem to have.
i wonder if the main way to repair a comp error is to close all of the car

Driving up the M6 on Saturday night, temp gauge starts to rise and then
fall. Goes up, but never into the red if I accelerate, slowly goes back to
normal if I cruise. I decide to stop at Sandbach services to check levels
etc. As I am slowing to go into the services, there is a ...

Car is a '98 Ford Ka.
The power steering is losing a small amount of fluid. There's no sign
of leakage & everything looks sound apart from the rack.
The nearside end of the rack is damp with fluid. On the offside there's

A/C has broken in car. don't have time to fix it before we go away tomorrow.
Are there any portable cooling devices around that I could buy?
TIA
Jon

Nephew has a Renault Megane 2.0 hatch 1998. While driving down a narrow
country lane he said a car came at speed the other way and forced him
into the grass verge and he tumbled down into a ditch clobbering the n/s
suspension.  Recovery truck brought the car back.  I've had a ...

Just got back from a 3 hour wait on the M6 to be recovered after my 2.5
shogun (J Reg) overheated and blew the radiator top hose.  The engine
had also just started to blow white smoke on overrun and tickover but
LOADS of it on the same run.

I'm amout to take my car into the main dealer for it's 2nd yearly service
and during the past year it's accumulated a bit of bodywork damage, I'm not
too bothered by it but I would imagine they'll give me a quote to fix it
wether I like it or not, so I'm looking for advice as to ...

I'm in the middle of replacing the heater matrix on my `93 Ford Sierra
and I've removed the lower left of the dash and can see the heater
unit.
What's the best and easiest way of getting the heater matrix out from

does the tdci have a timing belt or chain and what is change time if it
has one

Have a couple of spots of rust, stone chips on my motor and looking to get
them fixed. Have used chipsaway before, but almost had to drag the guy out
of bed as he wasnt too keen on a small job so going to use someone local and
put the money into someone local's pocket rather than ...

Can anyone tell me about changing the brake pads on a mark 4 volkswagon
golf. They are running very low and need replacing.
I have a rewind tool to push the piston back, and a basica toolkit and
plenty of time hehe will need it if I do anything.

Whats the most powerful gadget you can power from a cars ciggy lighter
socket?
Arthur