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| CALLING Rover V8 experts - How easy is it to Supercharge one ? | 12 Nov 2006 12:55 GMT | 29 |
How easy is it to Supercharge a Rover V8. A friend of mine does some saloon car racing and is looking to spice up his 3.0 capri ! Thoughts are to put in a Rover V8 and supercharge it. Are there standard kits or ancillaries that will do the job, or is it a
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| Vauxhall Vectra - whistling at idle - timing belt on way out? | 12 Nov 2006 12:21 GMT | 3 |
I have a 51 (2002) plate Vectra 1598cc Ecotech petrol. Noticed this morning when the engine is idling that there is a 'whilstling' noise occuring. Engine performance seems normal. Does anyone think this could be the timing belt on the way out? I know that they are due to be
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| Trouble with a Corsa key fob | 12 Nov 2006 11:18 GMT | 4 |
Just saw this on ebay. The seller claims that it will programme a Corsa C key for 99p! but his feedback indicates it might not work. Does anyone know of a cheapo DIY way to programme a twin fob key?
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| Result! | 12 Nov 2006 09:44 GMT | 12 |
Bought a Mondeo the other day and as is common with older cars it didn't have any spare keys. In particular, this one didn't have the red master key. So I sent a stamped addressed jiffybag to the previous owner with a
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| P Reg Ford Fiesta | 12 Nov 2006 09:24 GMT | 10 |
I bought this car a couple of months ago and have had nothing but trouble, my main concern now is the clutch, about a month ago my clutch in the car completely went meaning that I couldn't put it in gear or anything so the guy I bought it off kindly came for it and said he was
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| Ford Fiesta 1.8D emissions problem | 12 Nov 2006 09:01 GMT | 9 |
My fiesta van (1.8 diesel, non turbo) recently failed the MOT on a number of things, including emissions. It is sitting at 3.5 (with a pass at 2.5). I have now cleared all the other items with the exception of emissions.
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| mondeo mk1 -mk2 td timing are they the same | 11 Nov 2006 22:52 GMT | 4 |
I have changed timing belts on mk 1 diesel engine and I now want to change the belts on a mk2 2000/w are there any differences from the mk 1.? The only reference I have is the mk1 Haynes manual as they don't publish a
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| Chitroen C5 suspension... | 11 Nov 2006 19:25 GMT | 7 |
Neighbours C5 has jacked the rear up really high and stuck there - likely to be anything obvious and easy to fix or is it yet more french quirkiness?
 Signature The pellet with the poison's in the flagon with the dragon; the vessel with
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| HBOL at it again | 11 Nov 2006 13:24 GMT | 3 |
I decided to have a look at the lack of instrumentation lights, and the dodgy left indicator, sometimes works, sometimes doesn't in my ZX and dug out the trusty HBOL. It says I have to disarm airbag and remove steering wheel. Bugger that I thought.
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| Fred is this your garage ? | 11 Nov 2006 13:05 GMT | 2 |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juhKkmv8kbE ;o)
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| Ford Mondeo MkII 1997-98 | 11 Nov 2006 12:08 GMT | 4 |
I have two problems with my Mondeo. One is a long standing problem and the other more recent. Problem 1. When the car is warm if I hold 1500rm while stationary I can see every
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| Vauxhal immobiliser problem | 11 Nov 2006 02:15 GMT | 5 |
2001 Zafira Using my wife's key the remote locking/unlocking started behaving erratically - sometimes it would unlock, sometimes not, same with locking. Time for a new battery I thought, confirmed by my wife who said
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| Advice please on choosing trolley for moving a car engine | 11 Nov 2006 00:03 GMT | 15 |
Can you help advise me. Is this trolley http://tinyurl.com/ylvtjb suitable for moving a VW Golf engine? The car is parked on land across the road from our house and this trolley is to help him move the engine across the road (which is often
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| Honda jazz AirCon | 10 Nov 2006 21:59 GMT | 4 |
Can anybody offer advice? I bought a 2003 Honda Jazz SE with the air con not working. I have replaced the air con radiator and fan,and a couple of pipes that were damaged.
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| Go on - reccomend me a diesel | 10 Nov 2006 20:59 GMT | 8 |
Looking at spending around £6K, around Astra/Golf size ( pos larger ), must be eccnomical and reliable. Your thoughts?
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