I have an Alfa with a pretty revvy engine that drinks quite a bit of 10w 60
oil. I am fortunate to be proided with a fuel card by my company.The card
also provides oil. Trouble is, no petrol stations seem to stock such a heavy
oil as10/60 so I have to buy separately at main ...

Ok I have no power what so ever in my 97 1.8 Mundao. A new battery was
fitted 3 days ago so that should be ok .
We originaly thought  (read girlfrend) that the key batterys were flat
so these were replaced ( now it needs reprogramming) now  nothing works

Can anyone help me?
I have a 1992 Renault 25 TXE Executive 4-cyl 2 litre, with a 4-speed
automatice gearbox. I would be very gratful if anyone could tell me
what the oil capacity of this automatic gearbox is, and how much is

I didn't get a printout this year to see how mine compared to its last
test - should you normally get one, or is it pretty much irrlevant if it
passed anyway ?

One of the wing mirrors on my ford focus has been kicked off. It's
totally wrecked and will need replaced. I will take it into a garage
later in the week to get a new one.
In the mean time I feel a bit silly asking this but how do I remove it?

Which is better for the money, some nasssty budget brand or a trusted-brand
partworn.
And don't say "neither" or "busfare". :-)

Hopefully someone here can help me out of an embarrassing problem.   I
agreed to wire up some spotlights on my brothers VW Taro.   Plan was
for them to be linked to main beam, in that they would be on with main
beam, but otherwise off.

Thanks for all the advice on the Metro so far. Here's where I'm at with it

Timing: well the tacho bit of the tachostrobe just ain't working so all I
have been able to do is check the BTDC angle at what I guess to be about

Eyup again,
On to the second CX issue: The driver's electric window won't close
properly - it gets almost home, and then shifts forward, leaving a gap
between the vertical rear edge and the door channel it's supposed to

Mondeo failed CO emissions. Irritatingly 0.31% max limit is 0.3%
bastardos!!!
Any advice to get that reading down?
I was gonna put some injector cleaner in it give it a good run, perhaps

Ok I know they're weak, anyway 1.9 SDi Skoda Octavia on a 51 plate, done
240,000 miles.
Middle of last week the gearbox started whining, mainly in 4th and 5th more
annoying than loud. Today it started jumping out of 3rd gear and 4th became

I had a clumsy c.nt moment in the work's carpark the other day and clipped a
corner putting a few scratches and a dent in the side of the car. So, as I'm
walking into Halfrauds to buy the Plastic Padding and paint, I see a sign
offering scratch and dent repair and an instant ...

anyone know where I can get a mirror cover for the offside pug 106 mirror.
it fell off......... aug 1998 model zest2

a strange move by the manufactures who adopted this.
wouldnt it be more profitable for them to just work with proprietry
systems?
unlike in the choice of buying a computer, where compatibilty with

I have a 2.0 diesel sportive van (2003) which starts ok but will not
accelerate at all, It just sits at idling speed. There is a "Spanner"
light that appears in the speedo window. Before this condition arose I
noticed that the engine was running as if firing on only two or three