hi im having major problems with my golf 1999 mk4 1.6 engine code akl
after it heats up about 2 miles it starts shuddering like its going
off all 4 cylinders and when you slow down it stalls starts ok and
ticks over ok had it on the computer and came up with these faults

My Focus (1.6 petrol Zetec engine) has now done 60K miles and I thought I'd
get the cambelt changed at the local Ford dealer. The quote was £200.
I enquired whether they change the tensioner pulley and was told no, and he
added he didn't recall ever changing one, though he would ...

We have a 1ltr Corsa on a 51 plate. It has become difficult to select
2nd gear. I have find some info off these groups that point to a common
problem with corsas, that the gear linkage wears.
Before I get the spanners out, is the linkage adjustable/repairable, or

can anyone tell me if im doing the right thing im buying a t reg focus
1.6 zetec for the mrs but wanted to no if its ok its done 84k full
service history,last service on 80k mark will it last me a few years
th eprice is 1800 thanks for your help

can some one tell me when the cam belt needs changing it done 100k and
iv had it 5 mins and dont no much about it. and is there anything i
need 2 look out for

Quick Question on interior dismantling and electrical connections if anyone
can help please?
Has anyone here reached the Terminal board connectors on a Ferby and could
kindly help explain to me what I need to do before I end up running a long

Number one son has persuaded me to help sort out his Tranny after it failed
the MOT today. Primary problem is with the rear brakes. (It's a smiley-face
single wheeler.)
He is picking up a set of shoes and a pair of wheel cylinders for it. I have

I wonder if anyone could comment on this?
A few months ago the brakes suddenly stopped working on VW Golf. I
pressed the brake pedal and had no response; the pedal was loose and
was depressed to the floor quite easily without any sensation of the

Any one know the plug / pin number for connecting front fogs in that
bundle of cables behind the glove box?

i have just changed the diesel timing pump on my transit its an m reg
but has bannana type manifold  the old pump was full of metal
fragments looks like some sort of washer broke up in the pump, its the
bosch pump i now have another problem van is a non turbo diesel i now

I was giving the car a full service and check over at the weekend.  All
but one of the shocks (both at front, one at rear) had a couple of mm's
of red gunk down the sides of them.  This seemed pretty much dried on
now.  I've only seen a shock that had recently gone and it looked ...

Vauxhall Sensors....
Unfortunately she's married.....:-)
Please can anyone help?
My wifes Corsa, a 1.2L Ecotec 16v X Reg has a repeatable problem.

Knowing the breadth and depth of knowleldge in this group, I thought
I'd ask here before taking her somewhere to potentially be ripped-off
for not knowing enough about these things.  If someone can enlighten
me to the likeliest cause of my vehicle's malaise, you shall have an

Is it normal for sump pans to rot out in so short a space of time? It
appears to be made of f.cking tinfoil.
JB

I've recently bought a German Opel Vectra GL, but its the model we
know in the UK as a Cavalier
Had a strange alarm recently, going down the motorway at first sounded
like metal on metal from lhs front, putin neutral and stopped the