hello,anybody heard of car doors that lock themselves? other than the
drivers door they will lock straight away or maybe five minutes
later.getting to the point now we can not get in or out of the
car.there is a clicking coming from the fuse box area but i cant tell

I have taken a picture of the front of the underside of my car (dads car) a
mk4 golf. The metal shield is a sump plug shield which was replaced as the
old one was a plastic one not very good at protecting should it be whacked.
So basically where can I jack up from and put axle ...

Why do people, when selling cars, insist on covering up their number plates
with a bit of card, or colouring them out in Paint Shop Pro (or whatever)?
What exactly is it supposed to achieve or prevent?
Cheers

I was in halfords earlier today and there is an array of tools for getting
an oil filter off which one is the best one to get ?

I have a slightly wierd problem with my 2001 A6 2.5TDI saloon
I went to open it with key fob and did one click for the driver door then
two to open the passenger doors as normal.
It did this ok and then it started opening all the windows on its own 1 inch

Took my astra 1.7TD to my local garage never used them before but a
neighbour said they were reasonable for price so I took it to them.
They told me it needed a pressure test on the head. Turned out it was
cracked so I agreed to have a reconditioned one for £300 fitted. It also

I'm looking at a 405 diesel family estate, '02 reg. Looks basically OK but
the engine's got 226K on it. Even for a diesel this seems high to me and
I'd expect to have to replace it at some point. What would I be looking at
for a reconned engine plus fitting from a reasonable ...

i have a problem in audi a4. i hope some one can answer me and really
appreciate it.
what it does....when u run the car some time and stuck in a traffic jam ( or
when idling), the rpm drops down suddenly and then settles down (this is

I have a 1998 R-Reg Ford Escort Finesse 1.6 16v.
Recently, the factory fit Ford RDS6000 CD/RDS radio headunit has been
behaving strangely.  When I turn it on, it works perfectly with no
problems (on both radio and CD) until I try to change the radio

I am replacing bent valves on a J1AO4 engine. Can anybody supply the
cylinder head bolt torques/angle tightenings. Thankyou.

I was wondeirn if anyone has used one of these http://www.fumotovalve.com/
I was thinking it might be a quicker way of not messing about with the sump
plug.
Any thoughts ?