My daughters car's blown its head gasket. garage have the head off,
reckon it's been like it a while judging from mayo instead of oil,
they sya it's a real mess, caused by overheating (small rad leak
found). Quote to fix is £640 but say they want to check for cracks and

Mummy dearest has just bought herself a new car. It's replacing a
Metro^H^H^H "Rover 100 Kensington" so it's definitely a step up, *whatever*
it is...
However, I can't decide whether it was a bargain or not...

I have a slight problem if anyone could help,  I have a rover 200 an
when I turn on the engine the brake lights come on and remain on unti
the engine is switched off, pressing the brake peddle makes n
difference. Everything else works (at the moment).  

Got into work today. Reversing into place, I completely lost my footing
and instead of applying the brake pedal, I applied the accelerator.
I remember hammering what I thought was the brake, thinking why isn't
the car stopping. All manner of thought, logic, reason and control

On 17 Apr 2007, Chris Whelan <cawhelan@prejudicentlworld.com> wrote:

I need some more engine oil for my 1994 Corolla GLI  1.3 .  In halfords
their list of the suitable oils for this particular car lists 10/40 semi
synthetic.  which they sell for £13 or so for 5 litres.   A few yards down
the road in Asda they do a home brand oil for about £8 and a ...

Would appreciate some advice for a Vectra  Petrol engine150,000miles on
clock. Some people say oil additives are good others say it is a con.
Any views/ experiences- much appreciated

does anyone know how much I should expect to pay for a 1.25 zetec
engine for an R reg fiesta?  My dear little car keeled over, and the
local garage has said they will find and fit an engine for me, but
would appreciate it if anyone could tell me how much is a sensible

Any idea how much it's gonna cost to get a Y plate almera 1.5 camchain
done?
The tensioner is sticking out 12mm, so it's streched to death, engine
light is on and it's hesitant as hell.

I have lost the one and only key to my Audi a4 it is R reg 97 the key
does not have a remote central locking button, I assume it still has
an immobiliser transponder and requires programming, I have ordered a
new key using my log book from a main Audi dealer, will they need the

Hi;
I have a 2005 Mondeo ST220, which I bought recently with 30,000 miles on the
clock. It's a joy to drive, but has a niggling problem which hopefully some
of you could advise me about. When manoeuvring slowly forwards (and I think

Hi Guys. One for those of you with Ford experience again. My sister's 97
Fiesta has a blower that only works on speed 4 (i.e: max). My guess is
the resistor pack. Where is it?

I`m looking at buying a VW Passat, in the region of an 02 or 52 plate.
Diesel is a must for the fuel economy (it will be doing almost entirely
motorway miles).  I`ve been looking round, had a few drives in this and
similar sized cars (vectras, modeos etc) and found the passat to ...

One of our cars - a 2003 Skoda Octavia Classic Estate (old shape, 1.9
SDI diesel) developed a loud metalic clanking sound whilst driving
normally yesterday.  A quick look under the vehicle in the light today
has revealed that something has dropped down to the bottom of the near-

OK So i wasnt sure where to ask, other than the DVLA, so I thought I'd ask
here in case anyone has experience.
I passed my test JUST after the changeover where automatic E entitlement on
the license was removed. I am used to towing, ive done a fair bit and