Hi There, I have a 1996 1300 Ford Escord that has been in and out of
the Garage for the past 2 ,months.
The cooling fan will work for a time then it wont cut in when the temp
goes over normal. I have to pull over and insert a wire to override

Is it feasible just to (after removing cam belt, head bolts, exhaust
downpipe and cam housing) just to lift the head clear, to change the
head gasket. Without undoing all the pipes, electrics etc.
Or am I just being to lazy.

I have a peugeot 106 Independence, 1997 reg.
Recently I have been losing water from the radiator and at first
thought it was the head gasket.
Took to local garage who could not find any problem apart from the

My Dad's XJ8 has started having troubles with poor remote range and
intermittent unlocking / locking. It's a W reg, and changing the batteries
hasn't helped, however one remote seems to work a bit better than the other.
Any ideas?

My bird's ZX has a load of broken dash lights. The instrument lights work
fine, but there's no backlight for the clock or heater controls, which is a
bit of a PITA in the dark. Are they easily fixable?
Another thing is that the instrument binnacle lights run constantly, whether

I own a Peugeot 206 2.0L HDI diesel, that has an intermittent problem I am
keen to solve without paying money to the garages.
Basically in the past year I have had three occurences of the following
where the ECU warning light has illuminated in the dashboard.

Hi - a friend has asked me to try and sort her Toledo's central locking -
which doesn't. I've not had a chance to look at the car yet, but apart from
the obvious stuff like blown fuses, where's a good place to start
investigating?

I wish to do my own oil service on a 320d BMW 2001 model, is it
possible to turn off the oil service light on the dash?

Has anyone ever had this problem and found a suitable solution:
The tailgate lock in my citroen ax has come loose. It's not the retaining
bolts which have undone, it's actually the studs which are supposed to be
secured to the plastic of the tailgate. This means that the tailgate

I decieded to replace by brake shoes and wheel cylinders on my 306
1997 d-turbo. After a reasonable effort when I removed my brake drum
the wheel bearing fell apart.
My question is: what is supposed ot happen when the brake drum is

Any micra k10 enthusiasts out there? Mine is 1988, 75k miles, has been
running nicely. But since recently, when I press the accelerator pedal
more than about halfway down it seems to stick wide open. Scary -- the
car continues accelerating even tho' I release the pedal! The only way

the emissions fault button is flashing on my dash board - wot does this
mean and will it cost me arm and leg and is it still safe to drive? cheers

Service time again, so yesterday popped down to the local factors for a
set of filters. Noted they now had Castrol oils, as I wanted some GTD
Magnetec, thought that would save me a trip elsewhere.
But hold on, the range has been revamped, and its all in 4 litre cans.

My nephew has a W reg. Espace that has been garaged for some months.
Pressing the unlocking button on the keyfob has no effect but the keyfob led
works. The dashboard led is not flashing so we presume the battery is stone
flat. All windows are closed and all doors locked.

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