Hi Iam looking to buy a Laguna 2/3 years old BUT Can anyone give me
advice on the laguna dieseI I heard that the turbo when faulty stays
on and you cant switch it off.

and this even before i even try turning the key on the 'sick' car.
can a (undamaged) discharged battery absorb that much current to stall
the donor or is it most probable the sick car battery has an internal
short?

     Please help!
        The front door switches that turn on the interior lights have
packed up.
         The interior lights work and when the rear doors are opened,the

SOmeone recently told emt hat the price of parts for Japanese cars was
not as bad as they used to be 15 or 20 years ago.
Is that true?
If so then has there been something to cause this change?

The local garage have just managed to break off all four plugs in the head
of my daughter's Ford Ka (1999). They are now saying that it's a head off
job, and the specialist charges 50 quid a plug to get them out, so it's a
better deal to fit a recon head at *just* (ha! ) £130. ...

Got a cry for help from a neighbour - his '93 Passat Estate had a blown
stop light and he couldn't get it working. He'd gone to Halfords, looked
up the replacement and bought a couple of spares. Except that neither
worked. So asked for help.

I have s reg 1.8DT mondeo. Just got a new battery type 096.
Is this correct as existing battery appears to be type 075?

Anyone here ever used it?
How well does it work, and does it noticeably throw the wheel out of
balance?
The reason I ask is that I have a slow puncture on a tyre. Loses about

My 1.8 16V Xantia is stalling at low revs sometimes, and "hunting" at idle.
I've been told that cleaning the idle control valve *may* help with this
problem.
What's the best thing to clean it out with?

Not my car..  asking for a friend.
Near the end of the production runs of ROVER 25 and MG ZR (as part of the so
called 'facelift') some modification were made to their electrics which do
not appear in Haynes or the Rover/MG CD manuals available.

I am the proud owner of a 1990 mk2 8v gti and absolutely love the car.
However, lately, when I go over a harsh speed bump or even if I am
sitting in traffic there is a bit of play in my fan and it starts to
grind on the fan housing and sounds terrible, also causing the

I took my 2.0 140 PS TDi VW to my local garage for a 20,000 mile service
(which is pretty basic).
When I got it back I noticed the the fuel consumption seemed pretty high.
I'd recently had two new front tyres so I checked the pressure and found

Hi all, back again. Tim advised to switch garages (so i did) and I have some
results.
The misfire problem still remains. compresion test 1-160 psi 2-170 psi 3-160
psi 4 - 170 psi.

Hi, does anyone know of a comparison website that will show me which cars
are in which road tax band and their MPG?
thanks,
I'm thinking of getting something with the £35 road tax and as much MPG as I

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