'Morning all,
Does anyone have a recommendation for a flushing solution to get rid of
rust from the cooling system of an ancient diesel engine?
I'm about to fit a Perkins 4203 in one of my Land Rovers (no need to

I've got a 1979 VW camper which I want to respray. I'm confused about
the types of paint available. I'm told that some types are not
compatible with others. What would the original type of paint be, and
is this best for respraying. Also what type of paint do you usually

Hopefully someone can offer some advice with a prolem I'm having with
my 2.0 Cavalier.
When cold, it is nearly impossible to get into any gear. There is a
distinct 'barrier' just as you try to go through the gate.

My son's fiancée was driving her six year old Ford Ka along the M5 when the
head gasket blew, she pulled it over onto the hard shoulder and called the
RAC who towed it to a garage, which as luck would have it  is just around
the corner from where I live.

all the talk of the 4-2-2 mot, four years for the first mot then every two
years after that, apparently its in the interest of the motorist saving them
money, but they ( the goverment) appear to be losing interest in the scheme
at the mo as there is quite a bit of backlash from ...

Just to be sure..... I'm a software engineer thus diligence and paranoia
are part of my job requirements :)
I unscrewed the oil level checker plug on the front of the gearbox (yes
I'm sure I got the right one) and was rewarded with a strong trickle of

Out of idle curiosity, what would happen if you put an autobox into "Park"
while hooning along at 80mph? Would it lock up or is there an inhibitor?

Hope someone can shed some light on a couple of problems with my 1997 1.3l
Micra (110,000 miles).
When I depress the clutch when slowing down, rather than the car idling at
the normal 1000revs, it drop pretty rapidly, and then cuts out, or nearly

I've got a Renault Megane 02 reg.
The rear door on the passenger side cannot be opened from the
outside.  It opens ok from the inside.  It was alright until one day
we went to open it and at the same time the central locking was

Been asked to take a look at a colleagues 2.3 but even amongst a few
of us, without tools, we were struggling to find the fault. It has
really rough idle (still keeps itself running but sounds like 700ish
rpm max and then when given a blip of the throttle it revs high and

Wife just called from home,
She has a 97 rover 600. She has topped up header tank , then realised
the max mark on side. It is apparantly filled to top of headerbottle
Whats danger of using the car , will it run out the overflow , boil

I hadn't seen this before, so I thought I would share.
An N plate Fiesta came in the other day with a clonk every time she went
over a speed hump.  I rapidly established that it came from the right hand
front, it sounded a bit like the bumper flapping up and down, or as I

What is an 'average' price for supplying and fitting a new windscreen for
a Peugeot 306 in West Midlands?  Source if possible.
Has anybody attempted this (successfully) as a DIY job?
Tia,

I seem to have a noise coming from around the vacuum pump area on my mazda
323 Diesel. Is this common when there is fault with the pump? The vacuum
seems ok the servo brakes are still working. I dont want to buy a
replacement until I am sure that this is the problem.

I would like to replace my aging VW Gama Cassette Radio in my VW Golf
TDI Mk4, with something a bit more modern that plays MP3's. The Golf
is S reg and one of the very first Mk4's made.
Does anyone know how difficult it is to remove the radio assembly or