Fiat Ducato, 03 reg, 2.5TDI, need to reset the serivce light. Anyone
know how? It's had a service in a garage, but they dont know how to do
it either, and someone wants to borrow it to go round Europ in a
couple of weeks, and I cant let it go whilst its lit up!

My old micra ('93) is still mechanically very good. Bodyworks is ok
and passes MOT.  Sure it doesn't *look* very "good" but it idles
without a hiccup - Passes emission tests  well within limits, (I did
have to renew the O2 sensor 5 years ago!) uses no oil  (I change the

I took a sanding disk to the corrosion on my Focus wheels at the
weekend and they have come up reasonably well. I would like to  apply
some sort of clear Lacquer now to the bare metal, can anyone recommend
a product ? I'm mainly concerned with stopping the corrosion coming

I hope this isn't a flame or a FAQ but what are the pros and cons of
automatic and manual gearboxes? I've only ever driven manual cars
before. I've just been on holiday and rented a car which was
automatic. I get the impression that Britain is the only county that

WHEN the British National Party win a handful of seats at the European
elections, everyone with frizzy hair and comfortable shoes will run
around blaming mainstream politicians for resurfacing their moats on
the taxpayer. Hmm. That's like Ronald McDonald blaming his 42in waist

My glow plugs bus bar on my astravan is not looking too healthy. Anyone know
what the current draw is as I've got some 30amp cable and was wondering if
that will be ok to make new connections to each plug?

I have just taken the front wheels off to have a look at the brake
pads in my Citroen c3. Haynes says the limits are 13mm new to 2mm
minimum. I guess I am about halfway between the two extremes.
The car has done about 68000 miles and has had the pads changed once

As you may have read in my other post my front tyres are worn to 3mm
and the rear ones to 6mm. I am looking to buy new front tyres. I hope
the rear ones will last a bit longer. It looks as though I bought all
four in 2007, so they are 20 months old. I can't remember how many

How is this actually measured?
Surely not by driving a car 1 km, as the result would be very variable,
depending on many factors.

Sorry if this is a daft question; I was reading some old posts in this
group about tyre fitting and there was some controversy over whether
to move tyres from front to back and then someone started talking
about the Audi TT and said he did not recommend anyone should drive

I have a Citroen C3 diesel (1.4L, 92bhp, 2004 year). It is very
sluggish and the engine light is on. I downloaded some software for
free, to save me paying Citroen £85 to read my car's computer codes. I
have the following errors:

The rear disc on one side is only rubbing the pad accross 50% of the face,
the other side of the disc is fine. Ive had the caliper off and it moves
freely and pads have loads of meat left. Whats the cure a new caliper?

I've just measured my tread depth and it is 6mm on the back, which is
ok for now but 3mm on the front. I think I read somewhere - here? -
that although the legal limit is 1.6mm, performance drops
significantly after 3mm, so it is advised to replace tyres at 3mm

I've got a 53' reg mondeo with a leak in i'ts air con
Anyone else had a similar problem & fixed it themselves?
Failing that, any suggestions where online I might get some advice, so far
Googling hasn't helped a whole lot.

My other half has a 1.4L Ford Puma. I was looking under the bonnet and
saw the timing belt. On the under side of the belt there seem to be a
number of ridges that run the length of the belt. There seemed to be
"cracks" along these ridges all along the belt. I don't know anything