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| fiesta gearbox problem | 06 Sep 2008 11:36 GMT | 7 |
I'm a bit of an imposter on this group as my DIY car maintenance days are long since gone. However there may be someone out there who can advise me. Yesterday I was driving our X reg Fiesta when suddenly I was unable to get all the gears. There was no warning and no
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| '03 Ford Focus Diesel-apparent flooding | 06 Sep 2008 09:22 GMT | 16 |
i was driving home the other night and as present diesel prices have gone through the roof i was driving very carefully ie with an eye to fuel conservation. as i pulled away from traffic lights the engine cut out and would not restart.i tried over and over to start the engine
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| Nightmare locking bolts | 06 Sep 2008 09:19 GMT | 17 |
Please don't tell me they don't need to be tight - I know. Put new set of (Greystone?) locking bolts on the car 6 weeks ago. I tightened them with a spider brace. Came to take them off a couple of days ago and while the back two came off no problem the front two weren't having
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| Laptop failing to charge from car cig lighter | 05 Sep 2008 14:31 GMT | 20 |
I posted a few weeks back asking about reliability and safety of using 12V car cigarette-lighter adapters for mobile phones, laptops etc (and IIRC generated a major sh*tstorm as a result...!) Anyway here's a followup to the query...
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| Charging Issues | 05 Sep 2008 12:46 GMT | 11 |
I have a P10 Nissan Primera and would like any pointers on a charging issue I have. I have an intermittent flashing battery/charging light that comes on while engine is running.
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| Diesel emiissions - failed MOT | 04 Sep 2008 23:18 GMT | 28 |
Hi all, my diesel Transit (N reg 160k miles 2.5 litre) just failed the MOT on its emissions. I've been told that the 30% cooking oil in the fuel may have been the problem. Other than using this up and filling with fresh diesel, is
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| fun with glow plugs | 04 Sep 2008 12:07 GMT | 15 |
Decided it was time to fit the new glow plugs in my Peugeot 306D this morning, unfortunately the 4th one refused to budge and since patience eluded me I've rounded the nut off it. (I think it was because the engine had cooled down by the time I got to that one )
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