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

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

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

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...

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.

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

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 )