hi performance bulb ..
(4 messages)
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:25:09 +0200
Hi,
I need to improve my H7 & H1 lights (Opel (Vauxhal in UK) VECTRA.
I am fed up by the poor quality, power, and nearly yellow actual color :-((
I want to stay street legal, i have seen in France a brand called "RING" ...
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air filter saturated with oil
(21 messages)
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:00:24 GMT
My car is an old Nissan Sunny 1.6 F reg. I'm getting lots of oil coming out
of the oil breather pipe onto the air filter, especially if I give it lots
of revs. Is this likely to be expensive to fix as I'm wondering whether to
just ...
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Brakes at National Tyres
(28 messages)
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 15:05:49 +0100
Just looking for some opinion...
I have a 94 Nissan Primera, and needed the rear brake pads doing.
Nissan were quoting 50 plus VAT for the pads alone, so I phone up a
couple of garages, OK, just the one, National, who ...
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2001 Escort Estate - correct tyre pressures?
(5 messages)
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:46:09 GMT
Hi.
I have a 2001 Ford Escort Finesse Estate fitted with Pirelli P6000 195/50
R15 V-rated tyres.
All figures are for normal use as I only ever carry a maximum of two
passengers.
The handbook and the Ford dealer say:
Front: ...
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Replacement front fog lights for Fiat Punto?
(2 messages)
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 11:20:48 +0100
On mine (offside) the glass is cracked. Are these lights available
from anywhere other than Fiat? Fiat are asking 45 + VAT for a
replacement.
MM ...
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Service History
(7 messages)
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 10:02:34 +0100
My car is coming up for its fifth service (40k miles). It currently
has a full set of service stamps in the service book.
According to the schedule, the next service simply involves replacing
filters, checking levels and ...
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Repost - Somebody help me!
(1 messages)
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 09:28:43 +0100
"H" Reg 1991.
Started doing my Micra's rear brake shoes only to find that the hub nuts
will not move, I am going to need a scaffold pole or similar to crack
them. I think that the hub nuts have never been off of the car ...
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For Sale SAT/NAV COMPLETE SYSTEM
(6 messages)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:17:53 GMT
For Sale SAT/NAV COMPLETE SYSTEM
GENUINE TOMTOM VER 5 THE WHOLE OF WESTERN EUROPE IN GREAT DETAIL ON 5 CDs
With Manual on 6th CD
HP IPAQ 2210 with a MASSIVE 1 GB on a SD CARD
WITH TOM TOM 5 With VOICE DIRECTIONS,
THE ...
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Quick T5 maintenance query
(23 messages)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:30:51 -0500
As I've said, my T5 has had a recent cambelt & tensioner change. I've just
been reading on honestjohn about seizing waterpumps on TDI engines, leading
to cambelt failure and subsequently a ruined engine.
This has got ...
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Mondeo TDCi Views
(15 messages)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:43:19 GMT
Hi,
Thinking of changing the 406 2.1 TD for a Mondeo TDCi. I have looked at both
a Ghia and a Ghia X. The X is 2 years old BUT has 83k on the clock and the
ghia is 2.5 years old with 66k. I think both are 130 HP variants ...
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Ford Escort TDI
(17 messages)
Date: 11 Aug 2005 09:17:55 -0700
Hi
I now live in Sunny Spain.
Monday was warmer than usual and I was stuck in a traffic queue, not
very common in this part of Spain.
The car had been ticking over for a while and the traffic was crawling.
I started to move ...
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Rover Alert & Oil Consumption
(7 messages)
Date: 11 Aug 2005 08:58:08 -0700
Hi all!
I have a Rover 416 ( Model: XWZLNR ), bought on Portugal, on Dec 1993.
It has 250000 Kilometers.
It consumes and/or looses 2.5 Litres on 1000 kilometers.
I went with it to Rover and they can't resolve it ...
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1997 RENAULT CLIO jumping out of fifth.
(1 messages)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:35:46 +0100
Hi all,
Any ideas what may be causing this car to jump out of fifth?
It's a late 97 3rd 1200cc, 60000 miles. Beyond that I don't know much.
It's a friend of a friends car and I've not seen it as yet. Looking for
ideas where ...
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VW Polo top strut mount
(7 messages)
Date: 11 Aug 2005 06:25:05 -0700
My mk3 VW Polo (90-94) is getting new front shocks. However, the top
strut
nut doesn't appear to be the usual VW special tool job, i.e. it's not
one requiring tool SX028 from Sealey (see www.sealey.co.uk and search
for SX028 ...
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headlight strange behaviour
(3 messages)
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 13:15:36 GMT
Hi,
I have a problem with my headlights on a '96 Ford Fiesta 1.3l. Full beam
works, parking lights work, but the driving lights only come on when
indicating right ! What is the problem likely to be ?
Also if anyone ...
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foglamps
(24 messages)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 22:48:34 +0100
What is the law on foglamps? Anyone know? I believe there has to be two.
Are the foglamps a part of the MOT? If one is missing will the MOT pick it
up?
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Replacing Dash/Clock Lamps in a 98 Corsa
(1 messages)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 18:22:39 GMT
Hi
Does anyone have experience in changing the lamps in the dash on these cars,
I replaced the lamps in the centre console do-dah a few weeks ago only for
one of the lamps behind the speedo/temp to fail at the weekend.
I ...
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Volvo wiper motor problem
(5 messages)
Date: 10 Aug 2005 07:56:16 -0700
I've just bought a 1987 Volvo 240 Estate with one problem - the
windshield wipers don't work! When I switch them on, I hear a "burring"
noice coming from the wiper motor which changes in speed and pitch when
I switch to fast ...
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Blaupunkt CAR 300 - Cant get rid of SAFE message
(1 messages)
Date: 10 Aug 2005 07:52:19 -0700
I purchased used Panasonic CQ-C1110AN from eBay, which was replacement
for my old Blaupunkt CAR 300 (Astra). The Panasonic unit was
functioning great while outside of car's panel. However, once I
installed it, it just stopped ...
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306 TD Rear Brakes
(10 messages)
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 12:49:18 +0100
Ho hum, after the last big service the local garage advised that the
rear shoes were on their way out (fair enough at 120k) and the rear
cylinders need doing at the same time. Unfortunately they quoted 210
quid for the work ...
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