Recent content by Burnerman

The ‘management ‘ drives a 19 plate Honda HRV. A pal of hers forgot to apply the handbrake on her Fiesta which rolled into the Honda......a nice crease on the bumper and boot lid. Not a mark on the Fiesta! Into the body shop with a fist full of cash and the car came back within a week...

I think you'd be amazed what can be pushed out of plastic parts with the careful application of heat.......however this does seem more difficult maybe as it's been pushed and creased from the right. If you want to continue, check out the strengthening bar behind the plastic for damage - remove...

More often than not you don't detect any play in wheel bearings - but they don't half drone when they are worn! Steering the car along loads and unloads the bearing and sometimes the noise comes and goes. The squeak is likely just to be a build up of brake dust. Even DIY scanners can look at...

The MAP sensor is the big problem for these......so check the inlet manifold for any other sensor connections though! If the code just won’t shift I’d be considering the operation of the EGR system which can give a filthy inlet manifold! John

The MOT advisories are easily dealt with, but you do need to determine the under body corrosion. The biggest alarm bell for me is the automatic transmission......I’ve always found French autos to be problematic and therefore would avoid them. John

‘Er indoors decided to have twin ovens, the type where the door slides down out of the way......Neff I think they are. Successful enough and the door comes off readily for cleaning. Goes back on too! That’s my job, and I’ve found a cleaning kit called Oven Pride......basically a heavy duty...

Check your supply cable is capable of handling the electrical load......our 5 hob induction needed a 10mm cable which wasn’t a problem because the kitchen was completely redone. Ours is a Caple (I think, MKM supplied) and we also have a Bosch at the weekender. The Bosch is simpler to use but...

If the air conditioning was at fault, I can't see why this would throw up a starter fault code! If an air con belt can't spin the compressor for whatever any reason, the belt will shriek and then burn....there will be rubber traces left on pulleys and physical and visible damage to the belt...

Perils of a tiny screen chaps - but is that the same as a CV boot clip? I have the proper setting tool but joiners pincers will do (at a pinch :sick:) Sometimes there just isn't enough room to get the jubilee worm screw in. They are reusable but better to use new, I think. John :)

Our postie, canny lad, suffered a dog bite in a village nearby. The delivery was to a private house. Apparently he has a badly damaged finger and is off work just now. Hardly the reason that you go to work for. Just wondering......what happens here? Does he get automatic compensation? Are...

I did try to reconnect one of the hoses I’ve mentioned with a jubilee clip, but it wasn’t having any of it. Blew off in no time! The only thing that would hold it was the OE horseshoe wire clip that VW use but that had gone AWOL. John

I'd certainly take a chance on this one......it's from a main dealer anyway so if you ring them with your reg number and maybe the VIN number too they will definitely confirm. John :)

I'm not really into electric stuff (yet) but a neighbour has just bought a Stihl RMA 443. It looks to be a good bit of kit, but pretty expensive. His main moan is that it didn't come with a charger or spare battery but I can't comment on that one. John :)

Hi Andy Most of the main oil producers have a website to show what’s on offer......Millers, Morris and Opie are popular. As you are running a VW just now, the Quantum brand is very popular and reasonably priced too and these are the ones I’d go for. Any motor factor should be able to recommend...

Where you need to be is under the foot area, on the top side of the cutter deck itself......below the welly boot, if you like! Drop the deck to its lowest setting and you should see something - although there may be a plastic cover in the way. John