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Since starting this thread, I've established that the Corsa (Vauxhall F12XEL engine) we have also has a wet belt. The Fiesta '69 reg uses 5w20 oil and the Corsa '23 reg uses 5w30. I did the Fiesta oil change yesterday and it looked clean.

I'll get an oil change done this week. Thanks All!

For a 69 1.0 Eco Boost Fiesta, its 30k km/24 months officially. Anyone doing the changes more frequently for these engines? The welt belts don't seem to be getting good press and since the oil quality is obviously crucial to the belt, I presume more frequent changes will aid the belt's life.

I've now painted the burner rings with aerosol exhaust high temp matt paint. I masked the gas flutes and sprayed the rings. They're look splendid!

The solution! I got a Kilrock oven cleaner spray, emptied the contents into a bowl and let each burner ring sit in the fluid for a few hours. That resulted in the rings being turned black which I then scrubbed off with a toothbrush to leave clean metal albeit slightly darker.

Has anyone got the magic formula for cleaning off such stains? I've tried bleach ans also a mix of bicarbsoda/white vinegar. Left it to soak in a bowl for 24 hours has not dissolved the stain.

Perhaps the eye of the arm has slid down on the rubber bush but not quite touching the subframe?

If the shower tray sides don't slope for water run off, lay some tiles on the edges to slope down from the outer edge to the shower tray. I have an over the bath shower and was getting a pool of water on the window sill so I created a slope with tiles so the water runs off into the bath and all...

I've noticed the rear bush in the o/s front arm on my Bora TDI has lost its bonding so the arm is sitting on the subframe, albeit no knocking noise. Is this an mot failure?

I had another look at it and the thread on the tap valve is slightly larger diameter than the largest diameter of the (3/8", 1/2" and 3/4") re-seater tool .

I have a combined vdsl modem/router but it has no phone socket so I'll wait for the ISP to send one out in time for the digital phone change over. I'm content to keep FTTC service.

I currently have Talktalk Fibre 65 (FTTC) and landline telephone. Will the ISPs send out routers with a phone socket when they start providing the digital phone service?

A belated update on this post. The washing machine seems to have recovered full function. Its started heating the water again and although it only gives a 30 min wash, it now completes the wash, rinse and spin and Ends the wash.

When I say recently acquired, maybe about a year ago. I purchased it to clean the all the tap seats in my house. Also fitted new washers. The taps in question are in my aunt's house. Cleaned up tap seats and new washers will sort the job out and stop the slight drip caused by pitted seats.

I was going to use my recently acquired Rothenberger tap re-seater (3/8", 1/2" and 3/4") to clean the mixer tap seats in a 40 year old house but the tool would not screw in to the tap base. Do older taps use a different thread on the tap valve collars?

Who's making the best aftermarket suspension these days? I know Apec now supply suspension parts but that stream is coming from NAPA who now own Apec so likely, at a guess, supplied by KYB.

Belated feedback on this one. The culprit was the n/s sway bar link. The fault was not evident until driven some miles and the suspension warmed up. When I parked up and twisted the link, I could feel the 'snatch' in both ball joints. I replaced both sides with Moog brand from a local factor...