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Ian84,you can pick up a "budget"brand of tyre that size round here for £33. I could get a 195/65-15 for £29,but chose to spend £63 on a Mitchelin. Top brands do cost a bit more but are worth it,unless you just want to hold one corner up to sell the car.Bet if you rang around,that would be a...

Libby lou lou,you are right about the good blast before the test,but you can't guarantee getting on the smoke test while it's red hot and breathing clean. They put a thermocouple down the dipstick hole to record the oil temp,if it's cooled off the engine could be left to idle itself warm...

I think vauxhall diesels were always marginal on the smoke test,pre ecotec. Being in the dog showing hobby,we have owned several and know loads of astra estate people.You need to keep oil and filter changes regular,the blow-by gas goes through the inlet,so dirty oil==dirty air.Fuel and air...

I very much doubt you will hear fuel passing along pipes.I believe your fuel pipes are down the right side anyway.You would also have a smell if there was a leak.Doors always have water passing through,and it can stay in if the drain holes get mudded up.You would hear that sloshing about.Just...

Mike,Johnyfishing is right,a centre pop will usually move the shear bolts,although the vauxhall manual suggests drilling them and using an "easyout"extractor.You may find that just slacking the shears will allow the lock to unjam and function again.I think you have to get the key to the...

Bubbers,any thermostat will open in boiling water,but yours may be opening at about (say) 60 degs,so your engine doesn't get up to temperature.You would have been wise to renew it while in bits.Most modern engines need to run about 85 to 95 degs for efficiency,with 50% antifreeze/water mix.A...

KMJdriver,you should have nothing to worry about other than,how much did you put in?If there was room for much coolant in the rad you may have a leak anyway.Or did you just tip it in the expansion tank?In which case most of it will still be in there and you could just empty it and refill with...

I'm guessing it's a diesel,and the developing noise is a leaking pipe between the turbo outlet and the intercooler.This has suddenly split/blown off causing the loss of power.Also,another thing to check is the flexible pipe between the air filter and the turbo inlet.These can go too soft with...

Michelin energy are great tyres,our Zafira diesel has these.The fronts managed 40,000 miles.The rears were on 62,000 with 2.5mm left,when a monster screw killed one.Put the new(but 4 years old)spare on and bought one tyre.The later fronts are a slightly different pattern,more assymetric than...

It's quite common to use Nitromors for paint stripping aircraft aluminium,I have never seen any reaction from the metal.Dipping however is the easiest.

No problem,glad it's ok. "S"is for sport mode,all it does is hold on to the lower gears a bit longer to give "sporty" performance. As you accelerate in "D"it will change(guessed figures) up from 2nd to 3rd at about 30 mph. In "S" mode it may hold 2nd to about 38 mph,so giving improved...

Davieboy,sort of in answer to your question,I saw one of the police programs very recently where just such a person as yourself was stopped for driving an un-insured car.He said he had a trader policy,and eventually was able to confirm it,so he went on his way.

There could be a fuse involved,but your temp.gauge still works,it's often that the fuel and temp.gauges have a common feed through a voltage stabiliser.This stops the fuel sloshing in the tank giving erratic readings.It may be quicker to phone your local Peugeot agents,as you could have a known...

It has to be something common to all three,such as a printed circuit failure on the instrument pod. For speed,engine speed and fuel level senders to all fail together is very unlikely.

I would first look for any breather pipes not refitted since you worked on it.Sounds like it is running very lean to heat it up enough to blue the exhausts.If nothing obvious,consider refitting the original pushrods in case the new ones are having an effect on valve timing enough to cause hot...

My old Citroen ZX estate had it's rear wiper relay in the tailgate,behind the trim panel,close to the motor.Perhaps the Berlingo is similar.

You may have a faulty c/l solenoid on the left front door,or no power to it. Check for broken wires where the loom passes through the door jamb into the door frame.If ok you need to remove the door card (interior trim) to check for loose/broken wires or multi-pin plugs.Test with a meter while...

Very hard luck BazzaS.A very expensive lesson in not getting out the oil can when it started to stiffen up.

BazzaS,by now hopefully you have your fuel cap off and working? The petrol dries out the locking mechanism,even if you don't brim the tank,the fumes alone will do it.I always lube fuel cap locks with engine oil,this lasts a good while.WD40 frees it ok but doesn't last.

The right hand side is always on your right as you sit in the car,no matter if it's RHD or LHD.The weight transfer as you turn left is making your right hand bearings growl.I don't know how your Mazda is configured,but there will be two rows of balls or rollers.Possibly one broad race with two...