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Freddy, I hope your anorak never wears out !. Tremendous info on the tyres, always welcome to get advice from an expert. Liked your truck by the way. I used to go to Liverpool docks to get all the Jaguars and Triumph TR6's going when I worked for a main dealer. They went to America on the...

Some systems have pumps in the tank, and others do not, depending on the type of system i.e: Siemens, Bosch etc. If there is a rubber bulb in the engine compartment to prime the system, then the car will not have a pump in the tank. Obviously, no rubber bulb = pump in tank. The in-tank pumps...

This has all made for some very interesting reading, from some very knowledgeable people. I'm a car mechanic myself, and I asked at ATS about their nitrogen machine. I thought that it had a nitrogen cylinder inside, but the guy said that the machine just removed the other gasses from the air...

If it's a TDCI, then it will have a pump in the tank. These can fail, and give you poor delivery to the engine. A fuel pressure rail sensor will have the same effect. You need to have the pressure checked. This can be done by an electronic diagnostic tool, but I believe that diesel specialists...

Yep, sounds like the ignition switch is failing. What year is the car ?, you may be able to get one from a local scrap yard. If you take the one off in the yard, you can see how to do the job so you don't make any mistakes on your car.

Are you definitely sure that no-one has put petrol in by mistake ?. This can cause the problems you're experiencing.

An interesting and informative post Birkee, thanks for that. Did you ever do any work with battery de-sulphaters ?. I found these not to be very good a restoring a failed battery, and therefore not worth the investment.

I would get another key cut and programmed, because if you lose the one you have, you will be in big trouble. They are expensive, possibly around the £100 mark. With regard to your immobiliser problem, fingers crossed eh ???

Yes, and my tiny Daihatsu Hi-Jet (Bedford Rascal) is the same rate !! :( :evil:

RonaldO........regarding your earlier post, I would suggest that parking on a footpath IS an offence. What about the blind person you're forcing to walk onto the carriageway, or the young mum with a pram ??. It's obstruction which ever way you want to look at it.

Always make sure that the vehicle is on level ground, and with AT LEAST a quarter of a tank of fuel (Vauxhall fuel guages are notoriously unreliable when they get to a quarter). If the trouble persists, change the fuel filter ( a partially blocked fuel filter will reduce the system pressure in...

Birkee..... a common 12 volt lead/acid type battery is made up of six cells. Each cell is slightly above 2 volts, therefore giving the battery a potential voltage of around 12.6 volts (in the real world). However, as this voltage is variable, the manufacturers just call them '12 volt'...

Let us know if you get it sorted, because this fault can be caused by a fault on the body control module. I'll explain more if your repair is unsuccessful.

If one of your heater pipes is hot and the other one cold, then either the heater matrix is blocked (unlikely, as you say it's hot to touch ?) OR, the hot/cold temperature control valve is not operating correctly.

If it's the red 'dot' in the middle of the dash that's flashing or staying on, it's not going to be a problem with your crank or cam sensors, it's an immobiliser fault. Check all your fuses, then lightly scrape the key on the ground to earth out any static build up in the key's electronics...

It wasn't the 309, I think it was the 505 or something.

I remember that one ! It was even twisted as it went around the corner.

They fit on the wiper linkage. I'll try and find the Toyota part number.

Remember ! A vehicle does not committ an offence - the driver does. If you get one of these, ignore it. You have no legal requirement to tell the parking company who was driving the car. You only have to tell the Police, or the local Council. Clamping is being outlawed soon anyway.

What about Mini by-pass hoses ? - what a nightmare !. Also the rubber drive shaft couplings ?. Cortina and Sierra void bushes, DAF transmission drive belts, Viva and Chevette rocker arms where the push rod had punched straight through them, and Sunbeam Alpine ballast resistors. I suppose in...