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EPC light came on and simultaneously lost power, crawling in 1st gear, i managed to pull over. Switched off and left it 2 minutes, then restarted ok and the light was off. However, whrn accelerating in lower gears, the car was spluttering slightly but now running normal. My neighbour is a...

Hi all , Is it mandatory or currently still advisable to have equipontal bonding I currently don't have a gas meter that is equipotentially bonded. If I get a smart meter fitted which is outside, would they insist on fitting the earth at the same time, and making a rough job of fitting the...

Thanks for the replies and the advice everyone! Much appreciated! Yes gc1967 it was from b&q, and 1 from wilko.

A number of years ago, I painted the entire interior of the house. Doors, door frames, window ledges, skirting boards. This was using Dulux Brilliant White oil based gloss. At first, it was brilliant white, but after a number of months, turned into a hideous hew of AGED yellow . Apparently, EU...

Will do. Cheers

Could you buy it as a second car?

Pheeww Thanks.. Yea like you say, servicing and looking after like everything else. The micra needed various jobs on it as i dare say this one will given time. They all have their foibles

Is the mk4 polo comparatively reliable to the mk3 micra?

Id think about getting a mk3 micra but my mum would tell me off. The Polo is in her name so she'd not do it. Says im daft

Yea it's going fine. Little things like no remote locking, doors seem heaver to push/pull open etc.. Just seeing micras about gets me thinking as I was mechanically familiar with them.

Thanks. Lol., Will do.

Thanks. I did have the micra for 10 years.

Ive traded in a mk3 micra for a mk4 polo. Not sure now, if I should have gone for another newer mk3 micra instead. I thought about relibility, insurance group, economy, But i knew the micra well and felt more comfortable working on it. I thought at the time I'd made a good logical choice...

Any scraping noises when opening/closing? Failing that you might be better off with a local repair man

I put it onto daily quick wash, everything fine.. It turns slow for a few seconds then pauses as it should, but then stopped. I tried pauding and resuming but that didn't work. I switched it off for 5 min., then when i turned it back on, continued and completed the wash successfully...

I have found through painful experience, paying for work to be done by independents "professionals" who make a cobblers of the work. Some examples : repair to suspension strut and wishbone and hub bearings, and returning it because every single bolt was done up finger tight.. Except for the...

Once again.. Thanks john. Found this iagram if any others havethe same trouble locating

The haynes manual recommeds removing the temp. sensor to help remove air when refilling and fit a new o ring to the sensor. Can i get away without removing the sensor? Reason i ask is I'm a coward for taking bits off i dont need to, plus, i cant find the bugger

I have been lifting but he prefers the ramp. No worries

"before the gingle of santa's sleigh bells" then.. Lol