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    BLAGDON V8 POND SEALER

    Anyone any experience of this sealant please as regards tips for useage? I have a can that looks old - do you know if there a sell by date and if so what happens to it once it has reached the end of its life to know it has ? Thanx
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    New Van

    Can you enlarge on the unreliable bit for me please as I am looking the Doblo. Which engine how old and what is the problem / s pleas? Thanx.
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    Renault Kangoo SL17dCi 70

    Anyone any experience of the above van please :?: I am looking to buy a two year old model and wonder what I might be entering into as regards problems and things that always come to notice when the money has exchanged hands - if you know what I mean :wink: thanx
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    GARMIN Street Pilot 2610 - help!!!

    Yes user manual present and well read but it doesn't help at all. It's almost like talking a foreign language!
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    GARMIN Street Pilot 2610 - help!!!

    Hi all Trying to navigate my way around the above satnav - what a headache! :roll: Has anyone any words of encouragement or advice that might help - it has almost gone through the window several times! The logic defeats me at the moment - perhaps I need someone from a younger generation...
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    National Standard for CH Boilers in respect of req'd output.

    The suspect Boiler is a Potterton Pro Max 15 HE (12 months old) and the comparison is a Vaillant ECO max 224 E (10 years old). According to the 'guide' figures from the Energy Saving Trust they indicate that the boiler for the size of property should be 16kw. The Potterton falls below this...
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    National Standard for CH Boilers in respect of req'd output.

    Thanks everybody for their thoughts / advice. I am starting at the beginning and will work through from there and hopefully come up with an answer. The beginning is http://www.est.org.uk/housingbuildings/calculators/boilersizing/
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    National Standard for CH Boilers in respect of req'd output.

    John Don't think so as she has to pay the bill!!! :)
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    National Standard for CH Boilers in respect of req'd output.

    Stan thanks and yes I know where you are coming from. If it helps the house has 50% less people, 50 % less occupation (worker v retired) probably 50% better insulated (new house), settings at comfortable level in both houses yet daughters house is using 30 - 40% more gas to achieve the same...
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    National Standard for CH Boilers in respect of req'd output.

    Hi All Have searched through looking to see if there is a standard set down in respect of Boiler size to adequately run CH system in houses i.e. x btu's req'd in a modern 4 bed house - similar to scale of calculating room sizes v radiators. Our daughters brand new house is comfortable but...
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    Chest Freezer on the blink?

    The water came from inside the lid and yes as it is still freezing it must have been condensation - thanks anyway.
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    Chest Freezer on the blink?

    Hi, When I opened the lid on the chest freezer water ran off same which is unusual. There is ice around the walls inside and the outside of the cabinet is warm and the motor is working. Is it the start of the end or just something quirky please? thanx
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    Cylinder Head gaskets - life expectancy?

    No not yet - do you feel that it is worth speaking with them?
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    Cylinder Head gaskets - life expectancy?

    It transpires that the first keeper suspected the head gasket had gone and his dealer put it out to auction from where it ended up with my trader. I am satisfied that there is a problem with the HG on these vehicles as I have discovered through the trade and from comments made at:-...
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    Cylinder Head gaskets - life expectancy?

    Help needed please I am off to the County Court to argue the merits with a trader over a Fiat Doblo Diesel whose cylinder head gasket went within 4 years and at 35,000 miles. A full service history and one owner vehicle meant to me that I had bought the right vehicle and so had expected to...
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    Fiat Doblo van 1.9 diesel engine - is it crop?

    Research, research and a bit more research. :? I have found out one good thing our present politicians have done for us all :shock: - ammended the Sale of Goods Act to give buyers from Traders the chance to 'reject' goods that are not of Satisfactory quality which I claim is my case...
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    Fiat Doblo van 1.9 diesel engine - is it crop?

    ratm Thanks for the input again - what do you drive as a matter of interest ? I have to say for the record that I have no other complaints whatsoever with regards to the Doblo - amazed at how user friendly it is in all respects - I just got it wrong - no better still Fiat got it wrong with...
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    Fiat Doblo van 1.9 diesel engine - is it crop?

    [/url] ratm - Thanks for the tip - not too sure how I can 'measure' the 1.9 non turbo engine apart from counting the problems on the Fiat forum and at that rate I think it is about 7 reports of duff engines to 1 that has gone around the clock without a problem. That coupled with the...
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    Fiat Doblo van 1.9 diesel engine - is it crop?

    ratm - thanks for that and I cannot argue as I now understand how good the JTD engine is but - (and there is always one) - dcan you get me the figures for the 1.9 non turbo engine which is the one I have with a very busted headgasket at 35k miles and Fiat people saying (behind closed doors)...
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    Fiat Doblo van 1.9 diesel engine - is it crop?

    ratm, Thanks for the input - I am very interested in your above comment as my source in the trade says that the 1.9 non turbo has a head problem that is well known in the industry :? - so any further information in support of the above will help me greatly.
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