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    Corsa recall for oil jet

    I don't know about this design, but I worked for a piston manufacturer pre 2000 and it was not unusual - although more for diesels - to have oil-cooling to the base of the piston. This , however was not pumped: it would have been by splash/scoop to theunderside .
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    Bloody Tyre Shops

    Well I live in the Alps at 5 000' so I both need - and legally have to have - winter-tyres ( or chains/snow-socks ) from Oct 01 to March 31. I choose tyres. My question to you was really sparked by your comment about having tracking done when you change tyres, and what you would do when changing...
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    Bloody Tyre Shops

    What would you do if you are cycling summer-tyres/winter-tyres ?
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    Bloody Tyre Shops

    No, it's normally 1.6mm. Some countries - Austria and maybe Hungary - have a sepoarate minimum depth of 4 mm for winter tyres. Tyres have two sets of TWI for the two minima. Austria obviously has too many tyre-distributors on the advisory body to the law-makers as they also forbid you from using...
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    Corsa recall for oil jet

    " Danger: The oil jet cooling nozzles may be damaged. Failure to cool the crankshaft and/or pistons can cause damage to them and result in the engine stalling. This can lead to a hole forming in the engine casing, causing oil leaks onto the exhaust pipe. This can cause a fire to start in the...
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    Need a runabout - what to avoid etc

    This is something I find puzzling. In the USA Kia/Hyundai have a rotten reputation with many recalls for serious faults that risk wrecking the engine, catching car on fire and more. I have tried to find out where Kias for USA are produced but didn't manage to do so. If they are not produced in...
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    No dipstick

    Change of supplier would require an engineering approval, which should normally include both technical examination and extended testing ( where appropriate ). A new loom should have been tested for exposure to heat, fluid contamination and ageing ( accelerated methods used ). If that was done...
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    VW Golf 2021 eTSi gearbox selector problem

    Just reporting what I have read in newspaper reports and reviews: VW UK is reputed to be very mean with "good will " payments, but if you have 100% VW servicing and it's been done on time, they really ought to pay something. Have you looked on VW forums to see if this is common ? If so, that...
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    Another wheel alignment thread ( but different ! )

    Does that mean that you think I should go to a tyre-fitting depot ?
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    Another wheel alignment thread ( but different ! )

    I just fitted my winter-wheels last week ( just in time as there have been heavy falls since ) and would like your views on the following. These Avon WX7 tyres were fitted on my Vectra C in Jan 2022 and have covered 10 700 miles since. Tracking was done at the same time and new drop-links were...
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    Scudo (Expert/Dispatch) Rear Shoe Auto Adjuster Questions?

    TRW is a multi-multi $ billion o.e. parts supplier: possibly the biggest in brake parts. Now owned by ZF, the leading German manufacturer of - amongst other things - automatic transmissions.
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    Sorn/mot

    Don't you recall all those cases years ago with early breathalyser stops ? IIRC the law said "when stopped by a police-officer in ( full ? ) uniform " and then there were endless legal arguments about whether the law was applicable if the officer wasn't wearing his hat/cap which meant ( so the...
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    Sorn/mot

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    Sorn/mot

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    GB News

    Your projection only works amongst your like-minded bunch of morons. Which petition was that ? The default option has been reversed to 30 mph - you need to wise up.
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    GB News

    Christ man, you really project a full-on image of a C19 version of a bile-spitting, knuckle-dragging, burn-the-unbelievers version of Mark Drakeford. As for the 20 mph speed limit you mentioned a while back, it clearly wasn't appropriate if the boyos government thought it apprpriate to lower it...
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    Puncture repairs

    If that is total tread depth - and not just usable- then on a cost per mm tread, the new tyre ( inc fitting ) is both better value monetarily ( inc fitting ) and you have the advantage of running on a newer, less puncture-prone tyre.
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    GB News

    Yes, that has the same ring of truth as Starmer's frequent assertion that he's working-class as his father was a tool-maker, thereby smoothing over the fact that he was a tool-maker who owned and ran a factory emplying tool-makers.
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    GB News

    The last sentence deserves grounded argument and not simply an assertion. Clearly COVID had a massive impact: national debt as a percentage of GDP rose by 10% and the state will therefore be paying billions more in interest payments. You can then add to that the billions ( up to £ 10 Bn ? ) that...
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