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| location | England, United Kingdom | |
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| visits | member for | 2 years, 1 month |
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May 15 |
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Easily serviceable/maintenance cars In which case, replace Vauxhall with Holden in my above answer... A nice old 80s or 90s Ute perhaps? |
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May 15 |
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What does the 'cc' mean on a motorcycle? Indeed - the same is usually true of car engines - my 1.6L Honda is actually 1595cc |
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May 7 |
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CAN-BUS signals of Ford Transit needed I'm not an expert on Transits, but I suspect you'll need a bit more information than that - what age of Transit for a start? I suspect they are proprietary, but you've presumably worked that out already as you mention reverse engineering... |
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Apr 12 |
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2000 Camry P0446 Evaporative Emission Control System Vent Control Circuit Malfunction Your second question is too localised - Inspection requirements vary wildly from country to country (and often state to state in some countries), so we can't tell you if it'll fail unless we know which inspection it needs to pass... |
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Apr 4 |
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How can I find out the exact colour for my car? On some cars the plaque is under the bonnet, either on the slam panel or the bulkhead. |
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Mar 1 |
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What are the brake specs on a 2008 VW GTI? You learn something new every day! That's the model we call the 'Golf' in Europe, with the Golf GTi being the top sporty version. I usually use Haynes manuals as they tend to be the most common over here, I don't know if they're available in the US though? |
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Feb 28 |
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What are the brake specs on a 2008 VW GTI? Which model of VW? GTi is a trim level... Do you have a workshop manual ('Haynes' or similar) for the car? |
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Feb 22 |
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2007 prius premium gas or not? While I'll agree with you that a Diesel will be cheaper to run, I'd have to point out that a newer Diesel ought to do much better than 40mpg - Many sold in Europe these days are quoted as 60-70+ mpg... Of course, your Merc is probably a lot more comfortable! |
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Feb 13 |
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Tail light is intermittently out on Dodge Caravan I agree, it'll be a poor connection somewhere, and the socket itself is the usual suspect. If you can get to it, try taking the bulb out and cleaning the contacts inside the socket with fine emery paper. |
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Feb 13 |
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Car Cigarette Lighter Keeps Blowing Fuse That's interesting - presumably the 'IGN' feed is only active when the ignition switch is on, and the 'battery' feed is active all the time - so you get the choice as to whether your lighter socket is always on or only on with ignition? I've not seen that before... |
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Feb 12 |
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Nissan Micra oil leak @theUg Wikipedia has a fairly comprehensive guide: link |
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Feb 11 |
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Nissan Micra oil leak I suspect 51 refers to a UK 51-plate, meaning the car was registered in the second half of 2001. This would make the speeds miles per hour. |
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Feb 2 |
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'00 Civic Brake Imbalance @mac - It's quite worrying how little safety inspections a lot of countries have. Knowing how little attention some people pay to maintaining their cars, I'm quite glad they get checked at least once a year - the guy in front of me in the queue had three bald tyres. Plus, as you say, brakes are something it's difficult to quantify yourself. |
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Feb 2 |
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'00 Civic Brake Imbalance @mac - it was the driver's side on this occasion. |
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Feb 2 |
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'00 Civic Brake Imbalance Fixed - It was indeed a sticking slider. |
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Jan 29 |
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'00 Civic Brake Imbalance I'm with you on the sliders as the first suspect. I've just discovered I can get new sliders, so that's an easier option than I thought it might be. I too would always replace both calipers as a pair, but I'm hoping I won't need to! |
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Jan 28 |
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Attaching poorly-fitting exhaust components without welding? What are the relative dimensions of the pipes? Presumably one or both are aftermarket components if they don't fit together properly. How did the old bit come off - was it a sleeve fit, and did you have to cut it off? |
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Dec 19 |
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Switching gears without clutch 4-5k is normal operating speeds for many engines ;) That's nicely in the power band on mine (redline is 7k, and it's gutless below 2k5) |
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Dec 19 |
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Switching gears without clutch You will need to blip the throttle on the downshift though, to get the engine up to the right rev range for the lower gear. |
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Dec 18 |
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Is it possible to disable beep for opening door before shutting off the engine? I think they're trying to tell you the engine is still running - Though I'd be worried about anyone who didn't notice that! It might be intended more for forthcoming electric cars where you wouldn't have the noise of the engine to remind you it is still on? |
