oopsey on the vent line, will do that tonight then :) Thanks all for your support and actually getting me to do some bits myself, never thought I could be able to do something like this myself. Honestly, I have zero technical skills mechanically, or is it zero mechanical skills lol I went for the S4 ...

New battery installed but guess what I found underneath which helps explains my battery woes to date! a tiny battery which looked more like a battery for a astra, it was a 66aH ones, replaced with the bosch! Suddently everything felt more tight and gear changes felt more quick, would a teeny battery ...

I had the same issue, it was exhaust manifold ( a very common issue with these cars). Does your exhaust blow at al, if not, if you sit in one place with the car running, do you smell a gas smell? If you do need to replace the exhaust manifold, you can pick up a cast iron one on ebay for £70 and get ...

Thank you everyone - Bosch ordered from Eurocarparts!

I would have ordered the Lion Car Battery for £87 if it wasn't for you guys, so cheers

My first DIY job - will keep you all posted

Hello all, My battery is buggered guys and wont start again today (been jump started numerous times now and even after a long drive and trying to charge it back up, due to me mainly driving low distances and the cold weather, it dies again. Now im tring to figure out which battery to buy and really ...

Thanks for the replies all :) I took the car for a longer drive tonight and tried manual mode (one which I haven't used a lot of until today hehe). So the car does drive smoothly and revs all the way to the red line in each of the below gears. From Gear 1 to Gear 3 the power is there and doesn't ...

Hello everyone and thanks for all your help! I think you guys are right, unti i get more comfortable with the doing these things myself, ill end up sending a small fortune. I now have fixed all the issues, and definitely got them done at a better price by using mobile mechanics Got the suspension ...

a merry xmas bump all! Wowm my local indy was trying to charhe me £1k for fitting and parts in London, so glad I did some research. Anyone had good success with ronin's exhaust manifolds? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/200984412537?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649&clk_rvr_id= ...

I have the same issue as you, however mines got read at an independent dealer and it came up with two faults of a ride height sensor

drives fine and isn't sitting so deciding whether to fix or not howver not sure on the cost. you should get it read and see fault codes as a first piece

In terms of further work, they have recommended the below after doing some maintenance checks they did for free:- a)First thing we have noticed is that both front wishbones are DANGEROUS, they are the cause of the screeching when turning but also the knocking when braking and hitting bumps in the ...

Hello all, I was hoping for some assistance in terms of what to do with my car going forwards. For background it is a bmw x5 3.0 diesel automatic, sport exclusive edition, le mans blue and cream leather and I love it 2005 facelift edition Recently the brakes stopped working completely and I was like ...

Hello all, I've just picked up this car and took it for an MOT to assess the damage as the MOT runs out on the 17th of this month. The issues it failed on are:- 001 Hazard warning switch faulty 002 - Horn not working 003 - Front constant velocity joint gaitor deteriorated to the extent it no longer ...