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LSD oil is the same as standard gear oil it just has an additive in it to protect the friction plates. If the garage has put non LSD oil in it will cause the friction plates to clog and the diff will tend to snatch when going round corners this can usually be cured by changing the diff oil a...

you will find this to be a very common problem and easily fixed open the sunroof in the tilt position and at the back right on the corners look down and you will find two screws that hold a plastic trim in postition tighten these screws. they are a bit of a pain to get too but you can use a...

dont forget it could be your rear wheel bearings they are really easy to check just remove the rear halfshafts look in the workshop section under rear axle seals it would also be worth changing the seals.

mine has filter built into the banjo on top of the pump Its only a short pipe so i took it off and blew it out with an airline a bit of muck came out but nothing to cause concern. As for erg valves some fords have them and some dont have a look on the top of the inlet manifold were it joins the...

I was having a windscreen fitted at work and i borrowed there adhesive to bond my rear ones back on still bonded on strong good stuff

I was given a complete training pack by my works.Training cd a thick book on digital tachos three rolls of paper and a small carry with you ref book the pack was made by siemens and is very good. But in the end there is only a couple of buttons you need to press

Always ask for the photo evidence we have to at work so we can pass it on to the driver about a third of the tickets are dropped because the picture doesn't meet the requirments and they know they wouldn't be able to take it any futher but if you dont ask for the evidence and just pay the fine...

I would check your voltages at the starter motor on the main feed you should have permenant feed and you should have battery voltage at the switch wire when the ignition is in start postion. I would also check your earth strap to the engine.

The Malfunction Indicator lamp will be found on all electronic controlled engines it indicates a fault in the engine managment system so you will find it on all the petrol models and all the TDI diesel engines. It is not fitted to the earlier TD diesel engines as they have no engine managment...

I would put a bulb in its not a hard job to remove the dash and it would also be worth while spraying grease into the speedo cable as they can get noisy on cold days. Its possible that somebody has removed the bulb because the light is on all the time and they want to sell the car.

There is a cheaper option get two new keys cut at the the local shop they wont have the chip but if you remove the cover around the steering column you can cable tie the original key to the steering column so that the pick up loop reads the chip in the original key. The only down point is the...

if you have nats imobiliser fitted you will need to get the key from nissan as they have a chip in them which will need to be programed to the ecu. You can program the central locking/ alarm key fob yourself

you would also have problems with the brakes when you try to reverse when using an overun coupling trailer hubs have special brake shoes

I think you need to do it again but be very carefull of the timing i had to do it a few times before i got it right.

simple manufacturers lights arent always in the right place but who is going to argue with peugeot or ford when they have 1000's of vehicles on the roads but when mr plod stops you and your trailer they have to be right.

Yes have you got any young kids (the younger the better) ask them too do it there show you how. I have learnt loads from my 2yr old I took my tv back to the shop as it wouldn't switch on only to find out she had activated the child lock now known as the parent lock. After we found out we...

you can never really get it right your axle will be in the wrong place the draw bar will be too long which will make it a nightmare to tow and the centre of gravity will be too high. Often when vehicles are converted to trailers the lights are also in the wrong postions but i haven't measured a...

polyguard! Thats what holds my nans teeth in!! :lol:

Your getting mixed up between the imobilizer and the buttons that work the central locking. The key has a passive chip in it that responds to a signal given out by an aerial loop around the ignition switch it changes the signal and this is then picked up by the aerial which turns the imobilizer...

I think that there is only one frequency for the one with the built in buttons