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Thanks for all your help folks. A little update from me: my mate's cousin who is a mechanic checked it out, and was preparing to replace brake servo, do a gearbox oil change, and arrange for a proper diagnostic check as he said the turbo wasn't spooling up at all. Then yesterday, after filling...

fitted the new screen wash cap today. now the question is, what brand of screen wash is good to use, what are the proportions to mix with water, and can i fill it right up to the top?

well he works on vans for his dad's despatch company....so i'm not sure how familiar he'll be with my car. but at least he'll be able to make some sort of initial diagnosis i suppose.

oops. too late - thanks for the offer but I just ordered one on amazon :) I hope it's not the catalytic converter...managed to find out my friend's cousin is a mechanic so he'll take a look at it next weekend for me. fingers crossed.

a blocked what?

oh, man...missing a cap then. gonna order online. thanks for the tip :)

this is a photo of what's under my bonnet. which one is the screen wash bottle? Top left of image seems to be brake fluid...bright yellow on the engine itself seems to be engine oil? That leaves bottom right black cap...? or is that for anti freeze?

ok, went to halfords, got the lights sorted out, paid them to fit 2 in for me so that was £38. On the upside, I observed the guy and now know how to change those bulbs. ;) Popped into a Nissan Dealer, they wanted £100 just to diagnose the car...one guy mentioned the hissing from the brakes...

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/GenericProductGuidedSalesCmd?action=getProducts&storeId=10001&categoryId=165538&catalogId=10151&langId=-1&vrn=av03+jyy&findPartsVRN=Find+parts&rememberMe=1&storeId=10001&catalogId=10151&categoryId=165538&langId=-1&engineInd=&makeName=-1 which...

Yes, really annoyed about that. Have the service manual though, but that doesn't tell me how to change a bulb. LOL

Great, except I don't have the owner's manual :(

Hmm. Ok, rear fog lamp is not working then. Strange that Pushing the stalk does nothing but flashing does. How many bulbs are there in each front headlight assembly? 2?

Well it definitely goes over 40mph. It just struggles going over 60 if there's an incline. Can't find the manifold thingie as well - saw a few rubber pipes and they all looked ok. Couldn't see the bottom ends though

that's not good. anyone with a code reader down my way at all? what's safe mode, and how do i get it out of safe mode?

you reckon if i pop into a nissan dealer they'd tell me what the problem was with the engine codes for free? ;)

Nope...no code reader..was hoping to find someone knowledgeable in the London area or close to it on here... I'll have a look in the morning at the manifold thingie...

Well, here's what happens: First twisting notch, front left and right small lamps come on (I assume these are 'sidelights'?) Twist one more time, and the bigger lamp on the left front side comes on. Twisting the inner notch does nothing. Looking at the front of my car, it doesn't look like...

also - all these issues sound really serious eg. the turbo, clutch etc. I've literally just had a full service (filters all changed) a week ago straight after buying the car, so I can't believe the service mechanics didn't pick up on any of these. does anyone have a good mechanic to recommend...

this is the light:

Hi all. Used to ride bikes a long time ago, so this is my first car and need some help with questions. I'm no sparkie, so pardon the ignorance. Hope you can help :) 1. Mysterious red light comes up on my display sometimes when on the motorway. Lights up for a moment, then disappears. It's on...