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Salut, I want to try a liquid gasket sealant, if only as a temp fix so I can keep driving whilst I accrue replacement parts, skills and mostly, confidence to repair manually. Re my previous post on a leaky head gasket; How can I tell if the oil is contaminated? Apparently these sealant...

Salut, Following a radiator replacement last week I experienced rising temperatures on journeys of about an hour, and significant water/coolant loss. I thought it has a duff radiator but it now appears to be a head and or gasket issue. Exhaust was detected in the coolant. All three garages...

Salut, Current situation: Radiator corroded through and coolant leaked. Have removed the corroded radiator and whilst doing so noticed the water/coolant mixture to come out of the bottom radiator hose had in it, not unreasonably given the condition of the radiator, quite a lot of rust...

Hi all, K11 facelift, 998cc. 02 plate. Any thoughts appreciated. Any advice based on practical experience most appreciated! Suffered a radiator leak which radweld wouldn't even touch; so replacing. Attempted to take the unscrew the four self-tapping bolts holding the 'upper cross member'...

Hi all, Done a little reading on the forums but still not clear on this: Fitted aftermarket radio (Very cheap Chinese ebay thing). The wiring diagram that came with the radio shows a fuse on the 12V battery wire and on the ignition wire, however in reality only the battery wire has one. Is it...

Hi all, Just had my '02 facelift MOTed. Rusted sills abound, rusted in the suspension area too. if that's not the same .. i'm a noob. Garage (Wilco motorsave) quoted £450 for welding, and an additional £200 for a brake issue. Unfortunately I don't have the kit or skills to do the work...

Hi all, Until recently I had a 3rd party stereo (kenwood) in my micra, installed and fully functioning with the apropriate loom adaptor. I decided I wanted to go back to stock setup so removed the stereo and replaced it with an original model purchased on ebay. On installing the blaupunkt...