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Maybe it was just that last car I had then, it did have a lot of problems which is why I only kept it for 8 month (spent a fortune on it in that time) but it really didn't like snow at all and yes it has made me a bit wiery, whereas every other year I've been the one going out in the snow doing...

Thanks t9, I was referring to old gits comment "new driver on low profiles, I'll stay at home! " I always appreciate the help I get on here which is why it's always the first place I come! I've had some great advice every time I've posted :) I do have another question though :) If I do get a...

I'm not a new driver on low profiles..... I've been driving over 12 year (been using this forum over 7 years!! and never had any problems until the last lot of snow we had, but my last car which I only kept for 8 months was terrible on snow, just don't want to be the same this year, and yes my...

Ok, might sound like a daft question... but mine that are on at the moment are 18 inch low profile parrelis, if I changed to a spare set for winter tyres, would they have to be 18 inch low profile tyres/wheels or could they be like 16 inch steels with winter tyres ??? (I hope I haven't just...

Winter tyres it will be then!! Is it worth getting a spare set of steels and swapping them like that rather than taking old tyres off and putting different ones on to swap back again? And cheers for the replies! !

Hi again folks, just wondering, what would you say is better? Having winter tyres put on when it snows or have a spare set of narrower wheels all together? I had a mk2 mondeo for 8 years and NEVER got stuck in the snow, last year however, I had a mk3 mondeo, and oh my god it was like bambino...

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You would have to change your car from a mini if I was to marry you haha I'm 6ft 1 Or you would have to take out a front seat haha

Haha, ye bring it down, I'm sure there's a jubilee clip and a couple of fuses that I could sort!! Just ordered silicone pipe, will see if it looks like something I can do myself again, the tip part looks easy enough, it's the bottom part of the pipe that looks a bit more fiddly this HTML...

Haha ^^^ the joys of being brought up in a family with 3 older brothers :) think my dad just followed on with the teaching car stuff to me, wouldn't let me drive my first car until I'd changed the wheel... as "I wasn't guna be one of them women stuck on a road with a flat tyre waiting for a man...

Been back under the bonnet and found the pipe that's split, it's the top one! So I can even show them where it is. A friend of mine as told me I should order a silicone one from eBay as it will last, instead of an original one from Ford!

hi again folks, changed car and everything is great, except today, I've got that wooshing noise that comes with a split boost pipe! did the last one myself on my old mondeo but this one is totally different, I can't work out which pipe is split, just wondering if I take it to a garage, what...

Hi again folks.. quick question, ive just got rid of my tddi because slave cylinder has gone and ive brought a zetec s tdci... it has st alloys, bumper, strut brace thing? And fog light front bumper.... now ive seen on the internet that zetec s are the next one down from the st... but mine has a...

Hi again guy's, im stumped!! I bought my newer car in august, mondeo tddi 2.ltr and ive sorted the split intercooler pipe, changed the cracked air intake pipe, and a few other things, but I keep having problems with the header tank! When I first got the car the header tank was full to the brim...

Thanks guys will have a wander in halfords and have a gander :)

So is there actually something you can buy that is for this specific job? Can you get radiator flushing liquid? And would that clear through whete else the oil as been? Thanks for replying :)

Me again folks, ok I had the oil cooler changed in my mondeo as the garage said thats why the oil was getting into the header tank, he said it defo isnt head gasket, which was the other explanation as to why oil was getting in there! Ive flushed the header tank out twice now (took it off cleaned...

Its a 2002 mondeo, and what would remapping it actually do, ive heard it just gives u a bit more power, but is it really worth doing?

Found out what it is :/ oil cooler has burst apparently :/

Ok so this tddi 2.0 mondeo ive just bought, the header tank was full of black gunk and so was the power steering tank, my dad said it could be the head gasket thats about to go, so today we have took out the header tank and blasted it out and we sucked out most of the power steering liquid (that...

Hiya, ye no black smoke now woohoo think it was just a build up of crap that made its way out :)

Oh and found out its a tddi not a tdci like i first thought! !

Right guys, I found the split pipe, it had a splot in about 3 inch long! Got a new pipe and put it on tonight!! Didnt even break a nail :) so..... now my car feels like a rocket compared to how it was, but when I spoke to someone about the intercooler pipe they asked if it was smoking out the...

Im not totally sure what it is, (im a woman) but all I do know is when you put your foot down theres no power, it just gradually gets faster, but all the time you have your foot on the accelerator there is a hissing noise continuously until you take you foot off and then it stops. Its defo...

Noticed yesterday that the air intake pipe was split so I replaced that, still not found where the hissing is coming from, think im guna have to take it to a garage coz its a bit difficult looking for it on my own with no ramps, just hope they dont try and rob me stupid if it is just a split pipe!!

Right guys, after 7 long years of trying to keep my mk2 mondeo on the road ive finally given up and bought a mk3 tdci 2ltr. the only problem it has is that its losing power and everytime I put my foot to the floor it sounds like one of them boy racer cars when they change gear and it makes that...

Thanks guys, I will have a look if I can get behind the glove box without too much fiddling, if I can ill go scrappy and try a few, failing that, off to ford I go :)

Thanks yugguy, the interior light flashes if the door is open and you try putting window down, every time you press elec window button the light will go off and come back on when you take your finger off, as im doing it I can hear a clicking noise under the glove box as I do it! And central...

Not a fella, :) and ive looked at haynes manual, but cant see it in there! Ive looked on internet and read that its in the glove box part where relays and fuses are but just dont know what it is im looking for, bit hard to tell from an haynes manual, just wondering if its like one of them square...

Hi again folks, ive had an auto electrian look at my car and he says it need a new relay for electric windows and central locking as he says thats whats causing my issues. Rang ford up and its 247 plus vat apparently. Now theres a scrap yard near me that you have to take your own parts off and...

Thanks guys!!! I changed the headlights yesterday, just waiting for it to stop raining on my day off to tackle the locks! I know it means ill have to have 2 separate keys for my car but it never lets me down so I keep rectifying the odd job so it keeps me going longer :)

Thanks T9 man ive been coming on here for a few year now, as ive had help that has saved me a fortune in going to the garages that think women are easily gullible! ! I dont mind getting my hands dirty myself if I can do the job!! My dad made me change a wheel before I ever got to drive a car...

The remote has never worked since I had the car, so always just done it the old fashioned way of putting the key in!! Altho this may be another daft question, but if I now have the new locks and the keys that go with it, would the remote work on the new keys with the new lock or is that...

Hi, not sure if ive put this thread in the right place so im sorry if its not!! Ive been to the scrap yard today and taken out the drivers and passanger locks ( all of the unit thats attached to the lock part all the way down to the side of the door) jist wondering if I change mine will the...

Hi, I just thought I'd drop on here and let anyone know that is interested in granadas that I've got 2 up for sale on eBay at the moment (6/4/13) there are pictures of both cars on there both under the title of ford granada mk2 estate 2.8i ghia one of them is a ghia x

Hi folks, my mum and dad are selling their granadas as they have now retired and have bought a range rover to share instead of 2 seperation Granadas Also he has loads of spare parts ie doors, boot, bumper, and alsorts of other stuff!! Both are 2.8i estates, 1 is white one is green!! If...

Everything looks fine when the door is open!! No wires showing or cracks!! Not sure if anything is going on behind the door card tho!!! Might have to have a look!! Someone else suggested water might be getting into the inner door!!! I just don't want to get robbed at a garage coz they think...

Hi, just wondering if any of you guys could help me out here!!! Ok here's my problem... My central locking is acting up and only works when it wants too.. This I can deal with... But once in the car there is a ticking coming from under the steering wheel.. Think it's the relay!!! Well if I get...

hi again folks!!!!! yes im back!! ok, my newest problem..... today i filled up my water for my washers!! then got in the car and turned it on and the battery light wouldnt go off!!! it wont let me turn on my heated windscreen coz the battery light is on!!! does this mean my alternator is bost...

thanx wayne....... u always seem to be the one that answers my questions :D:p