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    How to Fit a Timing Belt on a Ford Fiesta V 2004

    Full belt fitmenet guide for a Ford Fiesta V 2004 1.4L 16V model with engine code FXJA. ...

    Full belt fitmenet guide for a Ford Fiesta V 2004 1.4L 16V model with engine code FXJA. ...

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    How to Refit an Ignition Coil Rail

    NGK Spark Plugs take us through Opel/GM ignition coil rail removal and installation. NGK’s newly launched ...

    NGK Spark Plugs take us through Opel/GM ignition coil rail removal and installation. NGK’s newly launched YouTube channel – www.youtube.com/channel/U CVveRIWmTwxoTWtMQL WDnlQ – includes a series of te ...

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    Brake Fluid: A Best Practice Guide

    A best practice guide from Mintex on brake fluid testing, checking and everything in between. When it com ...

    A best practice guide from Mintex on brake fluid testing, checking and everything in between. When it comes to vehicle maintenance, monitoring the condition of brake fluid rarely makes most drivers’ ‘ ...

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    Which Filter Is Which?

    How to ensure the right oil filter is inserted into the correct housing. MAHLE has an abundance of techni ...

    How to ensure the right oil filter is inserted into the correct housing. MAHLE has an abundance of technical knowledge in regards to filtration systems for all sorts of vehicles. It is this expertise ...

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    Brake Light Switch Fitment Guide

    Switch Fitting Secrets - How to easily fit a brake light switch To help technicians to accurately replace ...

    Switch Fitting Secrets - How to easily fit a brake light switch To help technicians to accurately replace a brake light switch, we’ve recently produced a TechAssist bulletin that guides them through t ...

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    Why Do Actuators Go Wrong?

    Melett take us through some common problems that can cause a turbo to fail Common turbo failure modes cre ...

    Melett take us through some common problems that can cause a turbo to fail Common turbo failure modes create much discussion between our customers and technical department. To help identify common fai ...

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    Why Thinner Engine Oils Can Help VMs Meet Targets

    Thin is the new thick. As more aggressive CO2 rules loom, we find out why thinner engine oils can help VM ...

    Thin is the new thick. As more aggressive CO2 rules loom, we find out why thinner engine oils can help VMs to meet these targets. Driven largely by last year’s ‘diesel-gate’ fall-out, VMs are now bein ...

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    Fuel Filter Fitment Made Easy

    How to ensure trouble-free installation and performance. Miten Parikh, Product General Manager, Comline s ...

    How to ensure trouble-free installation and performance. Miten Parikh, Product General Manager, Comline shares some insight into one of the aftermarket’s most popular replacement filters. As a proud B ...

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    Should You Be Fishing Upstream?

    Stuart Still, Technical Trainer at EEC explains why a faulty turbo can lead to DPF damage. I regularly re ...

    Stuart Still, Technical Trainer at EEC explains why a faulty turbo can lead to DPF damage. I regularly receive calls from workshops complaining that a customer’s vehicle is suffering from a ‘faulty’ o ...

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    Product Test - Pro-Cut Brake Lathe

    Technician Ed Grimley, Staffs, test drives the Pro-Cut Brake Lathe - "The finish on the disc was incredib ...

    Technician Ed Grimley, Staffs, test drives the Pro-Cut Brake Lathe - "The finish on the disc was incredible." The Pro-Cut brake lathe has always been one of those pieces of equipment that I've wanted ...

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    How to Fit a Clutch on a VW Golf

    A full clutch replacement guide for a 1.6 petrol VW Golf FSI model; BLF engine code. The Volkswagen Golf ...

    A full clutch replacement guide for a 1.6 petrol VW Golf FSI model; BLF engine code. The Volkswagen Golf is a very popular vehicle on the UK’s roads, with many engine and model options available to ch ...

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    Copy Gets A Pasting

    Drivers who opt for cheap copy turbos could pay the price when it comes to performance, as BTN Turbo expl ...

    Drivers who opt for cheap copy turbos could pay the price when it comes to performance, as BTN Turbo explains. A series of independent tests carried out by the Millbrook Group in the UK has shown that ...

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    Is Your Hand Brake Adjustment Out?

    How to reset the handbrake mechanism when fitting calipers If the hand brake lever is moved prior to fitt ...

    How to reset the handbrake mechanism when fitting calipers If the hand brake lever is moved prior to fitting and adjustment to the vehicle it will throw the automatic hand brake adjustment out. If thi ...

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    What's In A Warranty?

    DPFs and Catalytic Converters can fail for various reasons but, in many cases, it has little to do with t ...

    DPFs and Catalytic Converters can fail for various reasons but, in many cases, it has little to do with the unit itself and will be due to another fault elsewhere within the car. As a result, we belie ...

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    What Causes Early Pump Failure?

    Andrew Vaux, Technical Support & Training Specialist at Gates talks us through the most common reason ...

    Andrew Vaux, Technical Support & Training Specialist at Gates talks us through the most common reasons for water pump problems. Following recent analysis of our inspection data we’ve been able to ...

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