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How to Winterize Your Diesel Engine?
If you want to keep your diesel engine up and running properly during the winter, you might want to take a break from online casino South Africa gaming to winterize your car. Even if you don’t live in sub-zero winter regions, your car still needs to be...
How to enable Dyno mode on your VW Golf R GTI / Skoda VRS / Audi S3 RS3 / Seat Cupra VAG
How to enable Dyno mode on your VAG VW, Skoda, Audi or Seat. I'll keep this short. Put your car on the rollers Turn off the ignition to stop the car Turn on the ignition - wait for all the warning lights to go out Turn on the hazard lights Press and release the...
VW / Audi / Seat / Skoda Battery Replacement / Coding / Issues AGM guide & FAQ
Long gone are the days that you could pop down to Millfield Autos (Hello Peterborough!), pick up a £35 battery for your 1985 Fiesta Mk2 1.1 Ghia and swap it out in the car park quicker than it would take to fill up at 62p/ litre (those were the days). In fact, not...
GRIDSERVE opens UK’s first Electric Forecourt
GRIDSERVE has announced that the UK’s first Electric Forecourt is open for business, representing a major breakthrough for massive expansion of electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in the UK. The site, near Braintree, Essex, represents the first of over 100...
4 Significant Hypermiling Tips To Improve Your Fuel Economy
4 Significant Hypermiling Tips To Improve Your Fuel Economy Hypermiling is nothing but ‘a sheer obsession with the numbers’ to pose a limit to your machine (vehicle). This is an economical way of driving and exceeding the efficiency level, as stated by the...
Modern day Skoda Octavia VRS barn find. 6 years, 382 miles and a lot of grime
Judging by the green "patina" growing on this Skoda Octavia VRS, I'm not sure this poor car had ever seen the inside of a barn. However, this 2014 VRS saloon has certainly been left untouched and open to the elements with a whole lot of grime and an astonishing 382...
Tafmet EGR Simulator FAQ
Our recent post regarding EGR issues plaguing the VW Transporter 180 BiTDi engines opened our eyes to a new product we have previously not known even existed, the Tafmet EGR Simulator. Our googling revealed that this inexpensive device is used widely amongst...
VW Transporter T5.1 / T6 excessive oil use for CFCA 2.0 180hp BiTDi engines – EGR Cooler failure
I must say that I have a massive soft spot for the VW Transporter. In fact, it's only the astronomical asking prices Transporters go for that have prevented me from buying one. It's one of the few vehicles that have a timeless design and benefit from a cult-like...
A Guide to Scrapping a Car
Approximately 1 million cars go to the scrapyard every year in Britain. So if you have finally decided to scrap your car, this is the best option. You may be wondering how you can scrap your car, and do you get money for scrapping a car? If so, you must read this...