Hi all, Just turned my car off 20 minutes ago and DIDN'T apply the parking brake. Since then the electronic parking brake applies then immediately disengages itself about once a minute. The (p) light flashes twice on the dash and I can hear the motor running that engages the brake. I never use the p...

Hi guys, My car starts and runs for 3-5 minutes normally, then will Rev up to 3000rpm and stay there. Has also happened once while driving. Seems to happen every time it's started. Unplugging the idle air control valve makes the revs drop back to normal. I changed this with a used part, but same pro...

Hi guys, About 18 months ago, I had a very similar problem where my car would start fine cold, run all day long but once it switched off, couldn't be restarted until the engine cooled down. To fix this, I replaced the camshaft sensor with a used one which seemed to fix the problem until the other da...

So today I did a compression test on my car using Robert DIY's method. My results for the dry test (Cylinder 1-5, in PSI) were 158, 153, 152, 158 and 156. For wet they were 195, 182, 195, 180, 181. These readings are while the engine is hot. My question is, is my engine okay and likely to last a whi...

I recently replaced the camshaft sensor and there was no oil leaking from there at that time. On the cambelt side, it may be leaking a little bit as abscate said but the cambelt was replaced about a year before I bought it and unless its a danger to the cambelt itself, id rather leave that alone as ...

Do you mean crank seal leak? No oil around cams

I can find the oil as high as where the sump meets the block (Higher of the two joins). Oil is leaking out of more than one place. I have taken more photos to try to show where. Places I can find is a small amount near the cambelt (Can't pinpoint where), small amount at the front of engine around wh...

Thanks abscate, I crawled under the car this morning and had another look. From under the car the exhaust looks completely dry. There is a very small leak from the 20mm pipe you mentioned, and also a small leak from a little (looks to be about 8mm) pipe going into the turbo. I struggle to see how th...

Hi all, A few months ago I finally bought my dream car, cosmetically in excellent shape however with several oil issues present. It's a 1996 855R with 290,000 Kilometers. I'll start with the most important one, being that after the car is warmed up and driven normally there is a faint to moderate sm...

I am searching for a genuine new throttle cable for my RHD 850R auto. I see plenty online for LHD but I believe these are shorter? Happy to pay any price as I am getting rather desperate, these are unavailable at the dealership. Willing to wait for shipping from anywhere in the world. Where would I ...