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I know you're right and I really should change the ancillary belts as well but I'm not gonna bother on this occasion simply because cash is beginning to get rather tight lol. Plus they're not squealing at the moment anyway and should be fairly straight forward to change should I need to change...

Got the brake pipes done today! £140 it cost me to got new brake pipes front to rear, both sides. Worth it though to have brakes that actually work lol. Got it booked in for next week as well to get the cambelt and water pump done along with an oil change. I've ordered my parts too, looks like...

You're most likely waisting your time trying to charge that mate. When they go flat they usually go down to something like twelve volts dead or no voltage at all if there's a drain. But that reading of yours suggests it's got a bad cell and has had it :( Give it a go anyway but get it tested...

Also make sure you've got your heater set to draw air in from outside rather than circulate the air round inside. That will make it mist up something rotten if you're recirculating the air inside. Fresh air is best lol.

Yeah I think if you get about £8000 for it you'll be doing well. That'd be the target I'd want in your shoes. Bare in mind cars sold by dealers in that price bracket will have warranty and plus most people will have a part ex which obviously you can't cater for. But yeah maybe stick it up for...

I'd say probably neither mate but that doesn't neccessarily mean it'll be an expensive fix. If I were in your shoes i'd be contacting a good auto electrician. Unless the actual terminal on the battery is loose or something stupid like that? Saying that I think these have a common problem with...

Having sold my old toyota recently mate it seems to me that cars have two values. The first being what it's worth and the second being what people will actually pay. My toyota was probably only worth about 2600 roughly but because it was a really nice example and people want a nice one, people...

What oil are you all using gents? I've always found the choice of oil makes a good difference. Particularly if you've been using a semi synthetic and then change to a fully. That will get you more mpg for sure. I know the diesel accord has to run on a fully synthetic but i've no idea what you're...

Actually bud if your battery has gone flat, charge it on a mains charger over night or whatever. Don't think you can jump start the car and drive it round to charge it. It doesn't work like that, get it on a mains charger :)

Blueprint I'd very good stuff mate. I've been in the motor trade for 25 years now and I've always like blueprint. Good quality stuff. You can also get a well known brand called intermotor for your ignition bits but my advice is don't! They're crap lol. That's very cheap for Honda coolant, I...

You're so leading me into temptation MedicalFlyer! I'm trying to keep costs down and you're tempting me to spend money lol. But yes I'll treat mine to a set of plugs and cambelt kit. It's only a run around but I'll keep it for a good twelve months so may as well get it right. The body work is...

Definitely not tappets or injectors matey, it's not a ticking sound. More of a weird wobbly sound like a pulley although the pulleys all look solid. Think I'd best get the cambelt done really, I'll do that after the brake pipes. This is going to be an expensive week lol Nice colour accord by...

Before you buy an alternator, on a lot of them there's a little regulator that goes and if that's the case you can sometimes replace them quite cheaply. I replaced one on a friends prelude a few years back. Not saying that's the case with yours, it might not be replaceable at all. Infact it...

When you changed your brake discs did you remember to degrease them first before fitting?

That being said if you're doing a lot of shorter journeys plus maybe a lot of stop starting than you might just need to take your current battery off and give it a charge up on a mains battery charger. Saves you a few quid :) It's odd you're getting problems when it's warm though and not cold...

Struggling when warm? Usually you notice a weak battery more when they're cold as the engine is stiffer to turn over. However if you want to upgrade the original battery id look at an agm type myself as they can recover much quicker from heavy drain than a normal battery can. As for brands I'd...

It has got a slight rocker gasket leak actually. I wonder if that's a sign it has been previously disturbed in order to do a cambelt? I must have a chat with the garage next week. Yes it is a bit gutless low down, especially for such a large and seemingly thirsty engine. Beautifully smooth...

Yeah very much so. He said the thing with an s2000 is they're great in the dry but his one didn't have traction control and so was a nightmare in the wet. I've never been in his car (especially not after that ha) but that's what he told me anyway. I'd ***ume later ones would have traction...

Terraclean can clean a dpf. http://www.terracleanni.co.uk/index.php/dpf-egr https://youtu.be/UsIq1dmdASE

In my experience Castrol is good oil but not as good as all their fancy advertising would have you believe. Especially Magnatec which is the most over rated oil on the market. I don't know what this other make of oil you mention is like but I've always used either Shell, Mobil or Valvoline...