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  1. SimonG

    Issue with boot catch jamming in cold weather

    I have had my 2004 Tourer Sport for a while now but every winter I get the same issue and I really want to try and fix it properly as it is getting annoying now I have a baby around....... Sometimes when the air temperature is cold (down near freezing) and I shut the boot it doesnt 'catch' and...
  2. SimonG

    My boot wont open manually or automatically

    I cant open my tourer boot, I think it is more than just being iced up. I went to use my car on Saturday for the first time since the snow, I opened the boot and went to get something but the gas struts couldn’t support the boot lid and it fell shut. After that I havent been able to open it...
  3. SimonG

    Tarry deposit by injector on cylinder head

    I have been getting a fumey smell in the car and had thought it was my manifold cracking again (see http://typeaccord.co.uk/forum/topic/4910-anyone-get-fumes-in-cabin-after-getting-new-manifold/) but tonight I took the plastic cover off the engine and saw this: The black stuff is tarry black...
  4. SimonG

    Anyone get fumes in cabin after getting new manifold?

    I had my manifold changed about 1.5 years ago (16k miles), the fumey problem was fixed and I was very happy. Recently it has started getting fumey and last night was the last straw as it was very fumey again, it seemed worse than it ever was before I had the manifold changed. Is it likely to be...
  5. SimonG

    Anyone ever changed a headlight bulb?

    My low beam drivers side headlight bulb doesnt work anymore. I have looked in my manual and investigated changing the bulb but it is tucked right in by the washer fluid filler spout, I have skinned my knucles trying to get my hand in there to just remove the weather cap let alone actually get...
  6. SimonG

    Tourer tailgate gas struts

    My boot lid just wouldnt stay up this morning, it was very cold, about -2 according to the trip computer. Later on today when it warmed up a bit (now 2 degrees!!) it stayed up fine. I guess the cold is effecting my gas struts. Is this something everyone experiences or are my gas struts on the...
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