A bit of rattle when starting a 2.2 CRDI Kia/Hyundai diesel might sound like hydraulic tappets filling, but the cause is almost certainly a worn timing chain that needs renewing before it fails. Peter Simpson reports.

Regular readers will know the 99 had quite an eventful summer holiday at the Le Mans Classic with the rest of the C&SC gang (News special, September). Several ‘issues’ occurred on its travels, meaning

Fixing advice from our garage proprietor Steve Rothwell

VX220 dream

Last month, Rick explored what had caused Tony Cull’s Triumph TR6C engine to give its former owner such trouble. This month, the question is how to stop it happening again

Whether you’re storing or riding through, give the gift of fresh oil