thanks for the adivice...i will check all these however my car is in need of a serious check up...the previous guy who had it never touched the car for some time and it needed the work doing to it...at the moment there are so many things loose and flying about around the engine bay...i dont know what to do!! the inlet pipes have fallen off the air filter has gone flying off the vaccum pipe has gone n pipes loose everywhere the charge carrier ant even screwed down....does anyone know some1 around w midlands who i can give it to and can sort it out....its really pissing me off! but i still love it...

or better still anyone from here around my ends willing to take the car and diagnose/fix the problems...?? ill obviously pay...

cheers