My Volkswagen Golf has lost power after I changed an injector - why?

I recently replaced my Volkswagen Golf TDi's head gasket because I had a water leak. Prior to this I had a problem with misfiring and replaced injector two, because it came up on the scanner. Since replacing...

Why did my Ford Mondeo diesel lose power under acceleration?

I was driving my 2003 Ford Mondeo diesel estate yesterday and I was about to accelerate to overtake a lorry at 60mph when I lost all power and my glow plug indicator on the dash started to flash. Then...

Why has my Peugeot 307 lost power after a service?

I have a Peugeot 307 1.6 110bhp HDI. I had no problems prior to having a full service at a well-known garage, but after I picked it up I noticed that there was a serious lack of power and it can barely...

Why is my SEAT Altea slowing down when the windscreen wipers are on?

I was recently driving in rain at approximately 70mph in my 2005 Seat Altea Reference 5-door 1.6 petrol with the windscreen wipers on full speed. When the wipers were moving in the direction of travel...

Does my 2004 Ford Fiesta have a fuel pump fault?

I have a 2004 Ford Fiesta 1.4 petrol which has developed an annoying problem. While driving, it has an intermitting problem of pulling back as if it was running short of petrol, then it will suddenly shoot...

Is using premium diesel causing an EGR valve problem on my 2001 Skoda Octavia?

For the last 30,000 miles I've run my 2001 Skoda Octavia 1.9 TDI with 110,000 miles mainly on Shell V-Power diesel. Having done a fairly fast run down the motorway and left it parked overnight, the next...

What's causing my 2005 Ford Mondeo diesel to lose power?

I own a Ford Mondeo Zetec 2005 TDCI (130). I have had the car for a year with no problems at all, until now. The car starts fine and runs ok in first, second and third, but when you go to fourth or fifth...

Why is my Ford Focus losing power?

My Ford Focus Zetec has recently started losing power whilst I am driving and the speedometer drops to zero. The car still moves but is very slow, and then after a few seconds the speedo jumps back up...

Did my 2004 Nissan X-Trail suffer a one-off engine management glitch?

On my 2004 Nissan X-Trail 2.2 DCI (70,000 miles, FSH) I had a problem where the engine would not rev at about 2500rpm. It didn't stall, had been running perfectly and corrected itself when I switched off...

What's causing my 1997 Audi A4 TDI to lose power?

I bought a 1997 Audi A4 TDI the other month. It was going great until I was going fast one morning, when the car's power just died on me. It now struggles to get to 70mph. Going through the gears, it struggles...