Hi,

I am a new member to this forum but have been following it for a while.
I must commend you all on the mass of motoring knowledge you have.

I have an LPG converted car. The car is a 1984 B reg Audi Coupe 2.o Injection 5 Cylinder. When I bought the car it was already intalled with the LPG kit.
The problem is I only get around 140 miles (local miles) to 60 litres of gas. According to my calculations thats about 10mpg on LPG.
I assumed I would be getting about 250-300 miles at least on a tank of LPG.
Could any of you advise me as to what problems there could be?

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Car is a November 2004 (54) Fiesta 1.25
The problem is when driving with no other noise (ie. fans, CD) I can sometimes hear a noise that sounds very much like a liquid - as if there were a bottle of water on the passenger seat. There is no liquid container in the car that I can see - and from the driver's seat it sounds very much like the noise is coming from the glovebox area. I don't think it happens all the time - I often notice when starting off on a journey. Is this just a vehicle characteristic??? Or any other ideas??? Read more

Friend's car (82k, served by GM and local independent "to the book") has developed a minor misfire recently. Idles like a train, and OK when cold, but once it is hot there is a minor misfire. Sound to me like one cylinder only.
Original thought was petrol added a couole of days ago, but misfire seems on one cylinder, not all
Sadly no manual, so decided to do the basic checks. Plugs were the correct GM double electrode with gaps varying from 35 to 40 thousands of an inch (just under 1mm!). All seemed ok, except the middle 2 were not tightened to their seat by perhaps ¼-½ turn, and one of these had brown marks on the outside of the ceramic where it goes into the metal. Only 1!!
Colour seemed ok on electrodes, but some light carbon on plug base where electrodes attached (possibly due to the mainly 5-10 miles it does a day.
I have suggested 4 new plugs & compression test (in case one valve is sticking or not seating), as this is the simplest and cheapest check before we send it to the local independent to put on his machine.
I am vaguely aware of some GMs having problems with crank sensors, but this is beyond my fairly extensive DIY equipment.
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Hello

Picked up a brand new Mercedes A180 Cdi Avantgarde, Auto today and think I've got a speeding ticket for the first time in 40 years of driving :(

I took early retirment a few years back and decided to give up my E class that year, and down graded to a C class. However, as petrol costs are rising as well as car servcing, bought the above car and save a lot of money compared to a 220Cdi Class and on ins as well.

to cut a long story short, I'd driven about two miles from the dealer and was not totally familar with the controls layout. As i drove at 33/34 absolute max, in a 30 zone on a clear road with very little traffic and on a slight down hill gradient, I noted a van on the left grass verge that looked as though had two black sqaure holes in the back windows. The van has thos road work type orhange twin lights falsing on the top of it. I checked my speed as i felt it was a car brak down or road works and as i passed the van, on the saide were the words 'safety camera van/,words to that effect.


I know the raod was clear and noted that further down was an old peoples home - the van was place about half a mile up the road from the retirement home and had a gold course the one side and open fields the other.

Sure I speed and TBH, would have been travelling close to 40 if I had my old C class.

There must be a sligh error in the speedo reading and let's asy i was doing 33mph - is the old, unwritten rule for good weather and clear road rquation out of the window, ie:


Speed of car travelling = 30mph + 10% + 2mph = no endosement?

What do you think and when will i get the letter.

Is it worth defedning if i was doing 32/33mph?
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Had my Fabia 1.4 16v in last wednesday for an annual service, mot, brake fluid change at skoda dealer. £350.

Used the car little during the week, a couple of miles and this tues went up the road 130 miles or so. A day later a little into the return journey the amber engine warning light came on so I pulled into the services not knowing what it meant. I rang the AA and asked them and they sent a van, his computer wouldn't talk to it for whatever reason but he said it was overfilled with oil and so didn't want me to drive it, but didn't know if this was the problem. I got a tow back which is a another story.

I have booked it in to the garage, no space till next week.

My fear is that they have screwed the catalytic converter but would like to know if the warning light could mean this or what else it could mean. Is the service, the overfill just a coincidence?

Appreciate your opinion,

Alex
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