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2007 ford transit tourneo 2.2 tdci fwd - cause of very high fuel consumption 1 Oct 2013 (Forum)
high does any1 have any idea why my tourneo is doing less than 25 mpg on a motor way run compared to my friends identicle tourneo which does 45... -
Vauxhall Insignia Advert on HJ 11 Apr 2012 (Forum)
Just out of curiosity I clicked the ad for the above on the HJ home page. On the link I couldn't find the offer of £13,995 for the car advertised. The link also uses petrol prices of 113p per gallon to calculate fuel costs. It says those are recalculated annually but was fuel really -
Ford Mondeo 03 TDCI - sluggish Mondeo 4 Apr 2012 (Forum)
I have recently changed the Fuel pump,Injectors and turbo my car runs but in the higher gears it has no poke ! it smokes in 2nd and 3rd when i push it slightly.Been told my timing might be out as i done the fuel pump myself i could have moved the cog when i put it back on. -
ford mondeo zetec 2.0 - fuel usage 5 Feb 2012 (Forum)
hi, i recently purchased a ford mondeo 2.0 zetec(2001),i put in £40 of petrol,and that lasted me 195 miles before it ran out completely,i drive... -
vauxhall vectra dti - fuel consumption 13 Nov 2011 (Forum)
hi got vectra diesel on 53 plate and it seems to be using alot of diesel , i have put £10 of diesel in and only getting about 53 miles out of it... -
Citroen C3 - air leaking into diesel line 9 Nov 2011 (Forum)
my c3 diesel sometimes just stops and would not start.when this happens i notice that the priming pump is soft.removing and refitting all the quickrelease fuel connectors seems to have solved the problem,but would like to change the orings in the quick release connectors in the fuel feed -
Ford Galaxy - Diesel or Petrol? 19 Oct 2010 (Forum)
Hi, I want to purchase a 2007 Ford Galaxy and I'm not sure which engine to go for. Which is more economical, the petrol or the diesel? Diesel fuel seems to be priced a fair whack higher than petrol these days, does that offset the better fuel efficiency? I'm not sure whether to go -
Renault Master 2.2 dci - van wont start 11 Aug 2010 (Forum)
The van wont start I have checked and the fuel is comming through, The other thing I did notice and I am not sure if it is correcect or not is that when the ignition is turned on the glow worm light comes on then goes off then comes on again. could this be the reason why the van wont start -
Nissan Micra (2003 - 2010) - 04 1.5 non starter 4 May 2009 (Forum)
1.5dci just had engine refurbished and refitted. Garage have been trying to start it for a week without success. Engine is turning over. Fault code apparently says low fuel pressure. It started ok before engine was removed so there wasn't a problem with fuel coming through before. Any ideas? -
Ford Transit (2006 - ) - 2005 2.0 Tdci mk5 tourneo fuel filter ???? 11 Sep 2008 (Forum)
anyone know if a filter part no 4.537.951 3C11-9176-AA S701C with "Ford, TDci Di" is correct for a transit tourneo 55 plated tdci dealer says its... -
Do fuel saving magnetic jobbies work? 24 Jan 2007 (Forum)
Well do they, or is it a con? If they do, which ones are good and which ones aren't? They seem to vary on eBay from £115 for original Fuelsaver, to a... -
As if we didn't already know... 5 Sep 2006 (Forum)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5315890.stm Fuel bills drive up motoring cost. Higher fuel prices mean the cost of keeping a car on the road rose by 7.2% in the past year, research suggests. Some additional details added, so people have half a clue as to what your post is referin -
Worn out engines and fuel economy 6 Oct 2005 (Forum)
My ebay banger which set me back 160 quid went on a motorway cruise the other day. Got 42mpg cruising at average of 70mph. I struggled to believe the... -
Petrol or Diesel 7 Sep 2005 (Forum)
Ok this one's too late for me, as I've just bought a petrol 1.8 Focus CMAX, but was wondering what other folk thought ? The diesel was about £1000 more, on fuel economy this would pay back at around 40,000 miles by my reckoning. However is it still true that the diesels can be harder to start -
Fuel Prices..Not a Moan - well yes it is 7 Nov 2004 (Forum)
Good morning all, When I was getting petrol before, I noticed that diesel, at this particular garage was 89.?p a litre and petrol was 'only' 85.?p a... -
clio non-starter 8 Dec 2003 (Forum)
any one out there got any ideas on a x reg clio 16v non start.got no spark, checked engine control relay n/s/f/ inner wing, checked fuel relay, same place, fuel pressure is not good but don\'t have gauge to check, but with no spark at this stage not to bothered. Changed the crank sensor n/g -
Petrol saving gizmo - 2 good to be true? 28 Mar 2003 (Forum)
Last Sat\'s Telegraph motoring section had a big ad for a gizmo that claimed to save on average 15% on your fuel consumption. From memory it was £50 and it wittered on about creating swirl effect in your fuel supply or something. Has anyone ever proved beyond all reasonable doubt that these things -
Ford fiesta mk6 zetec s 2007 petrol - Need help reading obd2 data 25 Mar 2021 (Forum)
Hello, I am trying too find a hissing noise that occurs when I accelerate and wanted too see if it was definitely a vacuum leak. I have plugged an obd2 reader in and at idle the short fuel trim is going between 0 and - 5. Then when I rev the car up too around 1500 rpm the short fuel trim level -
Jaguar - MOT - Question 25 Jan 2021 (Forum)
Hello, my car has developed 2 faults, I cannot seem to find if a couple of faults I have are failures for a MOT, so I wondered if anyone could help with the answer, please. 1. Dashboard has an intermittent message coming on; low fuel level. The fuel is not low, but strangely enough -
Should fuel tankers be restricted from major roads 26 Oct 2019 (Forum)
About some days ago, there was an accident in the city of Lagos Nigeria, on popular Otedola bridge in Ikeja, a fuel tanker loaded with highly flammable product (petrol to be precised), plying the highway suddenly lost its grip on the busy road, to cut the long story short, the aftermath