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• Leaking diesel fuel injectors 20 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  A straight answer to a straight question (?). Do leaking injectors lead to compression loss and presumably lower power output? This is a follow on question...
• Punto Fuel Engine management Probs 28 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Hi! Can any one offer any help? My Daughter's 1.2 Punto's 55 Engine Management warning light has come on and the engine is running really rough, I have...
• Golf 1.4E develops quirks 3 May 2002 (Forum)
  Went to fill it up tonight and pressed the button beside the handbrake to open fuel filler cap and nothing happens. I can't get it open! Then driving home at a steady 56 in order to conserve fuel I noticed the gauges dip (rev counter and speedo) momentarily. (I had not changed gear or speed). It's
• Low Sulphur Petrol - Poor economy 5 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  I've noticed that my fuel economy has dropped by ~2-3mpg, and performance seems to have drooped off, since the forced change to Low Sulphur fuel. Is this normal or should I be looking elsewhere? Exactly the same occured with my previous Diesel car when City Diesel became available. Renault Laguna
• Is some diesel fuel REALly better? 12 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  We've all heard the 'anecdotal evidence' - "my car definitely feels zippier on Brand X" etc, but is there any REAL evidence that I should use Texaco,...
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 2.0 TDCi - Fuel System and Brake Light Despair! 16 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  times. Had the vehicle checked out under warranty - 3 injectors replaced. Collected the vehicle September 2006 and was returned immediately for the same problem. 2 more fuel injectors replaced. I was told that the reason was "dirty fuel". In November back again all fuel injectors replaced
• KIA Rio Grades 1, 2 and 3 - Impact of tyre width/size/profile on fuel economy? 8 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  Can anyone explain why the impact of tyre choice can have such diverse impacts on fuel economy? I have attempted to extract two tables from the KIA published data for the RIO - summarised below - they appear to show that KIA is 'admitting to' a fuel economy penalty going from standard 185
• Classic cars,bikes older Outboards Chainsaws ETC - Ethanol in Fuel ( by EU Directive ) 11 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  If you own any type of 4 stroke or 2 stroke engine that is 20 years old maybe affected read this Apart from shortcomings ethanol has as a fuel, the problem
• Vauxhall Corsa D (2006 - ) - Unexpected poor fuel consumption figs. 24 May 2008 (Forum)
  In July last year I bought a brand new Astra SRi Sport Hatch 1.8. The car was superb and I had no issues with it. In September my circumstances changed and I got a new job with a company van with fully expensed fuel etc so I decided it was time to give my Astra up :-(. During this time my
• `Luxury bloat` small cars, to efficiency priority? 2 May 2008 (Forum)
  City Cars. Do you think a new austerity of design will occur due to the new high fuel cost future? Seemingly, only last month `luxury small` with bloat and weight were fine, but now with a future of higher fuel costs.... Weight, Drag, engine efficiency. 1) Weight is a growing problem don`t you
• Diesel, Cold, stop start fuel consumption figures 20 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  I`m not sure cold, stop start Diesel gets its merits displayed in the official fuel consumption figures. We often say or hear said, "you have to do over 12,000+ miles before diesels worth it" It seems to me most of the cars being discussed are bigger vehicles where perhaps use is being made
• Chrysler Voyager - car keeps breaking down with no prior warning when driving along 26 Sep 2017 (Forum)
  unpredictable as it happens without any notice, i think this is extremely dangerous as if i was on the motor way my car just stops dead without any notice I tried a new fuel filter but the same kept happening i had it towed to a garage where they put the machine on a diagnostic machine - everything came
• Volkswagen polo bluemotion 2010 - Help my fuel injectors busted a second engine! 10 May 2017 (Forum)
  Any advice would be appreciated. About a month ago my car broke down with a billowing of white smoke. It was transferred to a fuel specialist where they said one had became trapped open causing unburnt diesel to flood the engine, they replaced this fuel injector (£500
• ford focus 1.8 tdci - injector/fuel pressure problems? 3 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  replacing no 1 injector and also replacing the fuel filter. this i did at a cost of £220 for injector supply and fit and the fuel filter and the diagnostic was £65.  upon collecting the car yesterday it seemed to run fine until the exact same symptoms started again! i rang the garage and he
• Volkswagen Polo III (1.4 petrol) - Engine got wet in floods and wont start at all. 8 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  on the dipstick or around the filler cap, so I dont know if that is unrelated or what. There was water around the coil, which I have been drying gently with a hairdryer, and water had been splashed up on the fuel system wiring/loom. I have cleaned and checked the earth leads from coil and fuel injection
• Peugeot 309 (1986 - 1993) - 90 1.9 gti turns over but will not fire 7 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  have an immobilizer near the ignition, the type you put a fob to, so i was unsure what this mystery switch was. after lots of messing round im 99% sure it was some kind of fuel pump immobilizer as when i connected some wires together could hear it working. this still didnt get it started. i have tried
• Renault Clio 1 Petrol (1991 - 1998) - 95 1171 Turns over but will not start 5 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  diagnostics today, with a happy result at least of getting it lit up again, albeit no root cause yet! When it will not start, there is spark @ plugs, but no smell of fuel. I have re-seated all of the fuel injection electrical connectors I can find, including what I think are the fuel pump relays in a box
• MG MG ZT (2001 - 2005) - 03 2.0 (135)fuel lift pump 8 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  MG ZTT 135 2.0litre diesel 2003 bought in January2004. At 3weeks old cut out after 250 mile journey at approx 60 mph very frightening for lady concerned! Only the start of the problem though. Sat in main dealers awaiting repair for 2 weeks returned to us with no explanation other than a fuel
• Budget speech relating to cars 25 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  This is a transcript of the Budget relating to cars. While half of carbon emissions come from buildings, a quarter come from vehicles. So today I want to do more to encourage cleaner fuels and cars. I propose to radically reform vehicle excise duty. I am introducing, to take effect tomorrow
• Fiesta 1.416v Zetec Won't Start 29 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  like it was being fuel starved or something, it was also down on power and sounded a bit like a lawn mower ie not right. When blipping the throttle at idle there was some strange burbling and back popping from the exhaust as though the exhaust was gone. Then I was driving along and the engine lost