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• Diesel MPG 31 May 2002 (Forum)
  I own a 1996 306 diesel and although I drive it hard, am not impressed by the fuel consumption compared to friends of mine who make statements such as "I can get 700 miles from a tank in my one etc etc..." I rarely get much more than 400-450 miles from my tank but reckon I should get more. What can
• old chap and the road tax fine 18 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  Hear about the 70 odd year old, done pushing £400 for 10 un-taxed minutes on the road. When oh when will the police put as much effort into catching proper criminals? About time they scraped road tax anyway. The only fair system is to tax actual usage of both raod and fuel? The more you use
• Why waste money on Diesels? 21 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  Can anyone explain why a vast ammount of money is spent on developing 'cleaner' diesels, and trying to get them to the same level in refinement as petrols, when this money could be spent on more eco-friendly (hatefull noun I know) such as dual fuel cars, hydrogen fuel cells? As far as I know
• Ford Mondeo - LPG? Forget it! 19 Sep 2013 (Forum)
  . I'm one of the poor unfortunates that paid good money to have my 6 month old Mondie converted to gas. I was advised to have a flash lube system fitted to protect the valves as gas is a "drier" fuel. The problems started almost from day 1. Fuel consumption on gas was about 18mpg
• 4 diif makes - Electric car range 4 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  range was 72-82%.   It came to light while watching this that the fuel cover on 1 of the cars was electronically operated, and with zero power he had no way of getting it open to be able to charge the car up.   While you would never run a car until it stop, and to be honest
• "Fuel poverty" 3 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  Item on the TV news last night saying 100,000 people in the region were in "fuel poverty". I don't dispute that some find it hard to heat their houses to the temperature they would like, but these days I think expectations in this regard, as in many others, can be unrealistic
• Developments 20 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  There is a very interesting article in the IEEE Spectrum magazine about the future of hydrogen fuel cells as applied to motor vehicles.   The author is based in California, where the authorities take pollution seriously and support the motor industry in its attempts to solve the problems
• Peugeot 307 SW - 1.6 petrol - won't start 22 Dec 2016 (Forum)
  2005 307 SW estate, 1.6 16v petrol. Turns over but won't start. From searching other threads/forums I've checked the following: fuel pump whines for few seconds when ignition turned on. I believe this indicates it's OK. warning alarm beeps when key left
• Citroen C5 - Diesel stalls when slowing to a stop or idling 21 Jul 2016 (Forum)
  Our Citroen C5 diesel (2008 estate) is stalling regularly when idling (or when slowing to a stop). It's been in to the garage 3 times, and we've had the AA once - we've spent almost £3,000 so far (!!!) and the fault is still there. So far: Garage 1, Visit 1: fitted 4 new fuel injectors
• berlingo 2.0 hdi 2004 - intermittent fault. 2 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  ! this problem has existed for a few years (long before battery change). basically.. drive to somewhere, if engine not cold before starting, it starts fine but after a few revs, behaves like no fuel reaching engine and then is ok but goes into limp mode, sometimes reset after a few restarts
• 2007 ford ranger 3.0 diesel auto - Fird ranger Cuts out and will not rev by 2000 rpm 9 Jan 2016 (Forum)
  Had this vehicle 5 years and it has always been sensitive to fuel filters. It will cut out but always restart immediately then run for another few miles before it happens again, this can also happen going around left hand sharp bends. It also only runs properly if the fuel filler cap
• mpg - who is to blame? 4 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  The Consumers’ Association (Which?) seem to have taken a stance on car fuel consumption and emissions. In articles
• mondeo tdci - compensation 11 May 2014 (Forum)
  own recon injectors this was ok with garage i sourced recons which garage fitted the car then failed to start they said recon injectors were faulty so they were returned to supplier they have said that the fuel in injectors had metallic contamination so warranty was void they say that fitter
• Renault Megane II (2002 - 2008) - 04 1.5 dci (80) Fuel pump 8 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I thought that it would be adviseable to let all the megane/renault drivers on here know that there is a problem with the high pressure fuel pump with renault. I have recently had problems starting my 54 Plate megane and took it into the dealers last week thinking that the injectors were clogged up
• BMW 3-Series E91 Touring (2005 - ) - Realistic fuel consumption for 318i 23 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  2.0TDCi. One factor that may actually make the maths even more favorable is that in moving from a diesel to a petrol I benefit from the increasing difference in cost between the two fuels and the fact that for my business miles I will be able to claim 3p a mile more. All this assumes that the BMW
• ford mondeo - Another dodgy mondeo tdci, wont start 24 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  I just took a 2003 Mondeo tdci, 130bhp model in p/ex. It came as a non runner (kind of) with 2 sets of injectors and 2 HP fuel pumps. the car would tow off and run fairly smooth at low revs, anything over 2500 rpm and it would cut out and need towing / bumping again. Immediate thoughts
• Need suggestions on buying a fuel efficient car 7 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  Hi I am in UK and I currently have a Honda Accord 1.8 2000 model car and I drive daily 100 miles to work. The mileage I get with this car is around 30MPG, I didn't relaize that I have been spending too much money on fuel (approx £6000 an year), so want to buy another fuel-efficient
• 2005 Mondeo TDCi (2.2) - Frozen Fuel Lines/Filter 23 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  on, she'll splutter, cough and die a death, although if I'm lucky she will go into limp mode and I may just be able to get home. I'm convinced it's frozen fuel lines or the filter as the exact same thing happened the other week and when the thaw set in and temperatures rose above freezing she was ok
• Ford Fusion (2002 - 2008) - 04 1.4tdci - unreliable starter..any ideas ? 30 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  fail warning came on and the car gave up. the aa came out again, couldn't see what was wrong but that there was still air bubbles. the car was towed home but started first time when i got home. the aec fail light has never cam on again but the car doesn't always start. Sometimes pumping the fuel
• Toyota RAV-4 (1994 - 2000) - 00 2.0 Poor mpg 26 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  the fuel warning light was on and the fuel warning light is on again after about 70 miles. Most driving is short trips between towns approx 10 miles per day Monday-Friday, or town/A roads/motorways approx 25 miles at weekends, so nothing too excessive, no foot to the floor with the throttle and overdrive