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• Which is economical? AirCon or window open on mway 18 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  We know that the air conditioning unit in the car affects the fuel economy when in use. Have seen cars on the motorway with windows open travelling at 50+mph. I thought it would be more economical to use an air con frugally compared to having a window open which causes a drag which affects
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2000 1.8tddi. very poor fuel usage. 3 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  hi all, can anybody give me any ideas as to why my focus 1.8tddi estate is only doing about 315 - 370 miles to a full tank of diesel. i have no obvious...
• Water as fuel - hoax, isn't it? 22 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  A link somewhere else took me to http://www.gas4free.com ... and it looks to me like it's either a scam or an out-of-season April Fool's joke. I am no...
• Ford Mondeo 1 (1993 - 1996) - 95 2.0 petrol - thirsty automatic 7 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  Hi all, my thirsty old car is costing me a fortune. I have recently bought it, with 90k on the clock and it drinks petrol like I do beer. It is currently doing 260 miles on a full tank of fuel. Now I know autos use a lot of fuel but this seems ott. Any ideas or advice greatly appreciated, because
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 98 1.6 erratic tickover and poor fuel consumption 21 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Just had the cylinder head replaced on R-reg 306. Now it won?t tick-over properly and it?s drinking petrol. The tickover is very uneven and probably varies...
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 2001 2.0 Emissions light on 8 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  Hi, My emission's light keeps coming on regardless of replacing the lambda sensor. It's reading on the computer as saying fuel/oxygen too rich or words to that effect. After checking under the bonnet I can see that whoever had it before me put in a non-standard fuel pressure regulator so I'm
• Volkswagen Golf IV (1998 - 2004) - 2000 (x reg) TDi (115) - Fuel Tandem pump leaking 25 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  Helo all! Hope someone can help! X reg TDI with PD Engine (115) with a leaky tandem pump, i have been told that these pump units have no servicable parts...
• Audi A4 (1995 - 2000) - 1996 1.8 Temperature sender 21 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  Whilst poking around the water temperature sender I noticed a second plug hanging loose. I couldn't see where this might have come out from, but Haynes manual mentions fuel injection temperature sensor. If this has indeed fallen out would the car run OK? It seems to be fine, but fuel consumption
• Miles per gallon query 18 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  Do (any) modern cars, when rolling down hill with the drivers foot off the accelerator, supply *no* fuel at all to the engine ? I know electric things like the Prius had that feature where it would stop the engine if it detected it wasn't need, and start it again when the pedal was depressed
• Rover 400 (1995 - 1999) - (95-99) 1.4i - fuel starvation? 27 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  My rover 400 1.4i is in {deleted - DD} service over one week.one night i broke down on M6,the engine stoped as it not getting fuel.After that i could...
• Toyota Carina E 25 Jan 2007 (Forum)
  Thoughts on the suitability of a 1996 Toyota Carina E, 1.8 CD, 5 door for a 150 mile per day mainly motorway commute please. Actual fuel economy from owners, common faults and questions to ask seller. Also what to look for due to it having a towbar fitted that has been used to pull a caravan. Got
• Renault Trip computer 28 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  understand that fuel consumption varies and that such things have limitations, but to change from having 60+ miles of fuel and 'none' in the length of a motorway slip road is a bit disconcerting ! -- Go on, get out of the car... http://www.mikes-walks.co.uk
• Escort Juddering/Kangarooing 2 Nov 2006 (Forum)
  the Cat, Fuel filter, Fuel tank, Spark plugs and changed the Lambda Sensor. Without hooking it up for diagnosis, does anyone have any other idea what the problem could be or is diagnosis the only answer? As this is only intermittent, would diagnosis pick it up?
• Vectra C - 2nd service 23 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Batteries - The "usual" easy stuff washer fluid,wipers etc Should the fuel filter be changed? Dealer says "no" but service book refers to an "external" fuel filter on the Petrol engines? Brake Fluid change? Thanks in advance
• Road 'Tax' for caravans 2 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  I know they don't burn fuel (they just make me burn more fuel!) and they aren't mechanically propelled so, under the present tax regime, they aren't liable but what about changing the law to charge all caravans some sum of money for being on the road? It needn't involve registering the vehicle
• just a quick fuel eco question... 30 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  my 306 1.9 td gets on average 600 miles from a tank. I work this out to be 10 miles to a litre which is 45 mpg. I think this is average for the car so...
• charisma gdi 1.8 fuel injection 3 May 2006 (Forum)
  Now ive heard that this will work but thought id run past you guys to see if its safe to do. To clear my rough idling problem (due to carbon build up)...
• Ford Focus fuel tank fell off! 30 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Read this in the local rag: http://tinyurl.com/eaz9y The article says the Focus is an A-reg.....strange I thought....then I saw the picture in the paper...
• BMW 530d E60 - Winter Operation 27 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  this can be? Viscosity of diesel at low temperatures or something else in the fuel system or controls? I use Shell, BP or Texaco diesel - no supermarket fuel.
• 306 air leak??? 15 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Hi, recently bought a peugeot 306 M reg and not long after buying it when I drove along the engine would cut out, but if i tryed to start the engine again it would first time. Now I wished it still did that, I called out the AA and he blead the fuel and it was lots of air within the fuel supply