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  A misfuelling service didn't remove all the fuel - can I claim against them? 29 Apr 2024 (Ask HJ)
  I put petrol into my diesel, Freelander 2. I realised at the pump and called a fuel removal service who sucked out the petrol. After a month of intermittent...
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  Fuel consumption test? 19 Nov 2015 (Ask HJ)
  For the last 18 years, I have kept a record of fuel consumption in a spread sheet of the cars I have driven, from 1997 to 2002 when I drove company cars....
• Shell V-Power NITRO+ premium 7 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  HJ is going to cream himself over this one! ;) Shell Fuels Technology introduces new, game-changing premium
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  Power loss and white smoke on a Ford Mondeo 4 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have a problem with my Mondeo when the temp reaches halfway the engine starts cutting out as if no fuel is getting through, it eventually stalls, but...
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  Rover 200 2 Oct 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Our Rover 'V' reg 200 diesel car started to stutter occasionally soon after a new fuel tank was replaced at a local garage. It usually jerked twice within...
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  Does my 2004 Ford Fiesta have a fuel pump fault? 23 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2004 Ford Fiesta 1.4 petrol which has developed an annoying problem. While driving, it has an intermitting problem of pulling back as if it was...
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• Nissan Micra (1992 - 2003) - 93 998 Fuel problem 5 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Engine will start .If I soak the air filter in petrol it starts but only for a few secs. I guess engine is not getting fuel from the pump. The starter spinns the engine quite easily as if no petrol in the cylinders. Where is the fuel pump so that I can check? Any other checks you can suggest
• BMW 3-Series E90 (2005 - ) - "Bad" Fuel? 1 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Until this weekend, in the short life of my 325d I have always refuelled with Shell Diesel Extra at one station. I?ve been monitoring the fuel consumption of the car quite carefully and it?s consistently been returning 34.8 mpg actual with 36.7 indicated. Driving past a different Shell station
• BMW 5-Series E39 (1996 - 2003) - fuel smell from inside cabin, (sometimes) 7 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  hi i am getting a fuel smell from inside the cabin ,this only happens sometimes and varies i,e i can drive all day without any smell and then it will start, has anybody got experience with this on e39 bmws mines is a 530 sport, my car is 1 owner and has done 82k, i dont know wheter i should
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 01 1.6LX Petrol Poor Fuel Economy after repair. 5 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  Hi - had the fuel tank filler neck flexi hose replaced recently ( leaking fuel was the tell tale sign of it's demise ! ) but have experienced very poor fuel economy since then. I realise that it could be coincidental, but do you know of any problems with this replacement part, e.g
• split toyota fuel line. 9 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  Replacing fuel filter on carina e, I split the metal return line. I lost about 2 -3 inches of line from where it meets the filter. What i need to know basically is what sort of a"patch " can i make to rejoin the pipe? I tried rubber fuel hose and jubilee clips but it was not secure.........guy
• peugeot 406 faulty fuel gauge reading 13 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  I have a 2001 peugeot 406 2l petrol glx estate. when i returned from a long journey of about 350 miles my fuel guage was reading empty and the low fuel light was on the trip computer stated i had about 30 miles left in the tank. whilst driving to refuel the vehicle the guage showed 1/4 full
• Golf couple's fuel efficiency record 6 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  Just in case you may have missed it, there's a story today about husband-and-wife team John and Helen Taylor setting a new fuel efficiency record on a 78-day around the world drive. Using a special new non-standard fuel formulated by Shell they drove 18,000 miles through 25 counties and their VW
• over fueling ford fiesta 6 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  ford fiesta 1.1 ohv 94 l reg, the spark plugs are wet through with fuel! cleaned them up ran the car for about 200mls no start, wet through again removed air filter box carb unit seems to be over fueling there's a lot of fuel sprayed into the carb on tickover, the air filter is dirty which i have
• Mercedes E300D 95 leaking fuel 24 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  Just noticed that I have a diesel leak coming from a unit just below the inlet manifold to the right of cylinders 1 and 2 - it looks like the leak is coming from the top of this unit where the fuel feed pipe (from the fuel filter assy) enters at the top. It looks like the pipe is just a push fit
• Why is 'normal aspiration' best? 28 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  My understanding is that 'normal aspiration' is just a (hopefully advanced) form of traditional carburetter (i.e. fuel is drawn into cylinders from tank by a mixture of gravity and suction) whereas 'fuel injection' is where fuel is pumped into the cylinders. What I find surprising is that some F1
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  What petrol gives the best MPG? 7 Nov 2022 (Ask HJ)
  Do you know of any research comparing the mpg obtainable from different fuel brands? My local fuel garage has changed to a lesser-known brand and I feel...
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  Trouble starting a Volvo V50 diesel 14 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Volvo V50 2-litre diesel has a fuel pump that is more of a suction pump mounted on the engine after the fuel filter. If air gets into this line then the...
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  Diesceased 4 Apr 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I filled up my 2007 Mondeo TDCI with diesel as usual. Over a period of 4 days, including long distance motorway, running I experienced a number of issues....