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• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 96 1.9 Replaced Fuel Cut Off Valve... 24 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  and now not starting. I think i've got air into the tank as when the engine is cold it won't start. Not sure how to remove the air from fuel system from the engine side. I know glows are good etc as the car was running without problem, just a little fuel leak from the valve before I replaced
• Volvo 850 (1992 - 1996) - Volvo 850 GLE 2.5 estate real life fuel mpg? 11 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  Just very early stages of looking at used cars, any one have experence of owning a Volvo 850 GLE 2.5 Estate with a manual gearbox circa 1995/6 vintage. Just really interested in likely fuel consumption. I live in fairly mpg friendly Norfolk which helps a little. The fuel consumption figures
• Fuel (What do you do?) 28 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  Over the last month I have actively been looking for garages that sell their fuel cheaper than others. I have never done this before, as I never thought it?s been worthwhile to save a few pence. This got me thinking. (Too much spare time) I always used the Jet garage about a mile from my house
• Audi 80 Mk II (1991-1995) - Coasting and fuel consumption 8 Feb 2008 (Forum)
  After reading numerous posts on fuel consumption and that coasting in gear instead of letting it idle in neutral uses no fuel I was a bit sceptical espically mine being an older car. So I tried it, at 60mph in 5th briefly switched engine off (under the most safest circumstances) and it was like I
• Effects of electical items on your fuel economy 10 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I was watching an old repeat of Top Gear the other night where Clarkson drove an A8 Diesel from Lonfon-Edinburgh and Back. He was saying that he turned the heating off to save fuel econmy, likewise he was driving on side lights in the rain rather than dipped beam. Now I know that the air con
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1.8 fuel leak 28 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  I boguht a 306 1.8 yesterday and went to the petrol station and fiilled it up, when i had stopped i noticed that there was a fuel leak of about 2 liters which i think may have been the overflow, the rac came out to have a look (it was free) they said that the fuel pump seal wasnt fitted correctly
• 03 espace auto brake/ticking fuel pump 9 May 2007 (Forum)
  on permantley. The other possible problem is what appears to be the fuel pump fixed to the underside of the fuel pump,a few minutes after the car is locked you can hear a noise,sounds like a pump,for about 2 seconds and then the fuel pump starts to tick like a clock and continues until the car is unlocked. I
• VW Transporter fuel gauge play up 14 Mar 2019 (Forum)
  My Caravelle 2004 1.9TDI, there is 3/4 of fuel in the tank but the gauge needle reading on low below the red line and jerk everywhere when I over the bumps plus the low fuel warning light is stay on all the time. I took out the sender unit, the reading of Ohms when the level
• Any - New European wide fuel labelling 5 Oct 2018 (Forum)
  French media is reporting that new "standardised" fuel labelling is coming in as from next week (12 October) - I haven't seen any reference to this in British media, but the legislation is said to be Europe-wide (not just EU states) so presumably including UK whether Brexit
• Mercedes-benz 300 sl - Fuel injection 8 Apr 2017 (Forum)
  Hi all Was going to go out for a drive in the roadsters but I couldn't get her started turns out the high pressure fuel pump is knackered. (Going to sort out a replacement in the week). Was talking to a friend about the car and he was saying to replace the mechanical fuel injection
• vito 110 Cdi 1999 - Vito wont start after adding fuel cleaner 22 Jun 2016 (Forum)
  I overdosed on fuel cleaner to clean up my emissions for mot test. Ran ok for a while. Started leaking fuel at No1 injector while I was doing other jobs for test.  drove about 4 miles in traffic and stopped for 15 minutes and would not restart.  Could it be o ring seals
• Land Rover Discovery 3 - LandRover Discovery 3 - water in fuel 8 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  I have an information message stating: Water in fuel This message comes up and is 'fixed' then shows almost immediately. I have had the tank drained to remove water and the fuel filter replaced on about 3 occasions. It comes back immediatley. I have asked our local mechanic
• Chrysler Grand Voyager - Fuel Pump & Engine Speed 5 Oct 2013 (Forum)
  Been having starting problems with my 2008  2.8 diesel Chysler Grand Voyager, I suspect low fuel pressure or injector trouble but only done 62K. Where is fuel pump located and what delivery pressure should it give out. Also when engine is running in park or neutral can only get engine revs
• W reg 2000 ford focus zetec - ford fuel pump replacement 27 Aug 2013 (Forum)
  Hi, Could anyone kindly help me re ford focus mark 1 and replacing the fuel pump please? I have all the bits but Im struggling to see how you disconnect/reconnect the fuel lines at the top of the pump. Its some kind of quick release but Im struggling to find how/what you release
• vauxhall vectra - car not starting/ fuel pump 5 May 2011 (Forum)
  car is 2l turbo, ran out of petrol recently and is now not starting, was blowing black air at frirst then running fine but only for max 7 mins. car has been in autoshop since last thursday, said was fuel pump £600, said i'd outsource it and now says that he can reprogram the original fuel
• Vauxhall Vectra C - fuel return pipe? 22 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  hi, i have a vectra 2.2 sri direct. could anyone tell me if the pipe that leads from the fuel pressure regulator to the cam driven high powered pump is in fact the return pipe, as described in the haynes manual, or is it the feed to the pump? the only other pipe from the pump is a metal one
• Citroen ZX 1.9TD - need to prime fuel before starting 1 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  Had this problem a while. So far have changed all pipework in engine bay, leak off pipes, priming bulb and O rings on fuel filter housing. Even so, after about 4-5 hours standing it needs to be primed before it will start. When priming I can hear the fuel filter housing refilling with diesel
• Volvo V70/XC70 (2000 - 2007) - 02 2.4 Changing Diesel Fuel Filter on D5 12 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  I have a Volvo V70 D5. Can someone confirm if there is a diesel fuel filter in the engibe bay, and if so, where is it? Or does the car only have a diesel filter near the fuel tank? My car has done 115,000 and as I am changing the other filters I wanted to change the diesel filter too. Any comments
• Hyundai Accent (1994 - 1999) - 99 1.5 - air/fuel mixture fault 16 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  hi, got a hyundai accent 1999. starts ok but very quickly starts to surge and hesitate making driving virtually impossible. took it to local garage who code read it and there scanner came up with fault codes 81 and 82 which relate to air/fuel. ran engine with machine attached and the air/fuel
• How to use the least fuel in a set period? 4 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  While driving my recently born baby boy round to settle him down, I started wondering how to use the least fuel while keeping the car moving. I'm not interested in the mpg, just in limiting the fuel used. We have some quiet estate roads where I live where it's safe to put the car into 1st