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• It's not all Black and White! 15 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  I have 2 cars A Volvo C70 T5 Auto and a VW Bora 1.9TDI Auto. I drive 38 miles each way to work so 384 miles week. I've driven both cars to work for a week and worked out the average Fuel Consumption for each The Volvo 35mpg and the Bora 47mpg. Doing my sums it will cost me at todays fuel
• Vauxhall Cavalier (1988 - 1995) - '89-'941.6 (c16nz) fuel mixture problem! 29 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  pedal. Some other times i have no throttle. When i drive the highway the warning light lights and remains on until i stop the engine. I checked the car and told me that is bad fuel mixture. (the voltage of l-sensor is not varies) I changed the l-sensor. the same problem I changed the "cold"-sensor
• MPG Caps 16 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  I wonder if any BackRoomers can help me with some FIRSTHAND advice and experience. I've just had a phonecall from someone who is known to me who wants to sell me some 'MPG caps' that are added to your fuel tank, and which are supposed to add 10-20% to your mpg figures. I am one of the most cynical
• Peugeot non start 3 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  severe lately. I runs fine on some days and just doesnt start one others (sometime cutting out when i come to a sharp halt in traffic). It was working the other day so i decided to check if the fuel pump relay was damp by unplugging it. Didnt seem too moist so i plugged it back in and the car doesnt
• ZX Cold Start (Again) 25 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  the problem. I have looked at the fuel leak off pipes on the injectors, but can\'t see anything as the intercooler is in the way. What I can see is that there is an awful lot of what I suspect is old diesel fuel that looks like it is getting blown out of either the rightmost injector / or out of the top
• Unhappy with main dealer-how to proceed? 13 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  of days after them taking the car, I rang to find out what the problem was, the girl returned to the phone and told me: "reason it stopped was it was out of fuel" (D'oh, i figured to myself, but hang on, i'm sure I noted around 100 miles of range on the computer, and the yellow light hadnt been on. Nor
• VAG DSG 23 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Does anyone know why the DSG is not mated to any petrol variants of VAG cars? It would surely improve the fuel consumption, compared with normal torque converter auto gearboxes.
• Car selector? 8 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  Is there an online (UK) "car selector", i.e. an application to which I supply data, these (power, size, economy, fuel type, CO2 band, etc.) being used to "choose" possibilities?
• Chaos at £20,000 petrol giveaway 8 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  It may have back fired for the residents. But not for the ones that got free fuel!!!!!!!!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7599639.stm
• Driving with the window open 15 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Is it more economical to drive with the window open, or keep the windows all closed and put the air con on? Are there any stats on fuel consumption when the air con is on?
• The next engine? 7 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  http://auto.howstuffworks.com/quasiturbine.htm An engine that has significantly fewer parts than a normal one, needs no oil, boasts incredible fuel efficiency, and can run on petrol or diesel.
• Petrol or Diesel 21 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  From an environmental point of view which fuel caues the least harm I know diesels produce less CO2, but what about other emissions? Any suggestions?
• Petrol / Electric Hybrids 9 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Has anybody any experiences to report on the Toyota Prius or Honda IMA models? In particular, are the official fuel consumption figures actually achievable in real motoring?
• Petrol Going-Off 12 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Does anyone have any experience of fuel going-off and then causing poor running if a car is stored for a few months? and if so how can it be prevented
• Tyre pressures 5 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  I have been told that you can run your car with the tyre pressures at there maximum setting. This is surposed to give better fuel economy. What other affects will it have?
• What is Krypton Tuning? 5 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  What is Krypton tuning? Does it have any place with modern ECU controlled cars, multi point fuel injection and lambda sensors etc? Thanks Ben
• Ford Focus 1.8 TDCi - Focus TDCi LIMP HOME MODE SOLVED....I THINK! 12 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  garage, leaving my car there for them to look at the next day. On the drive back to my house he mentioned that he recently picked up a lady passat owner with much the same problem.  He then gave me the best piece of advice I have seen yet, KEEP YOUR FUEL TOPPED UP. Since then I have been
• Peugeot 3008 eHdi semi auto - Subject real mpg 4 Oct 2016 (Forum)
  as the Peugeot and I bet it gives me better mpg .    Do not believe all the hype about these green car it all bull The day they make 500 mile electric car that take 20 to full recharge and cost the as an equivalent fossil fuel vehicle we be my time to go green otherwise it all lies
• Fabia Estate (2010) Mk 2, 1.2 TSI DSG - Random knocking noise when accelerating 26 Apr 2016 (Forum)
  . 6.     Since June 2015 – Started to use premium grade fuel plus RedeX fuel additive
• ford mondeo 2002 tdci - mondeo 2002 tdci cuts out 30 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  it for a test drive and found no fault until he returned when it was running a little lumpy. He replaced the fuel filter and all was fine. It was back to normal and I was over whelmed!.   A month later my car done the eact same thing. So i waited 30 minutes and it re-started and just about