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• short runs 22 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  Question please: Does a (new) diesel engine have any advantage over a (new) petrol version when it comes to the additional wear caused by short journeys? many...
• Audi 80 B2 1.8 - Just another Pierburg 2e2 question.. 5 Dec 2022 (Forum)
  . Bought the car in October and all in all it seems like a good un. So... the issues. Seller told me that sometimes it cheats or over-runs on ignition off. That turned out to be a little optimistic as it over-runs quite often. Also runs super lumpy (as if its not firing all cylinders
• Peugeot 106 1.5d 1995 - Peugeot 106 1.5d 1995 starts, runs but cuts out? 12 Sep 2019 (Forum)
  Hi all, first post, hoping can find some good advice. Have run a 106 1.5 for 10 years and has run perfectly for all that time ... good MPG, starts in under a second, hot or cold weather, zero smoke and always passes emissions. But the last couple of weeks, it has started hunting
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  Rough running Corsa 3 Apr 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I recently purchased the above car from a Vauxhall dealer. Having read your columns and back room all the negative press about DMF's has got me thinking....
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  Should you switch the air conditioning off in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV)? 25 Feb 2022 (Ask HJ)
  You recently advised to keep air con on at all times to avoid damage to seals and gas escape etc. I have a Kia XCeed plug-in hybrid electric vehicle...
• Tesla, Nissan, Renault ets. - Spike in mayday calls as EVs run out of juice 23 Nov 2020 (Forum)
  Apparently the recovery services are receiving a surge in calls from owners of EVs running out of juice. The AA have rescued more than 600 EVs in two years. Most cannot be towed normally and have to be transported with all four wheels off the ground. Apparently on the spot charging
• Mitsubishi Carisma - Cooling Fan 3 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  Hi all My cooling fan been running now and then during the colder weather recently, usually when the air-con is on.Is this to keep the air-con 'bits' cool with it running so much ? The temp gauge sits plum in  the middle as it's always done. No loss of coolant - car
• Hit & Run 28 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  My daughter in law has today, received paperwork from the Met Police informing her, her car was involved in a hit and run situation. She does not live or work in the London area and has never driven there. It could be someone has cloned her number plates or the number misread
• Latest Government twaddle about green motoring. 13 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7290467.stm If running "cleaner" cars costs less[?] and they're planning to "show the lifetime cost" of running them; will that include the consumption penalty and huge cost of servicing the emissions junk every 50,000 - or will that be quietly hidden. [I
• Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - MK4 Endura running rough and reving 19 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  ? The car also runs far too hot though this is a separate problem.
• 1995 micra running problem. 12 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  My 1995 1L nissan micra normally runs fine but occasionally when I slow down to a junction it looses all power, judders and stops unless I rev it excessivly and drive it hard for a while and then it goes back to normal. It always starts first time everytime even straight after it plays up
• Dirty Petrol - Rover 414 19 May 2005 (Forum)
  I've got a Rover 414SLI 1990 H with an intermitent running problem - after about 1o mins running it starts to miss fire but only as if on 1 cylinder then picks up ok - its got new plugs, leads, dist cap & rotor arm, air filter. The coil was changed about 20K ago - is it dirty petrol as it seems
• Northern VW Charity "Cannonball Run" 30 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  Short notice I know, but tomorrow is the Northern VW Charity "Cannonball Run". Meet at Chester Services (J14 M56) before 10am and prepare for a 136 mile relaxed cruise through North Wales, taking in Moel Famau, Bala, Horseshoe Pass amongst other places. Minimum donation of £5 per car, with all
• Volvo S40 running lights 19 Oct 2004 (Forum)
  the time! Is this legal in the U.K.? I have seen American spec. Goldwings with these running lights. What happens when you indicate? Does the rhs one go out when you indicate left?
• Peugeot 405 Diesel Running Problems 12 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  I have a 405 diesel - and it runs fine most of the time. When you have to go up hill it loses all power and really struggles - as soon as you start to go back down the hill - all is fine again. I'm thinking the pickup to from the fuel tank might have become blocked as the car had been standing
• BMW 318i hit and run damage 8 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  Hi today I have been the unfortunate vctim of a minor hit and run incident. Som toerag has decided to leave a nice dent on the rear quarter panel of my car. I think it may have been caused by some body reversing into it at say 5-10mph. Surprisingly the paintwork seems undamaged. Does any body
• Petrol RON 17 May 2003 (Forum)
  I have just bought a 172 and its states that it should run on 98RON petrol only, does this mean I can't use 95RON standard unleaded? The only 98RON petrol is Optimax as far as I know so must I run the car using that or is standard 97RON Super Unleaded acceptable.. Also what are the implications
• The dreaded 1.1 Fiesta 19 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Our 1995N 1.1 Fiesta (73,000 miles) has developed a habit of starting OK, running for 2-300 yards, stopping, then refusing to start. This tends to happen when slowing down to negotiate a junction. There's plenty of life in the battery, but it won't fire. If you then tow it, it will start and run
• Renault Clio - Running light full of condensation 31 Jan 2021 (Forum)
  I own a Renualt clio 66/17 model with the running light at the bottom of the bumper. Yesterday my car was in lookers having a service and MOT on the last day of the 4 year warranty. I was informed that the passenger side running light was full of condensation and for me to keep
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  Is a flickering daytime running light an MoT failure? 10 Oct 2019 (Ask HJ)
  The offside daytime running light on my 2016 Kia Cee'd intermittingly flickers. If this condition occurred during it's MoT would this be a failure?