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  Mini Clubvan Petrol or Diesel 7 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I am agonising over Petrol or Diesel. Because the Diesel is only available in Cooper spec which I do not particularly want there is a difference in price...
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  Citreon Saxo 1.4 Westcoast Poor running and Idle problem. Reving up and down 14 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My son has a 1.4 Citreon Saxo West Coast. Two weeks ago it developed a fault with the engine revving higher than normal. It was plugged in and no fault...
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  Immobiliser problems with a 1994 Ford Fiesta 3 Jan 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My Fiesta starts and runs then cuts out... I think it is an immoboliser problem. I would like to know if the light (by the clock) is supposed to on or...
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  Sinking in the rain 10 Jan 2009 (Ask HJ)
  I drove through some floodwater in my Peugeot 406 HDI 110 that was deeper than I expected. Several hundred yards up the road the engine started losing...
• FIAT Punto (1994 - 1999) - 1994 1.1 Flat spot & poor acceleration 2 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  I see there are a couple of posts on this model I have a related problem. Car starts & idles OK runs well when cold but soon has poor throttle response. Flat spot when pulling away (flooring throttle can help) half throttle acceleration feels 'strangled' & variable pulls OK at times. Gentle steady
• Vauxhall Vectra B (1995 - 1999) - 96 2.0 Running Hot; Sluggish; Won't Start When Hot 14 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Hi all Found your great site and it has helped me out on the past. Now I am stuck. I have a Vectra B that had the cam belt snap on it due to a fault with the water pump. Replaced cam belt, re-fitted head (16 valves bent and twisted) got it all running again and now I have a cooling prolem. I
• Vectra Uneven running 27 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  Can anyone please help me with a problem with an elderly Vectra. The car is a 96P 2.0SRi. The problem is uneven running at small throttle openings or on the over run when the vehicle is warm. The car idles perfectly well and runs quite smoothly from cold and when warm runs fine given a reasonably
• Christmas biking 29 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  I think this must the first Christmas in a long time that a few of the locals haven't been able to have a run out to the seaside at Bridlington for a warming coffee. My bikes are beginning to pine for a run out (me too).
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  Running a diesel car - Should I replace now? 31 Mar 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 3 year old Mondeo 2.0 TDCI with 65,000 miles on the clock. I do around 18,000 miles per year and have a 40 mile round trip for work each day....
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  What's causing this 'anti-pollution fault' on my Peugeot 307SW? 11 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a problem with my 2003 Peugeot 307 SW HDi. The fault is showing up as an anti-pollution fault. It comes on intermittently and the car is running...
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  Small car for short runs: advice please 21 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I live in Dorchester and have decided to buy a little car to go to work in. The car will do a very short journey (about 1 mile) twice a day. I would walk...
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  BMW 1 Series - No charge 21 Jan 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2008 BMW 118d owned from new with 30,000 miles. In the last few weeks the clock has lost the time three times, the low battery light has come...
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  Electric cars now cheaper to run than petrol according to AA 13 Apr 2023 (News)
  
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  Ford unveils 2018 Transit Custom with lower running costs and hybrid tech 18 Jul 2017 (News)
  
• Daytime Running Lights 10 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  I see this featured in car ads as some sort of desirable optional extra when surely it just means 'sidelights are on all the time'? what will they...
• Hard Shoulder Running 27 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  Yeah, a way to increase capacity. But I would maintain it's just a fudge and a darned dangerous fudge at that. How long before a stream of hard-shoulder...
• LPG 4 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  I was just wondering if anyone knows what cars can / can't be converted to run on LPG. I have heard of someone with a subaru impreza turbo running on lpg, and i'm curious about the idea. Stonking performance at a sensible fuel cost....
• Dacia Sandero Stepway - dont need to run in a new car but manual says yes 25 Jun 2018 (Forum)
  If the car salesman says you dont need to run in a new car anymore and just drive it normally, then why does the owners manual say don't rev past 3,000 rpm for the first 600 miles ? as you can imagine with a  brand new Sandero stepway with a 90 tce engine, it's impossible not to rev
• Volkswagen Passat B7 - Revs for DPF Regen? 23 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  My Passat has had the emissions fix which I read can result in more soot and earlier DPF failure. Guidance is that I should have regular runs with revs over 2000rpm. Trouble is on motorway runs in 6th at 70mph my rpm is just below 2000rpm. So do I have to change down? How far for? etc
• Volvo 480 - Leaving engine running whilst car is empty 4 Feb 2017 (Forum)
  Hello, side from the obvious risk of theft, is it illegal to leave your car running whilst you're scraping the outside and your vehicle is on a private drive or road