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• Fuel cleaner killed my Audi A4 Cab 26 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Hello one and All, Having heard how 'Petrol Fuel System Cleaner' Part number deleted cleans your fuel system, i decided to put half a bottle (as instructed) in a full tank of unleaded petrol. I drove the car and all was ok, then after about 40 miles it started to splutter and missfire a bit
• Any - Fuel prices 30 Aug 2023 (Forum)
  Anyone else noticed petrol and diesel prices creeping up recently? It’s being blamed in distribution issues caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, despite the fact that we haven’t imported any from Russia this year. And supermarkets holding onto a greater margin on fuel sales. But we have
• Focus - Fuel saving - head up display 4 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  I have developed a prototype of new type of fuel saver which shows up on the windscreen as a head up display. It is non electronic and potentially inexpensive.  You can see a short video of it in action by entering ;  G ZERO FUEL SAVER  into youtube or Google. I would be grateful
• Ford Focus Estate 1.8Tdci 2003 - Is there a low fuel indicator other than the guage 2 Apr 2013 (Forum)
  Hi all, does anyone know if there's a low fuel indicator (other than the position of the needle within the fuel guage) on a 2002 Focus ? Can't see any ref to it in the owners manual, but normally there's an indicator light on most cars. Cheers..................ebt
• Honda Accord UK (2003 - 2008) - 05 2.2 Problems after changing fuel filter 19 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  Just changed the fuel filter on my accord and it has a device to prime the fuel through, which you pump did that and it starts and runs fine, but if i leave the car for a few hours it wont start untill i prime it again !!
• Fiesta Diesel Mk 4 - Fuel hoses 2 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  The fuel hoses that connect onto the Bosch fuel filter,are these are prone to fail? The connectors don't seemed to be gripping the pipes at all and I can easily slid the hoses off with a gentle pull.  The car refused to start the other day and I wondered if I had air in the system through
• Fuel Additive - Scam? 15 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  At the first 10,000 mile service of my car, at the main dealer, I was amazed to be asked if I wanted to pay for a £16 bottle of Havoline fuel system cleaner. Amazed because I thought car manufacturers did not recommend any fuel or oil additives. I declined. Anyone else had this attempt to get even
• Ford Transit (2006 - ) - Fuel saving through mapping. 29 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  I was told that if i had my van re-mapped i could get better fuel consumption, I thought mapping would give me more power, how can i get better fuel consuption from doing this and is it worth looking into? I would appreciate your veiws, thanks.
• What if car runs out of fuel? 17 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Will it start running again if some fuel is poured in its tank? Or running dry will cause serious damage to engine? Is the situation different in petrol or Diesel cars? I'm asking because recently on occasions I found that car ran out of fuel slightly away from petrol station and blokes
• Higher detergent fuel??? 5 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Could someone please tell me what is meant by higher detergent fuel? I currently use bog standard BP unleaded (95 RON) but was reading an article the other day which talked about swapping to a higher detergent fuel ... but I don't know what that would be. Local station only sells unleaded (95 RON
• Fuel Price increases??? 13 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  Has anyone else heard that fuel price's are about to rise???? My brother-in-law works in London and the word on the street down there is that fuel is about to rise again, this time though instead of the odd pence they are going to make it 3 or 4. It is something about a crisis in the Middle East
• Passat b7 2.0tdi - Fuel filter replacement 7 Jul 2019 (Forum)
  Hi, Just did a fuel filter replacement a 2.0tdi. After searching some posts on the matter, i've heard that incorect air bleed of the fuel line could damage/ crack the hpfp. Most people say to unscrew the 5 bolts, remove old filter, clean housing and ad new filter after the housing
• Peugeot 306 LX HDI Estate fuel filter wh 18 Dec 2004 (Forum)
  I bought a Peugeot 306 LX HDI Estate (registered in April 2000) in March 2003 and, after a few months, it developed a loud whistle that is coming from the fuel filter. The whistling only starts several seconds after starting the engine. It sometimes stops whistling, but is mostly continuous. I
• Ford Fiesta - TDCI 55 plate. Air in the fuel lines, again! 19 Jul 2020 (Forum)
  Hi all :) Hope you're all staying safe and enjoying this weather!  While the weather is this nice, thought it would be an ideal time to investigate where the air is getting in, into the fuel lines.  As of November 2019, I had injector seals replaced and as of June 2017
• Any Carburetted - Fuel On The Roof 9 Aug 2019 (Forum)
  Good name for a trendy South Bank restaurant? Perhaps it already is. GF's thesis is finished so phase one of the (probably 5-Year) Plan to Catch my Kangaroo, I'm bypassing the fuel pump with gravity feed. Have 2 cans of Guinness and 2 of Lager as extinguishants, but I'm thinking I
• ml 270 cdi 2000 - air bubble between fuel filter and pump 27 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  I have ml 270 cdi,2000.Last Sunday the car cuts off three times before I could reach home.I waited for approx 15 minutes in each cut off,and later started on normally.I realised that the pipe from fuel to the pump was bent and probably suffocated the enjectors.I have corrected
• Ford Fiesta 1.4 Diesel 2009 - Ford Fiesta 2009 , unable to add fuel additive 3 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  Please don't laugh at me!    I've routinely bought a bottle of Redex Diesel treatment 500ml, this gets added to a full fuel tank after refuelling. I have a problem in that inserting the bottle just spills the product on the ground via the overflow. I bought a baby one
• Peugeot 306 1.6 petrol - fuel pump problem 5 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  The engine turns over spark plugs are working, but the fuel pump is not I removed the relay on the ecu box and was able to get the fuel pump working that way by shorting 2 pins but after buying a new relay the pump still won't work. After pulling up the rear seat on the drivers side I
• Citroen Xsara (1997 - 2004) - 2000 2.0hdi - fuel pump 9 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  we have a 2.0 hdi x reg xara and it has developed a fuel pump fault. It starts then drives about 100 metres then stops. wait a few minutes and it will start then run about the same distance the stop. The garage said its the fuel pump and that it could need the whole fuel system changing. We
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1.9TD 'Water in fuel' warning light 13 Aug 2007 (Forum)
  Good evening to you all. For the last 2 months or so, the orange 'water in fuel' warning light on my 1994 306 1.9TD has been flashing intermittently. Sometimes it stays on for several minutes, sometimes 2 or 3 seconds or it will go several days without it coming on at all. I've drained the fuel