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• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 2003 130TDCi - Erratic idle. 28 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  - not discernible 2. Replaced the air filter. The old one was VERY dirty. Shame on me. Effect - slight improvement. As if the PCM (ECU in old money) was relearning how to fuel the engine correctly. 3. Added a shot of STP fuel system cleaner. The bigger bottle £15 from halfords, added to tank then filled up
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 2006 TDCi - Diesel starting on veggy oil 9 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I have a 2006 Focus TDCi. It has always been a good starter and ran well - until now. A number of friends are running up to 25% vegetable oil in their 5 year old diesels so I decided to try it. I put a small percentage in a full tank of diesel - 6 litres in about 45 litres of fuels and it worked
• Toyota - More quality failures from Toyota 7 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  The number of recalls that Toyota are making at the moment should surely be a major concern to anyone that is thinking of buying one. The latest recall is for 4000 cars in the UK - Lexus IS250 & GS350 - and requires 3.5 hours of work to replace faulty fuel pipes that are leaking fuel
• polo wont start 21 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  impressed as i do alot of milage. this problen shortly sorted itself out and the engine purred like a dream. after a month or so, the problem arrised again and eventualy the engine stopped all together, it will turn over but it wont fire. ive checked the fuel line and theres fuel getting as far
• VW mk2 1L Polo and a Pierburg 1b3 9 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  right. mk2 1043cc polo with 1b3 on it. over 2 weeks,was getting a little harder to cold start. then on one night of warm engine drive, it kepts stuttering as if it had run out of fuel, then recovering itself again.(has a new filter b4 that happened) limped home. looked in morning and it failed
• Petrol rationing - what if? 30 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  , at the time, being pretty miffed because owning my motorcycle only entitled me to a reduced number of coupons compared to, say, a car. I felt that everyone should be entitled to the same amount of fuel and should be allowed to use it as they wished. Can anyone confirm when petrol rationing coupons have been
• pug 306 hdi non starter 11 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  but that did nothing. He has now gone on 2 wks hols so has brought it back, it will start now but i have a battery on the floor with 2 leads direct onto the fuel pump, to connect when i need to move the car.there is no feed from the ignition to the fuel pump, neither the mechanic or myself have a wiring
• Problem Golf 25 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  in again on Saturday 28th Jan. Ive explained to them that when I pull away and want to excelarate, the car hesitate, I then have to dip the clutch to get it to go faster!! The mechanic at VW said maybe I should drive it harder, but it already using more fuel than I think I should!! Im at a loss and my
• 306 HDi - sooty exhaust 20 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  at the rear. Other data: oil consumption not measurable between changes; fuel has been up to 60mpg but is falling; starting and running are normal; temp gauge normally just below 80° but went up to 95° in a traffic jam recently. Just had its 36K service, with fuel and air filters, and things have improved
• Vauxhall Cavalier TD starting probs 6 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  and the fuel filter. Still the same problem. I have put injector cleaner in the fuel and its still the same problem. What I noticed tonight whilst messing is when I turn the ignition and let the heater plugs go out and then repeat this 3 times, it will start ok. Almost as if the plugs arent reaching
• nissan micra - starting problem 25 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Hi guys, wonder if you could throw some light on this! L reg (93/94) 1.3 cg13 engine. no start, have good spark, seems to have too much fuel. new plugs, will fire fuel if removed and placed over plugholes. engine may then start & run ok when hot. next morn cold same thing. Have tried
• old top gear question.. 20 Nov 2005 (Forum)
  if was the A6 or A8?? where he did a challege where he went from London to Glasgow and back again on 1 tank of fuel. The problem is I only saw the 1st half of the programme and didn't get to find out if he made the full journey? and for some reason its bothered me for ages! I remember him turning off all lights
• Best and worst mpg's 17 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  -computer will want to post too, so go for it, but let us know how you've got the info. I'll start us off: Mine is the old fashioned method as mentioned above, brim tank, reset milo, use fuel, rebrim, compare fuel used to mileage completed. Worst tank: 23mpg Best tank: 33mpg I'm not quite sure which
• Sub Standard Shell 13 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  I was filling my car at a Shell station yesterday when I noticed a home-made notice stuck on the pump (and also on all the other pumps). It said that there had been a delivery of fuel to that station which did not conform to the relevant British Standard and had an RON rating between 93.7 and 95
• Mazda 626 Noise + fuel economy 4 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  I have a Mazda 626 GXi SE 2.0i estate. It is nearly 3 years old and has developed a loud in-car resonance (low frequency thrum) at an engine speed of 1500...
• vw polo help! 6 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  Hi there! I hope there is someone who can help me and my polo :) Recently my 1.4 cl polo '98 model is using an enourmous amount of fuel! almost a whole tank of fuel to do 200 miles on the motorway- normally it has only ever used just over a quarter of a tank to do that! It also is very slow
• Mazda Premacy hot starting problem 20 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  with the fuel injection system. It has got noticeably worse since the beginning of September when the 'winter petrol' was introduced to the forecourts. Put some petrol and fuel injector cleaner in on Saturday and it seems a little better already. Any ideas?
• Mondeo TDCI misfire- Is this the answer? 25 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  and poor response. Has anybody seen a TSB on this or heard anything about it? By the way Ive had the fuel filter upgrade, the fuel pressure sensor wiring upgrade and the last software/ recalibration was on 4 November- there is now an even more recent version available.
• Main Dealer Servicing 4 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  After 40,000 miles I have just found out that the fuel filter on my diesel Seat Arosa has never been removed from the vehicle and never drained of excess water. The car has a full Seat service history and was last serviced in April 03. The car was very rough after starting it up one morning
• Clio petrol pump 22 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  Daughter's friend brought round a 1.2 Clio S-reg today with a very noisy petrol pump. Renault dealer says £350 to replace while independent local garage says around £240. The dealer says the flow of fuel is within spec so the pump operation is OK apart from what sounds like mechanical