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• flat battery and jump starting 19 May 2003 (Forum)
  my wife's Nissan Almera has got a flat batterry. Can i start this with jump leads from my Octavia TDI. i know it's a daft question, but something at the back of my mind tells me no because of the different types of fuel. Thanks
• Car parks 20 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  Why do car park planners insist on marking out the individual parking bays at 90 degrees to the kerb? Surely it is more logical to arrange them in a herringbone pattern thus saving the frustration of trying to do a 90 degree turn in limited space. Think of all the fuel and tyres it would save.
• Octane Booster 6 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  Super Unleaded fuel gives an improvement in consumption approximately equal to the increase in octane, ie 95 > 98 = 3% better consumption. The downside is that SUL is more than 3% more expensive than unleaded. Does HJ, or any other contributor, know of any Octane Booster which is cost-effective
• Indicative costs 13 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  96 Mondeo TD Fuel Pump problem. Cost (time) to remove, have sent away for checking and repair, return and refit? (I know the send away for checking etc could be any price but someone might deal in such things and know what goes and gets charged) Any ideas appreciated
• Gassed up 20 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  I use less than half a tank of fuel a week but out of habit allways top up to the brim on the weekly shop. Would I gain more in terms of economy if I ran the car between half full and near empty on a regular basis??Any other technical advantages?
• Electric Cars 14 Aug 2001 (Forum)
  Kind of a follow on from the pervious note (lpg). Two questions really; 1) What's the state of progress and usability of electric cars these days ? 2) Are they really better than other fuels when you include generating the electricity, making the battery, disposing of old batteries etc. etc
• Pug 2008 1.2 EAT6 30 fuel consumption - Motorway versus country roads 6 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  ). I hope some might be interested by this rather long post, and perhaps as surprised as I was that the fuel consumption on the long quiet motorway trip wasn't better than its usual short journey work.  It probably would have been if we had been regularly slowed to 55mph by the elephant racers
• Mercedes W203 C220 Diesel - No throttle black smoke 7 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  pipes checked cleaned and checked for leaks. Also checked O rings Fuel feed pipes everything fine. There's no DPF on this car either. The only Significant Code that came up stated 'No low Airflow to Charge' and there were secondary codes stating low pressure from fuel pressure rail sensor Low temp from
• Ford Mondeo Estate 61 plate - Ford 1.6TDCi & engine malfunction - limp home mode 1 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  you mix it with big brand diesel it causes a "gelling" in the fuel filter which reduces fuel pressure which the engine does not like, hence engine malfunction
• Mazda 6 - Idling and low rev torubles 18 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  I have bought a second hand 2004 Mazda 6 2.0td ts2  with just under 90k miles on the clock. It has service history (not dealer) and all looked good, up until it started stalling for no reason while sat at idle. First thing was to run a full tank of fuel with injector cleaner
• Ford Fiesta 2002 - 1.4tdci zetec (non-aircon) - Strange Rattle Noise, Fuel, Water Pump Bearings? 31 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Hi All, The wifes 52 reg 1.4TDCI (87,000 miles) i making a strange noise. It is coming from the aux belt area, am i right in saying this runs the power steeering, fuel and water pump
• SEAT Ibiza ST Reference 1.6 diesel - Fuel economy 2 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  .  The fuel economy is an additional pleasant surprise. Next year we shall be changing my partner's car and we both are convinced that another Seat will join us.  
• Mercedes CLS - Car not level side to side 2 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  to right). After this, I filled the car up (car was very low on fuel) and now the right hand side is about 1cm lower, meaning that the 'tilt' at the rear has changed to tilting the opposite way to before it was full. My question, after all this, is does anyone understand whether these figures
• Peugeot 307 SW (2002 - 2008) - 03 2.0 engine anti pollution system faulty ??? 7 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  hi guys, please please can anyone help,, i have a peugeot 307 sw se 2.0 hdi.. some weeks back a engine warning light came on. its glows orange, and on the display screen it reads " engine anti pollution system faulty". plus on top of this, the fuel cunsumption has dropped drastically i mean
• Peugeot 406 (1996 - 1998) - 98 1.9 td white and back smoke 7 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  a brief history, cam belt went and all relevant work was apparently done, car was driven for over a thousand miles with no problems, 1st full tank of deisel about 2 months ago started to produce some white smoke under heavy acceleration and gradually as i worked my way through that tank of fuel
• Peugeot 407 (2004 - ) - 2004 2.0 HDI 136 Fuel Economy 9 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  then drove 129 miles, 75 of which were town miles with the remainder to/from work, and had to put 16.6 Litres in to brim her again which works out at 35.2mpg. Now this is an average. I would expect that from just doing town use. When I initially filled it up and reset the fuel comp, which is tallying
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - 2000 1.6 8v No spark after timing belt change! 30 May 2008 (Forum)
  why. I checked all the electrical connections and all seemed okay. The only thing I disturbed (electrical) was the fuel pump relay which was removed and the engine run to depressurise the fuel system as instructed by the manual. I understand that there are many components in the ignition system
• Peugeot 307 SW (2002 - 2008) - 03 HDi 110bhp Limp Home mode 30 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  home" mode under 2500revs. Took it back to the Peugeot dealer and they found the following ECU faults (all permanent): 1. Fuel pressure signal. Signal short circuit to positive, open circuit 2. Differential exhaust pressure signal. Coherence of the differential pressure when stopped 3. Additive system
• Mercedes saga 3 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  organisation to Mercedes dealer with initial diagnosis of either fuel problem (car half filled 7 miles ago) or immobiliser. Rang 5 hours later to be told we are too busy today to look at it but will do so tomorrow. (Just as well I was not waiting to go somewhere) Dealer rang my wife Tuesday 10.00 am to advise
• Replacement Car 28 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Hi all A few months ago, I posted regarding buying a second to car to use for the daily commute (33 miles each way). I looked at getting a citroen xantia, but I couldn't get the numbers to add up as the insurance would have been more than I would have saved in fuel. My place of work is shortly