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• Fuel Efficient Estate 8 Jul 2020 (Forum)
    know there are a lot of options and some of the more favourable reviews seem to lean towards a Skoda Superb, Skoda Octavia, BMW 3 Series Efficient Dynamics, VW Passat GTE or Seat Leon ST.   As stated, my main objective is to make it as fuel efficient a journey as possible as I'm currently
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  What do you think about FTC fuel pellets? 13 Feb 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I've seen FTC, an apparent miracle additive that improves fuel economy and lowers emissions, advertised. The reviews are very favourable. I've never seen...
• Fuel Card? Worth it!? 17 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  , this means you could make quite a lot of cash? (I could take a fuel card, but again it seems unless you do HUGE private mileage and very very little business mileage it just doesn't add up, for example say you do 25,000 private miles a year @ 50mpg, this costs about £2500 at the pumps (109p
• FIAT SCUDO 1600 PETROL INJ (1997) - JERKY / ERRATIC ACCELLERATION 24 May 2014 (Forum)
  to accellerate it “Jerks” qite badly at times however once the vehicle gets up to a reasonable speed and I increase the speed slowly there is not a problem and the vehicle runs very smoothly. I have replaced the Air filter / fuel
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  Why are fuel prices so different in continental Europe to the UK? 6 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Can you explain why the concept of supply and demand in terms of diesel and petrol prices is turned on its head in continental Europe, where the price...
• Vauxhall Zafira A (1999 - 2005) - 99 1.6 Fuel starvation? 11 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  Can anyone help with a problem I'm having with my 99(V) 1.6 Zafira? What has happened on a few occasions is the engine suddenly lost power after a long journey involving over 1 1/2 hours of motorway/dual carriageway driving. I believe it is caused by fuel starvation as there are no warning lights
• Rover 45 (1999 - 2005) - 03 1.8 Fuel Gauge Calibrations, what do they mean? 12 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  On my 2003 1.8IXS the instument dials are white. Now, the fuel gauge has two black dots on the right of the gauge which must just be the fixings? or do they mean anything? There are then two lines , one at about 'twenty to' an one at about 'ten to'. Are these indications of empty and full, as when
• Suzuki Ignis and 98Ron Fuel 18 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Well, back again on the fuel octane issue. I recently bought a rather good Suzuki Ignis Sport (RRP £10K, from dealers for around £7.5k, bought a 5 week old one with 2K miles for a bargain £5200.. ) Anyway, on looking through the manual (I know. One's no supposed to read the book!) It states
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  Thanks for recommending Shell V Power fuel - I use it in my 1996 Cadillac Deville. 9 Aug 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Having read a number of car articles in the Daily Telegraph (yes, some of us in the "Colonies" do read material from outside our borders), I noted your...
• Semi-automatics. Real fuel consumption 9 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  I’d like some advice on the “real world” expected fuel consumption of semi automatic cars, when operating as automatics
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  Fuels and their money 10 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  With the price of petrol now reaching prohibitive levels where many motorists are having to think twice about the necessity of their journeys or even using...
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  What are the difference in the two types of diesel fuel? 17 Jul 2023 (Ask HJ)
  I have noticed two types of diesel fuel on some forecourts. What is the difference please? Which has the longest shelf life?
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  What's the best petrol 4WD for fuel efficiency? 8 Oct 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I need a small four-wheel drive SUV that is good on fuel. A petrol preferably but I don't mind whether it's an automatic or manual. I had an Audi Q5 and...
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  What fuel should I use for a petrol hybrid? 26 Dec 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I own a Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV and do approximately 9000 miles per year. Half of which are local journeys, not exceeding 25 mile round trips, and the...
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  Why have Renault revised fuel consumption/CO2 figures for the Twingo? 28 May 2016 (Ask HJ)
  I've just noticed that Renault appear to have revised their CO2 and fuel consumption figures for my Twingo model (2015 1.0L SCE Play). Original figures...
• Nissan Almera Tino - Fuel pump problem? 2 May 2015 (Forum)
  as the weather gets wetter and colder.. If the information helps, on one occassion when I phoned the AA to start it, he 'manually primed' the fuel pump (?) and it started straight away. It has been to 3 different garages (including a main Nissan Dealership) none of whom have been much help. The glow
• Peugeot 307 diesel 2 Litre HDi - Can you make a Peugeot 307 fuel supply foolproof? 21 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  I have read a good deal about various Peugeots, 206, 306, 307, which had severe problems that were very difficult to diagnose.  They were expensive to correct as diagnosis was often flawed. It turned out that a frequent cause had to do with dirt in the fuel, resulting from bad handling
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  Stuttering Ford Focus 9 Mar 2015 (Ask HJ)
  My Ford Focus has started stuttering. I put fresh diesel in a week ago, thinking that maybe it was the diesel that I had put in previous week, it normally...
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  Why is my Focus leaking diesel? 28 Jul 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Ford Focus 1.6 Diesel (2012) which occasionally drops fluid over my driveway. Initially I thought this was oil, but after a service they could...
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  How can I improve the fuel economy in my Fiesta? 27 Apr 2014 (Ask HJ)
  We have a new Ford Fiesta Ecoboost 100PS, but the fuel consumption is nowhere near what the stated mpg should be. We're getting barely 42mpg which is hardly...