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• peugeot 306 glx petrol 1.6 1997 - 306 glx petrol starting fault ecu immobiliser 31 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  fuses out then put them back in and try again it starts, and runs fine. then reverts back to the not starting state again the next day. ive had an auto electrican around with his laptop, joined it up, it did not display a fault, there is fuel being pumped. he messed around for a while
• Nissan X-trail DCI 2004 model - Used home made diesel... Need advice 11 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  <!-- @page { margin: 2cm } P { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> Nissan Xtrail 2004 model 2.2 DCI Diesel. I used converted food oil to diesel to run the vehicle
• Diesel TS2 2005 - Mazda 6 -Limp Mode at idle constantly 1 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  Would be very grateful for an help or info into a problem that has persisted for the last year or more and cannot be solved. Mazda 6 diesel, common rail, no dpf. Car will start up, no lights and runs for about 30 seconds at idle, then it will suddenly throw itself into limp mode
• Ford Fiesta Saloon - Fiesta coolant problem 13 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  think the whole system would be empty before I got home).  It's as if the radiator fan doesn't come on at the end of a journey causing the residual heat in the engine to cause the coolant to boil).  I have run the engine up to normal temperature from cold while stationary and there is no leak
• ford fiesta - trying to cut out ? 23 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  hi, i have a fiesta 1.4  petrol(2004) and it has developed an a anoying problem, while driving it has an intermitting problem of pulling back as if it was running short of petrol, then it will suddenly shoot forward, somtimes it has got so slow that i have had to pull over wait for a while
• Peugeot 306 1.9DT - 306 DT - will NOT start 15 Jul 2010 (Forum)
  running by dipping the clutch and revving the engine.   Eventually the car completely stopped, and I had to push it the last 200m home.Obviously I complained to the garage, but they are little more than tyre/exhaust fitters who had done me a favour int he first place.  So any ideas
• Ford Focus - When to change the car 6 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  . Get a 3-4 year old car every 3-4 years 4. Get a 3-4 year old car and run it into the ground 5. Buy a 6-10 year old car on a whim and a prayer 6. Bangernomics. We generally fall into category no.3 but we've now had current car for over 5 years and there is a danger
• Peugeot 306 - Stick or Twist 20 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  to work. My worry is that it will get more and more expensive to run the 306. But if I buy a newer diesel would such things as dual mass flywheel failure make keeping the 306 a better option? I could buy another 306 with less mileage. I get paid mileage for the longer journeys, so running costs
• Vauxhall Astra H estate - Driving technique for a small diesel? 1 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  Some weeks ago, I posted about my interest in retiring my old petrol Mondeo estate and replacing it with a 1.3 diesel Astra estate which had been run as a hire car by a good friend.  Well, I took the plunge and the Astra is now mine - or at least, it will be when the documents come
• Turbo idling: when and how? 9 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  journeys begin and end in areas where only low speeds are possible. My regular run features 75 miles of M40 but has a good ten minutes at either end where speeds are much lower. When I get to work or home, I reverse the car into its space. It's hard to see how a minute's idling is going to cool the turbo
• Isuzu Trooper (1992 to 1998) - 96 3059 ABS G Sensor 27 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Folks, I have a long-running intermittant ABS problem that the codes advise is this sensor, which sits in the centre console bheind the handbrake, and consists, so I undertstand, of 4 mercury switches which, along with some other electronics, detect sudden decelleration. Breakers don't seem
• Ford Fiesta (2009 - ) - Miles per gallon 26 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  of running round MK. Filling up again showed that I had achieved 44 mpg which I recon is pretty poor bearing in mind Fords claim. I generally keep within the speed limit, don't accelerate like a nutter and don't run around with a bag of cement in the boot so what's going wrong here? If I had bought the car
• Nissan Micra (2003 - 2010) - 03 1.4 Malfunction Light-problem with air pipe? 16 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  efficiency and also how the engine runs? as is quite juddery in 2nd gear but all other gears are fine but fuel efficiency seems to be quite low. just from reading other posts am worried its going to be case of now the Malfunction light has come one its going to keep coming on regardless of whether problems
• BMW 3-Series E90 (2005 - ) - 05 2.0 small oil leak driving me nuts! 5 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  Hi All, I have a 2005 E90 320i - I have had a small oil leak where I can see oil collect on the metal plate that sticks out under the cylinder head, I can also see oil at the back of the cylinder, when I run a tissue around the back. I have had the profile gasket replaced, and the problem went
• After 40 years - first NIP 27 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Feel very annoyed with myself - got a NIP for "running" (?) a red light. Apparently I was 1.31 seconds into a red light. remember it well - came towards lights, in a 50 limit, clear road so doing 45 - 50 ish (careful!!! speed cameras also) and as I approached lights changed from green. One of those
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 03 2.0 MAF sensor TDCi 17 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Hi I have uneven running when car is cold for the first 200 metres or so. I have had various checks done, and replaced a couple of parts but it is no better, but no worse. Nothing shows up on diagnostics. An article I read suggested cleaning the MAF sensor. I have checked both the haynes
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 01 2.0 TDDI engine oil level increasing 2 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  The car has been idle for some months, then in the last few months pressed into service with long runs midlands to the lakes and back most weekends (250 miles each way (6K since April)), after changing appropriate oil and filters. During one of the earlier runs a turbo hose blew off
• Ford Mondeo II (1996 - 2000) - 98 1.8 PAS Pump Noise. 11 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  the noise. I assume the increase in pitch under revs is due to the aux belt driving the pump faster. I checked the fluid in case it's a simple case of the pump run dry of fluid - there's not a lot of fluid but there's some so I can't see how the pump can be running dry. I'll top it up to see tomorrow. I
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - 02 2.0 Car not starting 7 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  Experiencing strange behavior with my 320D. Was running fine until Sunday when I stopped the car. When I came back and tried to start it again no joy. It was turning over but just not starting. My initial reaction was that it must be the battery. I got a set of jump leads and the car started
• Peugeot 106 (1991 - 2002) - 99 1.1 Overheats, top hose cold, replaced thermost 9 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  is good but the top hose was never getting hot, thus the switch never activating and therefore not turning fan on. I assumed thermostat problem and REPLACED this but i made no difference. Running the car - coolent gets hot, top hose cold - over heats. I'm now thinking water pump? But I can't even find