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• Piaggio Porter - Leaking fuel tank options 22 Aug 2023 (Forum)
  So following on from an earlier post stating petrol smell but no sign of leakage, it definitely is leaking!. Must only be when above a certain level because...
• Going electric? 18 Aug 2021 (Forum)
  Swmbo is about to start as a teacher at a new school which involves a roughly forty mile commute five days a week. As a rough cost this will work out at around £130 a month on fuel using “Venus” the Voluptuous Volvo plus the added depreciation and maintenance cost that throwing an extra 10,000
• Any - Losing Confidence In Your Indy? 20 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  , she has access to a very well qualified, non financially motivated, specialist who has looked at the car. After checking the fuel pump, he has diagnosed a badly corroded (?) fuel filter and connections. Fixed at a parts cost of £7.20. I'd like to think that the indy's failure was because
• Daewoo Matiz - Strange problem with ignition system 15 Aug 2019 (Forum)
  .   So all ignition lights on with or without key in ignition. Looked under the bonnet. Faint humming whine coming from fuel injection unit on top of engine (where air intake arrives). Recall that a similar noise normally continues for a few seconds after turning off the engine, but now it does not stop
• Citroen C3 Picasso - P0087 c3 picasso advice please 11 May 2019 (Forum)
  Looking for advice please 2013 1.6 HDi 92 (DV6DTED) Just before MOT & Service had a P0087 error pop up eml and kill boost. Restart of the can resolves issue for a week or so. I travel approx. 600 miles a week, car has been faultless with 60+ mpg. Advised likely to be fuel
• Toyota Yaris 2010 - Multiple ECU faults all at once. Dead car on M6 ! 10 Dec 2018 (Forum)
  On Wednesday my Yaris totally died on the M6 in the wet. It's done it a few times in VERY WET motorway driving that it has stumbled and lost power (felt like fuel starvation but hard cuts, proper jerking) ECU light on and then it's fixed itself. Couldn't get to the bottom
• Land Rover Discovery 4 - Restricted performance 25 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  Hi, My wife and I bought a used LR D4 at the end on January - diesel, manual and about 83,000 miles. 3/4 weeks ago the Restricted Performance light came on. We have taken it to the local LR dealership and who thought it could be related to the fuel filter or moisture in the fuse box as a seal
• BMW 3-Series E46 (1998 - 2005) - 02 2.0d 320d starting problems 21 Jul 2015 (Forum)
  Hi, Hope you can help this newbie!! I am experiencing problems with my 100000mile e46 320d. Car will not start when primer pump NOT heard to run and conversely will start if pump is audible. Been messed around by BMW a bit, firstly it was definitely air in the fuel rail, which was bled and I
• Ford Focus - Intermittent judder / injector problem 15 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  while I was running quite low on fuel, but after filling up (at JET) it seemed to get even worse, before breaking down. Ford garage diagnosed same - one faulty injector, replaced the injector (and fuel filter), but then told me a second inject has also gone immediately. This can't be co-incidence
• Volvo XC60 - VOLVO CHARGES FOR FORD PARTS 22 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  . However, after the inconvenience of a number of random refusals to start over the following weeks, the problem was isolated to the fuel pump assembly in the diesel tank. A replacement assembly is only obtainable from Volvo. Faced with no alternative, I purchased one from my local dealership
• nissan almera - diagnostic tests 27 Dec 2013 (Forum)
  me to try it, as soon as i started the car the rev counter needle started bouncing, i drove out of the garage, got about 1 mile and on accelerating the car gave  2 large jolts and it felt as if the engine was going to die on me and it felt as though the engine was struggling for fuel again
• Sprinter 311 Cdi - Red Diesel used when I loaned my Sprinter 26 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  impounded , cost to store and recover vehicle plus a calculation that all the mileage expended in that vehicle since I was the legal owner will have the fuel duty charged against...approx 35kmiles in the last 5 years. The tank will be drained and only white diesel used from now on... however how many
• sprinter 311 cdi - Where do i stand with a Red Diesel situation ?? 17 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  impounded , cost to store and recover vehicle plus a calculation that all the mileage expended in that vehicle since I was the legal owner will have the fuel duty charged against...approx 35kmiles in the last 5 years. The tank will be drained and only white diesel used from now on... however how many
• FIAT Panda diesel - Performance and consumption 17 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  Just bought a 2006 multijet Fiat Panda to replace our aged Peugeot 106 1.5 non-turbo diesel. Here in rural Wales (no need to sit in traffic queues), the 106 averaged around 70mpg (that's miles travelled divided by fuel used, true mpg) and never did <65.  On its first tankful the Panda
• KIA Ceed 2L diesel Sport 3 years old 33,000 miles - No accelerator - loss of power - engine stops 23 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  .   I’m unsure if it’s an engine management problem or a fuel starvation problem. Is it possible to test this to confirm. I wonder if it’s an engine management problem that they will fix it and say it was fuel line and charge me as that isn’t covered by the warranty. If it’s
• kia sorento 2011 - kia sorento 2011 dash display gone haywire 16 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  but then rectified itself.....but for how long?   All the gauges: revs, temp, speedo, fuel, were dead this morning on start up,  whilst other functions lit up that shouldn't have - fuel warning light light with almost full tank, headlights full beam when lights off. 4
• Mercedes - Sold a motorhome now guys wants to return it ! 18 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  on his way and fuel up. After putting in fuel he mentioned to us that the brakes felt a bit shuddery - we told him that we didnt know of any problems with the brakes, the van had not done a great deals of miles since last MOT and had been sitting for some time but all was ok when passed MOT. Just
• Ford Focus 1.6 Auto 02 plate - EM light, problem fixed twice and back on again 28 Apr 2011 (Forum)
  Hi all, First post here so hopefully will find out something new. My light came on a few months ago so I phoned my mate who runs a garage, he plugged his computer in and came up with a code regarding the fuel (oxygen sensors). I am not sure what the code was but he said there is 2
• Ford Focus ST170 2003 - Power loss at high rpm 27 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  . ·          problems worse with less fuel in tank but still occurred frequently
• Good small cars? 16 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  Jazz won't even fit, with the mirrors it's wider than the opening, and a Grande Punto would leave me with 3cm of space each side. At the top of my list is the Fiat 500 TwinAir. Performance is probably ok, if I can get used to the turbo lag, and I need to check about the fuel consumption. The 500