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• Ford Fiesta 1.4TDCi - Ford Fiesta 1.4TDCi 2006 Engine Warning Lamp on. 14 May 2012 (Forum)
  Hello. Today the engine warning lamp has stayed illuminated after start up. Have checked all levels - OK. Engine is running OK. No power loss. Was serviced only a few months age. Am in the berkshire area. Where is best place to go to get fault record downloaded? Cannot see a generally known
• Vauxhall Omega Estate automatic 2.5 v6 CDX 1998 - Engine cutting out 10 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  as normal and runs quite smoothly until the next stoppage
• RENAULT MEGANE - THERMOSTAT 12 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  MY MEGANE KEEP CUTTING OUT AND I'VE NOTICED THAT THE THERMOSTAT IS AT ZERO WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WHEN THE THERMOSTAT IS AT 1/4 OR 1/2 IT RUNS FINE BUT EVERY NOW AND AGAIN IT DROPS TO ZERO FOR NO APPARENT REASON AND THE CARS CUTS OUT. I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF CARS WHATSOEVER SO WOULD
• Vw Passat 2.0TDI 140bhp - New fuel injectors on Passat improve mpg 11 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  I bought an 08 Passat with 90K on the clock 18 months ago and was disappointed with getting an average 40mpg doing 20K a year on mostly long motorway runs. It was recalled in January 2012 for new fuel injectors after which the consumption increased to almost 46mpg. As VW have known about
• 1999 Toyota Corolla Hatchback Automatic 1.3 - Flat Spot on Acceleration 6 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  Recently developed a flat spot of a second or three on acceleration from standing start and on putting your foot down generally. Once picked up runs fine and smooth. Gears and kickdown seem to work fine. Replaced plugs, air and fuel filter but made no difference The car did not used to do
• 2001 Ford Mondeo TdDi - Diesel Modeo keeps stopping 13 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  My 2001 Ford Modeo 2.0 TdDi runs well for 3 or 4 miles than stops. Leaving 10 minutes it them starts again. I have had the ggarade replace all filters etc and the car has been on the computer with nothing showing. I need the car for work and the garage has drawn a blank. any ideas? The car has
• Ford Focus - Oil Consumption 14 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  stick. There is no blue smoke from the exhaust,  so where is it all going?  Also, is 91000 miles excessive for a petrol engine?  The car runs just fine. What is 'high' mileage these days?
• mk5 golf gt tdi 140bhp - Engine rocking 5 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  MY GOLF HAS BEEN RUNNING LUMPY FOR A WHILE AND HAVE NOTICED THAT WHEN IM SITTING STILL, THE ENGINE ROCKS. WHEN I TURN THE AIRCON ON, IT STOPS ROCKING BUT STILL FEELS A BIT LUMPY. I HAVE TRIED CLEANING THE EGR VALVE, PUTTING INJECTOR CLEANERS IN, SERVICING BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO HAVE
• Peugeot expert Tepee - 2000 Peugeot Expert 2.0 HDi Cutting out 1 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  Hi there, I have a 2000 peugeot expert which has an itermittent cutting out problem. After cut out it shows the P1112 fault code, and from readin through the forum it is suggested rail pressure sensor. I have replaced this with one out of a perfect running vehicle but still cutting out
• Seat Ibiza 1.4 85PS 2011 - Engine noise. 7 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  safely run the engine for a few minutes without the drive belt for the alternator & aircon pump to deduce if noise comes from either of these items.?
• vauxhall vectra - car not starting/ fuel pump 5 May 2011 (Forum)
  car is 2l turbo, ran out of petrol recently and is now not starting, was blowing black air at frirst then running fine but only for max 7 mins. car has been in autoshop since last thursday, said was fuel pump £600, said i'd outsource it and now says that he can reprogram the original fuel
• vauxhall vivaro - starting then stalling 16 Apr 2011 (Forum)
   my vivaro 1.9 cdti 05,it starts ,ticks over for around 2 mins then stalls ,when i try and start again it just stalls , van was running fine  a hour befor ,recentley fiitted new turbo ,and last week put a bit of petrol in at garage ,but topped tank up with diesel ,the van ran perfect
• Volkswagen Golf V (2004 - 2008) - Golf Bluemotion and DPF 23 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  to short runs? And what is the point of a car built to be economical if you have to give it a blast at 2500 revs for 15 minutes every 3 days!
• Chevrolet Epica Rural Wales - Frozen diesel 28 Jan 2011 (Forum)
   a Poundstretcher and they had battery booster packs for £25,  ( halfords £50) Suddenly remembered  Short runs = battery drain. So just in case as need to be mobile for getting to work.   Happy motoring
• X3 BMW - Service intervals and warranty 4 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  don't think the X3 is part of the BMW condition based servicing system - am I right? But in any event are there any "service intervals for this or other BMWs or do you just run them - never lifting the bonnet "until the light comes on".  
• BMW 3 Series E46 Diesel - BMW smoking when on idle 20 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, my bmw diesel 2003, 92,000 miles has started to smoke excessively when I start it or on idle eg left running for a few minutes, I started it yesterday under the car porch and within 5 minutes it was unbearable and filled the house with smoke! it doesn't smoke once it's warmed up or driving
• Focus mk1 (2000) - Gearbox freezing In cold weather. 3 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  The last few morning when I've got in the car the gearstick has been totally stuck, somtimes it will move around in neutral but will not go into any gears untill the engine has been running for a few mins, then, suddenly it will work as normal. It was -14 *C this morning and it wasnt
• Dimplex electric coal effect fire - what denotes the direction of an AC motor 8 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  My parents coal effect fire had an electric motor sieze, ( the one that reflcet the flames upwards ). We aquired a replacement from dimplex and fiited, all the wiring was colour coded so easy to replace but the motor now runs in the other direction so the flame effect goes downwards ! weird
• volkswagon polo 1.2 2002 - Battery problems 2 Nov 2010 (Forum)
  My Mum's Polo has a history of flat batteries, three of them. the AA keep turning up and supplying "new" ones (I'm told). The advice she has recieved it to "leave it running on the drive for 20 minutes" this isn't any good as it upsets neigbours. My understanding is that if a car
• Vauxhall Vectra B facelift - 2 Litre diesel 25 Sep 2010 (Forum)
  Hi I have a Vectra 2 litre turbo diesel. the engine loses power when the temp rises to normal running temp on tick over the engine surges took to main dealer and they told me that the fuel pump module had gone cost £200 but have to replace pump also cost £800 it did