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• non starting polo 20 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  my 1994 polo gt coupe would not start one wet night.the car a 1300 injection (3f engine) will not start.it was running a short time and then would not start, i tried jumping and towing it to try to start it. there is no spark at the plugs, there was a new dizzy fitted two weeks ago it was running
• Gas Conversion - Honda Civic 1 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  I have a V reg Civic AeroDeck (Estate) and am considering having it converted to run on LPG I would like to know if anyone has had their Civic converted to run on LPG. Are Honda engines OK for Conversion?? Any Horror Stories relating to Honda Engines and LPG. I changed from a 1.6RT Renault
• VW TDi - 1.9 vs 2.5 long-term ? 9 Aug 2005 (Forum)
  Quick question - which TDi engine will last longer, the 130 TDi 4-cyl, or the 2.5 V6 ? I plan on running my forthcoming (used) Passat for a few years, and still can't make up my mind which to buy - at 3 years old the difference in price isn't that much. I am wondering if the less-stressed V6
• How long to trace hit and run driver? 22 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  Hello all, 3 weeks ago my car was hit by an unscrupulous Fiesta driver who then decided to drive off. I have since paid £350 to replace a steering rod...
• Rover 25 diesel problem 24 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  I've just bought a W Reg 25 diesel which has poor performance and is only doing around 28 mpg. I suspected the MAF and run the engine with it disconnected and performance seemed to improve slightly. Interestingly the engine malfunction warning light (next to the SRS light) never illuminates! I've
• Fiesta 1.1 emulsifying up 5 Apr 2003 (Forum)
  I've seen the archive posts about the 1.1 Fiesta emulsifying up - it appears to be a common problem. The car did have a blown head gasket and the repairers replaced the thermostat since they said the car had been running a bit warm.... Since my daughter does 20 miles a day between two towns , I
• Mondeo running problems 31 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, I have a Mondeo 1.8 TD (L Registration), which was until recently running fine. I was low on fuel a couple of Saturdays ago (Just on the red) so I put £20.00 worth of diesel in from Tesco. I drove home (approximately 20 miles) and it ran fine. I did not use the car again until the Monday
• Vauxhall Astra 1.7cdti 2012 diesel - Running on two cylinders/lack of power 25 Apr 2022 (Forum)
  Can anyone help?  I have a Vauxhall Astra 1.7 cdti 2012 diesel, which is running on 2 cylinders and is powerless. It started to mess around a little, and I thought it needed a run up the motorway to clear the emissions, but this did not happen as it lost all power and I had
• Hyundai i10 - Air Con 15 Jun 2021 (Forum)
  I've just bought a 2009 i10 1.2, 53k miles. A very genuine car from a genuine seller. Car hasn't been used much over last couple of months apart from a once in a while short run to keep things moving. Seller said (and I believe him) that a/c was working when last used, and I didn't think
• Bin lorries - is the driver allowed to leave cab? 14 Apr 2018 (Forum)
  actively involved in the bin retrieval, emptying and return. The lorry was therefore running, not parked, no one at the wheel. Once the collection in that bit was done, he then popped back in the cab and drove another 15 metres on, at which point I could get by.  Had a google on the legality
• Peugeot 307 CC - Peugeot 307 intermittent starting problems 28 Jun 2017 (Forum)
  light comes on. It will consistently fail to start from that point onwards.... until I press the gas a bit while turning the key. Then it fires up fine, and runs without issue and the engine light goes out...for another few days until it happens next! Once it's running, there are no signs of any
• '98 Fiesta Ghia 1.25L 16v - Engine struggling to run 13 Apr 2015 (Forum)
  a full compliment of oil, and water/coolant. theres no smoke or steam and no smell of petrol. Theres no leaks or bits of metal anywhere so im certain I've not fragged it. theres still fuel to the rail even after 4 days and several starts. This time it struggles to run. Basically, I start
• FORD COURIER VAN 1.8 TD ENDURA ENGINE - Problemsw with engine starting 12 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  I have a 2002 Ford Fiesta Courier van 1.8 turbo diesel endura engine.  A week ago I parked in my drive after using it all day when it was running fine.  Next morning when I tried to start it , it just turned over and would not fire.  Glow plug light on the dash was flashing
• Hyundai Getz - Cheap To Run Small Car Up To 3K? 14 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  My parents gave me a low mileage Focus 1.6 automatic to replace my 16 year old K11 Micra as a second car.  The car is great it is lovely to drive but is too thirsty and costs £245 a year to tax.  I have decided to sell it and add some towards it to buy a cheap to run small petrol
• Mercedes clk 320 - older car running report 12 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  Great idea to start the running report on the new Volvo. Thought I'd give a try at one on my older car which I bought  three years ago at 94k and registered in 2000 .I've got to 130k now and apart from normal servicing I had one large bill for a pse pump of  £600
• Mercedes Benz E-Class W210 (1995 - 2002) - 02 2.6 exhaust smoke when in kickdown 8 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  home after a come of times running the engine the smoking ceased. The car runs perfectly in Idle and normal running speed. I spoke to a mechanic friend who initially thought that I might have put too much oil. However on inspection he found that the levels was adequate. The problem only seem to occur
• Citroen Despatch (2007 - ) - 04 1.9 diesel poor running 5 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  security device off the back of the diesel pump telling me on Wednesday eve that it also needed new glow plugs so it would run just right.Got it back today with £350.00 bill but it now has a different problem than before,it starts ok now so that problem seems to be fixed but it flattens out like you have
• Dilema of my dying fiesta 7 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  {car make added to header to clarify what 'Rattle' is talking about - DD} I have spent just over £500 on it since I bought it 3 weeks ago (including the purchase price) and its still not running right. I won't go into the technical side of it because that was discussed on another site
• new Citroen C5 poor fuel consumption 17 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  Estate (which my wife still drives) regularly returned 46/47 mpg on a motorway run from Wiltshire to west London and back, about 39 mpg aroung town and about 43 mpg on a high-speed trip down to Cornwall. The new car (same spec except the Exclusive trim) is, on average, returning at least 10% worse fuel
• 1980 Mini 1000 - Running far too rich 26 May 2005 (Forum)
  an engine which is completely seized. We have now reverted back to the 998 engine (which worked perfectly well before removal) but struggling to get it set up correctly. Whatever we do it seems to be running very rich, and although it will start, it dies again once its warm leaving all the spark plugs