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• KIA Sedona - One squirt from the injectors then it stops 11 May 2010 (Forum)
  Kia Sedona 2.9TDi (Year 2000) We have just swapped the engine on my Sedona for another Year 2000 engine (about 9 months younger).  It turns the engine over but will not fire. We are getting diesel to the top of the injectors.  We have disconnected one of the fuel
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - 00 1.6 Cool Engine rough running high fuel consump 2 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  to this I noticed the fuel consumption is too high and the exhaust emissions are highier than normal. I get the timming belt and water pump changed as they were due. It improved the situation but it is still running slightly rough and the fuel consumption is too high as compared to my previous cars. Could
• Renault Scenic (1999 - 2003) - 01 1600 Difficulty starting / fuel filler cap? (pe 6 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  For some time now I have had intermittent problems starting this vehicle. The engine cranks over and over but without firing. Often several stabs of the throttle to the floor will eventually get it going & so far it has always started in the end. Thinking this might be fuel related, I undid
• Renault Clio 1 Petrol (1991 - 1998) - 97 1.2 - Turns over but will not start 11 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  Help - My 18 son's 97 Clio 1.2 has broken down,apparently it lost power ( no undue noise ) and stopped. I have checked the usual suspects - fuel etc as a matter of course. The problem is that now the car is back on the drive I cannot get it to start. There is a healthy spark at the plugs and fuel
• Volkswagen Passat (1988 - 1997) - 96 1.9Tdi air bubbles in diesel fuel pipe 5 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  I seem to have given myself another problem I changed the fuel filter as procedure in Haynes manual but did not prefill the canister with fuel- not mentioned in Haynes- but everywhere else says fill it! thank you Mr Haynes! now when I run the engine I am getting bubbles in the pipe between
• Vauxhall Zafira A (1999 - 2005) - 04 2.0 fuel injection pump 28 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  when driven and sometimes cuts out. I took it to a garage and they advised I change the fuel filter which I did and it lasted about 2 months and the same problems occured. I then took it to another garage and they put it on a machine that gave me a code of P1222 - fuel injection pump invalid status
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 1.6 Easy cure for poor fuel consumption ? 2 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  I have seen reports of poor fuel consumption on the latest Focus, but was appalled to find my new 1.6 petrol model only doing around 34mpg, compared with 39-41 mpg on the previous model. I bought the car brand new and it has just 1000 miles on the clock. I have just checked the tyre pressures
• BMW 3-Series E91 Touring (2005 - ) - Fuel economy - 320d 31 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  Previously I've expressed disappointment in these e-pages about the fuel consumption of my 07/56 320d (ie without the latest fuel-saving tweaks): I'd never been able to crack 50 mpg on the computer. On Monday I hot-footed it to central Manchester - about 175 miles on the M40/M42/M6, then A556/M56
• What can be done to fuel tax/duty? 5 May 2008 (Forum)
  In this morning's Telegraph there's a brief analysis of what El Gordo can do to put things right since receiving a good kick up the sporran the other night. On fuel costs, the plan is apparently to try to force OPEC to increase production. Lowering fuel duty is dismissed on the basis
• Another Acetone Thread 11 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  Whilst trying to escape XFactor and associated programmes I found this link: http://www.lubedev.com/smartgas/ I don't know whether Mr Lou LaPointe came up during previous discussions but he is an advocate of adding pure acetone and other ingredients to fuels to increase MPG up to a claimed 50
• Audi A4 B7 (2005 - 2008) - 2.0 TDI 140 engine - fuel consumption 5 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I was wondering why it seems that the Audi A4 with the 2.0 TDI 140 engine is so much more thirsty than other VAG cars with the same engine ? My car has now done 10.5K miles and compared to my old TDI 130 the fuel consumptions is still fairly unexciting. I get 44-45 MPG on a motorway run if I'm
• New Fuel & Oil Additive 22 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Product I have never seen or heard of on sale today. Something to add to oil and another to put in the fuel tank. Claims up to 21% improvement in fuel consumption, up to 70& reduction in engine wear and up to 80% reduction in pollution. It also " Segregates carbon deposits and limits clogging
• Seat Ibiza 1.4i 1995 7 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  injection) I have tested for fuel pump operation and it runs for about a second before cutting. I believe this is normal and pump cuts out when fuel pressure is at correct pressure. I have checked relay by bypassing relay terminals to get the pump to work continuously yet car starts, runs for a second
• cheap fuel 28 Sep 2005 (Forum)
  Inventor turns dead cats into diesel A German inventor says he's found a way to make cheap diesel fuel out of dead cats. Dr Christian Koch, 55, from Kleinhartmannsdorf, said his method uses old tyres, weeds and animal cadavers. They are heated up to 300 Celsius to filter out hydrocarbon which
• Fuel draining into tank? Citroen ZX TD 30 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  to do the job - due to restricted access in the bay. The car was a first time starter before this. Apart from this the car drives fine. The glow plugs are new - original Beru ones- so it is not that. Whilst the head was off the mechanic checked the injecters - they were fine also. If I bleed the fuel
• VAG speedo and fuel gauge problem 30 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  I am experiencing a problem aver the last few days with an octavia Firstly the speedo started to fluctuate then it stopped completely once it stopped then the fuel gauge started to fluctuate I found one of the injectors leaking diesel which flowed onto the speedo sensor so i fixed the leak
• Fuel price increase... 500% 28 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  You think you've got it bad ... Harare - The price of fuel in Zimbabwe went up by more than 500% on Wednesday as the government announced a deregulation of the petroleum oil industry. Diesel that used to cost 200 dollars a litre will now be sold at 1 060 dollars while the petrol price has gone
• Servicing and fuel economy 9 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  I have been interested in comments that good fuel economy comes from good servicing and responsible driving. However, when coming to servicing, what is important to have changed or looked at to maintain economy. Coming to mind may be air filter changes and cleaned, oil change (pistons and rings
• HELP! Mondeo speedo on the blink 11 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  A few months ago I noticed when driving at 40 mph that the speedo suddenly dropped to zero and then returned to 40mph. At the same time the fuel light came on. I was not out of fuel and the car did not cut out or drop in speed and the light went out as the speedo returned to normal. This has become
• Road tax/insurance on cost of fuel ? 1 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  Can anyone explain why it wouldn't be a good idea to put the cost of the Road Fund Licence and basic Third Party insurance cover on the cost of fuel ? It seems to me that doing so would preclude tax avoidance and ensure that any innocent parties involved in motoring related accidents would have