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• Poor fuel economy 1.6 primera 1 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  My other half's freshly bought 1.6 petrol primera seems to be doing around 10-15 mpg! Is there any obvious reason for this? The car seems to be running ok, feels a little sluggish. No warning lights, no other signs of rich running. It has a daily work journey of 20 minutes each way. At the moment
• Odd Water Loss - Renault Laguna 15 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  My 1995 Laguna has a curious water loss problem, every couple of weeks (sometimes longer) it will go from the maximum mark to the minimum in a couple of days, yet at other times it will stay at the max mark for two weeks or more. I can find no visable leakage, it seems to be running ok, apart from
• Re: Help - Wrong fuel!! 14 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  I put £4 worth of unleaded into my boyfriend's diesel Golf TDI S reg today. Petrol attendant told me it would 'probably' be ok to top it up with diesel and let it run for a few minutes to burn off. It ended up with £40 diesel to £4 petrol and has run fine for a 200 mile return trip. What problems
• pug 405td valve stem seals 7 Dec 2005 (Forum)
  Pug 405td 168000mls 1997, 99% sure my valve stem seals need replacing, every now and then i get blue smoke on start up and car sounds like its running on 3 cyl for about 5-10sec, when the car is running no problems the thing flies for a diesel anyway, recently change glow pugs helped slightly
• mkII golf stalls after 5 mins: carb? 27 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  When started cold, my mkII driver behaves fine. Its only when it has been running a couple of minutes that the revs gradually drop and it stalls. This means I have to keep on the throttle to avoid stalling. once warm , the engine runs sweetly. I'm guessing it makes the mixture lean too early
• peugeot 106 diesel leak 17 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  filter. When the engine is running air bubbles can be seen in the clear pipe running from the filter to the pump. See picture at: http://www.broxsolutions.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/filter.jpg What is causing the leak, and is there anything I can do to fix it? Thanks, Nick
• No heating in rover 216 2 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  hi, ive got a problem with my heater in my 216 sli (n reg) had the car about a month now and it was running perfectly, but just over a week ago it went on its 1st motorway trip, after about an hour i noticed i couldn't get any heat from the blowers, i got off the motorway for 30 mins
• Saxo cold start problem 31 May 2004 (Forum)
  My wife's Saxo diesel (68,000) has developed a bit of a problem when starting from cold. It blows white smoke from the exhaust and runs rough for about a minute, then settles down and runs perfectly. No problem on warm starts, just first thing in the morning. The glow plug light goes out as normal
• carina fast idling 1 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  just bought a carina e 1.8 runs great but the tickover is to high it is about 1500rpm when cold and between 1000 to 1200 rpm when warm. the thottle doesnt seem to be sticking it is closing ok onto the stop. the temp gauge seems to vary a bit it seems to be running cool. some times it will go upto
• Subaru Impreza Import remapping 24 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  A friend of mine has bought himself a 96 Import impreza STI. These in japan, run on RON 100 unleaded fuel, the nearest we have is RON 97 unleaded. He has been advised against octane boosters as these in time will damage the cat and don't really do alot. So to run this car to its potential
• 306 Heater not getting HOT 1 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  to the cool running temp of the car but I no longer think thats the answer and the wife is driving it now so I'm getting stress! The car runs at 80-82°C on the dash. MM - you wealth of knowledge would be appreciated. Cheers H
• feisty fiesta 18 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  My student daughter runs a 1.1 pop plus to get to college etc. Its the H.C.S.engine weber carb model; and following a fuel leak which was causing uneven running, a problem still persists only at low revs. All the service items have been done and a local ford dealer has set up the mixture [replacing
• Help (nobody else can!) 8 Nov 2002 (Forum)
  I've got a Peugeot 205 XLD 1989 and over the past couple of weeks it's been cutting out on me about 10 seconds or so after starting. Starts back up again after 15 seconds, revs like hell on it's own then runs fine until its had an hour and a half/2 hours cooling down, then it'll do it again. Taken
• OMEGA HOW BAD 20 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  I have owned a '92 Granada Scorpio 2.9i 24v for about 5 years now. I still love the car, runs well, and plenty of power when I want it. My problem is that to be honest its looking now like an old farmers run about, the back arches are scabby, and the paintwork dull. Only have about £7k to spend
• aircon and air temperature 14 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  Hi all I know that a lot of the contributors to the forum recommend leaving the aircon running all year round so as to keep the system healthy. In my mondeo's manual it says that its only ok to use the system when the outside air temperature is +4 deg C or above. But VW have been marketing
• Peugeot 205GTi heater problem 17 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  I have a wierd problem with my 1990 205 GTi heater. The fan doesn't work when you operate the rotary switch. I've checked the fan motor and it runs and the switch circuits appear ok too. The real mystery is that when you unplug the cable connector from the back of the switch, the fan motor starts
• 15 Oct 2019 (Forum)
  School running - both the Suzuki Celerio and Vauxhall Viva have been discontinued in the UK so there may be some cheap clearance stock around.
• Rover 75 - cooling fan 8 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  fan running on after engine turned off, could this be a faulty thermostat
• look in the classifieds for a bragain 13 Jan 2005 (Forum)
  just put my little run around in the classifieds sections it will be a great car for someone
• Bump Starts 19 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  Bump starts, by pushing or by running downhill, are not recommended for modern cars. Why is this? They used to be my winter standby.