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  Buying a family friendly diesel estate for £6000 24 Jun 2013 (Ask HJ)
  We are looking to buy a family diesel estate for around £6000. We are not rich people so reliability, practicality and fuel economy is very important;...
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  Is a diesel Land Rover Evoque inappropriate for short urban journeys? 8 Jun 2013 (Ask HJ)
  We are considering buying a new Evoque, but virtually all are diesels and we are concerned about the particulate filters. We do many short local journeys...
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  What do you think of the Ford S-Max? 23 Feb 2013 (Ask HJ)
  Its time for me to invest. Despite its breakdown in France last year, I'm going to keep my Skoda Superb as the family car and I want to get something similar...
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  Ford S-Max Auto : Diesel vs Petrol ? 16 Jan 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I bought an S-Max 2.0 TDCI Auto six years ago for motorway commuting but then promptly moved to rural Dorset instead. I love the S-Max and plan to get...
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  Can I expect my diesel Renault Laguna to develop expensive problems soon? 29 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  In 2009 I bought a new Renault Laguna 2.0dCi 150 Initiale 50 diesel automatic. Can you tell me whether it has a diesel particulate filter, dual mass flywheel...
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  Advice on buying a Fiesta 9 Apr 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Several years ago following your recommendation, I bought a 2007 Ford Focus 1.6 TDCi Zetec. I have been looking at possible replacements and as I do a...
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  Should we replace our diesel Nissan Qashqai with a petrol version before we suffer DPF problems? 22 Oct 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Hi John, my wife drives a 2007 Nissan Qashqai 2.0 dCi Acenta 4WD auto and used to cover 25,000 miles a year with work. However a change in our circumstances...
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  Heavy breather 3 Jul 2010 (Ask HJ)
  Could you tell me if you think the new FIAT (I think it is called a Ventiguila or something like that) coming on the market in July with a 1,400cc engine...
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  Must be choking 16 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  We have a 2008 Zafira 1.9CDTi automatic and every few weeks its warning light comes on to say we need to get it to a Vauxhall dealer. The handbook says...
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  Chokers to the right 9 May 2009 (Ask HJ)
  My 07 Zafira CDTi is actually a very fine car - except for one big problem, which is damaging to the urban-travel families the car is aimed at. I live...
• Volvo C30 - Pat (Eolys) Fluid 10 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  Following ongoing issues with the DPF on my volvo. Almost ever since I bought it it’s has some sort of issue/regen/replace. Been advised it’s all sorts of issues from injectors to sensors to the DPF itself I have been given what I think is some plain sound advice from my local garage. I had
• Astra, but any Diesel with DPF - How much for a forced regen. 30 Sep 2020 (Forum)
  Waiting at an indy garage yesterday for a job to be done on our car, noticed a man bought an 11 plate Astra Diesel in, judging by the work being done...
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  Should I buy diesel or petrol? 2 Sep 2020 (Ask HJ)
  With low annual milage, should I buy a diesel car?
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  Fumes on start up of Ford Focus? 23 Nov 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Ford Focus 1.6 TDCi registered in 2012 with just over 85k on the clock. I've noticed lately a strong smell of engine fumes when I start the car...
• Skoda Roomster - VW Recall list 20 Oct 2015 (Forum)
  Hi, I have just read Honest John article on VW recall but the Skoda Roomster is not listed, I have a 2014 105 BHP 1.6 TDI and my daughter a 2013 I.6 105 TDI both with dpf. Are these engines affected? From Wiki I gather they are the same engine, I understand
• Mazda 6 2.0 Diesel 2006 123550 miles. - Mazda6 EM Light is on 19 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  level fine and only 7000 miles old. The wife says the DPF light was flashing for her earlier as well as EM light, but i cant get it to replicate that for me. Side note, the DPF has been removed so i know its not that thats blocked. So my thoughts are: - - How do i find out
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  Buying a used estate - which model is best? 9 Apr 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I want a large used estate car (three years old), with a comfortable cabin and automatic gearbox. I only do 10,000 miles a year, but want a petrol as I'm...
• SAAB 9-3 - Not any old white smoke problem! but a problem! 2 Mar 2015 (Forum)
  Hi I would be extremely grateful for any input as i have a puzzling situation with my car. I have a saab 9-3 1.9 tid 2005 and 105,000 miles I purchased the car and discovered during its first MOT that the dpf innards had been probably removed (weld marks on dpf
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  BMW 3 Series - why has the engine light come on? 17 Dec 2014 (Ask HJ)
  My 2010 BMW 3 Series diesel has done just over 30,000 miles and the engine function light (Orange) is displayed intermittently. My Independent Garage has...
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  Bought a used car that needs lots of work - who should pay? 24 Aug 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a 2006 Suzuki Grand Vitara privately, but after two weeks told by local garage that the car needs a new DPF and cat converter. The seller bought...