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• Civic 1.8 VTEC - Poor fuel economy after little use for 12mths 1 Mar 2021 (Forum)
  as less than 1/4 left. Which seems like I have used a large amount of fuel? Could be wrong but I was surprised. According to the trip I'm doing 52mpg... Car has only done 280 miles since the last service in march 20. Has anyone else experienced this ? I don't know if it's one of those things
• Suzuki SX4 S-Cross - Suzuki -SX4 -S Cross -1.6 - motorway fuel economy? 22 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  Any owners of the Suzuki SX4 S-Cross 1.6 petrol on this forum? This car has great fuel economy specs, both on official specs, as well as on this site's real economy section. Despite being a crossover and having a 5 speed manual gearbox, The fuel economy figures trumps those of hatchbacks
• Ford CMax Zetec 1.8 tdci diesel - Help! CMax recurring diesel fuel injector failures 14 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  Our 2009 CMax 1.8 tdci has had 3 diesel fuel injector failures in the 3 years we have owned it. Each time, the car has gone into limp mode and the garage has found a fault code relating to one of the injectors. Two injectors have been replaced so far, one
• Peugeot 406 hdi - Peugeot 406 hdi fuel flap not open 1 May 2015 (Forum)
  Dear All i already tried to fix my fuel flap but just had no time but today i found one at scrap yard.Only thing i not sure that i need only just the door itself or i might need the hole unit if that,not even sure how is that comes as unit? Or what it contains as unit? Just checked
• Ford Focus Zetec S 1.8 tcdi - repair problems 6 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  and flywheel. It came back from a local independent garage only to find it had a fuel leak, it went back and I was told the fuel pump had gone (not his fault !)and it has now been reconditioned only to find it still had a fuel leak. (after 3 trips back it had two leaks (one from an injector and one from
• Renault Espace 2.2 dci 2001 - Espace 2.2 dci lack of power uphil 24 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  I have an electronic fault occuring every time I go uphill with a complete lack of power, ie 15 mph but no black smoke. Going downhill, no problem. Car is otherwise great and gradually returns to full power. I have had all  fuel pumps, and various sensors replaced over the last 5 years
• Peugeot 306 2.0 HDI Estate Meridian - A Fuel related problem? 9 Oct 2012 (Forum)
  I apologize in advance for my lack of knowledge.. and the way i explain the problem! I have a (pug 306 hdi 2.0 Meridian estate Y reg) With a faulty fuel gauge reading( Always reads higher than half a tank even when there is less) I HAVE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP(Curtsey of a garage). Lately
• Camry 2.4 vvti - Camry petrol 2.4 vvti 2002 5 Jun 2011 (Forum)
                            10º advance Short term fuel trim bank 1
• Rover 400 (1995 - 1999) - 96 1.4 ECU fault question 8 Jul 2009 (Forum)
  Hi iam the proud owner of a rover 414 ! The car let me down a few months ago and i traced the fault to the black/ violet wire on ecu not triggering the fuel pump relay to run . apparently this is a fairly common fault . I studied the wiring diagram i have and decided to earth out this wire
• Peugeot 406 (1999 - 2004) - 2002 2.0 90 bhp hdi engine will not start 3 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  The engine went in limp mode when low on fuel?.(did not run out just light on) refueled and drove home with the engine light on max rev 2500. day after would not start. There is a bulb to press for the fuel a couple of squeazes, she starts then immediately stops and strangely the head lights come
• Vauxhall Vectra B (1995 - 1999) - 1999 X20XEV Should the fuel pump relay be warm to 23 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  current path is through the fuel pump relay. Removed relay, after hasty Google to locate, and replaced with paperclip. Car fires immediately. Purchased lovely new purple relay from Vx dealer for relatively reasonable 17 quid, car works. What did worry me is that the two relays which control the fuel
• Vauxhall Zafira A (1999 - 2005) - 2001 2.0d trouble cold starting and code P1220 14 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  showed a drop in pressure so they said I need a new fuel pump? It is showing code P1220 on test. It has already had a one way valve fitted in the fuel pipe so obviously the problem was known to the previous owner. Are there any other suggestions I could try before changing the fuel pump (a cost I cant
• Astra 1.7DTL surging problem 3 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  This is a 1994 model and has done 175,000 miles. The engine surges when accelerating under load at relatively low speed. It doesn't do it at higher speeds ie. above 40 mph. Sometimes it does it quite badly, other times not so. If it was a petrol engine I'd say it was fuel starvation
• Bimbos and electric motor bikes 5 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  are not popular enough and unlikely to be profitable. The same magazine has an article on fuel cell powered motor cycles. The motorcycle will reach 50 mph, and can be used for up to four hours without need to refuel. The fuel cell can be attached to the motorcycle to take the bike off-road to the lakeside
• Scrap it or repair it? 23 Sep 2004 (Forum)
  SWMBO's Punto* has just gone in for it's MOT and has failed on a couple of points; front brake imbalance, front brake pipes corroded. "That's not too bad" I hear you say - however, apart from that, the brake master cylinder is leaking, the rear brakes need replacing, there is a fuel leak
• Petrol smell... 6 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  I have a 2002 2.3 petrol Ford Galaxy which emits strong smell of petrol after being driven for a while which comes from: 1) the fuel cap area. 2) comes in through the drivers and passenger front windows whilst driving at moderate speeds. Not sure if point 2) is due to fumes being brought forward
• CO2, Tax and Tolls 12 Jun 2001 (Forum)
  Can anyone come up with a logical explanation as to why the government is introducing a complicated scale of road tax which bases the annual charge on the CO2 output of a new car under laboratory conditions. Surely CO2 bears a direct relationship to fuel consumption. With the penal rates of fuel
• 2006 1.2 6V polo - Fuel System parts identification 13 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  Hello,   Iv been having some issues getting my 1.2 polo to run, appears to be overfuelling and not firing!  If anyone could tell me...
• Peugeot 406 estate - 406 hdi losing power at low revs 2 Oct 2011 (Forum)
  406 HDI 110 high mileage (185k) loses power at low revs, struggles to tick over in traffic, feels like a fuel issue? Tried a fuel additive but no real improvement. Turbo is working okay at speed
• Ford Fiesta - Low mileage 24 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  I have just purchased a 4 year old fiesta 1.4 petrol with only 11k on the clock. I have done an oil and filter change and filled up with good quality fuel. Can anyone reccomend any fuel or oil additives or should i just give it a good run on the motorway?