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• Diesel power - a compromise? 2 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  miles a year so not really diesel justifcation territory but would give me big fuel bills on say a golf GTI. Diesel or petrol... want more power / more thrill but fuel bills... :( An older type-r / golf GTI or even a Focus ST are all so very appealing but could live with the fuel bill?? I could
• new Citroen C5 poor fuel consumption 17 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  I am beginning to regret buying my new Citroen C5! Apart from the still unresolved headlamp problem (detailed elsewhere on this forum), and the woefull lack of headlamp protectors being available, I am not at all impressed with the fuel consumption of the new car. My previous C5 2.2 HDi Auto
• VW Passat temp & fuel question 28 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  I have a 99 Passat, 1.8T. A month ago I handed it into a VW garage for a service and since then my fuel consumption has dropped from about 28mpg, pre service, to 22mpg now. Nothing has changed to warrant such a decline in mpg. VW says there is no reported fault so there's not a lot they can do
• Fuel saving devices - Ecotek and Magnets 29 May 2003 (Forum)
  then as I understand it the car has a ideal fuel/air ratio - why would weakening the mix improve either performance or fuel consumption? If it would be beneficial to allow more air into the mix then instead of computerised engine managmenet systems the technology of the value would be incorporated
• Rover 200SDi not Revving No Power ! 22 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  revs before running out of steam and not going any higher !!! Any body have a clue what this could be. The RAC couldn't rind the problem and now a rover dealership have had it for 5 days and are running out of idea's ????? Some things I do know : The fuel is diesel i ran about 120 miles
• Next fill of biodiesel 24 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  , TD stands for turbo-diesel. The fact that yours is a D rather than a TD just means that your diesel engine isn't turbocharged. In simple terms, turbocharging means that the exhaust gases from burning the fuel are used to make the engine go faster. That fact that your car is 11 years old doesn't
• Ford fiesta - Fuel gage/sender fiesta 28 Feb 2021 (Forum)
  Hi all, another question/problem. A bit of back story first. I inherited a ford fiesta zetec Mk6 2007 which has been stood for a good 14 months if not longer. When I first acquired the car the fuel was on red and the light was on. She did start on the old fuel. I went to get about £5 worth
• Peugeot 306 TD Phase 2 1997 - Peugeot 306 TD Phase 2 - Starting problems 7 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  , did this by listening out for it. Can hear an audiable click. Changed the battery for a Bosch 600+ Crank Amp Changed fuel filter and seal Cleaned the fuel strainer in the tank, did notice a large build up of dirt in on the strainer Fixed what seemed to be a small
• Citroen C5 (2001 - 2008) - 01 2.2 diaphragm and fuel pump problems 26 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  to picking up my new car my citroen coughs and dies, no power at all, will not start, nothing. so the aa come out and i tell him about the recnt repairs, so he had a look at it, he says " citroen have fitted the diaphragm the wrong way so no fuel can get through" so i went back into citroen and they say
• Focus 1.8 TDCI glow plug light flashing 29 Dec 2006 (Forum)
  I have now owned my Ford Focus Sport 1.8 TDCI duratorq for 3 years and during that time have had several problems with it. All of which i have returned to Brooklyn dealership to be repaired (or at least they tried) 1. Fuel guage stopped working ( They replaced the sender unit) 2. Bellowing Black
• Cars to have stainless steel fuel tanks 21 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  Source Nickel Development Org "In response to increasingly stringent emission standards in the United States, several European car manufacturers are fitting certain models bound for U.S. markets with stainless steel tanks. Building the fuel tanks requires about 6,000 to 8,000 tonnes of 304
• Diesel cetane rating mystery 6 Feb 2016 (Forum)
  My car handbook (Verso 1.6D-4D) recommends using diesel with a cetane rating of "48 or higher". Whereas petrol fuels detail their octane rating, I am struggling to find any cetane details for diesel - even fuel manufacturers' websites seem coy on this question. Am I missing something obvious?
• Vauxhall Astra H 2004 53 plate 2.2l - fuel thermostat 23 Sep 2015 (Forum)
  Hi I have just purchased this Vauxhall Astra and had a full service and MOT. the problem is it starts up first time, but if i turn the engine off and...
• Fuel prices 6 Dec 2014 (Forum)
  I have been pleased to see the price of petrol dropping week by week but am worried that it will overshoot by a long way when the present political manoeuvres...
• How to safely drain petrol from a car ? 11 Nov 2014 (Forum)
  What is the safest way to drain petrol from a car? Machine mart sell fuel transfer pumps but these are for diesel type fuels only. I'm not particularly keen on the sucking on a rubber hose technique ! There must be companies who sell pumps to do this job. Any ideas apprieciated. Steve
• bmw 316i touring (2004) - engine flooding 21 Aug 2014 (Forum)
  hi all having a problem with first initial start the engine is flooding just wondering what is causing this? If i pinch the pipe that goes on the fuel injector rail and then turn it over it will start but other wise it wont ie getting to much fuel any help much appreciated thanx
• Are we being ripped off (again) - Fuel Prices 16 Jul 2012 (Forum)
  In the papers today, including the telegraph, there are articles about traders manipulating the trades figures, much as they were doing for the libor...
• Vauxhall Vectra C dti - poor fuel economy 4 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  hi my 53 plate vectra dti 2.0 is still using alot of diesel  would service make that much difference , i put £10 of diesel in and only got...
• ford mondeo - knocking 14 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  I have had problems with my 03 mondeo with bad batch of fuel now i have emtied the fuel out and put  fresh in but won`t start i have towed it and got it started but it smokes really bad and i have a knocking coming from the engine can anyone help to what they think is wrong .
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 01 2.0 Fuelpressure problem 11 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Got a Peugeot 306 HDi, engine light on and car wouldn't go over 3000revs. Garage said to change fuel filter first, then fuel pressure sensor if that didn't work.Done both. Car will idle but cuts out at about 2,500 revs. Any ideas?