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• Citroen Xantia (1993 - 2000) - 00 2.0 HDi Fuel Problems 6 Apr 2009 (Forum)
  Any thoughts on what appears to be common problem? Xantia HDi 90bhp RHY engine, new Sept 2000, 108k, several previous owners, I've put about 1,200 miles on it. It cut out. Taken to my usual Citroen agent. Verdict HP Fuel Pump, estimated repair cost more than value of car. Got a pump (same part
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - Possible fuel pump issues on 2004 TDCi & 2000 TDi 6 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  I've bought ( for a bargain price I hope ) 2 of my works company cars. One is a 2004 Focus 1.8 TDCi ZETEC and the other is a 2000 Focus 1.8 TDi. They both have huge mileage ( 250k ish ). The TDi one has had everything rebuilt or replaced ( head, turbo, injectors etc ) everything except the fuel
• Toyota Previa (1990 - 2000) - 1996 2.2 (Emina 3C-TE) - Won't start when hot. 5 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  ! If i take it anywhere i have to let it sit untill it gets cold, or otherwise it will not start. I have been told a number of things, one of them being the fuel pump which i am told is electronic will need to be replaced. They are very hard to find here in Fiji which is where i live, and i have been
• Mk3 Golf GTi fuel/stalling problems 28 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  , and noticed the fuel gauge rapidly decreasing. Naturally i pulled over at the next safest place. Looked around for a fuel leak none everything was fine, so i carried onto work. Later in the day went out in the car had done approx 30miles and the fuel gauge is now showing 3/4 tank which was about right
• Smokey Ford Escort 1.8TD 9 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Trying to sort out the reasons for my Escort 1.8TD smoking pretty bad. The car is a 95 1.8TD with 74K miles which appears genuine. The smoke is dark/black so its a fuel problem. I change the oil/filter every 4K miles and the oil level hardly moves and so far have never had to top it up between
• fuel tank replacement - legal position? 23 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  hour before. I called the AA, and the guy said it might be a valve or seal broken. The fuel stopped leaking after about a quarter of the tank had emptied. Since then I have not filled it above half full, and there have been no leaks. I called Renault to get this fixed. After finding the local Renault
• Future Fuel Prices and Iraq 11 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  action in the middle east might have on world fuel prices. I imagine that the opportunity to raise fuel prices on the hypothesis that action in the middle east is even being talked about has not escaped the attention of the major oil companies. Nor would it have escaped our Chancellor of the Exchequer
• Why is my fuel mixture getting weaker? 19 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  I have a 1991 pre-cat Toyota Carina 2.0 GLi Exec Auto with the 3SFE (Fuel injection) engine and 103,000 miles. I have had various intermittent cold starting and cold running problems which the family owned garage I normally use couldn't get to the bottom of and so I took it to my local main dealer
• Jaguar XF 2009 - Restricted Performance warning persisting 28 Sep 2024 (Forum)
  I’m looking for a bit of help and advice with my diesel car I recently purchased. The low fuel warning came on with 50 miles left and then the Restricted Performance notice so I drove home and to the garage by which time it had 35 miles of fuel. i expected the RP to go away
• Audi 100 1989 - Why older cars have big fuel tank than the new? 17 Nov 2023 (Forum)
  My father's Audi 100 sadly got in the accident from the back after a little lorry had brake failure smash at 20mph thankful it did not happen at 56mph. When the car was taken away to the sc***yard, I thought about the older cars how great they were, because they had very big fuel tanks
• Hmmmm 26 Jun 2023 (Forum)
  I’ve seen a 66 plate 30kw Mk I Nissan Leaf for sale locally(ish) for £8,200 - before I kick him with my size 9’s. Say I get it for £8,000 tops (I’d be aiming for £7,700) that works out at around £150 a month for a bank loan. Now, currently I spend around £160 a month on fuel for old Terrance
• Crunch the numbers ! 19 Mar 2022 (Forum)
      -------------------- Cost £2000    Fuel Cost/Yr  £1,286 Car Tax £250 1st Years Cost £3,536. 2nd Year £1,536 Ford CMax 1.8 Tdci ------------------------- Cost £2000    Fuel Cost/Yr  £955 Car Tax £170 1st Years Cost
• Ford Focus 1.6 2007. - Occasional whiff of petrol outside car 27 Oct 2016 (Forum)
  Hi All Further to my post a few weeks ago about what I believed was a noisy fuel pump, I started noticing a smell of petrol in the car when I got in after leaving it overnight. I keep an empty petrol can in the boot for emergency topups, and thinking that maybe this was the source
• 2011 SEAT ALTEA XL SE CR TDI ESTATE - Seat Altea XL fuel pump needs replacing at 27K 13 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  the delear so this has now expired.  I took the car in for a service as I had done just shy of 10K miles, its now on appx 27K. I was quite shocked to find out that the diesel fuel pump needs to be replaced at a cost of appx £1200, with the part costing £722. I looked up the part
• ANY - How much on list price for an extra real 5mpg? 1 Oct 2014 (Forum)
  Would you like your next car to be greener, more fuel efficient and less costly to run, if so how much extra would you be prepared to pay for an optional extra that promised to offer you a 'real world' increase of say 4.5 to 5 mpg
• Small economical hatchback 26 Mar 2014 (Forum)
  My wife is looking for a used car to replace her '54 Polo 1.4 16V. The main reason for selling it is because she does 50 miles daily. It's reached 100k now and is terrible on fuel. We want to reduce fuel costs but not necessarily a diesel... Her budget is around £3,000. We
• Toyota RAV4 - Fuel contamination; how common is it? 30 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  /index.htm?t=101494), but after turning the interior of my car blue I realised I had just put 30 litres of diesel in the car not more than 5 minutes / 2 miles earlier. I drove straight home (another mile and a half) and wonder what your thoughts are on; The likelyhood of contaminated fuel
• Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI 2008 - Hesitation unser load 16 Jan 2013 (Forum)
  and can be cleaned / replaced. Fuel Pump - i have a OBD2 reader and I can see when I do accelerate the fuel rail pressure drops from 18,000 psi to 4,000 ish. Could this be a fuel pump fault or is the system shutting the pump off as a fault is detected elsewhere! These are no other faults
• Any - Fuelish nonsense 10 Sep 2012 (Forum)
  Dug out some results of Which? tests on bog standard vs premium fuels (oct' 08).  Here's a summary of the results: Petrol: Ford Focus 1.6  measured RON Wheel hp   fuel economy Esso 95 RON             95.6
• BMW E46 320D - Ignition/Starting Issue 6 Feb 2012 (Forum)
  and there is no sound from fuel pump. It will crank fine like this but show no signs of firing. I can get it to start eventually by turning ignition on and off until all lights etc come on the dash as normal, you can then hear the fuel pump working but takes a long time to build pressure - around 13 seconds