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  Ask HJ: What’s trending? 8 Aug 2012 (News)
  cannot shut off the supply of hot coolant from the engine to the heater matrix, then the cool air from the a/c will not be able to overcome it.” Regardless of season and weather, some subjects keep cropping up. One of these is dual mass flywheels (DMFs), which are fitted to some cars
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  Honest John’s Motoring Agony Column 18-4-2015 18 Apr 2015 (News)
  , but they said it might not be covered by the warranty, “as warranty companies were funny people.” They assured me they knew what it was and that it was definitely the DMF, but once they had stripped the engine down they informed me that it was a seal on the DMF, so the warranty company refused
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  Volkswagen Reliability Shock in Australia 8 Jun 2013 (News)
  failures, doorlocks, alarm systems, windows ECUs, coil packs, manual gearboxes, timing belt pulleys, bulkhead vent well drains, ABS/ESP modules, timing chains, Twincharger problems, DSG transmissions, DMFs, DPFs...the list goes on and on. Yet readers still believe that by buying
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  Mileage and Status Separate Best Auction Prices From the Rest. 26 Oct 2011 (News)
  for a two year old. Fords were more sensible money, yet there was still a big divide between petrol and diesel. A 46k mile 2008/58 Focus 1.6TDCI 110 Zetec estate sold for £7,000, while a 50k mile 2009/58 1.6 petrol Style estate sold for just £4,600 – with no DPF, DMF, EGR or turbo to worry about over
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  High Mileage Cars Double Cheap at Auction Today 17 Sep 2010 (News)
  2007/57 Ford Focus 2.0TDCI Ghia 4-door saloon that, by covering 173,734 miles could hardly ever have got cold.   It sold for £2,300, and if the DMF, DPF and turbo had all had to be replaced might well have been fir
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 6-6-2015 6 Jun 2015 (News)
  /ford-b-max-2012-road-test//  and  /carbycar/ford/b-max-2011/   Best engine: 1.0 Ecoboost 120PS. These engines don't have dual mass flywheels so don’t suffer the same clutch and DMF problems as Focus 1.0 Ecoboosts and don’t have
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  Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 30-5-2015 30 May 2015 (News)
  discount, and how much? If you can give me further advice I'd be more than happy. MG, London In Europe, a significant proportion of airport taxi fleets are Prius or Prius Plus hybrids. The reason is that they are well suited to taxi work, have no DPFs or DMFs or turbos