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I purhased a 2002 Peugeot 307 HDI last October. I bought it in Coventry and it ran well to my home town in South Wales. The car has been left standing for sometime and now I have started using it, but...
I've got a Citroen Picasso 1.6 HDi. I lost engine power and an engine management light came on. It turned out that the impeller on the turbo had broken. I also had failure of an injector and carbon build...
When accelerating, the pick up is very slow but I can hear the turbo whistle?
I am interested in buying a Volkswagen Scirocco 1.4. However, I have to do a lot of short journeys (half a mile or so). Would this damage the supercharger/turbocharger if many of the journeys were done...
I bought a Mondeo on a 53-plate. It's a 2.0-litre TDCi 130ps and the turbo pipe went whilst in cornwall. I drove around 400 miles home with greatly reduced power and a lot of black exhaust smoke. Having...
The last two years have seen us drive to our holidays in Southern France and Spain in our 2004 SEAT Alhambra TDI 130. The journeys have been uneventful, apart from a particular section of the Massif central...
I recently bought a 2006 Audi A4 Convertible (2.0 TDi) through a private sale. The car has done 76,000 miles and has a full Audi service history. Two weeks ago as I was driving and the 'oil pressure level...
I currently have an 02 Citroen Berlingo Multispace 2.0 HDi which has blown turbo. I need to replace it quickly but I only have £7000 to spend. My annual mileage is 20,000. Most important requirements...
On 8 August 2010 I wrote to you as I was thinking of changing my car and was wondering whether Volkswagen had any plans to sell the Polo diesel fitted with their 105PS 1.6 engine. I had tried the car with...
Can you give us any information on where I can find a proper explanation of the function and potential limitations of a diesel particulate filter?