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I have a 2006 Subaru Legacy 3.0. It is a blast and I love it. But it will stall with no warning or fuss on the first journey of the day. Other times of day it is fine - it only happens first thing at roughly...
My 1997 Ford Fiesta 1.3 stalls when I slow down and go into second gear or when I come to a stop. It also judders when I accelerate and seems to be resisting speeding up. Black smoke comes out the exhaust...
3 weeks ago I bought an R reg Mercedes S500 from a second hand car dealer. I bought the car as it was fitted with LPG. The car stalls randomly on gas and has since I bought it. I now only run the car on...
When the car is in a higher gear with too little revs and I accelerate, it jerks. Do you know what this?
I have a 2002 Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI 115PS. When started especially first start of the day it will start but then cut out immediately unless you rev it and then it will be fine. It also intermittently will...
In January this year we bought a new 3-door Polo SEL 1.6 TDI, downsizing from our long-lived, and immensely practical, Saab. In most respects the Polo fits our present needs very well indeed and we have...
My Hatchback Rover 400, year: 1999, whose engine cuts off every time I drive over a puddle of water, the accelerator stops responding and starts dropping until the whole engine die off. I leave it for...
Anybody else suffer flat spots at low revs in the Ford Focus 1.8 TDCI or find it easy to stall at low revs in first and second gear?
I am using a glow plug style vegetable oil pre-heater unit on a Citroen Xantia with a Bosch pump. My fuel mix is 80 per cent new vegetable oil and 20 per cent diesel. It was fine at first, but now it stalls...
When I start my 2001 Vauxhall Corsa when the engine is cold, everything works, but once my engine has heated up the engine turns off! I try to start the car again and it starts (sometimes it won't), but...
 

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