I have just fitted a D8A XUD9 into my 306 and the only way i can get it to run is remove the plunger from the stop solenoid.
I have tried another solenoid to no affect.
The spring and plunger inside both seem OK.
When I prime the pump fuel seems to go past the solenoid with ignition turned on.
But it wont start.
I am wondering if the high pressure pump in the injector pump is weak.

Anyone know of a link to LUCAS CAV pump technical info thanks? Read more

My CC has been hit for three fraudulant transactions in very rapid order in the USA.
My CC co identified it, contacted me 09:00 the next morning a credited all ££s back instantly. The transaction were not for large sums.

I am trying to work out where / when the cloning originated.
I do not use the card online.
I visited a major supermarket and three hours later @ 00:00 hours the USA transactions occurred. I would have thought this supermarket was an unlikely source of the problem.

I had a visit to not my normal filling station but in my general area, a couple of weeks ago.
So beware in the Esher / Kingston area.:-)
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I have a 2000 X plate focus 1.8 tdi with a major oil leak. The garage said it was coming from the oil delivery pipe at the back of the engine but refused to repair it as would take to long (Nationwide Autocentre).

I know the part costs about £50. Does anyone have any thoughts on this diagnosis???

The oil is obviously being forced out of somewhere under extreme pressure as is all over the bottom of the engine. Read more

A colleague and I hired a car to take us to Heathrow Airport last week. Received a rather jaded Mazda 5, with 18,000 miles on the clock and plenty of scuffs, dents and chips to show for them. I looked the car over and checked the damage sheet supplied by the company, and all seemed to be in order.

On arriving at Heathrow, we parked the car in the designated area to be greeted by a team of the company's staff who buzzed around the car inspecting it for damage. I duly produced the sheet, and was informed that there was a 'new' (or at least previously undocumented) chip on the windscreen. I was shown the chip, and informed that I would be charged £45 (plus, almost more insultingly, a £10 'administration fee'!) for this damage. (It was possibly small enough to be repaired, which of course would be done free by an insurance company on most private policies.)

Only I had driven the car, and I didn't hear or see the offending stone - which I certainly would have expected. But of course, I had not seen it prior to driving the car, so I could have no argument. Even though my employer would be paying, though, I still felt aggrieved.

What was interesting was how much activity there was around returned cars. When we were taken to the desk where damage-related paperwork is dealt with, it seemed like the busiest part of the operation. Fresh on the desk were the bits of a damage report torn up by a dissatisfied customer, and the driver of the next car after ours was also accompanied to the desk. I commented - half-jokingly - that they must be on commission, and the employee dealing with us confirmed that they did indeed receive performance-related bonuses on this work.

In line with forum policy, I shaln't mention the name of the company in question. They're one of the many big-name rental companies with a branch at snip - a location can also identity who they are. But I wonder if this is common experience, and whether all the companies are like this. I've never had any trouble before with damage to hire cars, so is it an airport thing, or big-branch thing? Read more