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• Hard to start without priming - Fiesta. 12 May 2004 (Forum)
  Fiesta 1.8 LX diesel. I just changed the hand fuel pump, primer pump. The car is quite hard to start after an overnight wait unless i prime the pump a few times then start no problem. Its like low fuel pressure which would indicate a leak somewhere but the bolts were all tighened properly all seals were oiled and added so i cant see where the problem might be ?
• Biodiesel - real miracle fuel? 24 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  It's Tuesday - Motoring day in the Independent. Nothing from LJK though. But Sean O'Grady has a piece featuring Josh Tickell, who has crusaded across...
• Biodiesel for the 21st Century 24 Feb 2004 (Forum)
  Would they consider buying a diesel car in future if the fuel was greener and/or cheaper? I would like as many comments as possible as it would be great research. Thanks for your time. :-) Mike Farrow
• Petrol additive to boost octane rating 18 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  A friend who lives in a remote area of West Scotland, has bought an Audi TT with the 225bhp motor that requires 98 ron fuel. The problem is that his nearest garage selling super unleaded is 100 miles round trip away. Is there any additive product on the market that would boost normal 95 Ron to super unleaded ??? He is lucky to live in an area where Gatsos are unknown, so enjoys the blast to get fuel.
• Mondeo 1,8TD diesel fuel pump change 14 Jul 2002 (Forum)
  Hi! Te diesel pump (Lucas)in my Mondeo 1994mod is US and I try to install an "new" pump from an 1996mod. Byt, the electrical conections are not the same...
• Best Fuel 26 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  On the advice of many people, I am now using Shell Optimax in my Saab 9000 Aero, which seems to work pretty well. However my father has just bought his...
• Fuel consumption 5 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  I used to run a Toyota Avensis Estate (1.8) that regularly gave a consumption better than the official combined figure of 36.2 mpg. I now run a Citroen...
• Seat Leon 1.6 Fuel 8 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Picked up my new (8 month old) Seat Leon 1.6 this week and filled it up for the first time this morning. The inside of the petrol cap says use 98RON super...
• Motorway fuel economy 27 Mar 2001 (Forum)
  I have a changed cars from a 2L car engine to a 1.6L hoping for greater economy. The 1.6L car is much more economical in "general driving" but about 5...
• Any (carbed) - Wee Startup Wear Dilemma 21 Feb 2018 (Forum)
  Assuming this is true, and that severely cash strapped BL engineers thought that worthwhile, it seems turning it over a bit might be a good idea. I don't, however, know if the SD1 system had fuel shut-off, which would make a difference. I think most British SD1 had carbs (SU's. I rather miss SU's) so fuel shut-off might be difficult to arrange, but probably not impossible. Not a big deal, but one likes to be optimal.
• Ford Mondeo Estate - Anybody had error codes P1263 + U0401:68-8A ? 10 Nov 2017 (Forum)
  I have scanned with Forscan and get the above codes, I looked up the codes and get :- "P1263 Description A fault is detected by the fuel injector interface module in the secondary (rearward) fuel injector circuit” Can anybody explain that in simple language? I have contacted my main Ford dealer who said:-  " These DTC codes mean nothing to Ford dealers, code reader not compatible to FMC DTCs.
• Jaguar XF - Fuel consumption 24 Jun 2015 (Forum)
  Current trip reading is 42mpg & actual is 38mpg, this is measured on a brim to brim fill & divide gallons by miles driven, miles covered was 477 & 12.5gallons (=38mpg) to bring the tank to the brim. The car has so far been driven with restraint, to see how it slurps (or not) the fuel. Has any one else used this measurement as opposed to looking at the cars computer & taking the reading as being true? The car has done just under 7k miles & is good to drive, actual consumption was never expected to be as stated officially, but looking at "real world mpg" sites they all say expect 42mpg for equivalent usage.
• puegeot expert hdi engine code rhz year 2001 - fuel pump cutting out codes p0230 p1138 3 Apr 2014 (Forum)
  hi all hope you can give me some advise i have a customer with this expert that keeps cutting out and im getting code p0230 and p1138. looking at live data the delivered fuel pressure is failing. i have checked the pump in the tank wth direct feed and its working fine and have chased the  back to the brown plastic relay next to the fuse box and on pin 4 the feed to the pump on start up i have good voltage but it steadily drops to around six voltsthen after a few minutes drops to nuthing and the car cuts. i have changed the relay still the same fault. boh relays seem to buzz  slightly. i get twelve volts from the four permanant feeds. any ideas chaps???
• peugeot 306 2.0 hdi - car cut out now wont start 24 Feb 2013 (Forum)
  hi i recently tried to fix a cooling fan problem (wouldnt come on) i relized a relay was missing so i replaced (whilst car was running) the fan kicked in then cut out as did the car now the car wont start. i checked all fuses they were fine but i did relize that the fuel pump stopped whirring when key was turned, i tested the pump from the ecu relay / fuel control module(not sure what its called its a double relay behind ecu). i bridged pin no. 8 and 4 and the fuel pump kicked in.
• Ford Focus 2 1.6 Petrol - Fault Code P0304 29 Aug 2012 (Forum)
  Hopefully they won't just start changing parts - the coil pack next? I would add that the car has not been re-fueled for over a week, so bad/wrong fuel shouldn't be a problem.
• Skoda Fabia (2000 - 2007) - 02 1.9TDi vibration & loss of power at certain rpm 26 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  When the engine is warm, and I am driving (typically on the motorway) it starts to jitter, sometime with a loss of power, I can either accelerate pass the engine vibration or slow down and they seam to go away and then accellerate again. But it will come back when it has done it once. I have tried better fuel, and the fuel "cleaners" / fuel additaves from Halfords it got a bit better. But it is still happening at least 2 - 3 times a week now, the garage seam confussed. When it behave like this the engine will sound rough at idel, if I stop it and start it within 5 minutes it will misbehave again.
• Freelander 2 -2.2 2007 - Freelander 2 -2.2 2007 COLD START PROBLEM!! 28 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  I suppose that, as it will get colder its gonna take more time to start. On the strip after 2 s there is enough fuel pressure. I put up a check valve in the fuel supply and nothing. Does anyone know what could be causing this? or had a similar problem? I have changed the " temperature sensor" but nothing happed anyone know how can i solve this problem?
• Volvo V70 D5 - Fuel metering problem 24 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  It then gets progressively worse until the car is un driveable. On each occassion it has turned out to be the Bosch fuel metering valve that has gone faulty & usually ends up costing me £200 plus with diagnostics & labour. So far I have been through about 4 of these units & did manage to get one replaced under warantee because it was less than 12 months old although it took over 3 months for Bosch to agree that the item was faulty.
• 2000 1.8 petrol focus - Will Redex and superunleaded improve mpg? 15 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  I've always use supermarket unleaded but decided to try BP superunleaded. I also put in some redex fuel/additive injector cleaner. Its only been a few days but I've noticed the fuel gauge not moving down as fast compared to before. Its too early to tell whether the mpg has increased and whether the slow moving fuel gauge is just psychological.
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 02 2.0TDCi fuel problem 12 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  problem started when glow plug light came on, it cut out but restarted, drove a few hundred yards then cut out and wouldnt re-start, took it to local electro deisels who diagnosedd, dirty fuel, they changed the filter and suggested i change it again two weeks later, now,, after about a week i only covered 60-70 mile. same thing happened, but would always restart, and drive for a while, so i changed the filter myself, now it starts fine , but as soon as you pull away the engine looses power and dies, restarts and ticks over fine, no smoke, cant get it into be looked at till next week , just wondering if theres any thing i could try,?