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• Nearly empty petrol tanks 13 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Can anyone settle an arguement my wife and I were having yesterday. Is it true that repeatedly driving the car when the fuel light is on and there is not much petrol in the tank is bad for the car. She has heard that all sorts of sludge gathers in the bottom of the tank and can damage the engine
• Fuel Guage, Mk3 VW Golf 26 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Help.... Fuel guage stopped working on MK3 VW Golf... Was working fine yesterday. Changed front brake pads, brake servo hose and coolant leak. Guage read 1/4 tank before fixing these things, now reads zero...... Wiring from fuel sender to guage seems OK (reads 400 ohms). Fuel sender seems
• 300zx gallons to the mile 20 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  evening all,a couple of years back i had a 280zx with fuel consumption i was happy with,im currently doing up a 91 non turbo,auto 300zx,,which i recently bought (week),,god its heavy on the fuel,the suction on the fuel cap on release was big,so i left it loose to stop tank splitting etc,,,can
• Fuel cells and tax 17 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  If news from the USA is true, within a deacde many of us will be driving fuel cell cars. Currently performance and range is similar to petrol / diesel engines. As the hydrogen needed is prodcued from water, the exhaust emisions also being water, how will fuel cell cars be taxed? What
• vauxhall vectra dti - fuel economy 8 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  would spanner light coming on and code for cooling fan module make it use more fuel or would broken glowplug 
• vauxhall vectra dti - vectra dti fuel problem 25 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  would a service really bring fuel consumtion up and what is the best oil to use
• renault laguna 19 dci - fuel economy 29 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  had this renualt for three days got 42 miles for 15 pounds worth of fuel what is wrong
• Polo 1.1 R reg - fuel filter location? 18 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Does anyone know where the fuel filter is located on a 1.1 R reg polo.
• xantia 2.1td fuel pump 6 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  hi, would the fuel pump off a 1991 2.1td xm fit and run correclty on a r reg citroen xantia 2.1td? chris
• Clio fuel filter 19 May 2006 (Forum)
  I'm after some help! I have a 2001 clio and can't find the fuel filter! Anyone offer any help and advise? Cheers John
• Ford Focus immobiliser/fuel cut off 16 Nov 2004 (Forum)
  Has anyone been stranded when the immobiliser/fuel cut off has been triggered on their Focus?
• Fuel saving gadgets 17 Dec 2001 (Forum)
  Has anyone had any experience of fuel catalysts such as the "Broquet" or magnetic devices like "Gainex"? The websites for these products are very convincing but are they any good?
• 2.0 TDCI MONDEO - MONDEO TDCI NON RUNNER 20 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  i would really appreciate if anyone can help me, my partners 2002 mondeo tdci 130bhp suddenly stopped just after christmas while we were out in it, big black cloud of smoke and then it died, since then its had a new engine, 4 new injectors, fuel filter, cam sensor, fuel filter, fuel pipe
• nissan micra 1998 - starting problem 17 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Can any one please help give some advise on my micra.It was running fine one day the next died. Breakdown guy added fuel to air intake and car ran for 10 seconds then stopped. Mobile mechanic called and carried out diagnostic and produced fault codes P0003e and p0007e. Fuel regulator volume
• Coasting 10 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  and fuel management came into effect you can save fuel if you press the clutch down and take your foot off the accelerator pedal when going downhill for example. In effect the car will be going at the same speed while the engine is idling therefore saving fuel. Does this work with modern cars
• Accurate Fuel Gauges 22 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  Who would like an accurate fuel gauge? In these computer controlled days with engine management systems that can update the fuelling 16 times a second and Sat-Nav systems etc, etc, why do we have fuel guess gauges? My wife has a Yaris with its hi-tech instrument panel, but the fuel gauge
• Fuel quality - I still don't get it......... 16 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I often read in threads on here, from HJ himself (I think) and on French car websites this business about making sure you use 'quality fuel' ( latest one was a French car website blaming TDCi failures on poor-quality supermarket fuel ). Yet people ' in the know' seem to say the fuel all comes from
• problems with fuel sender - Fiat Ducato 24 May 2006 (Forum)
  Hi, Recently had problems with my clutch which thanks to the help of the people on this site was sorted out. Thank you. The vehicle running well but having problems with accurate fuel readings. The engine was originally a 2.0 liter petrol engine. Now has a Fiat Ducato 2.5 Diesel. I do not know
• peugeot 406 hdi 90bhp 2000 fuel problem 8 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  There is a little like black pump below the first injector which seems to pump fuel into the fuel filter, its made by elth, can anyone tell me what this does, and if it is supposed to make quite a loud sound sometimes when running, this maybe a suspect in my fuel problem, the car is cutting out
• 1997 306XTDT d8A engine - XUD9TE Plastic filter problems solved. 1 May 2010 (Forum)
  with summer fuel blend, hard to start and Lucas fuel pump started leaking fuel.  Fuel pump refitted from old engine (DHY) now on a D8A. Still hard to start, so car shipped south 2000 km by truck back home where I started to analyse the starting problems. FIRST: It required many hand