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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 if it gets in. I think this is a myth for many reasons: surely any sludge will be mixed with the fuel in the tank as a result of the car's motion; there should not be much sludge in the fuel anyway and there is a fuel filter somewhere in the fuel line to stop any muck getting in.
• Fuel Guage, Mk3 VW Golf 26 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Wiring from fuel sender to guage seems OK (reads 400 ohms). Fuel sender seems to be open circuit... Do people reckon the sensor just died at a very coincident time, or am I missing something here? Jason
• 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 anyone give any info on why or how to stop vacuum on it,,would this cause such excessive fuel consumption,,,i know they are heavy on fuel,but it was cheaper to drive my 6 berth motorhome,,,lee
• 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?
• 1997 306XTDT d8A engine - XUD9TE Plastic filter problems solved. 1 May 2010 (Forum)
  Shifted from temperate cool climate to tropics in Queensland and problems encountered 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.
• 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, fuel rail, nothing has worked and it is saying there is low fuel pressure on the diagnostic computer. we tried a new crank sensor in it and the fuel pressure was ok but it still wouldnt start. but now the pressure has gone down again.we are slowly loosing the will over this car and really need help to get it started. any help would be much appreciated
• nissan micra 1998 - starting problem 17 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  He changed the fuel reg as this seemed to be the indicator as there is good sparks at plugs.( on the fuel rail) but with no luck. Should I now spend another £ 130 plus on fuel shut off (does any body know location of this) .
• Coasting 10 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  Does this work with modern cars? With the clutch pressed in there will be enough fuel supplied to keep the engine idling. Someone told me that if you simply take the foot of the accelerator the fuel supply will be cut-off/reduced to save fuel. This makes sense?
• 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 is a column of lights, the last one of which 'blinks' when the fuel is low; but how low is low?
• 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 the same refineries and all meets the 'required standards' (I mean, this isn't Cambodia is it ??)
• 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 much about the history of this vehicle. When the fuel reaches a quarter tank the orange light flickers and on occasions the fuel meter reads empty, which courses all sorts of problems resolved by stopping and turning off the engine.
• 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 and displaying the engine management light which will start again immediatly but i have to turn the car over for a long time and it will eventually start, at this stage i have had a diagnostic of low fuel pressure so i was told to replace the lift pump in the tank which has not cured the problem has anyone got any ideas what the problem is.
• 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?