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• charisma gdi 1.8 fuel injection 3 May 2006 (Forum)
  Now ive heard that this will work but thought id run past you guys to see if its safe to do. To clear my rough idling problem (due to carbon build up)...
• Ford Focus fuel tank fell off! 30 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Read this in the local rag: http://tinyurl.com/eaz9y The article says the Focus is an A-reg.....strange I thought....then I saw the picture in the paper...
• BMW 530d E60 - Winter Operation 27 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Noise eventually goes when the engine has warmed up. Any ideas what this can be? Viscosity of diesel at low temperatures or something else in the fuel system or controls? I use Shell, BP or Texaco diesel - no supermarket fuel.
• 306 air leak??? 15 Feb 2006 (Forum)
  Hi, recently bought a peugeot 306 M reg and not long after buying it when I drove along the engine would cut out, but if i tryed to start the engine again it would first time. Now I wished it still did that, I called out the AA and he blead the fuel and it was lots of air within the fuel supply. I have drained around 8 litres of disael but the air is still there. I was just curious if there is if anyone knows of a common problem or solution to this.
• fiesta 1.1 worn engine {new 1ltr} 27 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  Have a 1.1 93 cfi/cat fiesta with worn bores / rocker gear. Have picked up a BRAND NEW 1ltr engine, beleave 89 dist less but with mech fuel pump take off. Can plate fuel pump hole. The bore is the same and from part Nos top half the same. ???? If i take crank and pistons from 1.1 fit the new rings from the 1ltr changing stroke =s half decent 1.1ltr engine???
• Diesel fuels and additives. 9 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  The acetone thread reminded me: It is months since I last used Millers Diesel Plus, my last few fillups mave been Texaco nad normal BP, I then filled...
• Pump action failure ? Nissan Primera 31 May 2005 (Forum)
  The engine turned over, but would not fire up. I ended up calling the AA patrol out, and he checked the Fuel pump fuse & relay and they were fine. He ended up getting it started by spraying something through the air filter hose, and said it was the fuel PUMP. Is this really the case ? or is there something else that he could have done to check/eliminate it further ?
• legacy engine mystery 5 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  It will restart after several attempts, run for 1 mile or 50, and stop again. We\'ve checked for spark, fuel and replaced the \'top dead centre pickup\' (whatever that is!) cleaned everything with no success. It was suggested I check the fuel pump relay, but where is it? ANY suggestions would be welcome,it\'s getting dodgy on busy Mways!
• varying fuel economy.. 17 Jul 2003 (Forum)
  On Friday I had to pootle down the M4 so I thought that I would set cruise control and see what my mpg was. It took me about ½ an hour to get to the M4...
• diesel fuel pump 14 May 2003 (Forum)
  Following erratic, jerky running of my Mitsubishi Carisma Turbo-diesel (1999, 74k miles)the main dealer says the diesel pump needs replacing because one...
• Pug 306 L D Blue smoke. 9 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  T reg 1868cc Diesel 57k All of a sudden huge clouds of pale blue smoke has belched out of the exhaust whilst driving at approx 40-60mph. Also fast ticking noise from fuel pump and revs increased. This has happened twice. Recently bought car 18/5/02. Returned to garage on 1st time and mechanic stated "could be a piece of dirt in fuel pump" Feasable, but twice? Any replies most welcome.
• Fading Diesel 8 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  Is this really likely to be enough to fade it out even at 2-3000rpm or am I looking for something else as well?. And it was only in the garage for 144k cambelt and MoT (passed, no mention of a fuel leak) on Thursday. Comments? Thanks in anticipation. Simon
• Hesitant Nissan Sunny 1 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  Hello I am the lucky owner of a 1993 Nissan Sunny 1.4 LX with 60k its a good car except for a slight hesitancy when moving off - occuring at about 1500 rpm. I have replaced all the usual suspects, this car has a Cat although it is not fuel injected in the conventional sense. I am worried about the possibility of unburned fuel harming the cat. Does anyone have any ideas as to what the cause might be, I have heard that there is a similar fault in a Primeras of this age Best Regards Jamie
• budget 24 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  By how much will fuel and road tax go up by today?   I think 10%
• Does using cruise control worsen... 1 May 2007 (Forum)
  ... fuel consumption?
• Audi A6 2.7 tdi - Warranty - Petrol Contamination 24 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  At this point the car was taken to an Audi dealers who diagnosed petrol contamination in the diesel (requiring a filter and fuel change and fuel tank clean but...."This isn't under warranty as it's not a failure of the car! " It was interesting that when I tried the car out, it was extremely low on fuel and the salesman put a very small amount in whilst on the test.
• Any - Bio-diesel 3 Oct 2010 (Forum)
  He related an incident that he had recently  with his new diesel vehicle when refuelling at quote a major supermarket netwrok that sells its own brand fuel unquote.  They sell the new ultra-low-sulphur-diesel mandated by the EU for next year, including the bio-fuel proportion. His problem appeared to be that his car fuelling pipe kept blowing back and triggering the handpiece shut-off,  so he went back to the supplier and complained.
• Nissan Primera III (1999 - 2002) - 01 2.0 Fuel economy has nose dived - ideas? 18 Jan 2009 (Forum)
  Obviously sounds likely to be some kind of air leak in vacuum, egr or induction system but could this be causing the fuel consumption problem? It's due a full service of air, fuel filters, spark plugs, oil etc possibly HT leads and I will investigate the hissing noise. The distributor cap and rotor arm were replaced 6 months ago.
• FIAT Punto II (1999 - 2006) - 1.9D, the old smoker, quits in time for MOT.. 4 Jun 2008 (Forum)
  Put it in for MOT this AM and it was massively under the max smoke limit. Questioning SWMBO, she has switched garages last year, now filling up with a different fuel near her work instead of the well known (also) major fuel brand (normal derv, not extra priced) we have have used for years. That`s a real shocker as I don`t believe in any of this, or fuel additives but that`s the only variable from previous years.
• Why the huge jump in diesel performance 22 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  Mods - feel free to move to the Technical forum if you wish, but to me this was more a Discussion item. In simple terms, add some electronic gubbins, whack up the turbo boost, wind up the fuel injection pressure to some giddy value, and hey presto you have a high performance diesel that'll tow the QE2 from 30-70 in no time flat, stay there all day, and use an egg cup of fuel in the process.