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• Vauxhall Vectra TD 1999 starts then dies 20 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Good afternoon, I have a Vectra 1999 turbo diesel 2L. I love this car, but have had ongoing issues since I bought it, though nothing to stop me using it. Problem 1: Fuel problem? Intermittent problem, if the car is a little low on fuel (below the 10 lire mark), if I do not start the car for over 7 or 8 hours then, then I turn the key, the car starts but will not rev high, then eventually dies after about 5 seconds.
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  Speedo repair on Mondeo 21 Mar 2011 (Ask HJ)
  My girlfriend would like to know how much it's gonna cost to get our 2003 Mondeo TDCi automatic fixed please? It's recently developed a problem with...
• Peugeot 406 (1999 - 2004) - 01 2.0 Strange non starting fault 2 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  Today I had the faults cleared from when I put the EGR valve on. Went to start it and it wouldn't fire up. It is turning over but not firing. I knew it had low fuel but still some in but because my fuel gauge was low I put 5L of diesel in anyway, bled up and it started. Got less than half a mile and it cut out again. I was close to a petrol station so decided to put another 5 litres in.
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 02 1.8TDCi car cutting out at speed 10 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Managed to get it going again but over the next few days same thing happened and it seems a common problem which others have referred to in previous posts. Car taken to a diesel specialist who said....The new fuel filter was a poor quality he had seen this problem on other cars so he fitted a new bosch filter. Over the past 3 weeks the car has been fine, so if it was ok before the filter was changed and has been ok after another filter has been fitted it seems almost certain the problem was down to a dodgy filter.
• Stanley Meyer 19 Feb 2021 (Forum)
      “Many people do not realize that when you run a car or truck on gasoline of diesel fuel, you are actually running it on hydrogen. And all we are doing is using the hydrogen from water. And under the National Bureau of Standards figures shows that when you use water, the energy release is roughly two and a half times more powerful then that of gasoline.
• Honda Accord DTECH 2.2 - VSA Triangular sign ON 17 Dec 2015 (Forum)
  Hello guys, I am new and first timer on this forum and hope someone would lead me in the right direction. I have Honda Accord DTECH 2008 model diesel with 93k on the clock. Yesterday I took the car to a registered garage (Not Honda garage) for full service, All the service parts used including engine oil is from Honda dealer. The only item could not be replaced is fuel filter as the mechanic could not open the fuel filter housing cap so he removed the housing from the car and try opening it,  he did not want to apply extra force in case it break the housing which would cost £300 for the unit so the housing was put back without changing the fuel filter.
• It's not all Black and White! 15 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  I drive 38 miles each way to work so 384 miles week. I've driven both cars to work for a week and worked out the average Fuel Consumption for each The Volvo 35mpg and the Bora 47mpg. Doing my sums it will cost me at todays fuel prices £553 a year more to drive the Volvo to work over the bora. But here is the rub, I brought the volvo before the fuel prices went silly and paid £4500 14 months ago.
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  Was I missold a car because it's not getting the mpg I was told? 22 May 2020 (Ask HJ)
  What do the WLTP phases mean in real terms? Is the extra high phase just motorway driving? Basically, I bought a new Hyundai Kona 1.6 hybrid as I wanted...
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  Are short journeys damaging the DPF in my SEAT Leon? 11 Jun 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 57-plate SEAT Leon with a DPF filter fitted. I recently went to my local dealer as a warning light came on my dash. I left the car with them all...
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  Do hybrids perform well for high-mileage drivers? 30 May 2017 (Ask HJ)
  My lease car is due for renewal through my NHS leasing scheme. At the moment, I have a diesel Kia Ce'ed, for which I pay £105 per month. Prices have increased...
• Mondeo running problems 31 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Hi all, I have a Mondeo 1.8 TD (L Registration), which was until recently running fine. I was low on fuel a couple of Saturdays ago (Just on the red) so I put £20.00 worth of diesel in from Tesco. I drove home (approximately 20 miles) and it ran fine. I did not use the car again until the Monday morning when I drove it to friends (about 3 miles away.)
• Fiesta 03 1.4 TDCI - Blue smoke and lots of it 11 Aug 2017 (Forum)
  I have a ford fiesta 2003 1.4 TDCI that is blowing a lot of blue smoke out of the exhaust, here's the details, hopefully someone can help! Ford fiesta 2003 1.4 TDCI 113k Serviced Oil/fuel/air filters replaced and fresh oil Still very good fuel consumption Slight Diesel smell inside when running Lot's of blue smoke after idling for a while then pulling away and accelerating 1st and 2nd, I guess the speed after is dispersing the smoke.
• Ford Mondeo 2008 - Dashboard is having a strop! 18 Aug 2016 (Forum)
  Hi All, Thanks in advance for any help. I have a Ford Mondeo 2008 diesel and the Dashboard Display keeps going off, i lose my stero display, rev counter, fuel display, speedo, fan display. Everything goes black so i have no idea what speed i'm doing, if i have any fuel or anything.
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  Can you suggest a BMW with good fuel economy? 21 Oct 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I'm looking to replace my 2003 Nissan Primera diesel estate and want something with 50mpg+. I've test driven a BMW 116d SE and like eight speed automatic...
• 2002 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia X Petrol - Spluttering with pulling away 24 Dec 2012 (Forum)
  I bought a 2002 Ford Mondeo 2.0 Ghia X Petrol about a year and a half ago and when driving it had a slight splutter/judder every now and then. I have seen a few posts on here with a similar issue, but on the Diesel version. Now it is winter, when the engine is cold it really does splutter, judder almost like fuel starvation.    When I took it to the Garage for it's MOT 3 months back I also had a MAJOR service, I told the guys about this and they looked into it but could not find anything.
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 1997 1.9TD Terrible Starter 11 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  I thought that it might be an injector problem so I have used some Redex Diesel injector cleaner additive. This was half a tank ago but no improvement has been seen. Regards, Gary.
• Ford Transit 100 T260 - lack of power 23 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Sometimes it accelerates at lower speed through the rev range impressively and then the next minute it runs out of steam shortly after the turbo gives a bit of boost. Totally upredictable! It's just undergone a big service, changing oil, fuel, airfiler (clogged worse than I've ever seen one!) and this has made no different to performance :-(. Fuel economy seems fine and it doesn't kickout smoke (that I can see) or missfire. There are no error lights present on the dash.
• Troubled conscience 14 May 2005 (Forum)
  Did I wait until the new plastic domestic oil tank arrives? Er, no, I added it to the 40 litres of diesel already in my car's fuel tank. But, I have a feeling that I need to pay some fuel duty on this. Anyone know if there is a precedent for this? Or should I just forget about it, and take an extra Scotch at night to help me sleep?
• LPG/Calor Gas cylinders 13 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  According to him, many cars out there are LPG converted but those with older cars are not using the LPG tanks but putting "Calor" gas cylinders in the boot and running from those instead as it is cheaper. Now obviously in the UK this would be very naughty as like red diesel there is no road fuel duty on gas cylinders but in theory how easy would it be to convert an LPG car to run from cylinders? I asked someone I know in the business and he said he'd never heard of it being done but you certainly get gas cylinder powered fork-lift trucks.
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  A car I agreed to buy has been misfuelled by the dealer - should I negotiate a discount or just reject it? 27 Jul 2018 (Ask HJ)
  I have agreed a deal on a used Maserati Quattroporte Diesel and paid a £1000 deposit (to hold the car until collection) part of the deal was a full MoT....