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  Does climate control increase fuel consumption 6 Mar 2014 (Ask HJ)
  If I put auto climate control on 99% of the time will I use more petrol than if I turned it off ? To assist you I drive a Ford Mondeo Ghia X Manual...
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  All weather tyres - are they any good? 28 Jan 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I am interested in replacing Michelin Energy / Primacy tyres with your recommended Goodyear all year tyres to enhance winter performance. What are the...
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  How can we tell the difference between petrol and diesel? 29 Jun 2013 (Ask HJ)
  We have two fuel containers for emergency use in our cars, my husband’s being petrol and mine diesel. Is there any way of knowing which is which? We think...
• 1993 VW POLO mk3. - FUEL or SPARKS 25 Feb 2013 (Forum)
    It currently drives fine for anything between 8-15 miles then the engine cuts out with symptoms like fuel starvation.  It might start a few minutes later but it'll die just as quickly.  If however it's left for a while it'll run again for quite some time.  I need to check that a fuel mist is entering the carburation unit under the air cleaner (I'm not expecting a problem here as it runs well when running) and I have checked for a spark which is not the best but it is a spark.
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  What weight figure is accurate? 14 Feb 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I was looking at the brochure for the new Peugeot 208 and noticed that the kerb weight of a 1.2 VTI is 975kg, however its mass in service is 1,168kg, a...
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  Fuel economy is disappointing. 17 Sep 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have just bought a brand new Hyundai i20 1.1 75PS Active. The marketing documentation claims that the car will achieve 61.4 mpg (urban) 83.1 mpg (extra...
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  Poor fuel economy in my Ford Fusion diesel 1.4 . What's the cause? 6 Jun 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have recently bought a Ford Fusion Diesel 1.4. It's one owner with 46,000 miles. I am only getting 43mpg on a combination of motorway and commuting journeys....
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  Poor fuel economy on a Lexus IS - any ideas? 31 May 2012 (Ask HJ)
  Just bought a Lexus IS220d and I'm very dissapointed with the mpg, I'm only getting 24 mpg, but the official Lexus site says 35 mpg urban 55 extra urban...
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  Black smoke from an Octavia 9 Nov 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Skoda Octavia 1.6. It has 170,000 km in good condition but it has problems - black smoke from the tail pipe and a high fuel consumption. I changed...
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  Car won't start after running out of fuel 6 Nov 2011 (Ask HJ)
  Hi, my car ran out of petrol and filled it up with more petrol but now the engine wont start. It was fine before. It starts but just doesnt turn over and...
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  DPF additives 1 Jun 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Skoda Yeti 2.0 Diesel with DSG. 5,000 miles a year, 40% of my journeys less than 5miles. Would a fuel additive reduce the chance of clogging and,...
• 55 Ford Focus 1.8 tdci - 55 Focus tdci Bad Fuel Economy 4 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  The clutch isn't slipping so I don't think that is a problem and the tyres are at the correct pressure. I have read that a sudden loss of fuel economy can be down to a failing turbo unit? Any ideas anyone?
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  Any idea why my Vauxhall Astra misfires after being started when cold? 21 Aug 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I've bought a Vauxhall Astra 17DTi. I am having trouble with it misfiring when it is cold first thing in morning, but once warm it runs great. I have changed...
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  Lost in translation 28 Mar 2009 (Ask HJ)
  At a fuel station, a customer filling with fuel at one pump could give the cashier an alternate pump reading (if he assumed it be less than his own) and...
• Renault Clio 1 Petrol (1991 - 1998) - 94 1.4 hi fuel consumption 23 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  hi all .... i've had a renault clio I RT auto 94 for 7 months... after driving a frontera 2.2 lwb for the past 8 years .....wow its cheap to run.... well it was, its gone from about 40mpg to under 20mpg if im gentle.... its running normally.... i did the usual checks, all connections, plugs, leads... i took the air filter off and ran it, i can see lots of fuel coming from the single injector into the throttle body, i know visually there is too much fuel going in but i dont know the cause.. i'm told the lambda sensor would cause this but im not sure if im testing it right, putting the multi-meter probes into the terminals on the multi connector what readings should i get.... what else should i be testing ?...
• Peugeot 405 Diesel (1988 - 1996) - 1994 1.9TD Fuel problem 24 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  When i came back it would not start, the engine turned over fine but it wasn't even trying to fire up. I primed the fuel system using the squidgy rubber pump and it fired up no problem. The car hasn't been left more than a couple of days since and has been fine with no starting or running problems until last night. The car has just been sat for 4 days and when i came to use it last night i had the same problem, i primed the fuel system and it started fine and it started fine this morning.
• 306 1.9TD changed the fuel pump-Problems 24 Jan 2006 (Forum)
  I recently tried to 'turn up' my 1998 306 Td by messing with the maximum fuel settings and boost settings. There is a black grommit on the lucas fuel pump that has to be removed so to 'turn it up'. But i broke the grommit, and had to buy a second hand pump, as grommits can not be bought for love nor money and trying to fit one was no good either.
• Fuel pumps? 11 May 2005 (Forum)
  Okay, I accept this is going to make me seem really dumb, but anyway...recently I've noticed that the fuel pumps at Sainsbury's have been sort of 'snapping back' a lot (I don't know the technical term, but when you pull the release trigger, and it jsut doesn't let you have nething till you ease off). It happens only at Sainsbury's which I think's a bit weird, and I've noticed the gauge never seems to go up as much as I'd expect (25 litres of fuel ought to make the gauge up to about 1/2, as it does normally I'd have thought...though I accept this could be psycho-somatic).
• need help ,convert manual fuel pump 21 May 2003 (Forum)
  hi all , ok i have just got hold of a 1990 ford fiesta 1100 got this very cheap hence the age and the engine had died,i have now put a second hand ford fiesta 1300 engine in, problem is guess this engine must of been a 1300 cfi engine as there is no place for a manual fuel pump to go(not even a blanking plate) ,(should of checked i guess ) anyway some how i need to convert this to a electric pump , i have kept to a standard weber carb , as im not supplying fuel injection do i still need a regulator , i want to keep this a basic as i can ,the manual pump had flow return and supply to the carb , so what do i need to look for and do you know of a make of car i can get one from the breakers , any help on this would be great asap please , going in for mot end of next week :-( many thanks rob
• Ford 1.8D Start Problem (Again!!!!) 24 Mar 2003 (Forum)
  The car eventually starts after a lot of cranking then runs fine all day long, until the next frost - so I replaced the glow plugs. No improvement. I changed the fuel filter. No improvement - in fact the problem has recently got worse and the car now fails to start completely. I have tried bleeding air from filter unit bleedscrew but when turning the engine over there is no fuel coming out (although I can get fuel at the injector unions!).