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  Filled diesel car with petrol - what damage have I done? 2 Apr 2015 (Ask HJ)
  My father-in-law recently filled his 2010 Mazda 6 diesel with petrol. After driving up the road, the car stopped and wouldn't restart. He was towed into...
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  Will performance fuels fix my car's misfire? 8 Jan 2015 (Ask HJ)
  My BMW 3 Series Touring sometimes misfires and starts jerking (kangaroo style), on a trailing/light throttle about 1500rpm as though its in too high a...
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  Peugeot 205 refuses to tick over 3 Oct 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I own a 1984 Peugeot 205, but it refuses to run for more than 30 seconds. I seemed to have checked everything, even had wiring loom apart, but haven't...
• mondeo tdci - compensation 11 May 2014 (Forum)
  so they done a bleed off test which revealed 3  faulty injectors after they quoted £200. per injector plus fitting i asked if i could source my own recon injectors this was ok with garage i sourced recons which garage fitted the car then failed to start they said recon injectors were faulty so they were returned to supplier they have said that the fuel in injectors had metallic contamination so warranty was void they say that fitter should of carried out a fuel test before saying i needed injectors? the garage say that they did carry out fuel test & no contamination found the supplier has now said as a act of goodwill they will repair contaminated injectors free of charge but will not accept any returns if contamination issue is not solved the garage now has the recon injectors back from supplier i visited the garage again 10/05/14 to find that the car is still not repaired they say they have not fitted recon injectors because they have now found metallic particles in fuel tank ?
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  Can you recommend a nearly new family hatch? 12 Mar 2014 (Ask HJ)
  My wife has owned a Honda Jazz 1.4 from new for eight years and is looking for a replacement that is quieter, more comfortable and fuel efficient. The...
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  buying a small car with £2000? 4 Jun 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I am selling my Renault Scenic Megane 2.0 as fuel consumption is so high. I will be looking for a used car, either a hatchback or estate, of around 10...
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  Could this 'surging' be from a sticky EGR valve? 31 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
  I bought a Nissan Qashqai five weeks ago from a main dealer and have felt the car surging from time to time. I am told by a friend that it is probably...
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  What is causing our Hyundai ix35 GDI to cut out? 25 May 2013 (Ask HJ)
  We have a 20012 Hyundai ix35 1.6. In the past three days it has cut out three times whilst driving. We are worried about this because of the danger aspect....
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  Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec - Motorway cruising speed 6 Nov 2012 (Ask HJ)
  My Ford Focus 1.8 petrol Zetec 2010 has done 20,000 miles and will take us to the French Alps in December. If we cruise on the French motorways at 85 mph...
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  My E250 won't even meet Real MPG averages 16 Oct 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Mercedes-Benz E250 CDI Blue Efficiency. This car is supposed to give 53.3 - 57.7 mpg and the average ecoconomy shown on your Real MPG section...
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  Is Texaco premium fuel any good? 17 Aug 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I asked some months ago about the advantages of Shell/BP Premium Diesel and I followed your advice and use premium. One of my nearby Shell filling...
• Renault Megane II (2002 - 2008) - 04 1.5 dci (80) Fuel pump 8 Jun 2012 (Forum)
  I thought that it would be adviseable to let all the megane/renault drivers on here know that there is a problem with the high pressure fuel pump with renault. I have recently had problems starting my 54 Plate megane and took it into the dealers last week thinking that the injectors were clogged up or something. I received a call back later that day that kind of shook me up.....
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  Diesel vs petrol 15 Apr 2012 (Ask HJ)
  It is generally accepted that diesel engines are more economical in terms of fuel consumption and yet petrol engines seem to be preferred by motoring specialists....
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  Blue smoke at car startup every morning 21 Mar 2012 (Ask HJ)
  I realised my 306 TDI was not accelerating beyond 100km/h. On arrival, the car had some difficulty starting. My mechanic then recommended we replace...
• BMW 3-Series E91 Touring (2005 - ) - Realistic fuel consumption for 318i 23 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  One factor that may actually make the maths even more favorable is that in moving from a diesel to a petrol I benefit from the increasing difference in cost between the two fuels and the fact that for my business miles I will be able to claim 3p a mile more. All this assumes that the BMW Efficient Dynamics really do make the fuel consumption of the 318i only about 10% worse than my Diesel Focus in the real world.
• ford mondeo - Another dodgy mondeo tdci, wont start 24 Aug 2011 (Forum)
  I just took a 2003 Mondeo tdci, 130bhp model in p/ex. It came as a non runner (kind of) with 2 sets of injectors and 2 HP fuel pumps. the car would tow off and run fairly smooth at low revs, anything over 2500 rpm and it would cut out and need towing / bumping again. Immediate thoughts are fueling issues. I sent both pumps and all injectors to a well respected bosch and delphi diesel specialist.
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  Why do so many of your readers fill their cars with the wrong fuel? 2 May 2011 (Ask HJ)
  What is wrong with people who misfuel their cars? Do they not understand there are things you just do not do? I find it difficult to believe that such...
• Need suggestions on buying a fuel efficient car 7 Jan 2011 (Forum)
  The mileage I get with this car is around 30MPG, I didn't relaize that I have been spending too much money on fuel (approx £6000 an year), so want to buy another fuel-efficient car. Any suggestions on which car I can buy for my needs? 1. First preference is for the best mileage 2. Should be motorway commutable (I guess 1.0 is fine) 3.
• 2005 Mondeo TDCi (2.2) - Frozen Fuel Lines/Filter 23 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  Both last week and this week (temperature below -10oC) when trying to open her up (past about 2000 revs) coil light will come on, she'll splutter, cough and die a death, although if I'm lucky she will go into limp mode and I may just be able to get home. I'm convinced it's frozen fuel lines or the filter as the exact same thing happened the other week and when the thaw set in and temperatures rose above freezing she was ok.   Done the usual, that is keeping the fuel tank as full as possible, warming her up for at least 15-20 minutes first thing in the morning but this has not mad a difference.
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  My 52-plate Ford Mondeo takes a while to start when cold and misfires - what's wrong? 13 Sep 2010 (Ask HJ)
  I have a Ford Mondeo Ghia TDCI 2-litre diesel. When it's cold it takes a while to start, it starts smoking and I can feel some misfiring. When it's hot...