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• You can't turn a pig's ear into a silk purse. 16 Jan 2010 (Forum)
  The familiar old anti-diseasal rant. I'm utterly convinced that over the life of a car a modern diesels cost much more than their petrol engined cousins to run. Yeah sure there are some cracking diesels out there, I know. If you're a high mileage company car driver who'll get a car for 2 or 3 years, blast it up and down motorways and then throw them away, the only concern is diesel biased BIK and fuel costs (if you have to pay them.) again diesels win that argument.
• Toyota Lucida/Emina - No fuel at diesel injectors,glow plugs not working 26 Nov 2012 (Forum)
  I have recently acquired my brothers car which has been standing for the last 18 months since he passed away. The car has been started a couple of...
• Turbo Diesel Cars- precautions 18 Jan 2002 (Forum)
  I am about to take delivery of my first TDI car- Leon TDI 110. Apart from the care needed to avoid overheading a HOT turbo are there any other points I...
• Biodiesel 2 Jul 2001 (Forum)
  Having recently bought a diesel (Golf GT TDI - we were originally going for the Seat Leon 20VT Cupra but for a 25000 miles pa fuel bill) I was curious to see where I could purchase biodiesel or find out if or when it would be available.
• 15p Litre Biodiesel Made from Cats 13 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Reuters: Inventor turns dead cats into diesel A German inventor says he's found a way to make cheap diesel fuel out of dead cats. Dr Christian Koch, 55, from Kleinhartmannsdorf, said his method uses old tyres, weeds and animal cadavers. They are heated up to 300 Celsius to filter out hydrocarbon which is then turned into diesel by a catalytic converter.
• 205 diesel - Peugeot 6 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  the car ran out of diesel filled up the tank filled the perflux filter and pumped the primer it will not pump from tank, line is clear can suck fuel from tank it will pump small amount from filter then stop is primer pump faulty 
• vectra dti - fuel 12 Jul 2013 (Forum)
  hi got a 2003 vectra dti 2.0 and just wondered what sort of mileage i should get out of £10 pound of diesel, iam currently getting about 72  miles...
• Citroen Berlingo Multispace 1.9 DW8 - D'OH! £2 of petrol in a diesel 24 Jan 2012 (Forum)
  As above really. I realised my mistake quickly.  I BRIMMED it with normal diesel, then stuck some diesel additive that mentions lubricating fuel pumps on the bottle into the tank too. Reckon I got away with it? (Everything crossed)
• Japanese Diesels-Inefficient/thirsty? 11 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  For some reason Japanese Diesels like the ones for the Primera/Almera have had bad press, not so much for reliability as for the lack of performance and fuel guzzling nature. Is there any real ground to it.I know compared to the French and the Germans , the Japanese diesels pale in comparision , but are they of the "not to be considered" category when looking for a used car?
• Petrol into Diesel Nissan Navarro 18 Jun 2005 (Forum)
  .********* On trying to restart the engine turns but battery is flat, so wont turn , i have emptied what i can from the various fuel lines but know some has managed to get in My question now is as I am sat in airport late of course and have 6 hours until next flight , what is chance on my return of starting motor if 1 i add more fuel ie diesel hehe and getting a jump on battery???
• Diesel Starting Problems 17 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Took it to a garage and they checked the glow plugs etc and could find nothing wrong. Have replaced the fuel filter. Problem is only recent - last 2 months. Later in the day - to come home, the car starts no problem. Only seems to be first thing in the morning. Any suggestions? Could there be a problem with condensation in the fuel tank ???
• Skoda Octavia Estate - A difficult decision to make 8 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  However, my big worry is that given the recent bad publicity around diesels, there is a risk of a massive hike in tax/duty on diesel any time soon to disincentivise it as a fuel over petrol. Looking at my car options, Diesels are definitely cheaper in the choices I have highlighted above (in particular, used mk4 focus petrols are quite a bit more expensive than Diesels).
• Vauxhall Astra 1.7 diesel 1999 - Astra diesel wont run.......... 16 Nov 2013 (Forum)
  I'm hoping we have some GM experts out there... I have a 99 1.7 turbo diesel Astra. (Vauxhall engine). The car came to me about 200 miles ago with a receipt for a fuel pump for over £700 ! just a few months before I got it.  The car has run exceptionally well until it started missing the odd beat....this became more frequent until it stopped altogether, and now wont go at all.
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 2006 TDCi - Diesel starting on veggy oil 9 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  It has always been a good starter and ran well - until now. A number of friends are running up to 25% vegetable oil in their 5 year old diesels so I decided to try it. I put a small percentage in a full tank of diesel - 6 litres in about 45 litres of fuels and it worked well. No problems at all. Yesterday I tried 9 litres in 40 litres of diesel (about 18%) It started on a warm engine but on a run of about 2 miles to the shops it wasn't so good at low revs.
• Used Market Petrol v Diesel Study 12 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  Used Market Petrol vs Diesel Study With ever rising fuel prices theres more incentive than ever to switch to a diesel car. The higher prices of diesels have led to many studies by reliable motoring magazines into the 'payback time' for new diesels in comparison to petrol models.
• Peugeot 405 Diesel (1988 - 1996) - 95 1.9 Testing stop solenoid on a TD 13 Jun 2009 (Forum)
  I suspect that the replacement stop solenoid I recently fitted is faulty. The car has not started since it was fitted. No fuel reaches the injectors,...
• Fuel additives: do you use them? 1 Mar 2007 (Forum)
  Further to the thread on SUL... Which of you use petrol or diesel additives? I used to use Miller's Diesel Power Plus in my VW Golf GT TDI, and I plan...
• Driving VW Diesels Economically 11 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  HJ advised an owner of a 130bhp VW Golf to keep the engine revs between 2 and 3000rpm to maximise the fuel economy. Admitedly this was for a six speed...
• Best Fuel 26 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  On the advice of many people, I am now using Shell Optimax in my Saab 9000 Aero, which seems to work pretty well. However my father has just bought his...
• Fuel Shortage, what fuel shortage! 8 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I'm not one to start a filthy rumour, but after hearing on BBC Brekfast TV that there definitely was NOT a fuel shortage, how come the local Shell garage has been without diesel for 2 days at least, when they are usually on the ball. No, it's not a back-road operation, it's one of the biggest in Ipswich. To add to it, why are they queueing 7-8 cars at the remining petrol pumps.