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• Chevrolet Camaro (1998 'ish) - Fuel pump replaced, will not start 20 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  Hello everyone, can someone help?   The fuel pump failed and was replaced by access to tank gained by cutting floor. replacement pump( from the states) runs and fuel arrives at the pressure regulating valve located at the rear of the rocker cover, this is checked by breaking into the lines at the wheel well, but does not pressurise the fuel system and there is no fuel to allow the engine to fire, sounds a bit af a coincidence that the pressure regulating valve should have failed at the same time, anyone with clues or advice?
• Which fuel? 1 Oct 2006 (Forum)
  Hi all, I have just bought a BMW 530i Sport. My cars user handbook says that I should use 98 RON fuel, but that 95 RON fuel can be used. Which do you recommend I use? If there is a proper reason for the use of 98 RON fuel then I will do so, but it seems most odd that the manual states 95 is perfectly acceptable if it would prefer you used 98.
• Fuel Duty 26 Aug 2004 (Forum)
  In the now locked thread about oil prices there was a general view that if oil prices rise the exchequer will benefit. Now I know VAT is levied on fuel at 17.5%, but isn't actual fuel duty a fixed amount (roughly 49p per litre ULSD/ULSP) and not related to the pump price? So apart from VAT, which is on most things, not just fuel, the exchequer won't actually gain a great deal from oil price rises.
• Nissan Micra - Fuel Filler Pipe 9 Oct 2023 (Forum)
  Hi , I’d be grateful of any advice.. I have a Nissan micra 2004 and it failed it’s mot due to the fuel pipe been corroded where the fuel cap goes on. I’ve done some work on cars before but not in a while now and I am wondering if the fuel pipe would be an easy job to do my self. I’d be grateful of any advice.
• Posivlow Fuel Saving Unit 1 Nov 2011 (Forum)
  Has any one heard of this device. Extract from advert: "This unit allows you to save up to 20% of fuel costs, by aligning the particles of the fuel, thus improving oxygen flow making combustion easier and more efficent. The unit comes with full instructions and is easy installed as it is secured by 2 tie clips to the fuel pipe."
• Citroen C3 - Fuel Tank leak? 29 Mar 2011 (Forum)
  I have just topped the tank of my 1.4HDI C3 and noticed that fuel is spilling from underneath the car.  OK it was brimmed, but not overflowing.  After a few miles the leak has appeared to stop.  Anyone know if there is a relief valve, or some other device to vent fuel from the tank?
• Easter Holiday Fuel Rip-off 10 Apr 2010 (Forum)
  Does the board think that fuel will go back down again after easter ?  As the government only put fuel up 1p in the budget, I would like to know why suddenly fuel seems to have gone up from £1.14.9 to around £1.20 overnight around here (Reading) ?
• Nissan Micra (1992 - 2003) - 2000 1.0L fuel consumption 9 Oct 2008 (Forum)
  SWMBO Mirca is drinking fuel like it is going out of fashion. The way it is drinking fuel you would think it was a 2.0L. She brimmed the tank the other day and made 3 trips with a total mileage of 150 miles and the tank fuel gauge is in the red already.
• Mercedes Benz 190E 2.6 W201 (1986 - 1993) - 1989 2.6 fuel injection 27 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  my car still refuses to start getting a spark ok at the plugs but seem to be getting no fuel through the injectors getting good pressure to the fuel distributor then nothing from there plugs are dry after a few minutes cranking it over could it be fuel distributor problem or ECU
• Volkswagen Polo III (1994 - 1999) - air in diesel fuel lines. 9 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  my girlfriend's p reg polo is sucking air in somewhere,i can see it in the fuel lines near the fuel filter but cant find where its coming from,ive changed the fuel filter and all the connections on it but its still doing it,please help as the car is running rough and sounds like a tank.
• Help with fuel system Fiesta 16 May 2004 (Forum)
  Well i think my fuel system is needing cleaned out. I am sure the tank must have a fair amount of sludge etc. The car isn't starting and i am 100% sure its to do with the fuel system. So would i take the fuel tank off and clean it out ?
• Astra 1.7DTI fuel filter 5 Nov 2003 (Forum)
  What is procedure for removing/replacing the fuel filter on these vehicles? Do i need to clamp any of the fuel supply or return lines before removing the filter element. The GM manual states that pulling fuel thru the system is a complex procedure and doesn`t go into any descriptive detail.
• Fuel worry 19 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  Can't believe the fuel has gone up again!!..I was wondering how much fuel in the world have we got left before it dries out completly.. I don't understand why us (member of the public) have been told to take it easy on the fuel while in the motorsport industry they are using it like mad take F1 for instance (what a pointless sport going round a track a million times) Starman....
• Broquet Fuel Catalyst 8 Apr 2001 (Forum)
  Cars and domestic boilers are alleged to work better with 'magnetised fuel'
• changing injection fuel filter 27 Sep 2003 (Forum)
  How do you clamp the fuel line when you change the filter? is it a two-man job? or is there a simple tool that i have forgotten to use for it! last time i tried i spilt fuel everywhere! steve
• fuel additive 13 Feb 2003 (Forum)
  does anyone have any recommendations for a fuel additive to clean gum / lacquer from inside carburettors. this being the residue left from unleaded fuel after winterisation. aware of redex, stp & wynnes but have been informed there are better products available.
• enco "fuel economizer", anyone used it? 4 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  has anyone used the enco "fuel economizer"? It claims to improve fuel economy by up to 20% by separating large hydrocarbon molecules by some kind of electric current. I might be getting a job selling the things!
• Superfuels don't equal super savings? 27 Sep 2008 (Forum)
  , said What Car? editor Steve Fowler. ?The verdict is still out on whether superfuels prolong engine life, as fuel manufacturers claim. Nonetheless, even using the fuel companies? own figures, you?re unlikely to travel 7% further on a tank of fuel for a 7% increase in your fuel bill.? The top-performing fuel in What Car??
• Fuel strike?? 1 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  Ummm, anyone heard any talk of a fuel tanker driver strike, possibly over Easter?
• Fuel consumption: MPG or GPM? 13 Mar 2009 (Forum)
  Interesting perspective on fuel consumption here: http://www.mpgillusion.com/