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• Tuning Diesel Methods (How ?)& Insurance 31 Aug 2006 (Forum)
  Just been looking thru a Diesel Car mag and noticing the Ads for tuning diesel engines. (A) What are insurance co. attitudes to this ? On average what is the approx increase in premium - will all Ins. co's cover a "chipped" diesel - how do they work out the increased premium - from an engineers report on the BHP increase ?
• Veggie oil 6 Feb 2002 (Forum)
  Anyone see the diesel running on Vegetable oil on last nights TV show? It was great! The only modification required was to route the fuel line near some heat (provided by the cooling hoses) to thin the veggie oil a bit.
• Toyota - Estima 1996, 2.2 3CT-E engine. Diesel fault. 29 Nov 2015 (Forum)
  I get flashes showing everything is wrong - coolent temp,intake air temp signal, alt register, turbo pressure sensor, fuel temp sensor, throttle position sensor. To me (and this is the first diesel I've owned so I'm working in ignorance) it seems there is not the correct voltage from the ECU, so the sensors are not giving correct readings back - and the voltage out is not enough to open the solenoid or work the valves in the pump.
• Nissan X-trail v Audi e-tron - Are modern diesels greener than EVs? 12 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  According to the Sunday Times mag the e-tron weighs 2490Kg,  about a ton more than an X-trail. Perhaps it should be called the e-ton?    ...
• Hyundai i40 1.7 diesel - Remap 7 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  So on my 3rd i40, it's not anywhere near as fuel efficient as my last 2. I'm wondering if perhaps as its euro 6, something somewhere is impacting on fuel.?...
• Ford Focus - Ford Focus 1.6 TDCI Bad MPG Fuel consumption 5 Aug 2018 (Forum)
  Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had any experience with Ford Focus Diesel model (2007) doing quite bad economy on both urban and extra-urban...
• Ford Focus Diesel TD Estate - loss of power 26 Jun 2011 (Forum)
  I have a 2000 Ford Focus diesle TD  on stariong first thing in morning takes awhile cranking 10 secs  finally starts  but only tickover...
• Ford Escort (1993 - 2000) - 1998 1.8td excessive fuel consumption 22 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  hi i was wondering if any one can help , my 98 td escort is drinking the diesel its doing at last count about 18 mpg , also there is a lack of turbo boost,...
• Main Dealer Servicing 4 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  After 40,000 miles I have just found out that the fuel filter on my diesel Seat Arosa has never been removed from the vehicle and never drained of excess water. The car has a full Seat service history and was last serviced in April 03. The car was very rough after starting it up one morning and since I had a similar problem on Vectra diesel a while back I attempted to open the fuel filter drain plug.
• Ford mondeo TDCi 53 Plate - Smell of fuel and smoke in engine bay 18 Oct 2010 (Forum)
    This is near the fuel pump.  There is also signs of moisture on the fuel pump around what looks like a drain back from the injectors as well as some near the fuel output pipe.  If there is a leak what is the most likely culprit and why am i getting smoke when the engine is cold i.e nothing hot enough to burn the dripping diesel.
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 95 1.9td fuel filter type swap??? 1 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  It aint ever that cold here and it dont pre heat the diesel till the water is hot anyway, and by that time the cars up and running so its unnessacery to me....does anyone know if there are indeed two differing housings and fuel filter types???? any info would be greatly apreciated...
• Petrol station - reluctance to serve 26 Nov 2009 (Forum)
  Took the works van to a petrol station in snip (no naming and shamming) at 2am for full tank of diesel for a nice old jolly to skipton. Got to station found it had a closed sign but there were taxis filling up at the pumps, so i parked the van up in line and the attendent said no fuel were empty!
• Garage pump accuracy? 30 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  The other day I bought an indicated 20 litres of diesel in a jerry can for the boat I am restoring. To calibrate the dipstick in the new fuel tank I very carefully measured it into the tank 5 litres at a time, using an old antifreeze container that had a clear view stripe and was calibrated in litres.
• Diesel reliability HDI technology 29 Jun 2007 (Forum)
  Having read the many post on the tales & woes of diesel I can understand how some are disilutioned. I do however wonder how many people have made the transition from petrol to diesel without any real understanding or knoledge of a diesel engine. I have run loads of CRI vehicles including the infamous 2.0tdci to very high milage without any problems at all.
• Ford Mondeo III LX strange power loss - Strange power loss!! 11 Dec 2011 (Forum)
  Hi Everyone, Will try and keep it brief with just the facts as have noticed other people with the same issue but more on diesel models. I recently purchased a 04 Ford Mondeo LX 1.8. While driving on the motorway i have noticed that when the fuel gauge gets to a quarter tank the car starts to loose power and splutter forcing me down the gears to a final stop.
• KIA Sedona - One squirt from the injectors then it stops 11 May 2010 (Forum)
    We then disconnected the electrical connection to the immobilier unit on the fuel pump, to see if that would stop the spraying.  It did  but once we had reconnected it, it would no longer spray as before.  If we bleed the fuel pipe so that we have fuel to the top of the injector then we turn the engine over and get one large spray and no more.
• VAG speedo and fuel gauge problem 30 Apr 2004 (Forum)
  I am experiencing a problem aver the last few days with an octavia Firstly the speedo started to fluctuate then it stopped completely once it stopped then the fuel gauge started to fluctuate I found one of the injectors leaking diesel which flowed onto the speedo sensor so i fixed the leak and cleaned the engine thoroughly. nothing improved so i am after replacing the speedo sensor with a brand new one, this has not helped either i am begining to think it is a wireing fault ie a bad earth. and that the fuel leak wasnt to blame for the problem also i have noticed recently that the car will chuck at low revs when this happens it will go away if u accelorate harder so i only see the problem when driving in slow traffic Has anyone seen this before ar have any ideas what could be causing it.
• Fuel price increase... 500% 28 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  You think you've got it bad ... Harare - The price of fuel in Zimbabwe went up by more than 500% on Wednesday as the government announced a deregulation of the petroleum oil industry. Diesel that used to cost 200 dollars a litre will now be sold at 1 060 dollars while the petrol price has gone up from 450 to 1170 dollars.
• Fuel prices going down this evening? (Mar 23rd) 27 Mar 2022 (Forum)
  Evening Standard: "Petrol giants were told on Wednesday to slash the price at the pumps within hours. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng demanded the lower prices for petrol and diesel after Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced he was axing 5p off fuel duty per litre from 6pm on Wednesday. He tweeted: 'The public will rightly expect to see the 5 pence Fuel Duty cut reflected quickly in the prices shown on the forecourt this evening.'
• Nissan Qashqai 1.5dci - Fuel pressure regulator and starting/running prob 10 Dec 2021 (Forum)
  This is just a bog standard Renault diesel engine.