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• Passat diesel pump recall 5 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  Hi all Just bought my first Passat, an S Estate TDi 130 '05 reg and picking it up on this week from the VW dealer. Read on the Forum about the recall (ref R/2004/211) concerning the possible breaking of diesel pump-cover bolts and subsequent fuel leak. How can I tell, besides asking the dealer, if this car has had the recall? Will it be marked in the service book? Anything else I should be looking for before handing over the balance?
• my diesel Metro wont turn off! 1 Mar 2005 (Forum)
  dont know too much about diesels i'm afraid!pull out the key and it still keeps running.runs in a slightly odd way when i turn it off but still going none the less so i have to stall it when i park. now,i'm thinking theres probably some kind of soleniod to cut off the fuel as theres no spark plugs or ignition to turn off?
• ZX Diesel wont start after servicing 1 Feb 2005 (Forum)
  Citoren ZX Diesel .********* One point of note though, rather inadvertently I did turn the white plastic screw the is at about the same level as the fuel bleed valve and about 90 degrees around from it (if the rear of the car is at 12 o?
• Diesel Engine Air Filter Change interval 5 Dec 2003 (Forum)
  Surely a slightly blocked filter is going to impact on fuel consumption to some extent, so any feed back on this subject would be much appreciated. Many thanks. Dude.
• ULSD Diesel 3 Oct 2003 (Forum)
  Or that ULSD was pushed at a cheaper price... perhaps that's why some soopermarkets are able to "absorb" the cost of the tax hike - the fuel vendors have been saving the difference since... any comments / opinions?
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 2002 Diesel problem - glowplug light flashes 11 Feb 2009 (Forum)
  I am at my witts end, I have a ford focus 2002 diesal, I love my car, Its been very reliable, however about a month ago I was driving up the lane and it...
• Toyota Landcruiser 80 Amazon (1990 to 1998) - Modern diesels - what's the point? 28 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  I've been running my 3 litre CR auto D-Max for nearly 3K miles now, and I get about 29mpg running around, dropping to 25 when I tow 3 tons. My old '93...
• Ford Escort (1993 - 2000) - V reg 1.8TDi - Will it run on Bio-Diesel? 20 May 2008 (Forum)
  Hi All, I would like to know your thoughts on this product, i read it in an article in the Sunday post some of you's might also have seen it. It is called a Fuel-pod and it makes Bio-Diesel by using eathier new or used veg oil and purifying it and adding methonal. i would consider purchasing it but have heard a lot of people on here saying not to put Bio-Diesel in your car.
• HJ doubting diesel 29 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  In HJ's Saturday Telegraph column today he comments to a reader that he is getting so many reports of failed DMFs/clutches, injection pumps, injectors, turbos, intercoolers and EGR valves on diesels that he wonders whether overall running costs may be cheaper for petrol engined cars. Now I don't agree with HJ on everything he writes but it was EGR valve problems (and mis-fueling concerns) that put me off a diesel C Max last year.
• Vauxhall Zafira B (2005 - ) - 2007/57 Models - Diesel Engine Problems? 5 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  Considering to buy a 2007/57 2.0 diesel automatic. However, I am disappointed to read several owner reviews on What Car? complaining of diesel engine problems. Do any HJ list members have problems with recent model Zafira diesel autos?
• Petrol/Diesel (Again) 26 Apr 2007 (Forum)
  Hi All After becoming almost "obsessed" with fuel prices after buying a petrol car,today I was amazed to see,at my local Tesco the difference between Petrol and Diesel down to 0.9p a litre. 93.9 for petrol and 94.8 for diesel.I know we are approaching hotter weather and usually has an effect on Diesel prices,but never seen it this low.
• Rocket fuel ? the future ? 26 Oct 2005 (Forum)
  The reaction takes place in a chamber just before the inlet valve of the engine. The expanding gases push down the piston in the same way as the burning of petrol or diesel. Valve timing will be different of course. The cylinder remains clean - doesn?t get carboned up. Exchange your used up tank at a refuelling station, and the spent fuel can be regenerated by heating it in the presence of hydrogen.
• Diesel Reliability 29 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  The cars I had prior to my diesels were all petrol and quite a few of them had mechanical failures. By comparison my diesel experience has been absolutely trouble free apart from that wretched Renault. The pay off is that in the roundest of terms I have saved circa £20K in fuel costs as a result.
• Mazda 6 - Mazda 6 30 May 2013 (Forum)
  I have A Mazda6 2007 2ltr DPF diesel estate and I have a leak from the fuel nozzle seals is this a job thatI can do my self or does is require special tools to press these seals in.
• Castrol 'R' versus chip oil 6 Feb 2007 (Forum)
  I remember being told many years ago that Castrol R was a vegetable based oil, so if used cooking oil is used as a diesel fuel does it smell like R? And if not, why not?
• Service Station Fuel Pumps 20 Aug 2003 (Forum)
  Right, bit of a moan here, but a question lies within!! Went to fill up my 1995 Pug 306 at my local filling station on Sunday. The low fuel light was starting to flicker and when this comes on I know I have 5 - 7 litres left in the tank. Went to the diesel pump and filled the 60 litre tank to the brim. According to the pump, I got 59.78 litres in.
• Toyota Avensis Trip Computer 19 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  I would appreciate anyones views on the following I have a 2001 Avensis diesel with a trip computer as a standard item. The average indicated mpg, over a tank of full, is consistantly indicating 13% better fuel consumption than it actually is. The "Range" left to run on the remaining fuel in the tank, is out in as much as I estimate that it would run out well before the range says zero, wheras the instruction book says that there should be fuel left when it indicates zero.
• toyota corolla verso 2L DIESEL - engine flooding 31 Dec 2019 (Forum)
  Hello, looking at a 10 plate verso which is a non runner, apparently been diagnosed at Toyota as major fuel leak and seller says been told injectors...
• peugeot expert 2 l 2001 diesel - trouble starting and cutting out when driving (mo 4 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  only just bought the van and have trouble starting it ( i leave for a while while the plug things get warm) then it cuts out whilst im driving (moving)...
• new astra 1.4 vvt turbo - any one got the new astra whats it like on petrol? 25 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  I do up to 200 miles a day and am looking at a used new shape  astra 1.4 petrol turbo. Has anyone got one whats it like on fuel? I can't afford a new shape diesel and have concerns anyway about dpf dmf problems with diesels. Any advice would be appreciated.