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• Vauxhall Cavalier (1988 - 1995) - mk3 1.7 td hard to start & stopping when driving 30 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  wel mate has a cavalier the is very hard to start and when it does it keeps dying out and loosing power. we tried heater plugs and diesel filter, no good then changed fuel lines and diesel tank still no good. last resort was to change engine and its still doing the exact same. were now thinking it mite be to do with the wiring but not sure...
• Vauxhall Astra G Petrol (1998 - 2004) - Engine flushing & oil changes - how often? 8 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  I change the oil every 6th month and oil and filter, as well as an engine flush every 12th month on my vehicles. I use - diesel fuel (may shock some...) as an engine flush. What do you do? My last car clocked 200k (from new) and is still going strong. So it (diesel as a flush) cannot do the engine any harm!
• Vectra DI 2nd hand diesel pump programin 16 May 2006 (Forum)
  1999 Vectra 2.0 DI with 149,000 on the clock. Still off the road with a fuel problem. Will tick over but wont rev - just goes a little rough when I put...
• Cavalier 1995 Turbo Diesel 12 Mar 2006 (Forum)
  I?ve put 20 pounds unleaded in, how can I get it out? I've tried a manual small pump syphon and I've tried sucking on the tube to syphon. The tube goes...
• Turbo Diesel Leaking Oil ? Pug 306. 22 Jan 2004 (Forum)
  Hi, Just acquired a cheap, reasonably high mileage Peugeot 306 1994 XRDT. Appears to lose oil at a dripping rate whenever the car is idling. Didn\'t...
• Diesel starting (White Smoke) 6 May 2003 (Forum)
  Hi, My vehicle is a 1998 Motorcaravan based on a Fiat Ducato 1.9td (i think it is a Peugeot engine) The problem started Just recently and appears to be...
• VW Golf Diesel Cam Belt - COST! 11 May 2001 (Forum)
  Just had the 40,000 mile service on our 1.9 SE Golf. Main dealer advised change of cam belt at same time. Could not believe the high cost! Total bill...
• Jeep Grand Cherokee - LPG or diesel Grand Cherokee or Mercedes ML 10 Apr 2012 (Forum)
  I have been looking at the Grand Cherokee (which I have owned before - earlier model) and cannot decide if I should go for LPG (which I have had before) or diesel (which I drive at the moment - pickup truck). The vehicle on petrol does 17mpg in both the 4.0l straight six and the 4.7 V8. The diesel does 29 mpg. With the difference in fuel cost there is not  lot in it.
• Vauxhall Zafira A (1999 - 2005) - 2001 2.0d trouble cold starting and code P1220 14 Apr 2008 (Forum)
  It is showing code P1220 on test. It has already had a one way valve fitted in the fuel pipe so obviously the problem was known to the previous owner. Are there any other suggestions I could try before changing the fuel pump (a cost I cant really afford)? If it is the fuel pump - why does it start all day with no problems?
• Bimbos and electric motor bikes 5 Apr 2005 (Forum)
  When the cell is discharged you can make tea with the effluent. The fuel cell will be charged from a hydrogen creator the size of a shoebox which is fed with bio-ethanol fuels derived from soya or sugar cane. I can imagine London being full of them when diesel and petrol are £1 a gallon and the congestion charge ten times that.
• various - VAG CR diesel maintenance costs 23 Feb 2012 (Forum)
    Whilst diesel pump prices are notably higher, a diesel is approx. 30% more fuel efficient than a petrol of comparable power output.  Diesel belt-cam changes are £500 a pop, every £60K or 4 years.
• Vel Satis 28 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  I found one: http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201129403389897/sort/pricedesc/usedcars/maximum-mileage/up_to_40000_miles/engine-size-cars/2l_to_2-5l/fuel-type/diesel/price-to/4000/postcode/pr28ls/page/3/radius/1501?logcode=p Very low mileage.
• focus or golf (or clone) 4 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  I am looking to buy a diesel car up to 3500 in value. should i go for a v reg focus, an r reg golf or a newish skoda or seat vw clone. fuel economy is more important than power and it does needs to be focus sized and a 5 door hatch with aircon. any comments please?
• no power audi a4 1.9tdi 24 May 2006 (Forum)
  I've got a good idea what it may be, Audi A4 1.9 turbo diesel 2001, engine code AJM. Air filter and fuel filter changed, Catalytic converter changed, but still lack of power on acceleration. Can any one give me any idea what they think it might be?
• The silence is deafening! 23 Apr 2002 (Forum)
  Where is everyone? Virtual hangovers? Fed up of speed camera rants? Incidentally, measured the fuel economy of my Audi A4 Tdi at 57.9mpg on a recent round trip to the north west of Scotland. Fully laden, crusing at 70-75mph. I used 4.55 litres to a gallon - is that right? Why doesn't everyone drive a diesel?
• Volvo C30 - Pat (Eolys) Fluid 10 Apr 2023 (Forum)
  I towed it to the local garage where they investigated and showed me what they believe to be the issue. The diesel they removed from the car was a deep yellow/orange, so they think that the Pat fluid is not mixing into the diesel correctly, made worse by a small amount of fuel in the tank. They believe that I probably need a new Pat fluid sensor and need it calibrated so that the correct amount is put into the fuel.
• Audi A3 + S3 (2003 - 2008) - A3, A4 or Honda Civic 18 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  I start a new job in Jan and will be doing 80 miles a day. I've been looking at the above diesel models and test driven the A3 2.0 sport manual and auto, and the Honda Civic 2.2. I have around £9,000 to spend. Fuel economy on both is good, the rear spoiler on the Civic is annoying and I thought the gearbox on the A3 was smoother.
• Renault - Master - 96 2.5 too much oil- no engine start 23 Sep 2009 (Forum)
  Dear All, recently I put too much oil in the engine of my Renault Master 1996, 2.5 diesel minibus (110,000 miles). At the MOT check when at high revs the van started chucking out black smoke, when the tester turned off the ignition, the engine still ran. Looks like oil got sucked up into the fuel system.
• Isuzu Trooper - Help Needed please 11 Jun 2010 (Forum)
  Dave Badder Technical Manager from Isuzu made a trip up to Conon Bridge to see what was wrong with A M Philips, He looked at my truck he felt it needed a new diesel tank! Told him that I had been told the Diesel tank had been looked at already? Mike MacDonald from A M Philips quoted me £700-800 to supply and fit a new diesel tank. I have since found out that was to replace all the fuel pipes, bearing in mind I had these pipes replaced in Inverness when I had the brakes replaced.
• Ford Focus Estate / Fabia Estate / Peugeot 206SW - High miler turbo diesel estates? Or petrol? 30 Dec 2017 (Forum)
  Focus or Fabia Estate, Peugeot 206 / 207SW are on my radar. Is it better to go with a petrol, or a turbo diesel? I read lots of threads discussing problems with the latter. Never owned a diesel, the fuel economy appeals but I read a lot of threads discussing expensive issues with the turbo diesels, e.g. the Ford Focus Estate TDCI1.6 problems, concern me.