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• Bump Starts 19 Dec 2002 (Forum)
  Bump starts, by pushing or by running downhill, are not recommended for modern cars. Why is this? They used to be my winter standby.
• Hyundai ix20 - Day Running Lights Not Fitted in 2015? 8 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  My sister in law has just bought herself a 2015 Hyundai ix20.  I noticed there were no running lights on when she was following me home from the dealer she purchased it from.  I had a quick look last night and couldn't find a fault or any reference to an ability to turn them off in the manual.
• 2.0 TSI Scirocco 2011 - 4 times, still not fixed warranty running out! 23 Mar 2017 (Forum)
  I'm not convinced at all that it can be an injector, i think it's a DMF as the noise goes away once put in gear. My warranty is running out very soon and i am wondering where i stand with an unresolved claim when out of warranty. As i told them about it last year will they still help me? Appreciate any help with this! Thanks
• Skoda Octavia - Warning Lights 5 Sep 2016 (Forum)
  Re Cat's pause - 3rd September 2016 I had a similar problem to DH with a 2000 1.4 Fabia a few years ago.  A fast motorway run followed by idling at an exit junction brought up a warning light followed by 'lumpy' running when pulling away.  Filling up with higher octane petrol definitely cleared the problem.  Some time later the car began to run unevenly when started from cold.
• ford focus 1.0 100ps zetec ecoboost 2013 - Engine failure warning 22 Jul 2015 (Forum)
  Started car,warning came up again,with engine light illuminated aswell as ! exclamation symbol & was running very roughly. Switched off & restarted,running perfectly. Used the car this evening,warning came up again & proceeded to go into "limp mode". Parked up,switched off,re started & idled for 5 mins & all fine.
• VW Passat TDi PD 2005 100 - Poorer MPG after stuck open thermostat 3 Jan 2015 (Forum)
  In my 2005 1.9 TDi PD 100 passat, 95k, the thermostat failed open about 6 months after buying it The car ran cooler than normal (of course), and after between 500 and 1000 mile later, I replaced the thermostat. The car runs well now as it did before with no notable running issues, no smoke, good starting, idle OK and pretty steady So whilst I was initially really impressed with mpg in this car when we bought it, it seems markedly worse now.
• Ford Mondeo - disposing a scruffy, uninsured car that runs 17 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  This also means I need to declare SORN on it to avoid trouble - this stuffs up a plan to keep it taxed and buy short-term insurance if anyone is interested. The old S reg Ford Mondeo starts, stops and runs beautifully, but is scruffy on the outside (rust and a dented door from being reversed into), has only 2 weeks MoT, tyres are coming to the end, may need some more welding and has a list of non-essential things that no longer work on it.
• Peugeot 106 1.5 Diesel - Any ideas why this struggles to start? (video) 16 Sep 2011 (Forum)
  Here'it is starting , after it's been warmed up a bit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzZ-epgvrfg and this is running when cold http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2CVF6lvfSQ It was doing this before, tha car has never run right ...I'm guessing it's the fuel injectors, or the fuel pump.. Is it easy enough to diagnose the problem?
• Peugot 306 - Cooling fan / car runs when key removed 26 Feb 2011 (Forum)
  I took it for a short spin to get the battery charged but when I returned I got a nasty surprise. The engine stayed running even when I turned off the ignition and removed the key! I had to manually stall it to get it to stop. Unsurprisingly the cooling fan came on again though and I expect when I return to the car the battery may well be completely gone.
• VW Passat 130 PD AWX - VW 130 PD rough or smooth? 19 Dec 2010 (Forum)
   Can anyone tell me if this is normal, how smooth should it be, would it be worth getting a diagnostic run ?  Seemed OK on the test drive but now I have done a few hundred mixed miles not so sure.  any advice from the many experts welcome   PS  A 160 miles run of A roads and some motorway gave me average of 43 mpg.
• Vauxhall Zafira 2001 1.6 - Rough Running 8 Dec 2010 (Forum)
  Hi, my zafira has started to run rough once its warmed up. It started when I stopped once and the idle rev's decreased. Not to stall but very lumpy. Its the Z16XE engine Next day the EML came on and it went to limp mode and was very very lumpy and sounded like it had a mis-fire.
• BMW 3 series convertible 325ci - 2001 - BMW 3 series engine 'roughness' 11 Aug 2010 (Forum)
  During one of those episodes something else went wrong within the engine that despite the breather problem now having been cured, by way of its replacement, the engine continues to run out of balance. The whole of the ignition side has been reviewed, repaired and or replaced and the tests show that is all is running fine yet the problem continues to persist. The head gasket is fine and there is no water in the engine oil or water or oil loss so the block and the head seem to be fine.
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 52 reg TDCi 130 - Hesitation/Running Problem 1 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  New to this site but remember Honest John from UCB magazine so glad I found this site. Can anyone help me?! My 52 Ford Mondeo TDCI 130 with 118000 miles on it (FSH), has started running badly. My car keeps 'hestitating'. It usually happens when I'm driving at between 1800-2200 RPM, in 4th or 5th gear and doing about 45-55MPH - I'm not sure of the right word to use, but it feels like it's 'kangarooing'!
• Vauxhall Zafira A (1999 - 2005) - 04 2.2 Water running temperature when fully warmed 6 Dec 2009 (Forum)
  For example I drove 90 miles yesterday on a mix of country, town and motorway roads, the outside temperature was about 10 degrees and it never went above about 83 degrees which seems to me too cool Every car I have owned; once warmed up runns at 90 degrees and I am concirned that this will increase my fuel consumption. My questions are: What is the correct running temperature of the water in a Zafira 2.2 SRi once warmed up. What effect will this have on the fuel consumption I'm guessing that the guage or thermometer may be at fault or the garage did not do the repair.
• Rover 400 (1995 - 1999) - 99 2.0 TD poor running, won't rev? 26 Oct 2009 (Forum)
  The most obvious fault is that the car won't rev beyond 3200rpm when hot. When cold it'll happily rev (very smokily) but after running for 20 minutues when the temperature reaches half way, it won't go about 3200 rpm. It's like it hits the rev limiter at 3300 rpm, the car doesn't stall but stays at that engine speed and just occilates between 3000-3500.
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - water run off from tailgate glass each side edge 25 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  In the Honest John review of the mark 2 focus they mention the rain runoff from the edge seam of the hatchback glass are there any fixes, symptom after rain if you open and lift the tailgate hatch , water held in the open seam of where the tailgate glass is bonded to the tailgate runs off into the boot . This sounds trivial but it isnt as a lot of water can be held there, I wondered if the seam which is like a long gap can be sealed with some sort of flexible sealant (clear obviously) to prevent the water being held in it and if doing so will make replacement of the glass (if ever it has to be done) difficult.
• Media used to influence holiday traffic flow? 25 Mar 2008 (Forum)
  If this leads to quiet roads and quick journeys then thats great for us motorists who ignored the warnings and the government too as its less congestion, pollution and fewer accidents. But its bad news for the press who run a story which never occurs and therefore they lose credibility. Which makes me wonder why the stories are ever run at all - unless someones got a vested interest?
• Citroen AX (1987 -1997) - '95 1.0 Dimension, cold start problems. 3 Jan 2008 (Forum)
  If I don't leave it to warm up for a few minutes, the engine bogs down when I use the throttle. Release the throttle and it revs again. Only happens when it's cold. As soon as it warms up it runs well. There was a slight burning smell whilst trying to run it cold and some smoke around the exhaust pipe (not coming out of it) I thought it was the autochoke needing adjusting or sticking, but the engine has a Bosch monopoint fuel injection system, so no choke.
• Vauxhall Astra F (1991 - 1998) - 1997 TDS (isuzu) - rev counter 3 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  I managed to do 250 motorway miles today with lights on, at the end of the journey still getting 12.5 volts across the battery with the engine running. So the alternator seems to be working to some degree, but something is still definitely up. With the engine running shouldn't I be getting about 13.5 volts across the battery? Could this be caused by V drive belt being loose?
• Vauxhall Vectra C (2002 - 2008) - Diesel Fuel Quality 30 Oct 2007 (Forum)
  For the last few weeks I had been running my Vectra CDTi1.9 on Shell V diesel to see what difference it made to the economy and performance to justify the extra cost. Over 2500 miles I found that it did accelerate better but the engine didnt seem to run quite as smoothly as it had on ordinary diesel and the economy was only marginally better too.