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• Fuel pump location v. misfueling 10 Aug 2008 (Forum)
  hi room, with all this misfuelling debacle why cant the petrol stations have dedicated pumps ie diesel on one side of the forecourt and petrol on tuther?...
• fuel pump mondeo 14 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  Hi Could any one help me? My Ford mondeo 51 reg 2L turbo diesel (not common rail) does not want to sart. The lift pump seized up and blew the fuse. Now...
• Ford Endura 1.8diesel Van - non start 8 Apr 2006 (Forum)
  hi there i have a 1.8 diesel endura engine courier van v.reg from cold it wont start i have fitted new glow plugs,fuel heater,fuel filter once its running its sweet have set up a seperate tank and its still the same any ideas???????
• Wrong fuel! 31 Jul 2004 (Forum)
  My beloved just put some diesel in her Mazda, and while waiting for the tow truck, we got to wondering if topping up the tank with petrol (which would...
• Tuning 21 Aug 2002 (Forum)
  My Diesel Corolla (1995 with 73k) has gone seriously sluggish, everything including an old fiesta van is pulling away from me and i'm having to rev the nuts off the thing. It's never been nippy, but better than this It was serviced 6 months a go and it's always had good fuel.
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  Which engine should I choose for high motorway mileage? 3 Oct 2022 (Ask HJ)
  I travel more than 20,000 miles per annum on a motorway. What is a GDI engine? How does it compare to other 1.4 i20s and diesel CRDi for fuel economy...
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  Which petrol family car returns the best economy? 6 May 2015 (Ask HJ)
  I would like to buy a new or nearly new petrol family estate or SUV - probably either a Volvo (V70 or V60) or Audi (A4 or Q5)- but all the good buys (and...
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  In diesel exposure 29 Aug 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I have a 2009 Mercedes ML 320CDI still under warranty. If I leave it for over a day, when I come to start, it misfires very badly. When it does start,...
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  Audi TT purchase 2 Jul 2011 (Ask HJ)
  I am looking to purchase a 2009 or 2010 Audi TT 2.0 coupe but do i go for the petrol or diesel version, I do approx 15k miles per year and do i go for...
• BMW 5-Series E60 - Diesel Dilemma 29 Mar 2010 (Forum)
  My wife nor my garage can discern my problem!!! In desperation I changed from filling up with diesel at my local Supermarket to a BP station, putting 2/3 tank of regular diesel to fill up. Almost immediately the car is running smoother, not quite as well as 3 months ago, but is this because I still had 1/3 of a tank of previous fuel.
• Rover 75 (1999 - 2005) - (99-05) 2.0 Diesel engine cut-out 23 Dec 2007 (Forum)
  On both these occasions I had allowed the level of diesel in the tank to drop to very low levels just prior to the engine failure but had refilled the tank and driven about 40 miles before failure. Diagnostic testing by a Bosch agent gave an error code which showed low fuel pressure and his educated guess was that the auxiliary fuel pump had an intermittent fault, but 2 instances in 11 months is not a lot to go on.
• Price of Shell diesel 13 Nov 2007 (Forum)
  I see that Shell have now introduced a credit card that gives you cashback of 1% on purchases but 5% on Shell fuel purchases for the first 60 days, then I believe it goes down to 3% after that. My local garage is Shell and at the beginning of the week diesel (I drive a diesel and tend to check the price) was 101.9 going up on tuesday to 103.9.
• 4X4 that runs on both Petrol and Diesel 22 Mar 2002 (Forum)
  Replying to Steve Boreham's post earlier this morning regarding exporting 4X4 to Sri Lanka, I remembered an incident from my youth; Colombo, early '80s; A friend of the family came to visit and knowing both my father and I were motoring enthusiasts happened to mention whether we had seen the new 4X4 that had just been introduced that runs on both Petrol and Diesel? We both looked at each other in puzzlement; I remember debating with him the possibilities of running an engine "dual-fuel". The discussion went on and on until we were thoroughly perplexed at how any manufacturer could achieve this without actually using 2 separate engines or changing the properties of the fuel itself.
• 1.9TD XUD fuel filter draining 17 Jun 2006 (Forum)
  Just been browsing the Haynes manual for my car (Citroen Xsara), and apparently I'm supposed to be regularly draining the fuel filter. Aha, says I, that's what that little hose is for. Now, according to the book, I unscrew the little valve and wait until diesel free of water emerges from the hose. Except nothing comes out, even if you completely remove the drain plug.
• BP Ultimate Fuel 11 Mar 2004 (Forum)
  I suppose this fuel is intended to rival Shell Optimax. Filled up the other day with BP Ultimate diesel and noted that it was 6p a litre dearer than my usual Total. Only did it because we do not have the BP or Shell round our way.
• Shell Give You The Fuel For Free!! 26 May 2003 (Forum)
  Just came back from a short trip to Iceland, where Shell have spent 250,000 (£ or $, not sure), installing their first real life hydrogen filling station. Suitably powered vehicles arrive next month & get the fuel free, for an unlimited trial period!It will be mainly busses & other public sevice cars/vans, initially,but still, perhaps a good idea, from a forward thinking government. Generally cost of living is double UK prices, but unleaded is about the same, with diesel just 1/2 our price!!
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  Buying a Skoda Yeti - petrol or diesel? 29 May 2014 (Ask HJ)
  I want to buy a new Skoda Yeti but cannot decide if I should get a petrol or diesel. I do 15,000 miles per year; consisting of one or two monthly trips...
• ford fiesta econetic 1.6 diesel - taking ford dealer to court over low mpg 26 Feb 2014 (Forum)
  Hi I have owned various Fiesta Diesels models for 25 years and driven them over the same route. I recently bought a 6 month old ford fiesta "econetic" 1.6 diesel edge and the fuel economy is frankly appaling. I am now getting under 40 mpg on what is an urban cycle route which is way way  below the government figures,  the Honest John average (85% of claimed,) and also 20% less than I used to achieve on the same route with all 3 previous fiesta diesels (which all had emission levels over that claimed for this model).
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  I put petrol in my diesel van, which was already half full of diesel - what should I do? 30 Oct 2017 (Ask HJ)
  If my van was half full of diesel and I filled it with petrol, would it run for a week?
• Mazda Mazda 6 (2002 - 2007) - 04 2.0d 136bhp - Fuel system problem 21 Feb 2010 (Forum)
  Hi my mazda 6 2.0ltr 136 bhp diesel estate 2004, traveled round trip of 1000 mls stopped occasionaly for fuel after 800mls with no problems stopped for more fuel and on trying to restart car, it would not start brake down recovery people turned up and said it could possibly be low pressure and towed me back home, took to guarage monday morning they cleaned injectors replaced filters car drove perfect back home but would not start following morning (any ideas) cheers