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I am not a high mileage driver. How do I prevent problems with the diesel particulate filter on this vehicle?
I am looking to buy a used Citroen C4, ideally no more than five years old, a diesel, and within a budget of £6500. I have found a 1.6 diesel C4 Cachet, 2008 reg, with 22,000 on the clock. The asking...
I need a Focus sized, fuel efficient (but with a bit of power) car for my 60 mile round trip commute on mixed roads. I currently use a 2002 Leon Cupra 180 (66k miles) which is great but too old and relatively...
I'm going to be driving 25,000 - 30,000 miles per year (mostly motortway), and will be looking to buy a reliable and economical medium family car. I currently drive an 04 plate Golf TDi with 78,000 on...
I bought a Mondeo on a 53-plate. It's a 2.0-litre TDCi 130ps and the turbo pipe went whilst in cornwall. I drove around 400 miles home with greatly reduced power and a lot of black exhaust smoke. Having...
I have now run a Chevrolet Cruze diesel auto for over one year. Since Shell introduced "Fuel saver" diesel, my consumption has increased to 27.86 mpg average over the past 1,138 miles i.e. five tankfuls,...
I think I have discovered a legal way to buy cheap diesel fuel. My work colleague buys diesel from a truck breakers yard in Surrey and gets it for about 80p. Apparently the diesel comes from old trucks...
Further to your reply to JH Saturday April 2nd re Jaguar 2.2 diesel DMF problem, my 2010 Transit 2.2 diesel has similar engine fitted and when you lift the clutch at idle, the engine software senses the...
I purchased a new Ford Mondeo 2.0 Duratorque TDCI (115PS) 6-speed manual in October last year. The car has now done 6,500 miles. The Ford brochure indicates fuel consumption of: Urban 44mpg, Extra Urban...
I thought that you might find my experience to be a vaguely interesting contribution to the DPF discussion. I agree that, on the whole, they are probably an expensive invention of the Devil but sometimes...
 

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