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They're doing that because if they manage to get away with it under warranty it'll be Ford that foots the bill and not them as a franchise! If it was the dealerships mistake, they should be paying for the whole lot. (That's if American dealerships work the same way as UK based ones).

Drop tests? What does that refer to? Titration test maybe?

It was more as a "preventative" lets clean it up kind of thing. I was thinking that if I was to use the fuel system cleaner, it may contaminate the oil and a good flush out and fresh oil would be a nice process. I think I'll just do a short interval on standard classic oil and then replace it...

Hi All, Another quick question for the oil specialists on here! I am planning to do a thorough clean out / service of my Dads classic land rover. (2.0l petrol 1950s). I have a quick question. Having recently done a load of experimenting with pinking (which I'm pretty sure turns out to be...

Was that aimed at me? If so, it's a Manual. It easily gets 60mpg (UK) which is 50ish (US). And if I drive carefully then 75 (UK) or 62 (US) is pretty easy to get.

It's a Honda Civic 1.6 I-Dtec diesel. I don't think they sold them in the US.

Because it's a friend that's doing the work, and I wanted to get the Honda Genuine part myself. They often use the same two suppliers and they'd have been aftermarket filters they would have most likely bought.

I doubt there is anything suspect going on here. Yeah that kind of story is always good! I have no doubt that they'll be happy to send out a replacement. They seem like a very genuine company. And as you say, if they deal with this well I have every intention of continuing to use them...

Me neither. I have got in touch with the company. But don't expect a reply until at least 2nd April as it's now the Easter Weekend here in the UK. Oh well. Luckily the car isn't booked in to get the work done on it until the 15th April so hopefully the replacement part will come in time...

Should have said in the first message. It was a very reputable company that specialises in genuine Honda parts. They have excellent reviews and I've dealt with them before. That's why I'm intrigued by this as they definitely don't seem the type to send out bad parts. I'm just wondering if it's...

Evening all! I have just bought a brand new filter which was labelled as a "Genuine Honda Filter". It arrived in the post today and I am wondering if it has been badly handled potentially. When I took it out the packaging, I could hear something inside knocking about. It sounds like how I...

That'll take some reading. Will put that in my list of things to research. Thanks for sharing.

That's very strange. I wonder how that works. The fuel I am using currently is Esso branded with 99 octane and 0% ethanol so I would have thought that would make for the best resistance to knock. Now I'm wondering whether a lower octane but with a higher ethanol content would help reduce knock...

Cheers. We can get Redline SI-1 here in the UK. I think that has the highest PEA concentrate in it from what I've seen of the MSDS sheets. Perhaps a bottle of that would help general running regardless of whether it's the cause of this issue. It's a vacuum advance. It's all connected etc and...

Hi All! I am hoping to gain some knowledge from the smart bunch on here! My Dad has a 1950s Land Rover. Some times it has quite a bad habbit of excessive pinking / knocking. We have tried multiple times to change the timing, and using the highest octane fuel we can it still occurs. (99 UK...

How old was the X5? If it's anything like a lot of the X5s around where I live they are bought by people who can just about afford them, then never bother to service them (or at least way too infrequently).

I get the feeling that sometimes it's for fault detection purposes. For example, if you had an air leak on the intake between the MAF sensor and the MAP sensor, the readings would end up unexpectedly far apart and a fault code could be created. Or if the MAF sensor goes bad (which can happen...

This is something that's got me thinking. I have a feeling that a lot of these "Fuel Boosters" and "DPF Cleaners" are a load of rubbish, but they get a lot of help from people changing their drive style once adding the additive. For example, I've often seen people raving about certain cleaning...

There are loads. VW do a lot of smaller cars like the Polo and golf which have usually had 4 cylinder 70-200hp engines. Skoda are popular and they do a lot of smaller lower power cars like the Fabia and Octavia that have similar power to above. I drove in Germany recently. The Autobahns are...

I think that's what I'll have to try and do. Hopefully the undertray comes off easily enough. 🤣 Cheers.