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Trevor

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  1. Fingers crossed
    Also, worth checking the fuel filter and replace if necessary
    You can tell that its an issue if the rubber bulb at the filter housing is soft and takes a few pumps to stiffen up then the engine usually starts straight away afterwards

  2. Gosh, you are showing your age Alan 🙂

    However, I do also remember most of the ones you mention

    Car Coats, Driving Gloves, Rug on the rear shelf (all of the aforementioned to keep you warm if you didn't order the optional interior heater)

  3. It all comes back to the one issue, the car is not suitable for short distance driving at low revs for a sustained period of time.
    Once you have managed to clear out the DPF then run it at high revs for longer in lower gears and it should be fine

    Better quality fuel may help but not entirely convinced 

    Another issue that can occur from slow / low rev driving is that the turbo variable vanes can gum up with carbon deposits and although this can be cleaned with treatments that can be found on eBay it will occur every so often unless the carbon is not allowed to build up again

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  4. The long and short is that the engine is not being driven hard enough

    When you mentioned that you did a long journey on a motorway and the light stayed off for some time then this is what needs to be done every so often to keep things clear.
    Take a look at this post for further information:  

     

  5. This is normal as the air conditioning when it is switched onto 'recirculate air' extracts the moisture from the air and expels it under the vehicle when you stop, you will then notice the pool underneath

    It is sometimes not a good thing to have the A/C switched onto Recirculation and should switch it to Fresh Air instead as it dries out the interior air a little too much

  6. Possibly wheel bearing but if you were entering a left bend then it would be the offside bearing unless it is the rear one.
    Really need to jack up each wheel and spin to hear if it is rough and/or noisy, although most of the time this only occurs under load when cornering

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  7. You used to be able to get inserts for the coil springs (like a rubber buffer) but not sure if that sort of thing is available nowadays
    Otherwise Airbag suspension maybe another option

    Alternatively, you may be able to get stiffer springs for the rear

  8. Some of those cruise ships need seeing to believe how absolutely enormous they actually are!

    Must have been an exciting time as a diver and bet you have some tales to tell ?

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