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Manjindar. You replied to this topic 56 minutes ago, yet 48 minutes ago you posted an identical new topic, which is a word for word copy of the earler one. Until you can convince me you are not a robot I am putting you on moderation and you will be unable to post here again.

My only experience of alcoholic petrol (E10) is in a low mileage Yeti, so the fuel stays in the tank a long time with plenty of opportunity to absorb moisture, yet it has never caused a problem.

I can't say. The videos are unplayable for me.

We'd welcome news of the repair outcome.

Incidently most fuel tanks are plastic nowadays so rust is not a consideration.

Ray. Coolant is the name for the water & antifreeze mixture that cools the engine. It should not need to be topped up more than once every few years, if at all. Evidently your coolant is leaking into the engine, but whether you need to do anything immediately depends how rapidly it is being lost. Look in your handbook to find how to fill up the reservoir. (This is one of the regular maintenance checks that every motorist should be capable of, along with tyre pressures and oil level.) If you need to top up every 100 miles or less then you are risking damage to the engine. The repair usually involves a new EGR (exhaust gas return valve) which is rather expensive and difficult to fit.

It will get much worse in low temperatures and you may even see drops of water dripping from the exhaust pipe. Ignore it. If it ever changes to blue black or white smoke come back to us because that would indicate a problem.

Glad you solved it Paul.

Many many faults can cause rough idling. I suggest you get it scanned on a decent quality code reader, not a cheap unit from Ebay or Amazon.

A little "smoke" on start up is usually just steam i.e. condensation. If it disappears after a few minutes it is perfectly normal and nothing to worry about.

White smoke usually indicates coolant leaking into the engine, not oil which gives grey or blue smoke. Is the coolant level dropping?

Speed bumps can be avoided but many of the potholes in our roads can not, so the chances are that you have broken both springs while on holiday when you would have had a greater than normal load in the car. Please do not use the car until it has been repaired. Even driving it to a garage could cause more damage, and would also be illegal, so it would be better to have it hoisted on a dolly or transported on a flatbed.

Sorry Paul, but I will not download anything from untrusted sources. Please embed your pictures into a message, or to a picture hosting site.

Gavin. I have merged your two identical topics. Please do not create duplicates.

Gavin. There is no video or audio.

All I see is a tiny still picture.

Gregg. Sorry you have not had a response from Tom. Apparently he is not old school enough to remember his manners.

Air suspension or spring? One wheel or all of them? A lot more detail would be useful.

I suspect you have that reversed. E10 has more of the water miscible alcohol than E5 (10% vs 5%), and hence also a lower calorific value.

The supermarkets buy their petrol from which ever oil company currently offers it at the best price, so for example Tesco petrol may be rebranded BP this month, rebranded Shell next month, rebranded Esso the next, and so on.

Beany. If it meets exhaust emissions standards (has an MOT,) and oil consumption is not excessive, why are you worrying?

Choose any fuel you like that meets the RON95 specification. They all come from the same few refineries, even supermarket fuel.

To my mind the road speed (mph) when gear changes occur don't tell us as much as engine speed (rpm). If the engine is revving above about 2000 rpm under gentle acceleration before changing up I would suspect a fault. The most likely thing is the mechatronic control unit within the gearbox which is known to be troublesome after a great mileage.

Any comment on this Zoe, or have we both wasted our times putting fingers to keyboard?

From what I have read on this forum, because I am not a user of these machines, it is common for cheap code readers to be unable read all codes. Only professional quality readers like VCDS for example are of any real use.