HI ALL,I,VE GOT A FORD FOCUS 2.0 TDCI(136BHP) 2005. I BOUGHT IT IN 2007 AND HAD 51000KM(31000MILES)
1 DAY THE FUEL RESERVE LIGHT CAME ON SO I PULLED INTO A GARAGE AND PUT IN FUEL,ON LEAVING THE GARAGE THE CAR LOST POWER AND STAYED IN TICKOVER FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES WITH MY FOOT HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR IT RECOVERED,SINCE THEN IT HAS SUFFERED FROM BAD STARTING WHEN COLD,IT STARTS THEN IMMEDIATELY STOPS 2 OR 3 TIMES,THEN STARTS.
ALSO SOMETIMES CRUISING ALONG WITH THE MOTOR AT ABOUT 1400RPM IT STARTS TO STUTTER LIKE A PETROL ENGINE WHEN IT,S DAMP,A FASTER SPEED SEEMS TO GET RID OF THE PROBLEM (THERE IS A CLEAR FUEL LINE ON THE RIGHT OF THE MOTOR WHICH WHEN IT,S RUNNING HAS BUBBLES IN IT) IS THIS NORMAL?????
AND ON STOPPING THE MOTOR SOMETIMES IT STOPS VERY ROUGHLY LIKE THE MOTOR IS GOING TO FALL APART
THIS IS ALL MORE NOTICABLE IN WINTER WHEN IT,S COLDER AND DAMPER.
AS THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY I TOOK IT BACK,ALL I GOT WAS EXCUSES "THAT IT WAS´NT SERIOUS OR A WARNING WOULD HAVE COME ON,ON THE DASH" OR IT WAS MY DRIVING, EVEN FORD SAY THEY COULD,NT FIND A PROBLEM
P.S THE CAR IS IN SPAIN SO IT,S WARMER THAN THE UK
PLEASE HELP
1 DAY THE FUEL RESERVE LIGHT CAME ON SO I PULLED INTO A GARAGE AND PUT IN FUEL,ON LEAVING THE GARAGE THE CAR LOST POWER AND STAYED IN TICKOVER FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES WITH MY FOOT HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR IT RECOVERED,SINCE THEN IT HAS SUFFERED FROM BAD STARTING WHEN COLD,IT STARTS THEN IMMEDIATELY STOPS 2 OR 3 TIMES,THEN STARTS.
ALSO SOMETIMES CRUISING ALONG WITH THE MOTOR AT ABOUT 1400RPM IT STARTS TO STUTTER LIKE A PETROL ENGINE WHEN IT,S DAMP,A FASTER SPEED SEEMS TO GET RID OF THE PROBLEM (THERE IS A CLEAR FUEL LINE ON THE RIGHT OF THE MOTOR WHICH WHEN IT,S RUNNING HAS BUBBLES IN IT) IS THIS NORMAL?????
AND ON STOPPING THE MOTOR SOMETIMES IT STOPS VERY ROUGHLY LIKE THE MOTOR IS GOING TO FALL APART
THIS IS ALL MORE NOTICABLE IN WINTER WHEN IT,S COLDER AND DAMPER.
AS THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY I TOOK IT BACK,ALL I GOT WAS EXCUSES "THAT IT WAS´NT SERIOUS OR A WARNING WOULD HAVE COME ON,ON THE DASH" OR IT WAS MY DRIVING, EVEN FORD SAY THEY COULD,NT FIND A PROBLEM
P.S THE CAR IS IN SPAIN SO IT,S WARMER THAN THE UK
PLEASE HELP