Problem has got a lot worse and now the car is difficult to start. Depending on how long the car has been standing it can take up to 60 secs for the engine to fire. This is bad when you are going along the motorway and the engine cuts out and it takes 20 secs to get the thing started again. 04 1.8 tDci (100) Dual Mass Flywheel (again) - zolkie : i experience a rattling/ knocking noise every now and again when i start the engine, especially when cold. the car has done almost 60k (focus mk1 54 reg 1.8 tdci 115bps). i have been advised by my mechanic that this is due to DMF failure. Sunday 17th May 2009. had this problem cutting out, it was an intermittent crank sensor. it senses when to inject the fuel, if its wrong it can cut out. try changing this first cause its cheaper 61 posts · Joined 2007. #1 · Mar 11, 2014. A couple of times I have my 2007 1.8 TDCi show Engine Malfunction, and go into limp home mode. Both times I've been able to reset it by stopping and starting the engine. It's done 141k and is 6.5 years old. Its in the main dealer today, and I asked them to determine what was causing the fault to come 230 months. [report] [news] Sunday 9th December 2012. common problem is the in tank pump breaks up putting metal filings through the system, this causes the engine pump to fail and normally the There is another thread about the 1.8 TDCI injector problem 1 Quote; Link to comment Ford Model: Focus 1.8 tdci zetec S Ford Year: Fiesta tdci won’t start. FVEAa. 04 1.8 tDci (100) Dual Mass Flywheel (again) - zolkie : i experience a rattling/ knocking noise every now and again when i start the engine, especially when cold. the car has done almost 60k (focus mk1 54 reg 1.8 tdci 115bps). i have been advised by my mechanic that this is due to DMF failure. I have got an intermittent starting problem with my car. Sometimes when I turn the key the solenoid will engage on the starter but the engine doesn't turn over. Usually when this happens it doesn't matter how many times I turn the key the car won't start, however sometimes after 10 or so attempts Dodgy throttle position sensor matey. You need to buy and fit a new accelerator pedal assembly from Ford. Around £65 and a ten minute job to change. 3 10mm nuts hold pedal to the car. You'll find it easier to use a deep socket. Remove these, the pedal lifts out. Disconnect the multi plug. As most will know, when the 1.8 TDCI (Lynx) engine was first introduced, rather than have one timing belt, this engine utilised a lower timing chain - to drive the fuel pump, and an upper timing belt, from the Fuel Pump to the cam. What a lot of independent garages don't seem to know though, is that in 2007, Ford made an alteration and replaced Maybe Ford dropped the ball with the 1.8 TDCI in some respects but there are many people who are happy with the unit. I know Ford have had problems with some of their own diesel units and have taken steps to rectify this (e.g. in the 2007 mondeo the Ford 2.0 TDCI was replaced by the PSA 2.0 HDI as found in the Mark 2 Focus).

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