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Why is my Ford Fiesta struggling to get up to speed?
My P-reg Ford Fiesta Flight 1.3 is struggling to get up to speed. It can struggle one day and then be fine the next.
Asked on 21 August 2010 by chelle1989
Answered by
Honest John
There's a narrow pipe to the fuel injection system that gets blocked with oil sludge and causes this.
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