Hi

Any more feedback regarding this?

Just bought a ford focus TDCi 04 with 96k on clock.

I've done about 300 miles with no worries then it cut out after the glow plug light came on today. After restarting, i had no worries for the rest of the journey.

Is this going to prove to be a nightmare?

Hi There,

IT very well could be - sorry!

I had the same thing happen at winter during the very cold snap. The Garage said it was the diesel had got waxy/thick which caused problems with the injectors (still miss firing at some revs) so I would look at changing the fuel filters first before you get to the expensive stuff.

I think my focus needs new injectors now and it's done about 88k, but that's expensive so might just sweat it till it is dead. If you start getting a very bad vibration/tractor engine sounding problem, that is the DMF or dual Mass Fly wheel going and costly to fix. Poor starting is common on these cars and has plauged my one from when I bought it at 60k on the clock. I am convinced my for dealer was not changing parts that they said they were...but I did not mark anything prior to it going in so this is a theory - not a fact.

I think I have injectors that leak air back. Another thing you could do if you do change the fuel filters is change the inline cheapo fuel filter with a clear one which you can see if any air bubbles going through.

I like the Focus and they don't use oil like the Audi/VW engines, but they seem to be tuned almost too well and have problems as a result.

Let me know how you get on.

Good Luck!

JYD