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  • Ford Focus 1.8 TDCi Oil spec 22 Oct 2005 (Forum)
    Hi guys, just wondering if I'm definately doing the right thing here. My Focus needs a bit of a top up from the looks of things, the dealerhsip said that...
  • Ford Focus central locking 20 Oct 2005 (Forum)
    Hello, can anyone give me any ideas to whats wrong with the central locking on my focus?This morning I used the remote key to unlock the car and it would'nt...
  • focus estate 1.8TDCi 27 Sep 2005 (Forum)
    Hi All I have been offered an X-reg ford focus estate 1.8tdci for £1500. it is in excellent condition but has high mileage (150k) although all these miles have been long journeys and hard driving. it has a full ford service history (was a company car) but that stopped at 120k so it has done 35k
  • Ford Mondeo 2 ltr Turbo Diesel 17 Sep 2005 (Forum)
    My daughter has an ancient but trusty Mondeo estate car; it has a service history and the cam belt was changed at 90K miles. It has started running a...
  • ford focus instrument panel going awol 10 Aug 2005 (Forum)
    hi can anyone help i have a 2001 focus and my instrument panel is going awol. The problem i am having is that i could be sitting there doing 40 when all...
  • Rusty Kas 29 Jun 2005 (Forum)
    I've read on here before about Ford Ka's rusting at the bottom of the doors and in the sills- but when I was in ASDA carpark I parked next to a Ka that was not only rusty there but also all round the fule filler cap, just like fiestas used to go. It wasn't just a bit of surface rust, I'm sure
  • mk3 Mondeo second remote fob 21 Apr 2005 (Forum)
    Of course as Ford are cheapskates you only get one remote key, and the other you have to mess around with the door lock and start the engine or the horn goes beepy beepy! Anyone know whether I can just get another similar key (ie from a scrap car or something), nick the remote bit and reprogramme
  • 98 Ford Fiesta MK4 1.3 Encore 19 Apr 2005 (Forum)
    Hi All, Recently started work on repairing the other halfs Fiesta. At the moment I have two mains problems with it. 1)The engine dies at full revs...
  • Ford TSB's 23 Dec 2004 (Forum)
    Hi All, I have a slight problem with a vibration at idle on my Mondeo TDCi, it has only recently occured and sounds like a loose bracket or mounting around...
  • Good Bora TDi 150 deal? Help! 14 Sep 2004 (Forum)
    Dear All, I've been offered a met. black VW Bora (52 2002 plate) Sport TDi 150, for £12,700, with £8500 as partex value for my Ford Focus TDCi 115bhp Zetec (it's an import, 52 plate 2002, 13k miles, with climate, reflex packs + ford spoiler, towbar). Can anyone provide feedback and let me know
  • Ford Fiesta 1.25 Zetec 20 Aug 2004 (Forum)
    I am looking for a little help on behalf of a friend about a Fiesta 1.25 Zetec. The car is, I think, a T plate and has done around 50k miles (again I think)....
  • Ford Focus - a bit noisy 22 Jul 2004 (Forum)
    My wife has recently bought a used Focus 'Chic' (12,000 miles)which was a special edition - as far as I can make out, a Zetec 1.6 with lots of extras....
  • Ford Fiesta reving high 25 Jun 2004 (Forum)
    Please can someone help!! I have a K Reg Fiesta, had a tune up as engine was reving high, this found four faults, road speed sensor, air charge temp sensor,...
  • escort(97)wheel bearing noise? 25 Apr 2004 (Forum)
    Hi i\'ve bought an escort that has a whiring noise coming from one or both of the back wheels,its more noticeable at high speeds. looking through the service history(ford) both rear bearings were changed last year and they put the problem down to uneven tyre wear? ford then changed the front wheels
  • LPG runs faster ! Ford Transit. 2 litre 14 Apr 2004 (Forum)
    MY transit 2 litre ohc van with Tartarini LPG conversion has saved me loadsa money over the past year. It is fast, quiet and does 5 miles per litre @37.9p...
  • Ford Courier 1.8D dead as a doornail 14 Jan 2004 (Forum)
    This van has basically given up on me - over the last couple of days it would sometimes not turn over when the key was turned. Eventually it refused to...
  • Mondeo power steering pump 14 Jun 2003 (Forum)
    Ford and £185 from a local motor factors I have tracked a pump down at a local Ford Breaker for £30. Problem is he only has a 1.8L pump in but he has said it should be the same pump. They do look alike and have same mounts - any advice as to compatability would be appreciated. Also how difficult
  • turbodiesels and fuel economy 20 May 2003 (Forum)
    is the average engine life expectancy of the engine ? How good/bad are ford turbo diesels, scaning this web site seems to indicate poor mpg from fords? If you change the oil regularly, say , every 5000 miles on a modern turbo diesels, what engine life can you expect. Is 200,000 - 300,000 miles a reasonable
  • dud puma 2 Oct 2002 (Forum)
    I own a 1.7 zetec engined Ford Puma in which I have covered 34000 miles since I bought the car new in March 2000. It came with the standard 1 year warranty. which has since been increased on this model to three years. I recently experienced a catastrophic engine failure (whilst cruising at 50mph
  • Touch up paint 9 Jul 2002 (Forum)
    Does anyone know a source of touch up paint that MATCHES and which can be smoothed in to the surroundng paint? The colour is Ford pacific green metallic. Halfords paint (comes in a small three bottle touch up kit) is significantly darker than my car and the varnish is not fully transparent. All
 

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