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Hi As I have explained above, my motor takes a wee notion to itself every now and then and refuses to start, however,it has started ok over the last two days. Now the only difference between the last two days and before that is, I havn't been locking the car. My remote central locking doesn't work s...

thanks the bloody thing has started first turn of the key since. how do you check the fuel lines for air ? I cant find a bleed nipple anywhere except the thing on the fuel filter housing. If there was air getting into the system would the engine not start to miss when the revs were high?The car runs...

hi I have a very frustrating problem with my 1.9td (1999 123000 miles). Occasionally,only when the engine is cold, it will not start. It turns over without any trouble but doesn't even attempt to fire. I have fitted new glow plugs as,when a friend connected a diagnostic computer,they came up as faul...

thanks everybody

all those tips were a big help.my fuel flap has exactly the same problem as 406silverhdi. my engine problem has returned even with the new glow plugs so i am going over to the engine section to plead for help

Hi The car hasn't even coughed since I talked about her !! I think she was a bit reluctant to fire up only when the engine was cold.I have got a set of plugs anyway so I will fit them and spoil her a bit. The radio screen !! I removed the radio and had a look to see if I could replace any wonky bulb...

Thanks for replying mjb I will go through the forums and check out the blown bulb thing, I thought it was a LCD type screen!:oops: There appears to be something broken on the fuel flap so I may just have to get a new one I got a friend to run a diagnostic computer on the car and it showed that the h...

hi all Only new to the site as i have just bought a 1999 1.9TD Lx estate. Its a great car and I am really impressed ,so far anyway! I have only found a few niggles which I think is reasonable enough for a car of this age and mileage (122000) 1 The radio info screen is practically black and impossibl...