jmurray01 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Recently the Focus (2000 1.8 Petrol) has developed an irritating problem whereby every 10 or so starts it will either take 6-7 seconds to fire up or won't at all, however in both instances turning the key off and trying again results in a normal quick start up. The engine has over 170,000 miles on the clock and has always been ran with regular unleaded. The tank is almost empty and as such I shall be re-fuelling tomorrow, so would be it adviseable to try putting high octane (99) in it to see if that cleans out the system? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pisco Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I have a similar issue with mine, 1.4 135K 1999. Occasionally it will take several seconds to start, normally it is instantaneous. It usually happens after a short journey, but not always. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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