redzzed Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 (edited) Hi ,I have recently bought a 2005 1.6 TDCI Titanium Focus which seems to go very well . But a couple of times i have been on long hills and the acceleration more or less stops ..today it was at about 70 mph in 5th gear and doing about 2500 revs . As i come over the crest of the hill it becomes energetic again . Whilst i was doing this the fuel consumption reading remained unchanged at 60 mpg . (my previous car was a 19 yr old xantia 1.9td and i never had this problem) A pal of mine is suggesting that i change the fuel filter , i do have the service history but its not clear has the filter been changed . Is this a good idea and 2nd question is ..since i will be getting a garage to change the filter ,are they likely to have problems priming the fuel pump after this ?? the car has done 127,000 I was on the M6 in the outside lane . my pal says he is part of a discount scheme and can get the filter (and oil + filter) at a discount . any advice appreciated thx dave Edited March 27, 2016 by redzzed spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantt Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 filter change is a good start if you dont know when it was last changed, easy enough to prime for a garage to do. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_60 Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 17 hours ago, redzzed said: Hi ,I have recently bought a 2005 1.6 TDCI Titanium Focus which seems to go very well . But a couple of times i have been on long hills and the acceleration more or less stops ..today it was at about 70 mph in 5th gear and doing about 2500 revs . As i come over the crest of the hill it becomes energetic again . Whilst i was doing this the fuel consumption reading remained unchanged at 60 mpg . (my previous car was a 19 yr old xantia 1.9td and i never had this problem) A pal of mine is suggesting that i change the fuel filter , i do have the service history but its not clear has the filter been changed . Is this a good idea and 2nd question is ..since i will be getting a garage to change the filter ,are they likely to have problems priming the fuel pump after this ?? the car has done 127,000 I was on the M6 in the outside lane . my pal says he is part of a discount scheme and can get the filter (and oil + filter) at a discount . any advice appreciated thx dave Get all filters replaced tbh, Especially the Fuel filter which has a Change interval of 37500 miles eeeeek Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianb Posted March 28, 2016 Share Posted March 28, 2016 Hey there, don't know which hill you're describing - incline etc.... but it is only a 1.6.. My focus is a 1.6 tdci estate, and when I get a couple people in the back there is a particular hill that I have to drop down to 4th in order for it to stay at 70 on the dual carriageway... but when it's just me and my wife it tends to climb up happily in 5th... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redzzed Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 Thanks for the replies , to be honest i'm not used to this forum and could nt find my post. a pal of mine is an ex ford employee and has bought the filters plus oil using the ford discount scheme . i will get it serviced when i get home to bristol ,am in the lake district at present . the hill in question btw , was not a steep hill , just a long one about 5 degrees but a good mile long. there was just me and my bicycle in the back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redzzed Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 filters done months ago and still sluggish up hills and sometimes having to change down gear (with only me in the car) , i am used to driving a 1.9td and suppose i ll have to put up with this.on the straight and level it does 80 mph at 2500 revs which i thoink is about right for the 1.5xx td engine . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 The Focus is a heavy car and unfortunately the DV6 engine just isn't torquey compared to other similar powered diesels, it's as if they designed it to be a diesel town car... When someone cuts me up on a dual carriageway incline it takes forever to get going again in 5th, but it runs out of puff quickly if I drop into 4th. Heavy car, torqueless engine and poor gearbox ratios don't make it a nice motorway cruiser imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james_60 Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 Hey I have owned 3 DV6 Powered Focus's 1 mk2.5 with the 5 speed box. and 2 with the 6 speed box. Straight Motorway cruising is not bad. inclines can slow it down. The 5 speeder was better than the later 12 plate and 13 plate mk3's Revs at 2500 is about right It has 240 nm of torque and around 110ps its never going to be a stormer. Is the oil the correct 5-30 type. is the air filter clean. Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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