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Might seem a lame question but does anyone know the best rev range for driving a diesel in terms of economy. The reason I ask is that while driving around the ring road of Madrid I'll be doing something like 90-100kms, something I can do in 5th or 6th. In 5th I'm doing over 2000 revs but in 6th more like just over 1500 revs. 5th, of course, pulls much better at this speed due to the turbo being on boost. However 6th is only just coming on boost at these revs. I'm using the rational that the lower the revs, at a given speed, the less fuel I'm using as the engine works less. However

Yup, Same thing happened to me yesterday...F**K OFF big dent in the side of my car where some idiot decided to open their 4x4 door into the top of the rear quarter panel. Add that to the 5-6 other dents I now have, none of them done by me, and my 1 year old cars beginning to look shabby. Apologies to any Spanish readers but if you live in Spain please please please please do NOT buy a new car and try to take care of it, as the other drivers, in general of course, simply dont give a damn about damaging your car. As a point of interest my brother in law (well to be in 20 days !) told me

Well my garage has ordered a seal for my noise. I dont hold much hope that it will fix the problem though ! Incidentally the Ford garage claims that the damge to my paintwork is due to......wait for it......bird S**t ! So they have refused to repair it ! I have phoned Ford Spain to conplain stating that the stains where there when I bought the car but I left them until they got worse ! Lets see what happens, but be warned that your paint warrently is useless as the garage will always blam something other than poor workmanship.

well mines just gone in today for: 1. Paint marks all around the car that look like bird s**t has eaten away the paint - By the way it hasnt as I clean by car a lot - Its black :( 2. Clutch pedal creaking like crazy when the temperature is warm. 3. Drivers door (Left side as its LHD) window seal creaking. I actually made the noise while the service manager was in the car and he acknowledged the noise (A start I admit). I pushed the window glass from the outside, at the top, and the noise appeared. If you drop the glass however a little the noise is not there (Cant drive on the motorwa

Yup, might take it back but it seems a little thing to take it back for ! The problem is that accessing it is a nightmare as its stuffed right underneath the dashboard and you need houdini skills to get up there, and thats before you spray it with anything. I rekon a bit of grease would crack it but you can only really use a spray with the limited access. Therefore not sure what a ford mechance would do ! - probably remove the assy. Ah well, at least when I'm on the motorway this afternoon I wont need to change gear much. James.

Anyone getting a creaking clutch pedal ? Only happens on the first bit of iinitial travel from pressing down. The creak goes away when its cold but when hot it creaks like buggery, and I mean loudly. Ive tried spraying WD40 on it but no joy. There does see a lot of plastic, springs etc, up there, but its a bit hard to see. Anyone had this and solved it....Or is it another visit to the dealer :(

Trust me, i'd rather have bought an A3, but as my focus cost 19,000 euros versus 28,000 for an A3 with the same spec it was a no brainer !

Good news... Installed the k+n and upped the power on my tunit to 6 from 4 as before the engine failure light would come on in 3rd gear at high revs (Scary when overtaking!) Now the revs all the way to the cutout in 3rd ! So it must be the improved airflow from the filter that is stopping the engine from chokeing at high revs and wide throttle openings. I have also noted that the power is more progressive. Usually you only have to put your foot down a little on the 2.0 tdci for full power, something which i did like as if you put your foot down too much the acceraration actually redu

Yes, I'm curious as well as my June 2005 focus 3 door creaks as well from the door seals. If i drop the windows the problem ceases. I used to work for a ford dealer in the UK and they told me that they dont know of any problems on the seals on the FOCUS II :(

Well, Bought mine the other day but im in the UK at present so cannot fit it yet as the car is in Madrid. I'll let my findings be known when its been installed. As I've got a TUNIT fitted I was hoping that the panel filter would allow me to crank up the power a little due to more airflow....Fingers crossed James.

Found out the part # 33-2886

Agree on the dirt, ive done 12000kms and mine is filthy ! I took mine out yesterday to take a photo for a guy at TUNIT. He says that there is not one available yet for the 2.0 diesel so he wanted a photo for sizing and finis codes etc.... Thats why I asked if yours was a tdci as they seem not yet to be available, at least the guy at TUNIT doesn't think so..... I'll ping the guys on the ebay website to see what the score is.

ulsterfocus, Cheers for the reply. Is your car the 2.0 tdci focus II ? James.

Sorry all for the repeat post as Im sure this road has been well trodden, I have noted just lately when I initially put down my foot on the throttle lighty that the car apears to hesitate slightly. If it then put it down a bit further this seems to clear as the car then starts to accelerate stronger. The problem only "seems" to happen on the initial travel of the throttle and in 1st and 2nd. I have read all about the EGR issues but im not sure if this is the case. The consumption has never been very good on the car to be honest so dont know if this is also related. The car has a tunit fi

Hmmm, all odd A few people had had the same problem on this forum and they have had "modified" seals fitted from the dealer. Surely this means there is an awareness of this issue ? James.

Yup, agreed. Seem to be getting a reasonable amount of feedback on this but nothing concrete on how to deal with it. I understand that, depending on the dealer, will depend on whether they have heard of the issue or not. Or course this could consequently depend on whether they will try to fob you off or not....Point being that if the dealer has not heard of such an issue then in their opinion it does not exist and hence you are being a winger, or worse still, imagening the noise ! There is the additional concern of warrenty...I though I heard somewhere that things like rubber trims were

Got the same problem. When I do around 170kms/hr its like a blowing on a reed of grass, if you get what I mean. Tends to vary with the wind at that point and I suspect its more of a cross wind thing as sometimes on a windy day I get it at around 140kms/hr. Of course I know all of the world will tell me that 170 is too fast but then again I could drive this speed in Germany and i would not expect this kind of noise from a BMW !!!! I think the problem is the seals near the front of the windows as Ive bent them around a little and it seemed to improve. However try telling your dealer that

Thanks for that. That could explain a lot.....I reset the kms after filling up the car with diesel...So perhaps I flipped the temperature to farenheight while doing this ! Thanks for the information

This is bizarre, I went to a filling station to put diesel in the car. After turning on the ignition again I noticed that the temperature readout on the air con and dashboard computer had turned to Farenheight from Centigrade. Nothing odd there you might think as it simply means that the readout is in the british measurement system instead of metric which I normally use in Spain. But to make things even wierder the car was showing kms left in the tank, and not miles, and the average consumption kms and not miles. I checked the settings and saw that the computer was still set to metric, wh

Well, I used to work in a ford dealer in the UK. The other day I called an ex collegue to enquire about the modified seals (He works in the parts dept so I would guess he knows) and said that he knew nothing.....So he went to ask a mechanic in the workshop and he knew nothing either despite working on these cars. Its an outside chance however that they simply didnt know but it does make demanding new window seals a little difficult if no one believes there is an issue ! And in the end, thats why my doors still creak :( But hey, I tried.....

Ah, Thanks for that...... No the level is fine and the brakes are very sharp. Its hard to say where the creak comes from as you cannot push down the plunger that goes into the master cylinder without moving the pedal, at which point you are also moving the spring !!! I guess a splash of oil on the spring would be a good first start as Im not sure if common garden oil can hurt the seals on the clutch cylinder. Thanks for the advice, James

Anyon know if the clutch on the 2.0 tdci is hydraulic ? Mines started feeling a liittle funny and making a creaking noise that you can also feel through the pedal when changing gear. Ive also noticed that the biting point appears higher but perhaps this is being exagerated by the creaking ! - The cars only done 9500kms so cannot be worn out already . I hope :? Ive noticed that there seems to be a strong spring somewhere up there as well. Im wondering if this is to give the effect of a biting point or just to give the pedal more resistance. Any thoughs on the setup up and how to cure t

Hi all. Sorry for the possible repeated question. Does anyone have any details of the window seal problem on the front doors on the focus 2 door ? In the cold mine creak like buggery. As soon as I drop the window a couple of inches the noise stops. I want to take the car to the dealer and need to know if this an official problem with the focus I live in Madrid and I get the desinct impression that the dealer will tell me that there is no issue when I approache them.

Thanks very much ! James.

Hi all, Anyone found the gear change from 1st to 2nd to be very notchy on the 2.0 TDCI focus ? Its worse when cold but still feels like the syncromesh is being obstructive and does make swift changing a challenge. Im wondering if the linkage can be adjusted or if my car needs attention in the garage. My car has 9000kms but to be honest I get the impression that the gearchange is getting worse and not better... James.