bobkin

Spoke to the previous owner of my Felicia and he said he was buying in biofuel from a professional source. The last lot he put in he noticed was very thick and soon after the car developed a judder effect at low speed. I have had the car since June and only used diesel since and not noticed any similar effects. I can only assume that the residue of the biofuel is still in the fuel filter and and when the weather turned cold it thickened and had an adverse effect. Hopefully by changing the fuel filter and glow plugs the problem has been solved before we get the next lot of Winter shivers

Thanks Mr butter. I have taken your comments on board and will change the filter and at the same time re new the glow plugs as other members have suggested, hopefully by doing so it will solve my problems. Thanks to all who have helped in last few days

Is there any way I can flush my fuel sytem through to get rid of the bio fuel residue; perhaps an additive in next top up of diesel before any damage is caused to the pump.

Now that the weather has warmed up again my car starts almost immediately. I undone the plug on the bottom of the fuel filter this morning and out came a sticky treacle like substance. I know the previous owner used bio fuel because he said the car ran well on it. Would this be contributing to cold weather starting. I have been tempted to use bio fuel myself but if it is a possible cause of staring problems then I dont think I will bother

I think my starting problem might be being caused by dirty fuel filter. How can I check, and is it easy to fit a new one?

The engine is a bit lumpy and car shakes a bit when it does finaly fire up. Soon settles down after about two or three minutes of running. I will try puttinng water on the glow plugs. Thanks to both of you

My Felicia 1.9D has suddenly started to let me down when starting from cold. I have noticed the heater light is staying on longer than it has done. Could this be a sign that I need new glow plugs and perhaps a new diesel filter

I have only owned my Felicia 1.9D ® reg since June of this year and so far I am very pleased with it. Hope it will serve me well for a few years to come.