Any dealer / factory experience here with this age of Duratorq Diesel?!?!. I think ford got em from Peugeot .
5 / 2009 Ford Focus Duratorq 2litre turbo diesel, manual. 190000K. Been in the family 10 years. Lately ~3months? no start issue has been diagnosed as aerated fuel. So, Bleed injectors, starts okay and runs perfect until it is parked up for a few days and problem is back

Google tells me this not uncommon after a filter change with this motor. Decent workshop has twice got it going again after noting aerated fuel, and doing the bleed, close attention to clamp fittings etc. Vacuum tests were performed and no fault found. Seems if it is started every day the fault doesn't have time to recur.
The injector pump was replaced ($1000) a year ago by a different workshop in an effort to fix this problem..made no difference. They couldn't get it to run . Seems they hadn't heard about bleeding diesels.
For whatever reason Ford didn't fit them with a lift pump, and the suggestion is by fitting one, this may stop the problem occuring .... but I've had too much experience of " Ïf you don't find the root cause, the problem is still there"
My guess is a slow air leak that needs ~36 hours to become a problem? Too small to detect in a day in a workshop?
Any of you chaps come across this before? Any and all suggestions appreciated. It's back to the workshop on a tilt tray tomorrow..
5 / 2009 Ford Focus Duratorq 2litre turbo diesel, manual. 190000K. Been in the family 10 years. Lately ~3months? no start issue has been diagnosed as aerated fuel. So, Bleed injectors, starts okay and runs perfect until it is parked up for a few days and problem is back


Google tells me this not uncommon after a filter change with this motor. Decent workshop has twice got it going again after noting aerated fuel, and doing the bleed, close attention to clamp fittings etc. Vacuum tests were performed and no fault found. Seems if it is started every day the fault doesn't have time to recur.
The injector pump was replaced ($1000) a year ago by a different workshop in an effort to fix this problem..made no difference. They couldn't get it to run . Seems they hadn't heard about bleeding diesels.
For whatever reason Ford didn't fit them with a lift pump, and the suggestion is by fitting one, this may stop the problem occuring .... but I've had too much experience of " Ïf you don't find the root cause, the problem is still there"
My guess is a slow air leak that needs ~36 hours to become a problem? Too small to detect in a day in a workshop?
Any of you chaps come across this before? Any and all suggestions appreciated. It's back to the workshop on a tilt tray tomorrow..
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