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Poor warm starting (diesel knock?) 1997 1.9 SDI

Posted: Wed Dec 27, 2006 9:20 pm
by Rog
58,000 miles. The car starts OK from cold or hot but if you leave it for about an hour, it will be a pig to start. Keep turning over and there are terrible bangs and knocks, almost like the engine is firing at the wrong time - it's alaming. Eventually the thing will start but it is embarasing and can't be doing the engine any good. Any ideas?

Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 2:35 pm
by Rog
Replaced battery and now all OK :)