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It has never needed any work after an MoT or service. I organise them to be done on a Saturday.

I can afford both, maybe I should look at a 2-3 yr old used Fiesta or Seat Ibiza? I fancy something a bit newer and I take the point on new cars.

I may just wait for these lease scheme through work. I can get a Seat Ibiza for £180 everything in, insurance, road side cover, all maintenance etc.
 
EAC fault. If the car went into limp mode then worked fine after restarting it, it will be the the butterfly in the throttle body that will be getting jammed, due to the build up of crap in there.

Go buy some carb cleaner (£3). Take the throttle body off and give it a good clean then put it back on.

Any simpleton can do it, will take 1 hour of your time and £3 of your money to sort.
 
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Rybo89 said:
EAC fault. If the car went into limp mode then worked fine after restarting it, it will be the the butterfly in the throttle body that will be getting jammed, due to the build up of crap in there.

Go buy some carb cleaner (£3). Take the throttle body off and give it a good clean then put it back on.

Any simpleton can do it, will take 1 hour of your time and £3 of your money to sort.
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This :) I had a 1997 Citroen Saxo which was 16 years old and never let me down once - age is irrelevant. As long as well serviced and regularly maintained you shouldn't have any problems.
 
Search the ST thread. Sure i did a step by step thing in there.

If not, google 'How to remove Fiesta ST throttle body'. You will find a few step by step guides.
 
That's a good guide. Just be careful not to force the throttle body open as it can damage the mechanism. I've got to do the misses Fiesta ST at the weekend as currently got idling issues on start-up.
 
Not quite a step by step guide then. :p

But you get the picture. Just remove the air intake pipe, the plug on the side and then the 4 bolts and then it will come off.

Clean it up. Make it nice and shiny like the TB in the pictures. Put it back on.

Give the ECU about 150miles to get use to the cleaned up TB and the EAC fault should go away and your car will idle better and open up better.
 
If there ever was a mistake I've done with car buying, it's opting for a new car because the car it's replacing has loads of fault.

I'm talking about a 10 year old Renault Clio - EAC, Coilpacks, Brakes all throwing up problems in the 1 year + I owned it. It's a good enough A-B car but when it fails to tick over more and more regularly and repair bills going ever higher but never high enough to write off, it can get really frustrating.

What did I do? I sold it on and get a new car that I know I can afford. Should I have done so? NO! The car is brilliant, my girlfriend and I enjoys it and it's fault-less but because we are saving for a house deposit, do I really need money going out when I could have fixed it (Big bill vs monthly affordable finance going out). Ultimately, I'll lose out financially. If I can happily afford it, I won't care but as I am now saving for a house, the car finance could have been done without.

Think hard before you decide to go down that route.
And if you are genuinely wanting to save, get a reliable banger and chug it to death whilst you save for your house deposit vs depriciation of a new car, you'll save more. a lot more.
 
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