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The lower wishbone mounting bushes look very worn. Possibly split as the edges are frayed. However, I don't think these are causing the problems. They probably could do with changing but I'll get round to that when I've sorted the wobble. On the subject of this, can you just buy the bushes or is the lower arm and mount a complete assembly as all I can find is this? Ford Parts
I've swapped the wheels from the front to the back and now the wobble has gone, however the car vibrates at speed indicating that one or both of these wheels are the issue.
So tonight, I'm going to swap them individually to the front to see which one (or both) instigates a wheel wobble and then get a better tyre place to check the problem wheel(s) over.
Funny you should say that! My car has the exact same issue! Every so often if the car has gotten up to temperature and then is left to cool for less than about an hour, it wont start unless I press the accelerator, but then it fires insantly.
As mine's an early Mk2 (55 plate), I thought it could be a firmware issue as it's done it ever since I've had the car and it's never gotten worse or better in the 20000 miles I've driven it. It could be something to do with the fueling at start up within a specific engine temperature range.
What year and model is yours?
The lower wishbone mounting bushes look very worn. Possibly split as the edges are frayed. However, I don't think these are causing the problems. They probably could do with changing but I'll get round to that when I've sorted the wobble. On the subject of this, can you just buy the bushes or is the lower arm and mount a complete assembly as all I can find is this? Ford Parts
I've swapped the wheels from the front to the back and now the wobble has gone, however the car vibrates at speed indicating that one or both of these wheels are the issue.
So tonight, I'm going to swap them individually to the front to see which one (or both) instigates a wheel wobble and then get a better tyre place to check the problem wheel(s) over.
See this Focus is a PITA, if there's not one issue there's another. now I have an intermittent warm start issue? Sometimes it will start PL. sometimes it needs me to pump the Accelerator Pedal to start it, is this an Alternator issue? I do hear it tick on cold mornings and wet days...
Diagnostics show no error codes
Funny you should say that! My car has the exact same issue! Every so often if the car has gotten up to temperature and then is left to cool for less than about an hour, it wont start unless I press the accelerator, but then it fires insantly.
As mine's an early Mk2 (55 plate), I thought it could be a firmware issue as it's done it ever since I've had the car and it's never gotten worse or better in the 20000 miles I've driven it. It could be something to do with the fueling at start up within a specific engine temperature range.
What year and model is yours?
