Caporegime
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Hi all
My parents are away on holiday and they've asked me to take their Fiesta to the garage, because it's been having cold starting problems. It's a MkVI pre-facelift, so looks like this:
I'm reasonably mechanically minded and am comfortable doing small jobs on cars, so have decided to have a look myself first, to see if I can save them some cash.
The problem is that when the car is started from cold, it will stall unless the gas pedal is used to maintain idle speed. After about a minute the car maintains idle itself and continues to idle perfectly thereafter, until left for a long period again.
Its got a brand new battery.
I was thinking:
- Split hose somewhere?
- Exhaust gasket / requiring replacement?
- Airflow sensor?
Any ideas gratefully received, many thanks.
My parents are away on holiday and they've asked me to take their Fiesta to the garage, because it's been having cold starting problems. It's a MkVI pre-facelift, so looks like this:
I'm reasonably mechanically minded and am comfortable doing small jobs on cars, so have decided to have a look myself first, to see if I can save them some cash.
The problem is that when the car is started from cold, it will stall unless the gas pedal is used to maintain idle speed. After about a minute the car maintains idle itself and continues to idle perfectly thereafter, until left for a long period again.
Its got a brand new battery.
I was thinking:
- Split hose somewhere?
- Exhaust gasket / requiring replacement?
- Airflow sensor?
Any ideas gratefully received, many thanks.