Problem has got a lot worse and now the car is difficult to start. Depending on how long the car has been standing it can take up to 60 secs for the engine to fire. This is bad when you are going along the motorway and the engine cuts out and it takes 20 secs to get the thing started again. Član foruma od: petak, 29. apr. 2016. u 23:26h. Re: Ford Focus 1.8 tdci 74kw problem sa paljenjem-HITNO. od Vlada pop » ponedeljak, 22. jan. 2018. u 13:14h. Ja sam dobio papir i kodove i garanciju 6 meseci. U to vreme po bg je bilo od 100 do 150e po dizni. Focus 1.8 TDCi 74 kW 2004 karavan. kekic91. Hi guys I need some help with my 1.8 TDCi The car starts pretty well most of the time and goes well too. The problem is that when I start it to move it a short distance and then stop it , the next time I want to start it it will not start without a lot of messing about , it takes about ten attemp It's a 2008 2.0 TDCi Titanium Estate on 100k miles. What attracted me to it was its condition and service history where up to 82k it has full Ford history under one owner. Unfortunately the last 18k (on owner number 2) is undocumented. Testing the car on purchase day though it pulled well, handled well and idled smoothly. Sorry for late update. Major breakthrough, or so i thought. Unplugged electrical connection (1 of 2) on side of pump. Software then showed zero fuel pressure. Hi all, I'm encountering Hard Brake problems with my Ford Focus mk2 1.8TDCI 2006, the problem started after having some pads replaced, as it was very difficult in applying the brakes and at first I could manage reving the engine to restore a bit of vacuum? but now after replacing first the Vacuum Pump, and now master cylinder could it actually been the Servo all along as apparently they are As most will know, when the 1.8 TDCI (Lynx) engine was first introduced, rather than have one timing belt, this engine utilised a lower timing chain - to drive the fuel pump, and an upper timing belt, from the Fuel Pump to the cam. What a lot of independent garages don't seem to know though, is that in 2007, Ford made an alteration and replaced Came to start my car to go for lunch, it started moved about 3 feet in reverse and it cut out and won't start again. 2007 Focus 1.8 TDCI. 89K . Just had a full service 3 days ago and got a full tank of Shell diesel. Hi, I was wondering if anyone could help with this. I have searched on Google and found stuff similar, but nothing that exactly describes my issue. Some have been close, but answers have been spark plugs etc and being a diesel it doesn't have any. My focus 1.8 TDCI has been bang on since I got it 61 posts · Joined 2007. #1 · Mar 11, 2014. A couple of times I have my 2007 1.8 TDCi show Engine Malfunction, and go into limp home mode. Both times I've been able to reset it by stopping and starting the engine. It's done 141k and is 6.5 years old. Its in the main dealer today, and I asked them to determine what was causing the fault to come cHEu.