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#11
25th June 2013, 10:00 AM
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that's all well and good - but it can't be great for the car if you're doing that an extra 10 times a week. It's more load on the starter motor and not allowing the auto choke/timing/fuel delivery system to work correctly that would bother me
 I'd really like to get it sorted on mine, it's becoming annoying now 
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25th June 2013, 10:02 AM
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Once a month maybe for me....
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant. 2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (A much rarer model than a D2 S8 by the way!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!  Finally: gone, but not forgotten..... 1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors. e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer. And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850! 
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23rd February 2014, 12:39 PM
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Probably unconnected, but back when I had my '96 A8, I had a similar problem. Most of the time the car would start just fine, then occasionally it would refuse. Starter turned over, plenty of spark, but just wouldn't fire up.
My garage were unable to replicate the fault, so I lived with it for a while. Then one day I couldn't get it started at all. It was low on fuel anyhow, so I wondered whether the fuel gauge was reading incorrectly. I had a gallon can available so I decided to dump it in the tank and see if anything happened. My wife was in the driving seat and, for reasons only known to her, decided to try again as I was undoing the petrol cap. It started up immediately. I did up the petrol cap again and we went on our way. The next time it happened, I tried undoing the cap again (only by about a turn this time) and sure enough, she started. I took it back to the garage and explained what was happening. They said it was a clogged vent in the filler cap or tube (can't remember which - this was several years back). Never happened again after that. I figure it was probably just haunted
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