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on the left side of the throttle body, there is a small metal square with black silicon. cut the silicon out with a sharp knife and pull the square off to reveal a circuit. Now a common trick is to resolder the six joints (3 opposite another 3 that go away from the circuit board). Theres a few...

What is the most interesting thing you have discovered in your car when you got it? When I first bought my K11, I pulled the central fascia out after a month to replace the crappy cassette player and found blueprints for a football pitch and a very old cheque for £100 to a credit card company...

ever considered a palm top instead. its all in one then and you can put a sim in it and its your phone as well as a media centre. Can get GPS and speed camera software for it too. all you got to do is just design a way to hold the palm top in the dash.

What do you mean by loose? The accelerator cable attaches to the throttle body which is under the air box. There are 2 nuts that hold it on the throttle body housing, you can unscrew the one furthest away from you then tighten the other this will cause the cable to have less slack. Be careful...

With the fuel pump fuse it will cut out after it starts. Did you put the fuse back in after and re-start it up?

Likes: Reliable Very Economical Easy to Fix Simplicity Compared to any other car from K,L,M Reg the K11 looks-wise is far far better than a rusty old Ford fiesta or anything of a K11 genre. Further to that the interior is much better than other makes of car for this age. (thinking of a...

if the battery was turning the engine over and it wouldn't start I would almost def say it was flooded first of all. If you moved the car about 3m on the previous journey then I guarantee it is. Its quite common on the K11. Theres a trick to get it starting. turn the engine over with your...

Fixed my car today. It was the Throttle body. Took it out, cleaned the carbon sludge that gets in there and re-soldered some joints on the circuit. Job done.

I have the exact same problem dkaygoo I flooded my engine knowingly by moving my car about 2m! Did the fuel pump fuse trick to get it starting straight away but then I noticed my revs were a bit erratic at times. However im pretty sure it started before flooding my engine. At the dartford...