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Dirty fuel causing car to cut out?

  • 24-11-2017 3:43pm
    #1
    Shelga
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,036 ✭✭✭


    My car (09 Kia Rio, diesel) has been cutting out 2 minutes after starting up, getting steadily worse for the last few weeks. The battery light comes on and the car just conks out as I am driving along.

    Brought it to a Kia dealer and they changed the fuel filter and it didn’t fix it. Now they want to drain the fuel tank to see if it’s sucking in air somewhere. A guy in work said poor quality diesel could be clogging up the system- anyone else ever experienced this or could say if there’s any truth to it?? Feeling pretty pissed off right now either way!


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  • #2
    jucko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 193 ✭✭jucko


    I just happened upon this...... if you buy your fuel at a branded petrol station
    It’s not the fuel
    If the fuel filter has just been changed
    I don’t know??!!?


  • #3
    mullingar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,340 ✭✭✭mullingar


    Dirty fuel will not cause the battery light to come on, it's an indicator that the alternator is it's not generating power. If it's idling very poorly it might come on.


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