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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 11:46 AM
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51 plate focus, when you first start car the pedal goes to the floor but after that its ok anyone had this?
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 12:07 PM
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checked the reseviour? and for any leaks? does the pedal feel spoungy at all?
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 12:31 PM
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apparently not spongey and fluid levels ok, its my cousins car i've not seen it i was thinking along the lines of servo but i dont know really?
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 12:32 PM
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if its an st then they had a problem with the servo not being large enough and not vacuming quickely

and the way to correct this was to have the idle revs raised
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Old Jan 16, 2010 | 12:50 PM
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nah just a 1.6 also its not a 51 plate its a y reg how he got that wrong is beyond me lol
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