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I let the nice chaps down at Tesco give the old girl a bit of a clean-up today... That's more like it... Job now properly complete. Mike 😎

You're welcome 🙂 glad you got sorted. Sometimes trim just becomes loose.

I did this the other week too for my c5 and did a right up on it.

Hello Daniel, Thanks for joining and posting your plea. Stop/start issues with a 5 year old vehicle? Typical battery issue, and possibly below par on the cold cranking current parameter. You could get the battery’s efficiency checked, but that check would need to be ‘sophisticated’ as opposed to a simple ‘% efficient’ test. If you are going to replace it:- I always buy Varta/Bosch (original equipment suppliers) but only to their 5 year warranty grade. I buy on line from specialists such as Battery Megastore, Tayna - and there are more. The battery will need to be coded to the car once fitted. Kind regards, Gareth, p.s. All above, assumes the battery is the original.

I actually had a filter removal tool that fitted - it’s the same size as my motorcycle one. It had just been severely overtightened 🤨 Good tip on running the lift pump rather than cranking the engine 👍 I think I’d prefer that to trying to fill the filter. 🤔 Can’t tell you how satisfying it is to have gone through the diagnostic process and finally resolved the problem. I now need to clean it - it’s filthy… Mike 😎

Damn - I’ll never be able to unsee that now… 🤣😂🤣