What a day Now I know what everyone is talking about when they say the Accumulator replacement is a nightmare. I never want to do that again. Ive managed (at last) to get it sorted though. Only took bout half hour to fit............................it was the 4hrs to get the old one off that really had the air around me blue ;-). Ended up pulling the centre console out as Woody suggested. One thing I also done (don’t know it you would usually do it, but it really helped) was instead of unscrewing the 17mm fitting from the accumulator I loosened the one on the fuel line which allowed me to drop the accumulator through 90 degrees and "wiggle" it off the line a lot easier than loosening it from the accumulator (still awkward but definitely easier). It was actually bending into the top of the accumulator when I tried to loosen it there. Anyway that’s the job done thankfully and the hot start problem seems to be sorted - well kinda! After the test run and 15mins stop for a restart, the engine now turns over and over and over and eventually fires to life after a bit of throttle whereas before changing the accumulator, when I tried to start her the engine would turn over, start and die off again. After four attempts she then started (I have the relay fitted to by pass the hot start problem so that I can at least get it to start eventually). Maybe this is normal (as Ive had the hot start problem since buying the car) but it just seems strange that it has to turn over so much before firing. When she is cold (at least before changing the accumulator) she would start on the first turn. Any ideas or suggestions. Cheers. Paul J Belfast 2493 Ps: Ive already replace the "o" ring in the check valve. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.1/311 - Release Date: 13/04/2006 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/