Q: Difficulty starting air bubbles visible in fuel line
Hi I have a BMW 530d.recently on a few occasions it's been difficult to start, today it was losing a bit of power, I looked at the fuel line from the filter and it was full of bubbles so because I don't know when the filter was changed should this be my first thing to change? Also I must add that it was really low on fuel too Thanks Nick
My car has 180000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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