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[Crazydad]

A friend of mine drives a 1997 2,0 16v  and has asked me for help (now thats a joke for a start)

but as i have been bragging at work about this Forum he asked

Anyway here goes:

He can`t allways get the key into the ignition, describes it as if the steering lock was on and you have`nt turned the wheel.

When he does get the key in he can turn the Ignition on(all lights on in the dash) but it won`t allways start.

any ideas

i said it must be the lock can`t think of any other problem it could be

[markey mark]

sounds like barrel on its way out bud !! try squirting wd40 down were the key goes in and working key in and out to free off !!  

[Crazydad]

sounds like barrel on its way out bud !! try squirting wd40 down were the key goes in and working key in and out to free off !!  

Thanks for the answer mark try it out tomorrow

i suppose sooner or later a new barrel  :-/

[Marks DTM Calib]

Or....remove the barrel, carefuly (they ar pwered by spings so you need to be careful) remove the key whilst retaining the tumblers.....clean the tumblers on a very fine piece of wet and dry....clean the barrel and then re-fit.

Put the key in the barrel and use a fine file to re-shape the tumblers.....job done!