Girlfriend bought above 18months ago. Full service history and good condition apart from accident repair to passenger door/ front wing.
Started fine up until Nov 2002 when car wouldnt start at all some mornings - but then some mornings ok. Seemed ok during day. Plenty of juice in battery and engine always turned over fine. Garage never could work out what problem was as could never find the fault but towing always seemed to start the car.
Garage eventually replaced all possible problem parts they could think of and referred to Ford main dealers without anyone ever really ever finding out what problem was. By end Feb 2003 problem seemed to have gone and car has been fine throughout 2003..
However, in Dec 2003 same problem starting has returned and we just dont know what to do. Fine sometimes and then just wont start.
Can anyone help with any advice - apart from get rid of the car?
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Honestjohn has emailed me to say "these engines have a tendency to create blockages in the carb/crankcase vent system. That might be it".
Any other suggestions would be gratefully received.
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www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=17771&...7
Apparantly a common problem with an easy fix.
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Having said that it may not apply to your car as it will have a carb and I think that the problem is on cars with fuel injection. I'm sure someone who knows will be along shortly.
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Thanks Richteo. For info car does have single fuel injector.
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We have had a 1990 model for ten years now. I clean the ventilation system out at every 6 month oil/filter change. It has never been completely blocked. The car tends to be used mainly for very short journeys (~ 1 mile, hardly warms up) so the build up of muck can be expected. Otherwise the car has been an excellent starter, apart from an incident where the vauum servo pipe became disconnected from the inlet manifold! Now there's a thought, have you a problem in the brake servo? I have noticed a tendency for the brake pedal to be difficult to move from its 'off' position for the first 'stop' of the day, it seems to require a firm boot.
Good luck, I will be interested to hear the outcome.
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Thanks Percy for your input. Will collate all suggestions put forward and discuss with garage next week. Thanks again.
All other suggestions welcome.
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Anyone got any other ideas before I discuss with garage ? Thanks
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Non-Fiesta specific cold & damp problems might suggest electrics. New rotor arm (about £2.50) high tension leads (say £15). Then new plugs, distributor cap, good squirt of damp proofing on distributor cap. Points set up (? showing ignorance here).
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Non-Fiesta specific cold & damp problems might suggest electrics. New rotor arm (about £2.50) high tension leads (say £15). Then new plugs, distributor cap, good squirt of damp proofing on distributor cap. Points set up (? showing ignorance here).
These engines have electronic distributor-less ignition, so no rotor arm/distributor cap to deal with. However, by not having the pre-mentioned, it does have a load of horrible sensors scattered around to detect temperatures/inlet vacuum/flywheel position. Maybe one of these is failing or getting a bit slow.
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That really is enough to put you (me, anyway) off having a newish car then!
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lol, OK I do have a problem with lots of electronics in cars, but that might be because I'm sour at only being able to afford an 80's Escort :-).
It's just when i hear about other peoples niggling problems (sudden revs/jerking/sudden stalling), and the cost of new parts, I wonder if it's worth while or even economical getting a car with 50 sensors connected to the engine. Much harder getting cheap pattern parts for things such as Lambda sensors compared to, say, a carb. jet.
Anyway, that's me done. End of thread highjack :-|.
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