jamezz666 Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 Hello, i just bought a 1996 escort 3 dr 1.8 si and there's a link below to a site i tried for help on and got no where. so if anyone can help or if you're local to Redditch and wouldn't mind popping by, please get in touch. http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/181940/zetec-engine-problems-update please let me know where i should go next as it is costing a bomb. ThanksJames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottybo Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Sounds like its out of time to me. Or there is one hell of an air leak somewhere It will run with the lambda and maf unplugged so its not those 2 Whats the fuel pressure like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Sounds like its out of time to me. Sounds like it could be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamezz666 Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share Posted August 27, 2015 I held the valve in on the fuel rail while my dad spun it and it was like a water fountain and i took the cam pulley cover off and the belt is perished to buggery. i'm too use to my old school cars for engine work so hopefully i can get someone down to check the timing. looking at both pulleys where they look like stars. there both not exactly inline. one looks more turned than the other if you understand what i mean. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamezz666 Posted August 29, 2015 Author Share Posted August 29, 2015 Found that the engine timing is spot in and that there is no air leaks and my dads mate has it in mind it's fuel starvation? when you spin the engine either if it decides to run or not, fuel gushes from the valve when it's held in, so would it be a case of faulty injectors or weak fuel pump that keeps coming in and out with working? or a sensor? you can hear the pump clear as day every time the key is turned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidrick Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Ain't nobody diagnosing this 100% correctly over the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Maybe try checking the fuel pressure with a gauge. There's cheap inline ones available at ebay. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Fuel-Pressure-Gauge-Kit-15-psi-0-1Barg-With-Jubilees-/181846027651?_trksid=p2141725.m3641.l6368 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamezz666 Posted August 30, 2015 Author Share Posted August 30, 2015 Iv'e never had a car pee me off so much in my life! With the idle control valve unplugged it trys to bog out at top revs like its starving on fuel. I put another post up in hope someone who knows what there doing can sort it for me. and cheers guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamezz666 Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 All sorted was the fuel pump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mex Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Great stuff. Now get that perished timing belt done if you haven't already. It's usually advisable to change the water pump at the same time. I've had a pump go a week after getting the timing belt done and ended up shelling out the same labour costs 2 weeks in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamezz666 Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 yeah that's something i'll jump straight on as it took me 4 hours getting the tank out as the bolts was that badly damaged by a previous owner and now it's all sorted and does half go like rubbish off a shovel i'm going to do the pas belt aswell and next week, i'll get the schutz gun out and under coat the whole underneath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottybo Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 Do we not get a pic if the escort then?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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