KNITERIDER Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 this is for a lady friend havnt had a chance to look at car myself yet but this is what she told me down the phone... basically when she drives down her hill near her house (she has to stop at the bottom) she puts in the brake and clutch and apparently the engine startes to rev highly..from what i gather it only does this when cold and is fine aftetr a quick drive my guess would be the clutch is slipping and maybe starting on its way out? it has done 80 thousend miles. does that sound about rite or could it be something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scort_CVH Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 I thought its when you come off the clutch and start to accelerate, the revs rise and it goes nowhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNITERIDER Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 I thought its when you come off the clutch and start to accelerate, the revs rise and it goes nowhere? as did i, thats what happned on my pug, it was only on its last legs it did it under braking (mainly engine braking) which has confused me a might...as this has started doing it first... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie74 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 to me that sounds more like an automatic choke issue,, when was it last serviced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC_Bob Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Could be a number of things. VSS or idle control system Id be looking at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamGTI Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 if its the auto choke around 15000rpm should b normal. otherwise look at idle speed control valve. same place as escort 1.8 zetec Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScORTED Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 tell her to stick it in 3rd at 30 mph and floor it, if the revs rise without the speed going up muc h its the clutch slipping although from whats described i'd say its not the clutch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escort_Kid Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Really does not sound like the clutch to me! Id be looking for a faulty sensor or valve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac456 Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 tell her to stick it in 3rd at 30 mph and floor it, if the revs rise without the speed going up muc h its the clutch slipping although from whats described i'd say its not the clutch thats not always the case though. my clutch started slippin, and when i tried that the car would still stall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoney Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 if its the auto choke around 15000rpm should b normal. otherwise look at idle speed control valve. same place as escort 1.8 zetec May be on a F1 engine matey not on a focus lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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