1996 Ford Escort Si

[af1]

Hi I am Alan I was given this 1996 Escort Si by my Dad when he decided a 2 door was not practical and went for a Renault Laguna also he was fed up of the idle and cutting out problems

 

A little history on the Car.. included somewhere is the original sales invoice from 1996 when my brothers father in law traded in an L reg xr3i for it after he owned it, my brother owned it and in about 2005 my dad owned it.. in this time the poor car has covered what my wife an i believe to be at least 200000 miles

 

The car started having idle problems last year the garage were never able to entirely sort it it had the following work done

 

• new cat
  
• new fusebox
  
• new icv
  
• new breather pipe (this year zetec did not have the rubber t peice)
  
• new lambda sensor
  

 

and the thing still idles a little roughly ..

 

since acquiring the car i have cleaned the icv out and also the maf.. this improved running a bit and today i removed the ecu (which interestingly is EEC V - more on that to follow ) and left it for a couple of hours then i connected it back up and let it idle (the fan never came on though.. even after ages) but it seems to run better now

 

Is the fan controlled by the ecu temp sensor or the dashboard gauge sensor (as the gauge one is broken)

 

as well as the engine being a bit shagged the bodywork isnt brilliant either it has a fair bit of rust on both arches and a big dent in the n/s rear 3/4 and the bumper is cracked but this is a 14 year old car, what is to be expected!!?

 

some pics

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Things ordered so far

http://www.potn.co.uk/premier/splitfire/imsplitfireleads.jpg

SPLITFIRE HT IGNITION LEADS as mine look shagged

 

http://www.crashrepairparts.com/partimages/9971R.jpg

http://www.crashrepairparts.com/partimages/9971L.jpg

Arch Repair Panels L+R

 

Work done so far

Fitted an aux lead to my cd changer interface so i can plug my ipod in

• cleaned maf
  
• cleaned icv
  
• cleaned throttle body
  
• checked connectors
  
• t cutted one of the mirrors
  

 

So thats my little project

im not sure if i want to strip it and use it on the track

my daily 'driver' ? A kawasaki ZX6r :D:D yum!!

our family car ? Saab 9-3 TiD 150BHP

my last car ? Seat Leon TDi (remapped- proven) 143BHP

so if you want to know if this escort feels slow ... YES!!!

[JC]

Try having the injectors refurbed with new seals, that sorted my idle problem

[scottg17]

to be fair, for the mileage its wearing well

[stevmo3691]

easy solution to idle issues. drop a new engine in

you didnt say if its a 1.6 or a 1.8.

could always buy mine for a donor engine as engines a good un with rolling road printout to prove

[Grant Gti]

easy solution to idle issues. drop a new engine in

you didnt say if its a 1.6 or a 1.8.

could always buy mine for a donor engine as engines a good un with rolling road printout to prove

 

You and that bloody rolling road printout i wish i'd have come now, hope theres another one thats not too far away soon

[af1]

1.8 !

[Lee_2f2f]

Good starting point mate, just needs a little TLC (which you are doing) and you are onto a winner!

[Grant Gti]

thats actually in as good condition as half the escorts at 100k these days

[MarkyMark]

Good starting point, nice to see another getting saved from motoring heaven

[af1]

not done anything yet, i have just replaced brake pads on the ninja and the rear caliper is borked

 

sad times

[af1]

sorted out the bad idle problems

 

arches have arrived

 

tbh if anyone is interested in this and fancies making and offer just give me a PM