sanguinor Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 (edited) Hi there! I have been having an intermittent problem with my R-Reg Escort, where it would appear that after it's sat for a couple of days it won't bloody start, hell it won't even turn over. When you turn the key in the ignition, the lights come on, the radio blasts away and the fuel pump kicks in, then it does.... nothing. Me and the old man originally thought it was the starter motor as when we bump started the car it worked fine, till I knocked it off, then it wouldn't come back to life again. So after some work checking all the wiring with a volt meter and ultimately replacing the starter motor, I turned the key and got... Nothing. We tested both starter motors by connecting them to the battery to find that they work properly, every time no fault, we even half connected them in and shorted the earth back to the battery with a wrench. I was flicking through the manual and saw that there was a "Ignition stop" relay, which I promptly pulled out and magically the car started, put it back in and the car started again. All of this, was great until this morning when I came to go to work and got nothing again. Flicked the relay out, nothing, disconnected the battery and gave it five just in case it was that messed about with it for five minutes or so still nothing. One thing I can say is that I did put the relay in whilst the electrics were still on and it clicked away merrily at me (like it knew I was about to beat the hell out of it ) a sound that I can remember hearing whilst I was driving around on Monday in it. Oh yeah my central locking hasn't been working since we redid the sills on it, every time you put a fuse in it just blows it so we suspect a short somewhere cause by us not protecting the wires properly. Any help is appreciated! Edited June 28, 2012 by sanguinor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POSTIE Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 dont know if you have checked it but there is a connection for the starter motor solenoid on the plastic bulk head panel near the break servo that can be a problem take it apart and give it a good clean had a very similar problem on mine and this solved it worth a try Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanguinor Posted June 29, 2012 Author Share Posted June 29, 2012 Cheers, I will have a nosey at that, in the meantime after I had got home from work last night (God damn bus...) I jumped in my motor and it started first time. Same for this morning... I wonder if it's to do with moisture in the air? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekkie7 Posted June 29, 2012 Share Posted June 29, 2012 (edited) Had this problem before,turned out to be 2 small earth wires to the battery had burned out,just to ad have you deffo checked all the fuses?? Edited June 29, 2012 by ekkie7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanguinor Posted June 30, 2012 Author Share Posted June 30, 2012 Yeah, I've been through pretty much everything twice now and the only fuse I can find that's blown is the central locking fuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supersport Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 my MK5 wouldn't start when i had the central locking control box unplugged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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