Girly Racer Posted September 18, 2006 Share Posted September 18, 2006 Hi All, For the past 2 months my Escort GTi has been running funny. It started on the way back from Santa Pod when it was struggling to do a decent speed up hill and then started to jerk and loose speed. Took it to the garage and they serviced it (cuase the guy before me used to do it himself thought better safe then sorry) and they said its all fine but it could be running funny cuase it had a K& N filter on it. I put the original air box on it and it ran fine until two weeks ago, started to jerk again and when i came to a stop then tried to pull away again it was still jerking and struggling to pick up speed. It also revs high occasionally. It didnt do it for a week but i took it back to the garage and they plugged it in to there computer and couldnt find anything. They suggested it could be an Injector and to take it to Ford's if it done it again as they have better computers. Well it did whilst i was on the moteway saturday night and it struggled to get up to 70. I took it in to Fords today for them to look at it........... Has anyone got any suggestions? Its a P reg recently serviced with no other mods....... Cheers Lizzie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_GTi Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 HAY LIZZIE............... SORRY NO ONE REPLIED (MEAN BUNCH HERE lol) SOUNDS A BIT LIKE YOU MAF / HT LEADS, I HAD HUGE TROUBLE WITH MY MAF / CAR USED TO MISS UNDER ACCELOTATION ETC SO AFTER NEW PLUGS / HT LEADS AND A MAF IT'S ALL PEACH GOOD LUCK, AND HOPE TO SEE LOTS OF YOU !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyRS Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Check that your cat convertor isnt minced, as it sounds like the same symptoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskiddanny Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Did we ever see pics of this girl??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-Finesse Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Jesus you're a nice bunch!! I was in Ibiza at the time! LOL! Well... as for the GTi, it could well be a knackered catalytic converter. This does cause a big drop in performance, as it blocks the exhaust. If you, or someone you know is fairly handy with tools, get them to take the cat section off and see if it rattles inside. What did Fords say about it? Ralph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girly Racer Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 It turned out to be the Air Flow Sensor....... £175 later...... My baby is back to normal now. Thanks for all your suggestions. I have tried to put some piccys on here but it wont let me for some reason..... :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy_GTi Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Oh come on did i call it or what ????? (dam i'm good, not to blow my own trumpet !!! ((some one has too )) oh keep trying for some pics........tho i can't talk as i've not got anything on here..........yet ! project on the way !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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