I thought I'd give it a shot, and see if anyone could shed some light on this one :D :bow:

 

Escort, 1995, 1.6 Zetec SEFi

 

Right problem one;.... I come to the car after it's been standing for a while, and turn the key, she turns, but doesn't fire up! Now if I press the accelerator down a bit she then fire up.

 

Problem two (could be connected with problem one);.... I'm driving along and come to a set of traffic lights. I change down through the gears (Manual), and as I'm slowing down the revs arn't slowing as much as they should (staying around the 1500 mark), I come to a halt and , only, then do the revs drop suddenly, but only when I put her into 1st gear! Sometimes the revs drop that quickly that it'll stall!

 

I've checked the free running of the accelerator cable and it is fine.

 

Any ideas?????? :confused:

 

TIA

.......Any ideas?????? :confused:

 

TIA

 

Yeah, it's a Ford ;) :D

 

Sorry mate - booze talking :x:

 

Richard :rofl:

yeah the battery may not be fully charged or you have a prob with the alternator, i dont know why this happens but it used to do it on my fiesta rs1800, it was the alternator lead on the wrong side of the bracket

Idle control valve might be gummed up.

I had a similar problem to problem two in my S reg 1.8 Zetec (escort). The revs would hang coming off the motorway, or changing down. Eventually they said it was water getting into the ECU which was supposedly a common problem. They changed the ECU but I never felt it was completely cured, so whether they were trying to fob me off... Don't know if the engines are similar or not.

Thanks guys :bow:

 

Yeah, i know it's a Ford, but then it gets me to work and back cheaper than the Zed does :D

 

The battery is virtually brand new (only a couple of months old) so the alternater sounds interesting.

 

As far as I can tell, the 1.8 and 1.6 are virtually the same engine and mechanicals/electricals, so i'll look into the ECU (was thinking along this line)

 

I'll give the idle control valve a looking at too

 

 

 

:bow: :bow:

Dave, check any vac lines also -especially for the EGR-mondeo's used to suffer with cracked/perished pipes etc. :D