My mk3 escort cabriolet 1.8 efi zetec is running badly. It was excellent all last year, parked her up in oct and got her out again beginning of this month. Over the past few months i have replaced the frst charge carrier with a tidier escort rst one, stuck a new rad in, added an oil catch tank and tidyed some odds and ends up with the wiring. It fires up for about 30 seconds and then idles very roughly untill she cuts out. Touch the throttle linkage and she will splutter, miss fire, back fire and die. I have changed the Plugs, Leads, Coil pack with brand new ones, i have gone over the wiring with a fine toothed comb to check for breakages or kinks and nothing serious as come up. I have replaced the fuel filter, pump,injectors and rail, all the main sensors. I just cant understand what else can be wrong with her, plugged her into a fault finder through the diagnostic port and she drew a blank.....


Any Ideas??

Nick

ps heres on for you, everytime i pull the water temp connecter switch off the sensor she increases idle slightly and runs spot on for a minute or 2 before playing up again.....


last year's look...


this years look...