I have a intermitten misfire prob in the Escos, I have checked the Idle control valve and all the wires round the coil....

Is there much difference between the escos and my 89 sapph sensor wise ?? or anyone else had a similar prob ?

Cheers,


Al........

 

Is the ECos LT and the saph 4B??


Try the crank sensor BUT my money would be on the loom plugs below the N/S bonnet vent.... IF they are still there, cut the loom plugs off and solder it all together...

 

This job, as unpleasent as it seems is a must for an escos owner and is on my list (Damo gave me that advice last year and I still have'nt got round to it. ), in the mean time try disconnecting the plugs, cleaning and reconnecting them with lots of grease.

 

Try the crank sensor BUT my money would be on the loom plugs below the N/S bonnet vent.... IF they are still there, cut the loom plugs off and solder it all together...[/quote]

yes mine were all green and corroded why ford put them there i will never know!

dingy cut mine out and soldered them back together and shrink tubed them top job.

 

all the time those loom plugs are present... You are running the risk of melting a piston.... THAT will be expensive

 

- I know Damian and I just hope I never end up with the "I told you so" - I will try and make time this weekend (between all the rugby) I have that and the fuse box to do.

 

Cheers for the info, i was thinking it might be the phase sensor, i took it out last night, but it looks ok tbh..

Will try the loom plugs first then.......

Al............

 

christ you've got me worried now guys!!!
where exactly are the plugs that your on about so i can sort mine??

 

Next to the power steering fluid reservoir, Smack bang below the bonnet vent

 

nice one damo!
i'll check it out tommorrow.

 

Mine did the same-had loom plugs removed by Mark Shead-not an expensive job-has been OK since

 

what do these loom plugs do

 

Join the engine loom and car loom together

 

I am going to cut these out tomorrow

Solder and heat wrap the best ??

Al.........

 

I recommend a couple of scotchlocks

Heat shrink mate. Heat wrap is what you've got wrapped round your downpipe

 

lol.. thats what i meant, not lookin forward to it,there is loads of wires

All fun on these shonky fords

Al.........

 

i'm guessing you need to disconnect the battery to do this job??

 

yes and do just one wire at a time

 

No real reason why as the wires are low tension and would only be live with the ignition on but as a safety precaution, yes you should disconnect the battery

 

thanks again guys!!
job for the weekend!!

 

Mine has just started misfiring for about 5 secs first start of the day, only if i have left it running before i turned it off. Could this be linked with these multi plugs your talking about?

 

Either way ditch them

 

could you not make the plugs good then tape then up really good to stop the water getting in etc....

not really that bothered as mine have already been done.

 

Plugs are cut out, was a bit tricky, and missfire has gone

Cheers for the info guys

Al............