Can any one help me!

my escort cosworth has stopped working properly.

It will run for a short period of time then it will die and the ignition lights will come on and it wont start again, all i hear is a clicking from one of the relays behind the fuse box. after leaving for a while it will then start up. i cannot go anywhere in the car cos i'm in fear of it breaking down. any answers or any tests i can do.
any help appriciated

 

locate the clicking relay and replace.

Could be the fuel injection relay

 

not sure wether you have a small turbo?, if so the fuel pump relay is in the boot on the left hand side behind the carpet. not sure about big turbo

 

it is clicking in the fuse box near the drivers door, it is a small turbo model

 

try taking off the trim panel where the fuses are and drop the fuse box down so you can see relays hopefully you should be able to trace the faulty one just by pin pointing the clicking. just take each relay out and check condition etc this might show up something good luck

 

Tandy

thanks mate ill try tomoz
where can u get new relays from

 

Just had a problem with my small turbo, with a intermittent fault, and was one pin inside the fusebox had got hot and lost all solder round the joint. May be worth a look, doesnt take long to get the fuse box out, just make sure you note exactly what relay goes where as well as all the links and fuses.

 

you can get new relays from ford still or try atm sport and they will sell you a compltete set of relays i bought the whole lot for about Ł20. atm sport use to strip factory escort cosworths and turn into rally cars so most of the stuff you get has only done delivery miles

 

where is atm have u got a phone number

 

Think you might find thats a load of bollox..

 

ATM buy ex rally cars and stock in bulk, then sell on


95% of the stuff id bolloxed or shit

BE VERY WARY of dealing with these c*nts imo



saying that, ive bought from them , and alls been ok, but ive been up there each time to collect!

 

cheers Damo V

 

thats if it is the relay that faouly..


coulod be the fusebox itself, v common, or the earthing of the loom to the engine..., if the multiplugs come corroded under the bonnet (which they do) thay can make all sorts of wierd stuff happen., the ignition and fuel pump relays go from live through the relay, then earth to the ecu, the ecu uses the earth from pins 1 and 19 to the connections on the inlet moanifold though the multiplugs,