looking for the most common faults that youve come across

 

the owners

 

missfires never on mine though

 

the fact you need to visit the petrol station to often ...

 

To stock up on pies?

 

this could be a long thread........

 

BUSTED

 

BUSTED! That's the CD he always has on!

I saw him cry when they split up.

 

On top form this morning Paddy

Ps in my Case it was OIL LEAKS

 

it was nevr a fuel consuption problem with alan .... his car did 40 mpg ... of oil

 

so True

Ps Pete you on Msn ??? need to ask a Q on Abs on a cossie

 

Define your question more clearly please as in all honesty, they dont actually have many common "Faults" at all. It is a VERY fault free car and extremely over engineered.

Most YB Cosworth problems are down to the owners and poor maintainance.

 

 

this is the funniest question ive ever heard on here

how longs a peice of string ................................................

But as said all faults are down to owners (previous) abuse

 

Track control arm bushes tend to go quite often ...............but that's true for most Sierras. Poly one are a good upgrade

 

3 years of cossie ownership and no problems whatsoever

if there well looked after maintain regularly you won't have any problem with them at all

like Stu said most cossie problems are down to the owners and poor maintainance

 

Faults. What faults.

 

The only common faults I have been told to look out for are loom plugs and connectors and the fuseable links, as they are getting old now. When all my electrics are turned on the fuseable links get hot, have been told to cut them out and replace with fuses, but forgot what rating to use. But as I don't use the car in bad weather then I won't have all electrics on anyhow so should be ok.

 

RUST if they aint looked after properly!!!
(took me a while to find a good one!)

If 4x4s have standard brakes and aint good quality discs they can warp
fairly easy..


the engines seem Very good,
the gaskets do leak, but once replaced they seem ok!


but as Stu said, looked after they are pretty fault free

had mine a year and half, and the ONLY FAULT that saw it off the road
was when the battery died one day.

 

MT 75 gearboxes!

 

bank balance

 

agreed!

 

and they never seem to work proper when you take your mates out for a spin but run like a dream when your going to get some shopping

 

i've had that same problem!!!!!!

 

fuse box melting for rad fans.

had this happen at the weekend just before going on the 'ring. managed to dig the terminals out of the molten mess and get another fuse in there so that the fans work again, but will have to replace it with a sub loom that i made up from an old abs loom

 

too true

ALL COSWORTHS DEVELOP FAULTS WHEN CARRYING PASSENGERS

 

The cosworth is a great car, well engineered and a record of wins in rallys longer than the 7 bridge, however when it comes down to the owners and the upkeep, now we are talking about problems.............

 

The most common problem is too much boost and not enough fuel .

 

Mapping an engine without using det monitoring equipment of any kind

 

You're shitting me? There can be no-one THAT stupid surely? .

 

Got it in one.....


The single biggest Cosworth problem.....

 

erm diffs seem to be a bit of a issue for me

 

Erm, water temp sender,crank sensor,map sensor,air temp sensor And i look after mine

 

 

The fact they're a Ford

 

Only ever had minor issues, they strong as fuck, just often bodged.

As per stus comment, most are issues to to bad maintainance and setup.

Missfires I used to get a lot.
Melting rad fan wiring in fuse box.
Clutch cable used to snap relativley often, but that was prob my fault

Umm, thats it really.

 

rear light wiring

 

that's all sierra's, not just cosworths