Hi all, I own a S2 Escort RS turbo and at the mo I'm after some advice.
Has anyone had this problem;

After 5-10 mins of driving my car will on the odd occasion completely cut out as if I've turned the ignition off (I haven't!) and its happening more often. It sometimes will start back up ok, while other times it will be harder to get started! Could it be the coil, fuel pump, loose earth???

It has also developed a backfire which again isn't constant!

(nb. it doesn't have a dumpvalve, has stage one chip, full scorpian, k&n, uprated actuator)

Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated

CheeRS

 

try a new distributor, this fixed my mates s2 with the same symptoms as urs

 

Hi mate, sounds exactly like a problem I had, sumtimes would cut out for a few seconds then carry on for ages ok. Then would cut out for a while and called the AA when they arrived of course it started... Got new distributor, all perfect now... Good luck

 

could be fuel pump relay if it isnt the distributor.

 

Before i even read anything i would of said distributor also.

Unlikely to be a fuel pump relay because of the nature of how they work.

My money is on the distirbutor........when it cuts out i bet the rev counter drops to 0 momentarily yeah?

 

As above mate answered something like this a little while ago
get a new dizzy+cap and arm then got from there im 99% sure
thats your prob.

If you get stuck stick another post up then we can all go from there.

Good luck.

Matt

 

If its the dizzy causing the problem it is more likely to be the hall effect sensor inside, not the cap/arm, but by all means try the cheaper items first

 

Had this and it turned out to be a faulty ECU

 

Cheers for all your advice guys, really appreciate it.

Yeah the rev counter does drop to 0! I think I'll try distributor first and go from there.

cheeRS again

 

Sorry mate i ment you may as well replace the whole lot if you can as it
will eliminate other possobilities

 

I could almost guarantee its your dizzy, as long as you are 100% its not hitting the boost limiter

 

Cheers for your advice guys. It was the distributor in the end! What a relief. Really appreciate your help