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Old Jul 29, 2006 | 04:53 PM
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I have got an Escort Cabriolet with a Fiesta RS turbo engine.

The car is turning over but is not firing up, I can hear the fuel pump prime, but there doesn't seem to be a spark.

It seems to be an intermittent fault, for example it won't start then abit later on it starts fine and will run for a few days with no problems then it will stop again.

I have replaced the Crank sensor and tried another coilpack.

Any ideas???

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Old Jul 29, 2006 | 05:15 PM
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corroded earth wires?
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Old Jul 29, 2006 | 05:18 PM
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dicky fuel pump relay?
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Old Jul 29, 2006 | 05:20 PM
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If it was the fuel pump relay wouldn't the fuel pump not prime?
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Old Jul 29, 2006 | 06:01 PM
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tried swaping the edis on the wing??
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Old Jul 29, 2006 | 06:02 PM
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No I haven't, think I might need to swap that!

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Old Jul 29, 2006 | 06:11 PM
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i got a spare if u need 1
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Old Jul 29, 2006 | 06:15 PM
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Cheers mate, though I think my mate might have one.

Though if it is that I might have it off you.

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Old Jul 31, 2006 | 07:49 PM
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have u tryed wigglin the wire that connects 2 the cps u may have a brake in the wire i had this problem on my car
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Old Nov 29, 2009 | 10:09 PM
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mate did u ever sort the problem out? i got the identical thing on same car!!!!
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