skippy...




...the bush kangeroo

started kangerooing on the motorway at about 70ish stopped doin it after a few mins it was fine on full throttle tho.

its occasionally hiccuped around town in traffic n stuff but i just put this down to it being the autobox ECU not liking the manual transmission, as all the 24vs ive been in have slight troubles with this kinda stuff...

but this kangerooing was a bit weird...

i'm thinkin funky TPS? as when i opened n closed the throttle a few times it seemed to clear it.

am i right in thinking its gonna be TPS, MAF, or MAP related

only problem is its all fine again now n drives perfect, so possibly intermittent fault? i figure its worth checking out tho just incase it comes back, as its a tad embarasing

the car's getting new plugs tomorrow regardless as theyve been in there for an unknown ammount of time, but i heard of sum1 who was having similar problems (his was all the time tho) n it was just his shitty old plugs

 

yeh plugs or leads is first thing i'd check

 

change the plugs with correct gap an take it from their Jimbo

 

cossie1 no way am i changing the leads, theyre 200+quid for a set!

if im changing the plugs i wanna use some witha cooler range for the laughing gas... anyone know what std plugs are for the 24v? n could tell me what one grade cooler is?

also ill be gettin some from halfords ($$$!) so shall i got for the bosh super4s, copper ones, platinum ones, v electrode ones etc. etc. to me a plug is just a plug, ive always used std NGK ones or motorcraft ones

 

if there 200 quid a set then it is possable that they are causing the prob and the bloke sold it because of that, as he didn't want to spend 200 quid on a set

 

not what you want with trial n error tho

next time im round my mates ill swap my leads with his n see if his car has any problems

altho i wouldnt have thought it'd be plugs n leads coz its perfect on full throttle, n i thought that this is where you'd notice the ignition side breaking down...

 

could be anything m8, it was just soon as you said the cost of them it got me thinking that was all.

 

i like your logic

anyone got microcat n facy looking up the price of a new TPS? mine's diret anyway so if its not expensive i'll swap it as its easier than cleaning mine

 

Burton Power do the leads for Ł20, you have to wait a while but they are good. Failing that, got mine same day from Motaquip for Ł27. The fookin Magnecore ones are only Ł100 - where the fook you get Ł200 from.
Plugs are a couple quid each from Ford, you want the slightly later ones with the screw on caps - check them at the service counter as some are shagged, you'll be able to tell straight away.
Check TPS with a multimeter on resistance, clean up all your multiplugs and grease connections, recheck everything again.

Don't discount the lambda sensors, my car was missing on part throttle cruise two weeks ago and one of the lambdas wasn't connected properly.

 

OH NO, ITS STARTED AGAIN !!!!!!!

jims about to kill another car

buying stuff from halfords of all places too

 

sean, Ł20? BARGAIN!

 

Nothing wrong with Halfords bits. Its all OEM stuff just not in a Ford box. If you want to pay more though...

 

hey dont tell me about halfords shite, trust me it aint all good stuf that ya thinking

i work for the fooking pikey firm and i know the shite they sell

non of it is to do with quality but profits

 

No not ALL of it, but anything Bosch/Lucas etc will be. And the Halfords pro tool range aint too shabby.

Just have your eyes open I guess.

 

but again is the same as draper profesional and made by the same firm

but must say my collection of pro tools is growing, got a few 13mm ratchet spanners now

 

Didnt think 24v had any leads as they dizzyless and coil on plug?

Every car ive ever seen thats coil on plug dont have leads...

 

steve 24v has a coil pack at the back of the engine and leads to the plugs

 

has it? aaah, me been mis-informed, thought it was coil on plug like my car WAS until ive messed with it...

 

as mark says

checkd TPS earlier... 0.9v to 4.6v and smoth all the way thru, and those readings are well within accepted limits...

also i left the battery unplugged for a while and then gave the car a learning session afterwards :P

didnt do the plugs earlier... fords+factors were closed n halfrauds didnt hve the right ones

 

get someone to use a ECU monitor, the snapon one works great on the 24v.

When I have mine tested it reprted a lazy lamba sensor

 

my bloody diagnostic port doesnt work johnny

gonna have to get the pinouts for it n wire one in near the ECU multiplug i think...

 

put some new std ford plugs in there (well, 5 of em... lol need to get one of those deepreach sockets from halfrauds tomorrow to get at no4, mine's a gay twisty handled one) which were supposed to be pre-gapped but they all had ZERO gap (ie elctrodes rouching) anyway, sorted that out

car idles a lot nicer, and seems to drive a lot smoother at low throttle openeings/low revs etc.

just gotta swap no4 plug tomorrow to finish the job off

 

Jim - bloody listen when people tell ya stuff!


Careful with that gay twisty handled socket, very very easy to cross thread the plugs putting them in

 

sean, they only had 6 in stock... and i know how to re-gap a spark plug

also i know wot u mean about crossthreding! i had to take SOOOO much care when putting the buggers back in, took fookin ages

 

Ah, mine had about thirty, of which about 7 were pre gapped, I just stood there handing them back when they were shite as couldn't be arsed to gap em all.

 

i like your thinking

i once got handed a rocker cover gasket that was bent at 3 different angles..

"erm... mate... WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!?!"

i promptly received a nice straight looking gasket

i still remember the day some old lady came into halfords to buy a headgasket that her husband had ordered, and she folded it up n put it in her bag