Hello, wondering if anyone can help me as im now stuck at work.
Went to start the s1, and it run for about 3 secs, then just died out. now, whenever i crank it, it runs for about 2 secs, then dies out completely, even with my foot flat on the floor. Its sucking air, and there is no smell of petrol.

The fuel pump is priming, and i have half tank of fuel, so im pretty sure its not them. Any quick help would be good.

Cheers
Mike

 

Check for air leaks, and is the oil cap on okay?

 

Give the metering head a "tap", my mates kept doing this so he used to carry a screwdriver to hit it with. Good luck mate.

 

tried them, didnt work. Anyone?

 

Are you absolutely sure a boost hose hasn't come off slightly, or split?

 

fuel pumps priming, but does it run when cranking and car running?

 

Metering head

 

i would say either the metering head or hose/pipe has split or came off if not lets try some over time while we wait

 

right, it starts every time, but runs for no longer than 2 seconds. tried all connections, and they dont work. what can i do to the metering head to check?

 

Right as daft as it sounds my mate had this on my old series 2 and the pipe had comne off either the actuator or the turbo housing as the bleed valve came un clipped and the bleed valve being heavy the weight of it had pulled the pipe off hope this helps cheers, Grant

 

Got it sorted????

 

fuel pump relay ??????????????

 

i had that prob on my S1 was the silver relay

 

Boxxer its Alan s1 Remove the hose from the bottom of the metering unit see if it has fuel in it thats whot mine was doing

Run then it lost preasure in the as a Gaskit goes

If you still have my number give me a call im working untill 3am

 

RIIIIIIIIGHT! back at home now, lol. I took off ALL the sensor clips, and cleaned them out, and made no difference, so turned to looking at the metering head, and took the air filter off. There was a small amount of fuel in the bottom. So i moved the plunger up and down about 50 times, then tried to start the car. It didnt go first time, but went and ticked over on its own. So refitted the filter, and now its running better than ever. Weird. The ultimate test will be in the morning and starting it from cold, as thats when it used to be at its worse.

Can you overhaul those MFI systems?

Cheers for all ya help
Mike

 

where is this relay? is it on the inner wing on the passenger side? as i saw that. Does it have a fuse in the top of it?

Mike

 

yeah for now! lol. Wanna come over and set it on fire?

 

You don't mean that That's what ya get for messing about with old Fords

 

 

indeed. Piles 'o' shite. Got to fix the 3dr now.

 

You want to stick a Cossie Fuel pump on it mate........

Got one for sale if you want

 

do they help? how much you wanting?

 

Karl advised me to fit a Cossie one

Ł30 if you want it

 

if that prob shows up again change the silver/grey relay should cure it

 

where is this relay? in the fuse box?

 

relay is under the dash, steering wheel side

 

and what does it do?

 

fuel pump relay

 

ah right ok. Cheers chaps!