hi all this is my first post so please be nice ha

I just bought her and she starts up from cold with no smoke (well not much)
can be left ticking over fine for 10 minuets with no smoke and then has a small misfire (only very small) and from then on its smoking quite badly



please help sitting waiting for a god ( the god of "its a cheap fix" )

 

ok seems that this may be the problem

1994 FORD ESCORT 1.8 TURBO DIESEL ENGINE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a15...792_3_redc.jpg





as mine has been replaced wit a black one which doesn't even fit right

here is the one fitted to my car

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a15...I/DSC00437.jpg

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a15...I/DSC00438.jpg

 

Hello mate

Did you mar to get one of theses switches as i am looking for one execly the same for my 1994 escort van if you know where i can get one can you please let me know? where about you got it and can you let me have the part number? my E-mail adds is tonygray0@hotmail.co.uk Thank you
Tony

 

if this works please post mine does this doing my head in

 

Another common issue on these engines is the solenoid on the front of the fuel pump goes down causing white / grey smoke on idle lack of power and excessive fuel consumption

 

i am looking to bye one if you can tell were ican get one

 

wont ford sell them?

 

no mate thats is why i am seeing if any one as got one hear for sale mate if i can get one of them my fan will be grat

 

it is the one in the pics at the top of the page

 

Hi Tony,
Sorry I don't have the part number for the TPS but I can tell you that a second hand one I bought from a breakers had quite a large amount of heat damage to the wiring and fell apart when removed from the donor car.

The smoke problem I was having was the solenoid on the front of the fuel pump as mentioned by flannigan, what I found out was upon starting the car it would run OK for a few minutes then something in the fuse relay box would click and instantly the car would ploom smoke out the tail pipe, I tracked down the relay which was clicking and found it to be controlling the solenoid on the fuel pump just underneath the throttle position sensor, when the solenoid relay clicked off it was smoking and when it was on for the few minutes after start up the car ran fine. So what I did was wire the relay to be on when the ignition was on thus the car stopped smoking I Just left the black TPS fitted.

Hope this helps

Richy