Hi all,

Hi, I just bought a Escort Mk 5 with a RS turbo engine and I am having some problems with it. It has some mods done but I am not really sure. I know it has been converted to 1.9

Firstly it is ideling very bad, When I stop in traffic the ideling drops to 500 revs and then just cuts out or sometimes it revs to 2000 revs. It never idels correctly. I fitted a new trottle cable but that just stopped the car over ideling and is still under ideling and still cuts out.Car runs fine when on the move.

Also the car has no power sterring I was reading that I can get it converted to run power steering but I am not really sure what parts I will need..

Any help will be much appreciated..

Cheers
Ray

 

Mk5 will be easy to convert to PS.

The Mk 5/6/7 1400cvh Escort and Orions had all the brackets, pulleys and pump with all the pipework and resevoir and the steering rack fitted so just look out for a smashed car or the bits on ebay. Everything will be a reasonable straight forwards fitment.

Running issue I would presume to be a leak in one of the induction hoses or the breather system so have a good look around all the pipes for the induction system and breathers for splits and damage. If you can't find anything, get a tuner to check it over and set it up.

 

Thanks DAZC.

I will try and source the parts on ebay..

Cheers
Ray