this was me tonight, lol
for the first time in 5 years mine has let me down, have a shocking missfire when the engines hot and tried swopping coil packs tonight to try and solve it, supposed going to ford fair in it this weekend..
whilst parked up swopping coils a scooby went passed and the driver was laughing his head off, the tw*t!!! lol

steve

 

youre not allowed to park in bus stops

a ford conveniently next to a bin oops sorry

 

id love a cossie, but having to use it as an everyday car, i dont think i could afford it

 

unlucky mate, hope you get it sorted for the fair!

 

is that on the way out of ingelby hardwick lol

i didnt think cosworths suffered missfires

when you travling down???sat or sun morning???

 

Hope its nothing too serious M8
and as im driving a Subaru at the moment trust me when i say he has got nothing to laugh about

 

sorry to hear that mate seems to be problems start before big shows

 

yup thats in barwick, traveling down on sat m8 and staying at whittlebury park

steve

 

i will see you there on sunday then hope you et it sorted

 

what sort of misfire is it mate? Fuel or ignition?

 

on boost/load missfire, half throttle it's ok,boot it and it gets to around 10psi and goes bbllurrrppp..!!


steve

 

You got the last laugh from the scooby owner....he's got a scooby....

checked your plugs?

I'd stick in NGK BCR8ES gapped at 24thou...for a tenner it's worth the swap!?

 

its cos the turbo is toooooo small lol

 

hmm. Plugs would be my first thought, coil packs and leads you say are ok? Check the multi-plugs on the inner wing, my ST Escos developed part time anti-lag when mine were slightly corroded ..

Other thing might be the air flow meter. Think adamski off here has a spare for sale.

 

It's all part of the ownership, they even look good broken down...

 

put brand new plugs in the other day AGPR 12PP gapped to 0.034

steve

 

Also mate, might be worth plugging into a diagnostic scanner as they show up any sensor faults .. Ususally shows up an EGR valve failure , but that is an EEC IV thing, so don't worry about it.

 

I don't have one, I can see a call to msd in the morning booking the car in!

steve

 

Was it still missing when you put in them plugs? or was it ok, and its just started since?

 

I think that's a doggy disposal bin as well...where you put your dog shit in

 

Car looks nice if its any consolation, specially on standard lights

 

came back from central day no probs parked it up for at least 6 weeks took it out... missfire
changed the plugs ...missfire
swopped the coilpacks around with one spare rs2000 one, still no joy, ideally I need a cossie coil pack to be certain it's not them ( I still think it's a coil pack breaking down)

steve

 

thanks m8 will look lovely sat in me garage unable to go any where!!
pmsl

steve

 

 

Hmm, tried Ignition amplifier!?

 

does it have a seperate one, I know fook all about all this eec 4 stuff

steve

 

RS2k coilpacks are not the same, have a different resistance I belive, I am coming up to barnsley on saturday if you want me to bring a couple of spare cossie coil packs for you to try? ( is that anywhere near stockton? )

 

Looks great mate, as radders says, keep the std lights!

It will be something simple, it always is!

Well, nearly always

 

Ive got a coilpack here u can have if u want it, it was off my zvh and bolted to the block, not sure if they are the same, but my ecu was modded for coilpack.......

 

You are right actually, I'd swap my 350bhp sapph for a broken escort on looks alone

 

It'll be the dodgy plate thats causing your woes................

 

Always the way

This is true, agree with people about the standard lights as well.

Hope you get it sorted for Sunday

 

Scooby driver will have had his arse handed to him by a corsa further down the road Hope it's an easy fix m8.

 

Car looks really good tho !!

Are you sure it's not the fuel gone stagnant (spelling), or the car runnin out of fuel ??

This happened to mine 2 days ago, as soon as I got to 5 psi or more the car would jus start missing !! Luckily I got a fuel pressure gauge & could see the pressure drop. Perished hose feeding the pump from the tank was the culprit. 10 mins later all was sweet again !!

Hope you get it sorted fella !!

jb

 

they are an escort turbo/2wd cosworth plug. 4wd plugs are different.



i'd say it sounded alot like the loom plugs breaking down myself.had the problem with my saff too.they were fine after a clean up.

 

what makes me think it's a coil/spark plug issue is it only does it when the engines hot, if I stick it on boost when the engines still warming up it's fine

steve

 

That would have me thinkin it's fuel cos if engine's still in cold start, more fuel's injected !!

jb

 

I don't put it on boost when it cold I wait till the engines warm, it's when it gets to normal running temp thats when the bllurrppp begins..

steve

 

have you check the dizzy cap? my bro had a similar problem.

 

I did and it was missing


small turbo's don't have a dizzy m8


steve