non turbo escort van on a w plate = gutless as fuck

has anyone else got one ?

hopefully it just needs a bit of a service but ive never known anything on 4 wheels to b so slow .

great on fuel

 

they are slow in general, but worth checking the cam and pump timing is correct, when You do the iming belts on these hey rteally need doing withthe locking kit as apposed to tipex

 

has someone been drinking ? , lol

yea will check all the above

cheers

 

As said pump timing is crucial on these. Also depending on what pump you have you can increase the pressure a tad.

They arent fast never will be, unless you got a turbo one.
But one thing to make sure is that the cambelts are changed every 30k minimum.

 

had a few as work vans for years..slowest machine ever i think altho it would regularly read 100mph on the speedo..going downhill i should add ha..one of the lads turned up the fuel pressure (or something like that) and it was much better..used quite a bit diesel and coughed loads of shit out the back though

 

Looks tidy mate. Drop a Rs2k engine init lol.

 

haha, yeah, had a few beers, dunno what it is with the laptop my typing always goes bad

 

I had one for a work van a few years ago.

It was reliable but traveling with the back full of tools and ladders on the roof, would be lucky to do over 65 mph. At least you will not get caught speeding.

 

they are extremly slow

 

How the hell would I turn up the fuel pressure. Hopefully a good service will loosen the engine up. But I did buy it for the mpg so I don't want to ruin it.

 

mine was rediculously slow, regardless of when it had been serviced

mine also managed to go even slower when the downpipe started to blow, then it struggled up hills even without anything in the back!

 

My old one was proper slow, I'd have to drop it from 5th-4th on a motorway to try and keep it going up a hill! Gutless!! but it was reliable

 

im looking for one now actually, put the turbo lump in, up the fuel, decent cooler and its nearly respectable lol

 

I had one and hated it!! Used to have to change to 4th to maintain 70 on the motorway!

 

Slow, but then again you don't buy a diesel van to go fast! Just enjoy 60mpg lol

 

i have had loads of these probably so many i can't remember and i have had them made to go slow,i also have had them goverened and that a pain the arsehole i can tell ya but it does make them more economical and i regularly saw around 55 mpg out of a old ezzie diesel van. my mate just bought a genuine 75k miler for 500 notes w reg with sierra cos 15" wheels,xr3i wing back seats and a few other touches,you can't go wrong cos they don't go wrong if you service them, i have never known a pump fuck up,the boxes are tough as old boots infact its rust that have been the main problems and check for breathing,if you take the oil cap off when its running and its smoking like a chimney the rings are fooked and back pressuring hence not much waft. They are harder too start when that happens but once running they still go all day.

 

My friend's dad is a courier and his had done over 400,000 miles on its original engine, gearbox packed in so he bought another newer van and kept the old one for spares!