just looking for any ideas on why my cossie cut out while drivin, failure to re sart on toe, left till nxt day and restartd without a problem ,thought mayb fuel pump, but no obvious reason , cheers

 

Hard to diagnose when it's not actually doing it. Check all your electrical connections and earth points around the car for a start and if u can't find anything have someone follow u untill it does it again and then it'll be easier to find the problem and diagnose it when it's actually got the fault. I would definitely check the fuel pump wiring as its common fault on Cossies if it's a Sierra

 

Check the gap in the phase sensor mate.

 

When i bought my saff. I could be driving along then it would cut out. The engine would turn over but wouldnt fire. I could tow the car back home leave it for a while then it would run again.

It turned out to be a fuel filter which was blocked. My saff came with a fuel service history but the fuel filter had the date june 1991 on it lol.

 

Would check the crank sensor, too.
After so many years I would change most of the engine sensors.

 

Yeah good shout that, I bought a complete engine sensor kit from msd I think it was and changed them all at the same time. Saves loadsa different breakdowns!

 

And if its a 4x4 cossie as the loom blocks on the bulkhead and short the crank sensor out its usually the middle block

 

wasn't there a thing going around saying its best to hard wire and solder them plug wires together to get rid of problems? Something I remember reading somewhere

 

I had this too and it turned out to be a loose connection on the fuel pump relay, hence why the problem was intermittent.

 

Done it again today so I'll need to chk pump, thanks a lot to all for replys

 

Yes mate its very common causes this is and the rev counter jump can cause missfire on boost ! in short that looms a twat

 

lost count of how many i have done inc escorts lol

 

Yeah there fookin shite, I may have to do mine at some point as I get random problems, though my fusebox ain't up to much either :-(

 

Dont envy you hated doing mine lol

 

I had this problem as well. Turned out to be a dodgy connector for the fuel pump that sits behind the number plate surround, same one that does the rear numberplate lights iirc. Took aaaaaaggggges to find lol.

I also removed the bulkhead loom plugs - If you are doing it, join on wire at a time - Don't be a hero and chop the entire plug off or you'll be there for ages trying to figure things out

In the end I replaced both the engine and fuel pump looms for peace of mind!

 

I bet your glad you didnt do that hey Paul

 

Just wee update wiring to fuel pump was faulty , so thanks to all for replys cheerz

 

Glad you found it.

 

Great stuff

 

Good news