My Series 2 has started to over-rev itself when you put your foot down without going any great speed (Will rev to 3500rpm in 3rd, 4th gear at 20mph! )

When you put your foot down it revs out like you're riding the clutch, but doen't have any grunt!

First started last Saturday when I was driving down a short carriageway near home & suddenly revved like I'd selected 1st gear when I had infact changed into 3rd, then I couldn't get it in any gear & had to coast to a layby & after a couple of minutes it released & I could select all gears again!

Could it be the clutch slipping after performing an accidental burnout in the rain on Friday afternoon in the rain?

Any ideas?

 

it's 100% ur clutch mate.

 

Clutch is fooked then?

Sh*t a brick!!!

 

u can get a new std clutch for under 50 quid mate so not too bad. Ur rear crankshaft oil seal could be leaking too, which would make it slip.

 

Damn it, more expense & I've only had it a few weeks

Cheers

 

to see if its oil on the plate try putting the car in fifth and taking off at high revs for a while(with the handbrake on), when you smell clutch burning then it should be okay for a few miles as any oil on plate will have been burnt off hence should drive okay.

Tricky

 

Id bet on crankshaft oil seal...the one thats a bastard to do cos engine has to come out.

Do as Tricky says.

 

best to do it just prior to driving car into auction car park ready for the sale............................


Tricky

 

Could be the crankshaft oil seal then as it does smell like its burning & there has been the odd drop of oil on the garage floor the past few days!

Well p*ssed off as it's a brand new Ford engine which has only done 26000 miles!

 

if the oils seeping between bell housing and block it stands a good chance!

Tricky

 

Think I'll give up on turbo cars & go back to Old Skool Escorts, they're less expensive to repair!

 

can be done in the car with gearbox removed

 

Get on ya back, under the front, put ya fingers in between the gearbox and the gearbox cradle. If that is full of gunge/oil then it will be seal.


Tricky.....you dodgy mo fo

 

I'll get the local chav Ford garage to do it, any idea on cost?

 

Cheers Lee, will crawl under tomorrow & check

 

Ford will charge a Mint m8.

 

nowt dodgy lee, just trying to earn the most from an old p/ex

had a mondeo the other week and the door locks didnt work(would lock but not unlock), i coded the spare remote off mine and watched car down the block-as the guy with keys at auction went to unlock it for the driver i pressed remote in my pocket and unlocked it. must have been good when purchaser bought it and clambered through boot!

 

TFPMSL
OUCH My fookin sides

 

Damn it!

 

Fookin ruthless but still AFPMSL @ ROFLMFAO

 

Ford don't charge a mint!!

If your local Ford dealer is a 'Rapid-Fit' they will do a clutch change including parts and labout for around £150, which is good value imo

Also changing the crank seal at this stage won't cost much more (maybe another hour labour) plus parts, the seal is about £20

Or just buy the parts and have go youself, not a difficult job just a bit time consuming

 

It's a family run Ford specialist, used to be a Ford dealership but was stripped of the rights when Ford built a new dealership in Torquay.

Have to book it in this week then!
Will get around to servicing the car at some point too!

 

Might not be too Bad then Mate.

John you live near some nice Ford garages then

 

Yes but to remove the box you have to lower the engine....hence my removal quote

 

Gone right off RS Turbos!

I want my Mk1 Escy back!!

 

Your right Lee, its special Rapid-Fit dealer and the clutch change is charged at a special unit charge I was very surprised at how cheap it was, and they said it could be done in 2 hours!!

 

get yourself a decent clutch in there while your doing it if your intending on hiking the power at any point, at least you know it will be good then

 

lmfao HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA soon you will learn to be skint like the rest of us!

i got told the best addvice a while ago!

"dont fret just fix it!you will get used to it in the end!".......thats the best addvice ive had!

 

I'm fookin skint now!!

Reckon I should get work to pay for it, happened last Friday after some of us were called into the office to be told there would be redundancies!
Floored the car in the rain cos I was p*ssed off at the prospect of being made redundant after being stuck behind a van turning around...


...then got called into the office again on Thursday to be told that there had been enough redunancies & the printshop where I work will be downsizing & I'll be the only one in there!

Job safe... car fooked!

 

It gets better!!

Drove the car to work slowly this morning, then limped it home at 20mph using the back roads, drove up a slight incline to where my garage is, drove it down to the garage, turned it in to reverse it in & then went to drive forward....


& burnt out the clutch trying to pull away!!!