my s2 is starting 2 do my head in now last week i was driving 2 work when the car started 2 pop and bang and judder only now and then not all the time on the way home it got more freqent then it jst died i new it had something to do with fuel so i called the aa he said the same any ideas please fuel pump is fairly new thanks

 

Check the plastic pipe from the top left breather filter to the base of the air flow meter. You only need a small leak from these to cause problems

 

will do mate the car will turn over just wont start the fuel pump not even priming but like i say it is nearly new would the fuel relay do this

 

If the fuel pump isn't priming then the first place I would look is the relay.

 

where is it is there any way to check apart from buying a new 1

 

The relay on a S2 is up in the drivers footwell, on the right hand side.

To check if it is the relay, bridge these 2 points on the relay's base with a piece of wire and 2 male spade connectors. (not the relay itself)


This will make the pump prime constantly. instead of just priming once to get pressure.

DO NOT drive about like this, as the relay is a failsafe in the event of an accident.

If the pump primes this will prove the relay does not work

(or if you know how to work a volt meter use that )

 

Sorry to but in, do series 1's actually have the same purple fuel pump relay as XR3i's and Series 2's? I keep seeing these "mega rare" series 1 relays on ebay and theyre completely different

 

Nope, not that i am aware. My car has series2 fuel pump wiring for some strange reason. pics a bit confusing should of mentioned

 

Ah right ok, i just wondered thats all? I cant understand why the Series 1 had a different relay, the series 2 run the Purple relay, Ford do some gay things lol.

I'm with you, i used Series 2 wiring in my MK3 cabby so i also have the purple one, a lot easier to find aswell!

 

i need a purple relay as it happens, havent got round to buying one

 

Ive got loads kicking about lol (most being the not working type ) i know ive got 2 good ones though, and i repaired this one lastnight, i could smell the unmistakable aroma of "burning fuel pump relay" one day



That pin was actually completely loose, it stuck it the plug on the car i had to remove it

 

you can send your brocken ones to "DazC" and he will repair them and send them back if thats of help!

 

i can fix myself i think, just havent got round to it yet theyre simple enough, im sure ill do something with them when theyve all broken and i cant go out and play

I'll bear it mind though

That said they will all run the car, just don't prime, lol