my cossie is driving me mental, bought it in november and all was fine, 2 weeks in, had to change speed idle control valve, then headgasket went!!!

so thought while im there i ll get it built to a nice spec, and built with durable parts...cometic wrc headgasket etc etc......

it is 290bhp, on greens a large turbo conversion and a A1 rally sport chip. All done by the above,

however now the car wont even start...fuel is just pouring into the engine...hence flooding, have changed all sensors, checked all wiring, and am currently awaiting results of ecu and injectors tests?? its been sittin on my drive for 4 months, it cost me £20k, and ive already spent £3k on parts and labour.. im at the end ?? help me please

 

well firstly welcome

secondly dont give up on this yet, im posstive someone on here will be along shortly to give you an answer, try posting in the general section as well as you will get alot more people replying their.

 

you have changed all sensors?

 

Can A1 not fix it?

 

im outside of london, and the car wont even run? i cant get it there?

 

Join the AA and get the car towed to A1

 

Have you actually tried to contact A1 on the phone and asked them what they think the problem could be...?

 

does the engine turn over? It will be something simple in the end.Best find a way to get it back to A1

 

thing is ive got a personal mechanic who has worked on the car since day one.

hes done sapp cossies and rs 500s before but even hes scratchin is head??

 

have spoken to them but as they said it could be anything? and really need to see the car to determine as to what it is ? so?? but he did say all that hassle nd it'l turn out to be something really simple

 

coolant temp sensor

blue one on inlet side of head

 

Had exactly the same problem with mine. Ended spending a fortune at collins. Turned out to be a faulty map sensor........ replaced it myself car now runs perfect

 

This is why I have asked for confirmation ALL sensors have been replaced....

 

Have you thought about SUICIDE

 

 

 

Firstly, have you done a leakage test to eliminate that potential problem ?

I also had very similar problems myself and my mechanic and I were scratching our heads, we tried everything we could think of changing and in the end, it all boiled down to a few faulty wires under the bonnet (the main connector plugs), so they were replaced and it has run like a dream ever since, well, sort of so might be worth checking that

Failing that, go with the suicide

 

havnt replaced map sensor, or thottle posistion sensor, dist phase sensor, but all others have been checked and replaced, have also had out fusebox, checked and replaced all fine? prob is we cant even get the motorcraft engine managment computer to come up with a fault? it says that everythin is running as it should????

 

Where are you based ?

 

guys i just need general help with this as this is my first cossie, and it dosent rate highly for a first experience!!!

PLEASE ADVISE ME IF ANYONE KNOWS ANYTHING? ABOUT MY COSSIE PROBLEMS??

 

Hi guys, fuel pump is OK ? presure OK?

 

fuel pump is wrkin, had new battery, starter motor, plugs, leads and fuel pressure regulator on today still nothing????

 

 

its A N reg 1995 lux

its a small turbo, large turbo conversion done by A1 rallye sport and was running 290-300Bhp???

 

Well, it sounds like you have eliminated the most obvious things so far but you could end up spending more and more with little results, so i would first do a compression test just to ensure all is fine with the engine, if it is, then its time to trailer it somewhere.

 

"ooohh look at that hunny a cossie on a breakdown trailer"

great how embarrassing,

 

Get used to it !! im on first name terms with the RAC

 

Well your small turbo has been converted to Big so now you should have a Magnetti Marrelli P8 ECU instead of the later Ford ECCIV.
there is an internal autodiagnostic system inside that can help you to find out your problem.
I' mean usualy it's used to see if a sensor has gone but in your case it may be usefull to check if you wiring loom is fine.
You should fine more on this feature on this forum I'm sorry but all I have in this subjet is in French
first of all have a look to your ECU to see if it's really a MM or still the Ford.
Another point: did you check if there were sparks on the plugs?
did you changed them? what gap do they have?...

Did you touch or change something just before having this new problem?

 

Have you timed it up correctly? including the Dizzy??????

 

how did the car get to your house from A1? what have you altered since it came back?

 

dare i say it have u timed it up rite if u fitted cambelt in-correctly and turn'd engine over you will have had valve to piston contact so no compression, also like DamoV has said have u sey dizzy correctly 2

do a compression test then double make sure that timing is set have u tried a different ECU or at least get it checked

 

I know its expensive to take your car to an expert but why not bite the built and trailer it to A1.

sure they will have it running in a couple of days and it saves alot of head scratching and stress that will end up ruining the car for you.

weird running probs could take forever to trace and usually involve changing every sensor,dizzy ecu etc until traced..

the pros will have all these lying around to check with and will save you actually buying each one.

 

its running a large turbo conversion with greens and marelli ECU. which has A1 rallye sport chip. the timing has been set from the original ford cosworth maual, the dizzy is also set, just having problems with either a sensor ecu, injectors ......something along these lines according to Graham Goode? has also been suggested to me that i put a 3 bar new map sensor in? any ideas?

 

fellas come on, one of you must take your cossie seriously?????

well i do... all i want is some serious advice, diagrams anything that will put my car back into roadworthy condition..

after spending alot of money all i want is to be able to drive it!!

 

I had a customer who managed to connect idle control valve plug to an injector his started but used 1/3 tank of fuel within a mile, I found the fuel in the sump with the oil amazed it didn't explode.

 

hi, i own a frod escort usa molde have u trid the ignition control modul, mine went out and car would act like the battery/ starter was bad but no, if not that then try the oldest guy at ur local parts store.
this will not come up on any obd2 or obd1 set up so take it off and got to a parts store and have them test it.



(hoppfully u'al have this part)

 

please read the feeds

guys i want genuine advice as this is my first ever cossie!!!!!

im not gettin any where????

 

So was there any spark or not? Just get the cosworth engine fault finding manual and go with that. Measure all the sensors and wires. If that doesn't help, get it to some professional.

Here is link to the engine fault finding manual

 

the mechanic has gone through the whole fault finding ecosse guide step by step, nd nothing even ford are confused? i had a ford engineer pop round to take a look even he didnt suggest anythin except wot weve already tried??

 

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ive been towed from congleton, the trafford centre and pwllheli in north wales