Got my car back today after a week in the garage. BUT......

its running rough again. Last time i collected it from the garage it hadnt been started for a week and when i picked it up it ran rough, putting and hard to drive....kinda like one of the ht leads has fallen of the dizzy.

picked it up today and its been sat a week and is doing the same thing.
Last time i got charged to rectify this it needed a new...dizzy, ht leads and spark plugs..THAT was only last month.

So i checked the leads were on...spark plugs look new still, nothings wet and inside of the new dizzy is dry.

Could my ht leads be gone again????

i usually start the car every 3 days in the winter and its fine.

any help will do.......OH Yeah.....they turned my screw to lower the CO so it would go through the MOT.....could this just need turning back???


car hasnt been ragged by them either....i left it on 3.6 miles on the clock, it reads 3.7 when i collected it.

 

it will be the co to weak .these cars dont like it weak.ajust the co 1/4 of a turn clockwise

 

http://www.escortrsturbo.co.uk/forum...0&#entry115248

This works a treat. I've set loads of RST's up like this and it works a treat.

 

bad luck mate

I doubt very much its anything gone, HT leads and plugs should last a LOT longer than that.

However one thing i would say, starting the car up and letting it idle isn't really doing it any good, it wouold be better to just leave it sat and disconnect the battery, and start it less often and take it for a good drive so it gets up to temperature and doesnt foul the plugs up from the cold start mixture.

Am i right in thinking you compression tested it last time?

 

yeah safechav i did, it was all fine.

just the same problem as last time...standing a while not started and now playing around again

 

You shouldn't really have these problems mate

Something is a miss but it will onyl be something silly. I left my cabby on the drive for about 2 months and it started no problems, you shouldnt have to keep starting it if you get me

Have you considered having it rolling roaded?

 

did it try and cut out at all or was it just jumping when coming on boost have you checked your plug gaps too also the silver tip comes loose too