R5FORD

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well what can i say but its been a pain in the arse..

the car came off the road in November due to it just cutting out, we didn't really have time to check the car over etc till a few weeks ago. I changed the map sensor, ignition amp, rotor arm and put new ignition leads on. Cranked it over and it started perfectly and ran nice and smooth. The car stayed on the stands as i was polishing it etc, and took a while as i was doing abit here and there.. the car finally got polished and looked superb.. so down comes the car the day before a SFS show (which the 500 won the last 2 years)..the old man had to go out to get some nuts and bolts from bunnings (b&q), he gets his gear and then heads to come home, starts the car fine and drives out the car park and then the car splutters and cuts out at the lights.. dad pushes it back into the car park and tries starting it, petrol is low so dad calls me to bring him petrol so i dow, we put the petrol in and still no luck. we mess with the rotor arm and dizzy and it fired up. All seemed good. Got home, loaded up ready for the show and the car started fine and ran sweet. # miles down the road the car splutters and comes to a halt again.. we get it into a service road and piss around with the dizzy etc in a 35 degree heat and with the engine being red hot. We check over everything and as were not that stupid we took some tools along with us just in case. So were there baffled thinking what it could be, we check the phase sensor and the wires have deteriorated, so we try and make a good connection and finally we did, the car fired up and we made it home, we knocked the idea of the show on the head as the car was being temperamental. Jacked it up changed the phase sensor, coil, crank sensor, coolant temp sensor, and the brown sensor in the plenum. tried turning it over and the thing would not start at all and appeared to try and run backwards we spent hours checking and rechecking the the components..and in the end we finally found out the problem as i asked Harvey..

now do any of you have any ideas of what could have been the problem?? pop quiz.. answer to be divulged later on

This may be a lesson to someone else who has been pissing around for hours and hours.

Lambchop

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I want the answer now as i'm intrigued! And useless with mechanice so can't guess

Mark Shead

Phase sensor wires on the wrong way round.

Mark

fezzajsy

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tell us pliz

dojj

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you broke it

R4N SS

iTrader: (6)

dodgy wire in the ign amp plug - wastef fookin hours looking for that c*nt at the roadside on mine

RS500/364

Just a couple of question
was it fueling
spark
not easy to answer with more details
could be FUEL though alarm fault
or just ECU chip caused my injector to earth
1 answer all would agree ITS A FORD !!

Rs1

iTrader: (1)

Worn dizzy shaft....tigger clipping the phase sensor?

R5FORD

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yes it was fueling and sparking.. people who do this day to day know the answer.

The Youth.

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your not giving us a lot to go on!!!

steve

dojj

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yes he is, he said it was broken and he called someone to fix it

i bet he's got a maclaren f1 with it's fancy satelite uplink to tell the dealership it's broken

Lambchop

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I'd fucking hope so too!

So on that basis Mr Shead must be right?

155lee

iTrader: (10)

the crank pos sensor was on back to front,or not pushed fully home so it sometimes made a connection.

gazcos

iTrader: (1)

phase sensor wires round the wrong way will make it try and fire at the wrong time and kick back. Been there done that LOL

SapphyMike

What I want to know though.


Why bother trying to find a solution to a problem that no longer exists?

R5FORD

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yhep in the end it was the phase sensor wires back to front.. why the hell did ford make a connector that fits both ways

mike, if other people suffer the same symptoms they can now check the wires are the right way round

SapphyMike

But you could've said that in the first post

no wonder PF is dumbing down

C4llyT

Spoilt it after only 15 minutes!
Must have taken 14 minutes to read all that too....

CRAIG HAYTER

thats what happened to meand stu told me to turn it around and first turn of the key and perfect

R5FORD

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what fun would it be if i told the answer straight away.. id be pissed off if i had to read all that to find the answer there

yh mark got it that quick i was hoping it would last a while longer ROFL

SapphyMike

I was pissed off not to find the answer there

Glenn_

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I had a similar fault on my car.It would drive for about 5 mins then cut out.It would crank and crank and wouldnt run.If i left it 5 mins it would start.I changed the fuel filter cause when i tipped the old fuel out of the filter it was like guinness (the beer) it just trickled out.

R5FORD

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Glenn_

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Glad its all sorted though.

R5FORD

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thats next on the agenda.. change the pump, filter, and loom