ok since november 25th ive spent most nights on it, its been fully rebuilt, new bloody everything and its not working out

and its not to do with the mood iam in i am honestly loosing faith in it and iam thinking of advertising it and if someone offers me the right money they can have the thing i reckon

Scott

 

youll regret when the spring arrives mate.

 

dunno mate dunno

its got new everything in there and it would appear its not getting enough fuel to start it up, yet theres half a tank of juice, new fuel pump, new filter, new metering unit , new everything

aahhh its winding me up

 

ring the AA out mate, thas what i do and there usually pretty good.

make sure you ask for a proper AA patrol man and not some shonky garage on there behalf.

 

accumulator?

 

Don't sell it mate , you will regret it
I think most of us have been in the position where we have had a problem and it has really annoyed us. Persevere and see it thru if you have virtually new everything.

It may turn out to be something small and stupid.

There's loads of good tuners and garages on here of which I have no doubt they will sort the problem for you..

Stick with it as there's not many Series ones left and it's nice to own one of the few left

 

mate u WILL regret it

i regret sellin me s2 even though it was to get a cos and even though i had nearly double the power i still miss it

especially having being wrote off 2 weeks after i sold it after 1.5 years of getting it right.

do what the guys suggest

 

dont know what to do ..

ill see what i can sort out over the next few days ....

 

post your problem then people might be able to help


loads of people running around here

 

As Rene said , post it on here and people will more than likely solve it or illiminate the other possibilities. Hope it gets sorted mate

 

Dont sell it Scott unless you wan tme to buy it

What is actually wrong with it

 

its had a bottom end build not to long ago oversize pistons standard head for now, new starter motor, new belt, new alternator belt, new tensioners, new crank pulley, newish fuel pump, new fuel filter, new throttle position sensor, new 5th injector new, distributer new rotoary arm new metering unit new exhaust, new thermostat new head bolts etc new gaskets everywhere all new jubilee clips everywhere and theres prob more ive forgot

i havent replaced the gearbox or clutch or alternator and ive checked the earths several times and looks ok, ive jumped it no luck, tow'd it no luck , set the rotary arm to 12 degrees, and had the timing checked several times

i dont think its fueling right somehow, ive moved the alan key bit on the metering unit and ive taken the sparks out and there sparking, ive put a big spanner on the cam pulley bit but it does seem a bit stiff to move it round, but i believe its a fueling issue

ive had it running and done 3 miles it in since the rebuild and i drove it home doing the 3 miles and then next morning nothing

thats my current status if it helps ?

 

first thing that pops up ... check if it gets any fuel ... pull the fuel hose off and see

 

its got half a tank of petrol and when i was fitting the metering unit fuel was coming out etc

 

i know someone that has got the same type of problem mate, he got a cab escort with s1 engine and turbo etc in and the fooker would not start the engine just had a rebuild aswell,

my mate has got it in bits at the mo with the head of it and he said the valves are bent but dont know why ??????????????

it,s allmost ready to fire up now

do a compression check on it.

 

Ok m8 sound like a supid answer but this is whot happened to mine it would'nt start after it had be running fine ect it started when i towed it the it would'nt do a think it had to much fuel going to 2 cyls so i canged the metering unit and it fired then cut out and would'nt start

so i removed the boost hose going to the turbo and it was full of fuel so emped it then put it back together and it fired up fine but then did the same thing so im now on my 3rd metering unit and so far its ok apart from snapping a injector hose

So just pull the boost hose off going to the turbo just in case its droping the fuel into the hose it only did in under pressure on mine

Good luck m8

 

done a compression check its fine, ill try takin the turbo hose of again and have a look but dont think its that.

 

Why do you think it's fuel? Is the fuel pump running?