church21

hi to anyone that can help, i have just made the daily trip to the shops, but came home without the car! i have an escort gti r-reg, which i havnt had any problems with in last 5 months till now, came out of the bookies got in the car and it didnt start, battery light stays on? but all the electrics seems fine wipers windows lights ect, it has fuel in, and it sounds asif it wants to go, but just wont start?
any help tips or ideas would be great
cheers

FRS-0197

i had the same problem on my mk5 xr3i ages ago, sometimes it would work fine, then others it would just not start, it would turn fine but just not start.

it turned out to be the fuel pump relay on mine. its located under the steering wheel u pull a cover off to get to it. easy to change and costs about a tenner.

**caz**

Know exactly what your saying there, have a similar thread "grrrrrrrrrrrr!" goin on at the mo!

Im leaning towards the battery...have you tried to jump start it!?

x

rs-tuner

iTrader: (1)

Poss imobiliser fault take a different key and try that

**caz**

using another key in the ignition will turn the lights on but wont even try and turn it over....i know thats not the case with mine!

x

coco16i

Fuel pump relay would be this first thing to check as mentioned above, they are also known for problems inside the fuse boxes causing all sorts of faults !!

Have fitted a few

Ed1

I had this problem, the imobiliser lights was flashing or staying on, turned out it was a broken wire to the imobiliser, used to work if parked on a hill facing downwards

church21

thank u everyone, gonna go and have a look now and maybe try jumping it 1st

Oranoco

CPS?

mat_rss2

Thats what i would of said

church21

wots cps? got it sorted for now anyways, dunno how i dun it lol, but seems to be okay now

cheers all