Tick over & stalling
09-04-2013, 07:33 PM
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Tick over & stalling
My small turbo Escort Cosworth has developed a problem
It will start ok & tick over but it will stop dead then sometimes it will start fine but other time its a real bastard to restart & sound like its misfiring ???
then it will great
any ideas???
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09-04-2013, 08:21 PM
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still on a dizzy?
sounds like phase sensor or possibly crank position sensor
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when it stops then hard to start maybe flooding its self ?
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could spark plugs play a part in the problem ? as if there meant to work at high temp maybe they would not be so great cold?
10-04-2013, 09:05 AM
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could spark plugs play a part in the problem ? as if there meant to work at high temp maybe they would not be so great cold?
Put new plugs in mate
10-04-2013, 10:37 AM
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crank position sensor
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on second thought as above ^^
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Sounds like crank to me too.
11-04-2013, 10:16 AM
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Would crank sensor work or not
or could it have a intermitant fault
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11-04-2013, 03:56 PM
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Would crank sensor work or not
or could it have a intermitant fault
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both!
get the car running, and lay underneath and give the CPS a wiggle
11-04-2013, 05:33 PM
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get the car running, and lay underneath and give the CPS a wiggle
Will do
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