RWD Escort RS Cosworth Journal....again ANOTHER MAG FEATURE :)
29-03-2013, 06:46 PM
#42
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I had a mate who has his own carbon fibre company, they make stuff mainly for the jap Honda cars, asked him to repair my bumper, spray the whol bumper, sand down my carbon fibre hockey sticks, treat and spray in satin black, fit the two splitters and put it back together.
Dropped the car off on a Monday night and made sure they understood, DO NOT drive the car. Just before I handed the keys over I snatched them back and told him straight what happens if its driven. I took the millage as well just to make sure. Thats when I left the car for the first time!!! Worried a little I must admit.
So anyway, kept in contact my mate about the car, he explained the process etc which was nice. I got a text the next day saying "I didnt know it was RWD!!!" He then went on to say the guy he scares his unit with is a mechanic and semi pro drifter! Think he might of been eyeing it up lol.
Anyway, Friday night I go to collect the car, it was low on fuel when I left it so knew I needed some. Got to the unit and the car is inside, had a quick look around and was happy, I was then told the battery was flat as one of the guys left the interia light on when looking for the nuts and bolts. So pushed her out and got her going, fired straight up as I expected. Weather was rubbish again and it was dark. Roads I had to go down was terrible and worried of smashing the splitter/bumper again I got it home in one piece. Next day I went and had a quick look around and again, looked good enough for me. I did notice one of the RS500 grills was not back in right so will sort that when the weather is a bit better. After the ten mile run home I thought the battery would have enough in her, how wrong was I. Arranged to meet with a local chap (Leggy_Pete) for a bufty session on the Sunday, went out to start and nothing. Not even enough to power the clock! I disconnected the battery and went to remove but found the bolt holding the battery in to be solid. I closed the bonnet and walked away as I was getting annoyed at this point. Next day I put it on charge all day with the battery in place, when I got home from work I put it all back together and it fired up first time. I did look around for batterys and found them to be easy to come across. At this point I was in two minds what to do, possible flat battery and no fuel, do I try get it to the fuel station and pray it starts after fueling up or do I go and get some fuel and let it tick over for 45 minutes and charge the battery right up. In the end I went and got some fuel and let her tick over, next day she started fine and has done ever since which is nice. Need to tackle that bolt though so will put that on the list of things to do.
So today we had a bit of sun and decided now or never to clean her. This was the outcome
Some of these photos really bring out the colours in the car that most cameras struggle to pickup
Dropped the car off on a Monday night and made sure they understood, DO NOT drive the car. Just before I handed the keys over I snatched them back and told him straight what happens if its driven. I took the millage as well just to make sure. Thats when I left the car for the first time!!! Worried a little I must admit.
So anyway, kept in contact my mate about the car, he explained the process etc which was nice. I got a text the next day saying "I didnt know it was RWD!!!" He then went on to say the guy he scares his unit with is a mechanic and semi pro drifter! Think he might of been eyeing it up lol.
Anyway, Friday night I go to collect the car, it was low on fuel when I left it so knew I needed some. Got to the unit and the car is inside, had a quick look around and was happy, I was then told the battery was flat as one of the guys left the interia light on when looking for the nuts and bolts. So pushed her out and got her going, fired straight up as I expected. Weather was rubbish again and it was dark. Roads I had to go down was terrible and worried of smashing the splitter/bumper again I got it home in one piece. Next day I went and had a quick look around and again, looked good enough for me. I did notice one of the RS500 grills was not back in right so will sort that when the weather is a bit better. After the ten mile run home I thought the battery would have enough in her, how wrong was I. Arranged to meet with a local chap (Leggy_Pete) for a bufty session on the Sunday, went out to start and nothing. Not even enough to power the clock! I disconnected the battery and went to remove but found the bolt holding the battery in to be solid. I closed the bonnet and walked away as I was getting annoyed at this point. Next day I put it on charge all day with the battery in place, when I got home from work I put it all back together and it fired up first time. I did look around for batterys and found them to be easy to come across. At this point I was in two minds what to do, possible flat battery and no fuel, do I try get it to the fuel station and pray it starts after fueling up or do I go and get some fuel and let it tick over for 45 minutes and charge the battery right up. In the end I went and got some fuel and let her tick over, next day she started fine and has done ever since which is nice. Need to tackle that bolt though so will put that on the list of things to do.
So today we had a bit of sun and decided now or never to clean her. This was the outcome
Some of these photos really bring out the colours in the car that most cameras struggle to pickup
30-03-2013, 04:17 PM
#43
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Today I went and met Leggy Pete from the RSOC who gave the paintwork some love. Used some megs product which I thought made it look loads better.
So ended up getting some photos of them both together again
Pete also used some paste stuff on my exhaust which bought it up lovely
Cheers Pete, your a star mate.
So ended up getting some photos of them both together again
Pete also used some paste stuff on my exhaust which bought it up lovely
Cheers Pete, your a star mate.
31-03-2013, 02:05 PM
#45
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Cheers Chris, starting to get there with it now. Had a day on the car in the sun which has been bloody rare since I owned the old girl
UPDATE:
Didnt really plan much today, the Mrs was going out with the kids to her mums so decided I could get a few bits sorted on the Escort.
I started with under the bonnet, its not the cleanest as it gets used so thought I would give it a bit of a clean and remove some of the dust from it when the bumper was sanded down etc.
So this is before
I removed the Bailey catch tank and the air filter and managed to get a closer look down under and found some oil... Any ideas where this could be coming from?
After and in no order
I then moved onto the RS500 grills which now looked tired against the fresh paint. So removed, cleaned up behind them and sprayed them satin black to match the splitters etc
Before
I am currently waiting for the paint to dry on the grills so will put them photos up in a couple hours time once she is back in one piece
UPDATE:
Didnt really plan much today, the Mrs was going out with the kids to her mums so decided I could get a few bits sorted on the Escort.
I started with under the bonnet, its not the cleanest as it gets used so thought I would give it a bit of a clean and remove some of the dust from it when the bumper was sanded down etc.
So this is before
I removed the Bailey catch tank and the air filter and managed to get a closer look down under and found some oil... Any ideas where this could be coming from?
After and in no order
I then moved onto the RS500 grills which now looked tired against the fresh paint. So removed, cleaned up behind them and sprayed them satin black to match the splitters etc
Before
I am currently waiting for the paint to dry on the grills so will put them photos up in a couple hours time once she is back in one piece
31-03-2013, 02:45 PM
#46
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Grills fitted back in, took 2 minutes. Happy days.
I also tackled another issue I had. Since I plugged something back into the fuse board I was getting the radio randomly forgetting the stations and the clock starting from 12 etc. So removed the bottom cowling and dropped the fuse box, removed the cable and set everything backup. Will test this and see how we get on. Should resolve that.
Also I had a slight water leak on the water which was coming from the thermostat housing so tightened that up nice and tight and topped up the coolant. Will monitor this also.
I also checked the turbo for any movement while I had the filter off, all felt nice and tight which was nice.
I also tackled another issue I had. Since I plugged something back into the fuse board I was getting the radio randomly forgetting the stations and the clock starting from 12 etc. So removed the bottom cowling and dropped the fuse box, removed the cable and set everything backup. Will test this and see how we get on. Should resolve that.
Also I had a slight water leak on the water which was coming from the thermostat housing so tightened that up nice and tight and topped up the coolant. Will monitor this also.
I also checked the turbo for any movement while I had the filter off, all felt nice and tight which was nice.
10-04-2013, 05:31 PM
#49
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I have got some gifts for the car
After speaking with many regarding this I decided Victor Reinz was the stuff to go for.
Ended up with this little lot to get her back up and purring for the rest of the summer
I have taken advise from Matt Lewis who pieced together this package for me. I will be checking my old gasket to the new one when it is removed to see if they are both reinz gaskets, if they are then the boost will be turned down. If it was just a cheap gasket then I will leave her as she is and put it down to a cheap gasket.
Big thanks to Matt Lewis for his help. Great guy!
After speaking with many regarding this I decided Victor Reinz was the stuff to go for.
Ended up with this little lot to get her back up and purring for the rest of the summer
I have taken advise from Matt Lewis who pieced together this package for me. I will be checking my old gasket to the new one when it is removed to see if they are both reinz gaskets, if they are then the boost will be turned down. If it was just a cheap gasket then I will leave her as she is and put it down to a cheap gasket.
Big thanks to Matt Lewis for his help. Great guy!
10-04-2013, 07:01 PM
#50
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Looking good mate bet your glad you kept it know 
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I have just had alot of those gaskets come from Mat also which will be fitted soon
. I have just had alot of those gaskets come from Mat also which will be fitted soon
18-04-2013, 07:40 AM
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Bad news yesterday, engine was stripped down and the block was cracked. I have made the decision to break the car and leave RS ownership now...
ONLY JOKING!!!
Headgasket on and ready to go.
I will write up the story tonight when I can get the photos on but long and short of it all, the car is back in one piece waiting for some new tyres and tax and she is back
ONLY JOKING!!!
Headgasket on and ready to go.
I will write up the story tonight when I can get the photos on but long and short of it all, the car is back in one piece waiting for some new tyres and tax and she is back
18-04-2013, 12:29 PM
#52
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I got all excited then I thought I wonder what mark would take for it as is lol. I do love this escos. 
18-04-2013, 12:47 PM
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haha you wouldnt be the first mate. I get loads of people messaging me on these forums asking what I would take for the car etc. Had 4 in 1 week a month ago.
She is back for the summer now. Will have another look after summer and see how it goes. Spent a good amount of money on the car recently so not sure what its value is
She is back for the summer now. Will have another look after summer and see how it goes. Spent a good amount of money on the car recently so not sure what its value is
18-04-2013, 05:47 PM
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Right, big update.
As most will know I was getting sigs of failed headgasket on the Escort.
Signs started a few months ago with the lose of some water. I had a coolant pressure test, cylinder pressure test and sniff test completed and all came back fine. No signs of anything coming out of the head so put it down to the cap being the problem.
As time went on and the car was still using a small amount of water I found the thermostat housing could of done with tightening up so I did this and resolved the slight leak I had around this area.
So roll on a couple weeks with the car being fine I pulled up in a pub to take the Mrs out for a meal to take her mind of some bad news and sat looking for a "cosworth" space and notice steam coming from the engine!! I parked it up and popped the bonnet, it was a cold dry night so thought maybe it was something small but looked worse due to it being so cold.
Drove the car home fine off boost and got home, popped the bonnet and nothing.
Left it that night and went to investigate that morning. This is when I did the engine bay cleanup.
Long story short noticed steam coming from the back left hand corner of the head around the last bolt on the manifold.
Put the car back into the garage that did the first leak test and he confirmed it was going. I left the car with them and asked for a price. Got a price of Ł600 without the VAT just for labour and nearly fell over.
Took the car home and like most I expect, I had serious doubts with it. I priced up the parts to be around Ł300.
I spoke with a mate from the RSOC and local guy Pete aka Leggy Pete who put me in touch with R&B Motors aka Ray whos son is also a RS owner and a RSOC forum user PeteNoFear. I took the car to Ray and said what it needed, after looking under the bonnet his first question was why are they charging so much? He could not see any problems with it and gave me a price! Well under half the price of the first one for labour!!!
The car was booked in and I ordered the parts. Turned up a few days later and took the car down Tuesday evening ready for a start first thing Wednesday.
I gave Ray the parts which consisted of my Group A Victor Reinz Headgasket and Victor Reinz head bolts, cosmetic top end gasket set, new cambelt and tensioner.
Now I know and read enough about these cars and headgaskets to know it never goes straight forward. Ray told me to make sure I was on the phone all day in case he needed me to make a quick decision on the car.
So the Wednesday was spent pacing up and down the office waiting for a phone call. My work mates thought it would help by having a wager on what else would be broken!
Anyway, most of the day and nothing, I thought I would call at 4.30 to see how things are going, Ray informed me he was still working on the old girl and would call me back.
Around 6pm I get a call say she is all sorted and ready to go. I am over the moon now as no other faults have been found. One thing that did crack me up on the phone, Ray said "I took it for a test drive, and there was nothing, nothing nothing and then all of a sudden it went balistic" He said, is this normal... I laughed and confirmed this is how they are.
So off I go to get the car, She was still on the ramps as Ray wanted to show me some stuff. Got the car in the air and found the knock on the exhaust which looks like it can be resolved with a big hammer and found the leak on the engine which is the sump gasket, so will get that sorted when she goes in for a oil change.
Ray showed me the old gasket and it looked like it had rotted away in the top left corner, He also said the head had to take a good skim due to being pitted. They got it back nice and flat again. Everything went back fine, only thing not working is the oil pressure gauge but this was causing issues before it went in so will need to ask some advice on that in the near future.
I drove the car home and gave it a bit of boost and she feels nice, turbo sounds slightly different as I think maybe the manifold gasket was leaking? no idea but did sound slightly different.
Pulls as you would expect and no smoke etc from the exhaust. I noticed the car did not kick out any condensation once warm and it did before the gasket was changed. I think I might of bought this car with very first signs of a gasket failure as it has always put a bit of condensation out of the exhaust but only what you would expect. Not sure, but only very small signs I could see.
So parked her up and checked under the bonnet, nothing, everything looks nice and tight, all gaskets look spot on and no signs of leaks etc. I will be taking the car back in a couple hundred miles just to get everything checked over and tightened if needed.
Now the biggest problem I had with this was not getting the gasket changed, it was the implications that came with it. Was the power too much it was killing the gasket or was it not done right?
Now I was under the understanding this engine was rebuilt in 2010 and this was when she was live mapped. So I was thinking it has killed a brand new group A gasket in 3 years and around 10,000 miles and was thinking backing the boost off might be the only option.
So a quick text to Matt the guy who owned the car and is a user on this site to ask when the head gasket was changed and it came back as 2003 when the engine was built! Now I feel a bit better, the gasket has lasted 10 years and after inspecting the old gasket it does not look like a Victor Reinz gasket. So I think I will be OK leaving her as she is.
So over all, brillant news!
She is currently off the road as the tax was out this month and it needs two tyres on the front so at the end of the month I will be getting her back on the road and off to meet fellow local RS owners including a Sierra RS500 Cannot wait to get some photos of them all together.
I have spent a small fortune on the car in recent months but I feel I have done everything I can to give the car the best chance. The parts have been the best you can get etc so can only sit tight and enjoy now.
I do not really have any photos as I didnt want to get in Rays way and the engine bay needs a clean now due to being dismantled.
Thanks for reading
As most will know I was getting sigs of failed headgasket on the Escort.
Signs started a few months ago with the lose of some water. I had a coolant pressure test, cylinder pressure test and sniff test completed and all came back fine. No signs of anything coming out of the head so put it down to the cap being the problem.
As time went on and the car was still using a small amount of water I found the thermostat housing could of done with tightening up so I did this and resolved the slight leak I had around this area.
So roll on a couple weeks with the car being fine I pulled up in a pub to take the Mrs out for a meal to take her mind of some bad news and sat looking for a "cosworth" space and notice steam coming from the engine!! I parked it up and popped the bonnet, it was a cold dry night so thought maybe it was something small but looked worse due to it being so cold.
Drove the car home fine off boost and got home, popped the bonnet and nothing.
Left it that night and went to investigate that morning. This is when I did the engine bay cleanup.
Long story short noticed steam coming from the back left hand corner of the head around the last bolt on the manifold.
Put the car back into the garage that did the first leak test and he confirmed it was going. I left the car with them and asked for a price. Got a price of Ł600 without the VAT just for labour and nearly fell over.
Took the car home and like most I expect, I had serious doubts with it. I priced up the parts to be around Ł300.
I spoke with a mate from the RSOC and local guy Pete aka Leggy Pete who put me in touch with R&B Motors aka Ray whos son is also a RS owner and a RSOC forum user PeteNoFear. I took the car to Ray and said what it needed, after looking under the bonnet his first question was why are they charging so much? He could not see any problems with it and gave me a price! Well under half the price of the first one for labour!!!
The car was booked in and I ordered the parts. Turned up a few days later and took the car down Tuesday evening ready for a start first thing Wednesday.
I gave Ray the parts which consisted of my Group A Victor Reinz Headgasket and Victor Reinz head bolts, cosmetic top end gasket set, new cambelt and tensioner.
Now I know and read enough about these cars and headgaskets to know it never goes straight forward. Ray told me to make sure I was on the phone all day in case he needed me to make a quick decision on the car.
So the Wednesday was spent pacing up and down the office waiting for a phone call. My work mates thought it would help by having a wager on what else would be broken!
Anyway, most of the day and nothing, I thought I would call at 4.30 to see how things are going, Ray informed me he was still working on the old girl and would call me back.
Around 6pm I get a call say she is all sorted and ready to go. I am over the moon now as no other faults have been found. One thing that did crack me up on the phone, Ray said "I took it for a test drive, and there was nothing, nothing nothing and then all of a sudden it went balistic" He said, is this normal... I laughed and confirmed this is how they are.
So off I go to get the car, She was still on the ramps as Ray wanted to show me some stuff. Got the car in the air and found the knock on the exhaust which looks like it can be resolved with a big hammer
and found the leak on the engine which is the sump gasket, so will get that sorted when she goes in for a oil change.Ray showed me the old gasket and it looked like it had rotted away in the top left corner, He also said the head had to take a good skim due to being pitted. They got it back nice and flat again. Everything went back fine, only thing not working is the oil pressure gauge but this was causing issues before it went in so will need to ask some advice on that in the near future.
I drove the car home and gave it a bit of boost and she feels nice, turbo sounds slightly different as I think maybe the manifold gasket was leaking? no idea but did sound slightly different.
Pulls as you would expect and no smoke etc from the exhaust. I noticed the car did not kick out any condensation once warm and it did before the gasket was changed. I think I might of bought this car with very first signs of a gasket failure as it has always put a bit of condensation out of the exhaust but only what you would expect. Not sure, but only very small signs I could see.
So parked her up and checked under the bonnet, nothing, everything looks nice and tight, all gaskets look spot on and no signs of leaks etc. I will be taking the car back in a couple hundred miles just to get everything checked over and tightened if needed.
Now the biggest problem I had with this was not getting the gasket changed, it was the implications that came with it. Was the power too much it was killing the gasket or was it not done right?
Now I was under the understanding this engine was rebuilt in 2010 and this was when she was live mapped. So I was thinking it has killed a brand new group A gasket in 3 years and around 10,000 miles and was thinking backing the boost off might be the only option.
So a quick text to Matt the guy who owned the car and is a user on this site to ask when the head gasket was changed and it came back as 2003 when the engine was built! Now I feel a bit better, the gasket has lasted 10 years and after inspecting the old gasket it does not look like a Victor Reinz gasket. So I think I will be OK leaving her as she is.
So over all, brillant news!
She is currently off the road as the tax was out this month and it needs two tyres on the front so at the end of the month I will be getting her back on the road and off to meet fellow local RS owners including a Sierra RS500
Cannot wait to get some photos of them all together.I have spent a small fortune on the car in recent months but I feel I have done everything I can to give the car the best chance. The parts have been the best you can get etc so can only sit tight and enjoy now.
I do not really have any photos as I didnt want to get in Rays way and the engine bay needs a clean now due to being dismantled.
Thanks for reading
30-04-2013, 04:29 PM
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Managed to clean the car, only a very quick wipe over, sun was shining nice so took a couple snaps of the paintwork. Not bad for an old car.
And this is the reason she is not on the road at the moment! Only noticed this because I put it up on axel stands to check for leaks etc. Could only see when right under the car due to how low she was etc. Could not see it unless under her or the wheel off!
This is the tread, as you can see, has plenty of life in them
This is the inside!
Both sides are the same. As you can see, not good!
So guys, please check the inside walls on your tyres!
And this is the reason she is not on the road at the moment! Only noticed this because I put it up on axel stands to check for leaks etc. Could only see when right under the car due to how low she was etc. Could not see it unless under her or the wheel off!
This is the tread, as you can see, has plenty of life in them
This is the inside!
Both sides are the same. As you can see, not good!
So guys, please check the inside walls on your tyres!
02-05-2013, 07:54 AM
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Yep they are terrible mate! Just happy I found it before one let out or the police found it.
She is now taxed. I honestly thought I would be over the moon but after taxing mine and the Mrs car in one month has really pissed me off with the prices we pay!!!
Anyway, car is with me today and going to get some new tyres on her tonight and hopefully get the camber sorted out. Parked next to my little XR2 I have my eye on
Had a bit of grey smoke coming from the back of her when I first put her under some boost but cleared and drove really nice (for a old car)
All cleaned and ready to go. Might take her for a blast down to the coast tonight
She is now taxed. I honestly thought I would be over the moon but after taxing mine and the Mrs car in one month has really pissed me off with the prices we pay!!!
Anyway, car is with me today and going to get some new tyres on her tonight and hopefully get the camber sorted out. Parked next to my little XR2 I have my eye on
Had a bit of grey smoke coming from the back of her when I first put her under some boost but cleared and drove really nice (for a old car)
All cleaned and ready to go. Might take her for a blast down to the coast tonight
04-05-2013, 05:45 PM
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Today I went to try get some love back for the car. I have spent around Ł1200 in two months on her and starting to question ownership.
So off I set, left home around 7.30am this morning and headed to Cheddar Gorge. Some nice driving roads if it stayed dry... sadly it didnt. So just pootled along. I took the camera for some snaps in the Gorge. See below
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Sorry about all the pics, I like to get a bit creative and the background was spot on.
For anyone that has not been here, its really hard to show in the photos but its stupidly high. Very cool place to go with the cars. They should close it and do a hill climb there, would be amazing
I also took this video of my driving half way down and then backup again. Not driving it hard or anything just giving a good show of what the road is like
So off I set, left home around 7.30am this morning and headed to Cheddar Gorge. Some nice driving roads if it stayed dry... sadly it didnt. So just pootled along. I took the camera for some snaps in the Gorge. See below
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IMG_0111 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! IMG_0111 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! by Mark Boon, on Flickr
Sorry about all the pics, I like to get a bit creative and the background was spot on.
For anyone that has not been here, its really hard to show in the photos but its stupidly high. Very cool place to go with the cars. They should close it and do a hill climb there, would be amazing
I also took this video of my driving half way down and then backup again. Not driving it hard or anything just giving a good show of what the road is like
Last edited by booner999; 04-05-2013 at 05:48 PM.
13-05-2013, 08:06 PM
#62
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What a surprise when opening Rallye News!!!
I knew it was going to be in but never knew it would be a nice big artical like it was Really happy with that!
I showed my parents and they want an extra copy of Rallye News so if anyone knows how to get hold of one, please let me know.
This is the rest of the artical incase you do not get RN
That is two features the car has had in less than 8 months of ownership
I knew it was going to be in but never knew it would be a nice big artical like it was
Really happy with that!I showed my parents and they want an extra copy of Rallye News so if anyone knows how to get hold of one, please let me know.
This is the rest of the artical incase you do not get RN
That is two features the car has had in less than 8 months of ownership
30-06-2013, 04:37 PM
#64
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Thread Starter
UPDATE:
Went around to see Leggy Pete over 1 month ago in the Escort, after looking over some serious V8 power and the two RS's we jumped in the Escort for heading for a McDonalds breakfast, I had egg McMuffin with sausage
After leaving we are greated with a E46 M3 Convertible in front as we come out onto the dual carriage way.
So as you expect, sat at the lights side by side... I am confident the Cossie is going to show him a clean pair of heals... But just as I went, it missed... I kept my foot in it thinking it was just a blip and it shot off eventually... then starting missing ALOT!
So we got it to a garage and check some bits, couldnt find anything... ended up getting it recoverd back home after Leggy Pete changed the plugs in the old girl.
When she was home and after a mechanic had gone over the car they put it down to an ignition issue as it would not start.
Parts I ended up replacing...
Dizzy cap
Phase sensor
rota arm
ignition amp
spark plugs
I went over the plugs and leads etc, cleaned any connectors up and checked everything 4 times. Still nothing
I got pissed off with the car and just turned it over and over... after about 30 seconds it started spluttering into life!!!
Still sounded like crap though and missing badly, but this told us it was overfuelling rather than an ignition issue...
So the main suspect was the 3 bar map sensor... I ended up getting Magneti Marelli parts for everything as they are apparently the best items to go for. For anyone looking for a genuine 3 bar map sensor, be quick! Only a small handful of these left!
So again, got it, plugged it in.. tested... still the same! Gutted!
Last thing to try was the coolant temp sensor in the head which tells the ECU whats going on... Decided I would check its location today and see how easy it would be to get too, after struggling to find it I stuck my hand down in the back right hand side of the engine and left around, I could feel a cable with a connector on the end which felt like it was not on... so managed to get it lined up and pushed back on... I am now starting to tot up how much I have spent on sensors!
Jump in the old girl after checking everything again and fired her up, took a few seconds but she fired and spluttered a bit, blew a bit of smoke and ticked over fine!! Reved fine. I let her warm up and give it some revs, all fine.. Took it a couple hundred yards down the road and got the boost to come in and it was fine again, blowing a bit of grey smoke but to be expected with the amount of fuel it has thrown through the system.
Let her warm up and took the ISCV off and the tickover is a little lumpy but I can sort that I am sure... Any ideas on things to try for this btw?
So M537 BSW.... I WIN!!! until next time!! I am also going to find that M3 and wipe the smile off his face!
The MOT ran out as well, so will book that in next week and get that sorted.. fingers crossed it goes through OK..
Also had to redo the insurance.. Went with Need2insure again as the renewal price was spot on and insured all my mods etc. I am putting greys in her and getting the car live mapped for them and all insured ready for this.
If I am honest, when the car played up and was recovered.. I really was not bothered about getting it fixed... It felt like a load of my mind knowning that it being sat on the drive and not being used, it was not going to break... which is pretty bad!
A month on and I was starting to get bored of it sat there doing nothing, lined up a garage for the winter months so she will be going in that from now on and only used at weekends if I find the time. I have fallen on my feet with the garage, my best mate is renting a coach house with a nice big garage under it.. has electric and a 24 hour security gaurd upstairs!
If anyone has ideas on storing the car for the winter please pass them on.. I will pickup a trickle charger and the car will be road worthy all year round so if I want to, I will drive it.
Thanks
Mark
PS no photos, car looks like crap.. Big clean next weekend I think depending on this MOT haha
Went around to see Leggy Pete over 1 month ago in the Escort, after looking over some serious V8 power and the two RS's we jumped in the Escort for heading for a McDonalds breakfast, I had egg McMuffin with sausage
After leaving we are greated with a E46 M3 Convertible in front as we come out onto the dual carriage way.
So as you expect, sat at the lights side by side... I am confident the Cossie is going to show him a clean pair of heals... But just as I went, it missed... I kept my foot in it thinking it was just a blip and it shot off eventually... then starting missing ALOT!
So we got it to a garage and check some bits, couldnt find anything... ended up getting it recoverd back home after Leggy Pete changed the plugs in the old girl.
When she was home and after a mechanic had gone over the car they put it down to an ignition issue as it would not start.
Parts I ended up replacing...
Dizzy cap
Phase sensor
rota arm
ignition amp
spark plugs
I went over the plugs and leads etc, cleaned any connectors up and checked everything 4 times. Still nothing
I got pissed off with the car and just turned it over and over... after about 30 seconds it started spluttering into life!!!
Still sounded like crap though and missing badly, but this told us it was overfuelling rather than an ignition issue...
So the main suspect was the 3 bar map sensor... I ended up getting Magneti Marelli parts for everything as they are apparently the best items to go for. For anyone looking for a genuine 3 bar map sensor, be quick! Only a small handful of these left!
So again, got it, plugged it in.. tested... still the same! Gutted!
Last thing to try was the coolant temp sensor in the head which tells the ECU whats going on... Decided I would check its location today and see how easy it would be to get too, after struggling to find it I stuck my hand down in the back right hand side of the engine and left around, I could feel a cable with a connector on the end which felt like it was not on... so managed to get it lined up and pushed back on... I am now starting to tot up how much I have spent on sensors!
Jump in the old girl after checking everything again and fired her up, took a few seconds but she fired and spluttered a bit, blew a bit of smoke and ticked over fine!! Reved fine. I let her warm up and give it some revs, all fine.. Took it a couple hundred yards down the road and got the boost to come in and it was fine again, blowing a bit of grey smoke but to be expected with the amount of fuel it has thrown through the system.
Let her warm up and took the ISCV off and the tickover is a little lumpy but I can sort that I am sure... Any ideas on things to try for this btw?
So M537 BSW.... I WIN!!! until next time!! I am also going to find that M3 and wipe the smile off his face!
The MOT ran out as well, so will book that in next week and get that sorted.. fingers crossed it goes through OK..
Also had to redo the insurance.. Went with Need2insure again as the renewal price was spot on and insured all my mods etc. I am putting greys in her and getting the car live mapped for them and all insured ready for this.
If I am honest, when the car played up and was recovered.. I really was not bothered about getting it fixed... It felt like a load of my mind knowning that it being sat on the drive and not being used, it was not going to break... which is pretty bad!
A month on and I was starting to get bored of it sat there doing nothing, lined up a garage for the winter months so she will be going in that from now on and only used at weekends if I find the time. I have fallen on my feet with the garage, my best mate is renting a coach house with a nice big garage under it.. has electric and a 24 hour security gaurd upstairs!
If anyone has ideas on storing the car for the winter please pass them on.. I will pickup a trickle charger and the car will be road worthy all year round so if I want to, I will drive it.
Thanks
Mark
PS no photos, car looks like crap.. Big clean next weekend I think depending on this MOT haha
30-06-2013, 05:31 PM
#65
02-07-2013, 06:17 PM
#66
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Thread Starter
It does it when the ISCV is disconnected 
A quick photo of her passing her test!!!!
Good girl... Had a look under the old girl and I was very surprised how good it was. MOT guy said he could not seen any rust My biggest worry.
A few electrical gremlins I need to sort but apart from that everything was good.
A quick photo of her passing her test!!!!
Good girl... Had a look under the old girl and I was very surprised how good it was. MOT guy said he could not seen any rust
My biggest worry.A few electrical gremlins I need to sort but apart from that everything was good.
15-07-2013, 06:31 PM
#69
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Thread Starter
Well this now comes to an end. The car has just been collected and is heading back to Essex.
Thanks for reading guys. I will no doubt start another for the next car I buy
Thanks for reading guys. I will no doubt start another for the next car I buy
15-07-2013, 08:16 PM
#70
Great write up and cracking cos mate 
, Love the stories of it being used as a daily and getting some stick , top man 
Bet its fun being RWD too , awesome !
Sorry to see you have sold it
, Love the stories of it being used as a daily and getting some stick , top man Bet its fun being RWD too , awesome !
Sorry to see you have sold it
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