Hello there,
I bought my Escort about a month ago form ebay, I have never had a ford before but really enjoying it atm, the car is great, rund and drives like new! I have done the usual things since buying it, service etc, but it seems to be drinking petrol, i have changed all the petrol pipes and put in a fuel filter but it is doing about 20 mpg! Can anyone help me at all???
cheers, Tom

 

is it unleaded fuel as i think early cvh's are leaded but dont quote me on that, other than that the carb is set to high and overfueling or just a tired engine, get the spanners out and get a 2.0 zetec or duratec in there anyway as it looks a nice shell and would be a good sleeper

 

Need more pics.

 

love these had a 1.3 sunburst red one for my first car happy days!wish i could see th pics on my phone they wont show :-( also mine was w reg first of the mk3 i believe it was using leaded fuel and didnt run so well when they stopped selling it,i put a fuel cat on which was meant to add lead back into unleaded fuel,waste of time and money,as said above get a zetec in there

 

looks mint that mate!

 

I doubt it has a CVH engine, it looks very tidy for what I presume is an L model? must have been garaged all its life

 

looks good mate,its an old engine now might need a setup,or maybe an zetec lump dropping in

 

lol no the engine is fine, 58000 miles and is sweet! it has never been welded and doesn't need it, its been looked after really well. I have been running it on normal unleaded, after having a good look at it the carb isn't the original, it is a weber 32 ibf? i think a bigger one is needed any suggestions?




oh and i have a set of capri lazer wheels to go on it

 

I'd leave it all original if i were you mate, get it rediculously clean and take it to shows, look out for another less tidy example and put those wheels on / modify that one

 

mate make sure to put some lead substitute or youll fuck up the engine looks mint!

 

Love it.

Mate of mine has just got one on 48000 genuine miles, just need a few bits to fully restore her

 

get banded steels on there

 

looks good ,i have a 1.6 ghia breaking if your interested in anything to uprate

 

sweet standard escort!