maverick1984

Hi guys.
I have searched all over the internet and this forum (as well as others) and i was hoping someone could really help me out with a problem i have.

I have just bought this car from a family friend. The car has been sitting on there drive for around 4 months and not being used very much.

The car idles slightly erratic at low revs and it feels like it wants to stall when pulling to junctions/roundabouts/lights etc..(but never does) There is a bubbling / gurgling sound coming from the engine bay which i think is to do with the aircon.

I had a mechanic check this out. He plugged in a diagnostic machine a no faults were registered. He thought that it might be the Idle control valve so he replaced that but it didnt change anything, so he put the old one back in.

I have just serviced it myself - changing plugs, oil and filter and air filter.

Also if i have the aircon on the car will not over idle, the gurgling sound kind of dissapears and the car doesn't feellike it will stalll.

Please help before i send it to the stealers.

tabetha

I would do an emission check first to see if you have a duff lambda sensor, any freindly mot place could do this for you.
tabetha

saph_Al

iTrader: (2)

Is the clutch on the aircon compressor kickin on and out ok ? sound to me like it's labouring the engine . does the aircon work ? try takin the aux belt off and startin the engine and see it this helps? my bet is the comps sezed
cheers Ally

saph_Al

iTrader: (2)

scrap that miss read it thought it was stalling with aircon on , my bad

liam-rst

iTrader: (1)

i had a prob like this on my old esc gti an it turned out to be a throttle position sensor

maverick1984

I have taken the car to Ford today so i will post with the results of what they find. Hopefully it wont cost to much!

mickeyj87

Hey buddy,
just reading your thread i have a similar problem with my focus. its a 2000 1.6 16v ghia.

Read that you were takin it to ford, What did they say? was it a big fix? or expensive?

maverick1984

Well Ford originally replaced the crankcase vent pipe and they said that it fixed the problem but as soon as i picked the car up i could tell the problem was still there. I paid 2 hours labour plus parts which came to around £200.

The car went back to them and they had it for a furthur 3 days and in the end the car needed a ECU software update. I didnt have to pay for this.

Problems now fixed and been fine for the last couple of months.