Hi there, ive got a 1988 E reg Escort Rs Turbo, ive been having a bit of a problem, normally i put my key in the imobilizer, then i put my other key in the ignition and turn it and hear a noise, i think it is the fuel pump! well anyways i cant hear that noise anymore and cant start my car, the petrol reading doesnt go up either, so im pretty sure its something to do with fuel, i know there's petrol in, just under half a tank cause i never let my car run dry, any idea's of this probel or should i just take it to a garage ? thanks
my e-mail is toon_army2k2@yahoo.co.uk

 

check the fuel pump relay (pinky colour) under the dash just above the pedals usually gets burnt out on them models!

 

Check your ignition fuse in the fuse box. The symbol on the cover of the fuse box should look like a key. If its not that then i think its a problem with your immobiliser.

 

it's not me fuse and its not the imobilizer, if it was the imobilizer the car wouldnt try to turn over it would do nothing when i turn the key, the car try's to start but no fuel is getting to through, ive check the relay and its fine so looks like its a fuel pump, anybody know if a can use a different fuel pump from a higher mk escort as mine is a mk4 and are hard to find these day's

 

u can use a Sierra Cossie one on a s/2 np about £25-£40 2nd hand m8 pm me if u need one

 

how much of a piss about are fuel pump's to fit do you know ? am going to try a shop that speciallises in ford see if they can help me out as it's not good my car sitting in the garage

 

FIXED it, i asked my mate "simon" if he could test if there was any power going to the fuel pump, he did this and found there was no juice going to it, so i said could you wire it striaght to the battery and test it that way, in the procedure of this he notice a connection was rotten and no longer a connection, anyways he's stuck me 2 new connections and the turbo's back on the road.
Thank's Si top top guy

 

Hi
Can you tell us which connection and where, so it might help somewhere else where to look?

 

[quote="Al Bags"]Hi
Can you tell us which connection and where, so it might help somewhere else where to look?

I'd say that it was the connections on the actual pump that had rusted over the years from the weather

 

Yup, I bet it was the actual connectors to the fuel pump it'self as mine went on my old s2 also.

 

Yup, I bet it was the actual connectors to the fuel pump it'self as mine went on my old s2 also. [/quote]

Bang on guy, when you jack the car up and look where the fuel pump is there is a couple of wire's to power the pump, well they were dog rotten and had came off, when you turn your key on the car you should hear the fuel pump then a click, the click is your fuel relay, thats how i knew mine was working, its the pink box under the dash, dont go to Ford for a new one lol there £55, people on ebay sell them for under £10. So if you cant hear your fuel pump its most probabily an electrical fault as the pumps are pretty sold made but nothing lasts forever, hope this help's somebody

 

Yup, I spent many an hour under the back of mine as it went once and the AA guy sorted it and then it went a few months later (he did tell me he had sorted it to get me home / to a garage to be sorted properly as he didnt have perfect connectors) but i forgot Anyway, when I knew what the prob was I made my own connectors and sorted it

 

hi iv just had a new fuel pump put in and it is an absulute bastard u have to disconect the fuel line and plug it up and then remove the pump and the housing ul probably need to get new rubber mounts it cost 150 for the pump,75 for the pump carrier, and 5.00 for each of the rubber mounts and i needed 4 of them

 

Jeez! Where did you go to get this done? A Rolls-Royce garage?

 

LOL.

I know what your saying mate, just done mine, but I used a stainless after market cradle, all a bit



All I had to get was the black pump carrier that bolts to the chassis (bout £27 from Ford iirc) and the 3 X rubber mounts (about £4 each or somin )

 

there only £20 odd from ford m8

 

See a bit more now .... maybe! ..........

 

That spanner always been dangling there, has it?

 

LOL mate.

Na, the spanner was being held by me whilst taking the pic, notice the mole grips the other end also, lol was just testing