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PostPosted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:26 pm Reply with quote
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Ok, the car is fucked again.

It starts fine, sets off fine, when i put my toe down it speeds up as it should but when I stop, the engine revs to about 3000 rpm and this last for about 3-4 seconds.

When it's finished reving its tits off, it drops to 500rpm and bobbles about between 500 and 200 rpm? then stalls after a few seconds even with the clutch down.

There is no way on earth I can afford a big repair and I need to car to get my granddad to hospital a couple of times a week.

I need cheap solutions, quickly.

Anyone have a clue what's goin on?

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:48 pm Reply with quote
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1. when was the last time it was serviced? i.e plugs/leads etc

2.have you noticed if its ok when the engine is still cold and if it gets worse when it reachs runing temp?

3.is the engine management light on,or does it flash when it plays up?

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:34 pm Reply with quote
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1, It's got new HT leads and ignition coil. Oil change was quite recent and all the other bodily fluids are fine.

2. The car held revs while stationary but it only did it a couple of times in 1 trip then it seemed to settle down but now it does it regardless.

3. No lights come on, it hovers at really low revs then just stalls. It starts straight away again though.

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:30 pm Reply with quote
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1, It's got new HT leads and ignition coil. Oil change was quite recent and all the other bodily fluids are fine.

2. The car held revs while stationary but it only did it a couple of times in 1 trip then it seemed to settle down but now it does it regardless.

3. No lights come on, it hovers at really low revs then just stalls. It starts straight away again though.


i guess it had plugs at the sametime as new leads

long as the main pipes for air flow are not holed and drawing in air my first thoughts would be air flow meter/air mas meter etc(names change alittle) or idle control valve or egr valve,am sure it will have egr instead of icv,there are other possiblitys but from what you have said my money would be on those,i had similr issues on my astra.


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 6:34 pm Reply with quote
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done a quick search,the airflow meter,maf sensor etc cause these problems on alot of cars mate,id be looking into that.

had a quick search.have a look over this thread,

http://passionford.com/forum/ford-focus-rs/320339-ford-focus-1-8-zetec-power-loss-stuttering-issue.html

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:43 am Reply with quote
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Nice one, cheers fella.

I'll check it out this weekend.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:22 pm Reply with quote
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Might be the air flow meter.

Took it to a mates, unplugged it and it seemed to steady out.

Gonna go to the scrappers next week and grab one.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 6:48 pm Reply with quote
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good stuff mate,some people try clean them with spray but its just a temp fix in my opinion.if you cant find on in a scrappy,look through the owners clubs or even ebay,what i do.good luck

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 11:16 am Reply with quote
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I quite often find stuff like that cheap on eBay. Had a problem with the speedo sensor on the gearbox and found a second-hand one cheap as chips and good nick ad well.



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PostPosted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:45 pm Reply with quote
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aye,watch out when buying new pattern air flow meteres etc off ebay though,alot are shite and make your car run worse.stick with the real part for this,good second part or new bosch part(if thats who makes fords)

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PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:23 am Reply with quote
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I'm off to the scrap yard later, fingers crossed it works.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:57 am Reply with quote
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It's not the MAF sensor. BOLLOCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


It still does the chug chug noise then stalls when it idles.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 5:45 pm Reply with quote
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then you should be looking at cleaning the egr or icv,how do you know the maf from scrappy was ok,did you get to start the car to test it first?

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:19 am Reply with quote
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No idea how good the MAF is.

The Focus I got it off was a lot newer, there was hardly any dirt on it and the car was there because it had been rear ended.

I kept the old one so after i've done some cleaning, i can try it out if need be.

IF they both work then I'll probably sell one of them to try and recoup some cash.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 9:02 am Reply with quote
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I'm having a similar problem on my Golf 2.0 GTi.

People are recommending:
1. Cleaning the throttle body
2. Check the crank-case breather pipe for splits and clean if required
3. Split breather pipe might be clogged or split

Thought some of the above might help although mine is '97 so quite old!



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