someone help me fix my engine =(

[Badgerman85]

so basically last year before i took my escort off the road it started having some issues, intermittently cutting out a hell of alot.

 

so last week i had a poke about in the engine, plenty of spark from the coil but not alot from the plug leads, had a look and, discovered the inside of the dizzy cap was knackered so i got another one.

 

fitted that today, still cutting out, rather alot too, ive changed the spark plugs and put a couple of different sets of leads on and thats not helped, theres plenty of fuel getting to both carbs, spark seems good.

 

compression tested it as well, 1 & 3 are around 120psi, and 2 & 4 are around 90 psi.

 

any ideas people??

[SmokeEm]

I reckon the coil could be at fault intermittently

[Badgerman85]

yea i was thinking that for a bit, what should my compression be like? i got no idea...

[glenbo]

my mate had a simular problem with his mini,turned out to be the distributor

[livewire7116]

did you change points , condensor and rotor arm as a matter of course?

[Badgerman85]

did you change points , condensor and rotor arm as a matter of course?

 

its an electronic one so nothing to change other than the rotor and cap, which are both now mint!

[Jiffer]

what engine is it?

[antz]

what engine is it?

 

1700 xflow

[escort21]

I suspect the coil is at fault...the insides break down as it gets hot

[Jiffer]

isnt the compression a little on the low side, Fiesta Steve is the man to ask or the Oracle as I call him

[Badgerman85]

isnt the compression a little on the low side, Fiesta Steve is the man to ask or the Oracle as I call him

 

test was done when the engine was totally cold, probably didnt help!

[Jiffer]

still likely to be an electrical fault if cutting out intermittently

[Badgerman85]

now all i need to do is find someone in the area with a constant energy coil....or buy another one and see what happens!

[Toby]

You need all the plugs out and foot to the floor throttle for a comp test.

 

Your results are very low...I am suspicious of your foot!

[silverstreak]

get a beefier coil

[vibrating_Cake]

coil, compression is "there" and its "visible" lol.

 

if you're down to silly figures like 40psi and less on one or more cylinders thats when you start worrying electrical, the coil feeds the plugs+dizzy low power to both of these=weak spark/no spark which is your cutting out etc

also give your fuel filters a change if they havent been done in a while, rules clogged filters out =)

[Badgerman85]

coil, compression is "there" and its "visible" lol.

 

if you're down to silly figures like 40psi and less on one or more cylinders thats when you start worrying electrical, the coil feeds the plugs+dizzy low power to both of these=weak spark/no spark which is your cutting out etc

also give your fuel filters a change if they havent been done in a while, rules clogged filters out =)

 

 

cleaned all the filters and checked the power to the coil and its all good, gonna get my hands on a new coil and see what happens!

[andytechno]

make sure you get one thats for an electronic ignition

[Andrade]

When put the pinto in the viva it used to turn off after about 15 mins of driving, i used to wait for 15 mins, then it would start up normally again. I changed coil, put lumenition in, alternator, and there was enough spark to cook a chicken. Then i went on to fuel, changed the carburettor, changed a few old pipes, and it still did it. Turns out it was the fuel filter