Any other 4 wheel drive cortinas out there?

[RLH487W 0]

If already checked and boost stays steady maybe an injector is sticking or not opening all of the time and under fuelling .Point of interest is this the hitachi/Subaru injection system.If so check all the earths very carefully(previous experience).Obdviousley the best way to simulate fault and have diagnostic equipment available is a rolling road session but not cheap.

Thanks for advice - iwill check and let you know the type

I'm sure that's where I will end up at rolling road - I was hoping swapping all parts from 1 car to another would sort as I didn't want to have a rolling road check find a stupid easy fault ....

[bigjohn 2]

duno??

 

inside ecu?

 

01 & 03 plt.

Sorry for the post hijack!

Yes Craig, the coils are switched inside the ecu.

[sheffieldcortinacentre 741]

cheers.

[Pete-H 69]

I have just read the thread from start to finish and I must say Bravo Sir what an achievement.

 

As for your bad running at high loading and one thing I noticed which could cause the problem that you are having and if you go back to post #373 and you have hard mounted the fuel pump rather than mounting it on a rubber supported base, this would cause excessive vibration and air bubbles in the fuel this would give the symptoms that you have described.

 

I have had the same effect/problem on a V12 XJS years ago.

 

I hope that you get the problem sorted some how.

 

Pete-H

[RLH487W 0]

Thanks for the advice and comments

I will give it a try and let you know how it goes

Thanks

[markie2 0]

mk1 sitting on scooby floor plan

[RLH487W 0]

mk1 sitting on scooby floor plan

Any more info or photos?

[Pete-H 69]

Yes start a forum thread on your Car please?

[Captin Crayford 2]

Hi All

 

Not sure if this one has been posted before buy been in the archives box for a while.

[RLH487W 0]

20 months since I updated

Done nothing with it till last weekend

Got it ready for mot and today it past

 

Subaru specialist told me try fitting a newer bigger intercooler which Iv done and still got the fault

There are a few thing I need to test and going to look to front mount the intercooler this year

I'm sick of having old fords but not driving an old ford

So I bought a Granada and used as my daily for the last 8 months - I'm not doing anything to it apart from enjoy it

my escorts also taken a back seat but hopefully push on this year

Took opertunity today to take some photos

[RLH487W 0]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[MK5CortinaEstate 53]

Good to hear it hasn't been abandoned. Good luck with getting it all sorted. Would love to have a classic Ford as my daily as well, but not suitable for the milage I am doing.

[Pete-H 69]

Nice to hear you are still keeping the project going.

[GhiaMk4/5 207]

You can't beat a Granny, got a 2.8i Ghia X pack estate that I have owned for 25 years, it may only have 160bhp, but they go well, as I am sure you know, just crap on fuel, and the problem you are having with the mk5,frustrating, coil packs breaking down was always a common problem, also a mate had a Japanese import one and every 200 miles he would have to disconnect the battery and join the earth and positive together to remap it, would then drive brilliantly for 200 miles and then repeat same procedure, never did get to the bottom of it.

[RLH487W 0]

You can't beat a Granny, got a 2.8i Ghia X pack estate that I have owned for 25 years, it may only have 160bhp, but they go well, as I am sure you know, just crap on fuel, and the problem you are having with the mk5,frustrating, coil packs breaking down was always a common problem, also a mate had a Japanese import one and every 200 miles he would have to disconnect the battery and join the earth and positive together to remap it, would then drive brilliantly for 200 miles and then repeat same procedure, never did get to the bottom of it.

 

I have tried the joining of the cables - also bought another car and swapped everything from one to the other

 

There are a few things I'm going to try inc Petes suggestion re fuel pump mount

 

Thing is since Iv started using the Granada I have realised Iv been getting it wrong all these years - instead of having car of the road for years converting and making it go faster it's a lot better driving an old arm chair and driving like miss daisy