Masked Marauder

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I agree that there is no baffle in the tank, it is a one-piece blow-moulded plastic affair. Everyone's thumps with a 1/4 tank of fuel, that is why we knew straight away thats what it was. As for the fault codes, an errant reading from a sensor may not generate a fault code if the sensor is still operating within the minimum and maximum readings acceptable to the ECU. But that does not mean it is giving the correct reading at the correct time....

Well as far as I am aware the changes to the MK1 and MK2 were mainly cosmetic, there was no changes to the drive train, suspension or steering. The Floor Pan and front seat supports are the same over the whole range and the 10 years it has been made for. I see no reason why the seats are not interchangeable. The frames are the same part numbers with only changes for colours too.

It is no better than a can of carb cleaner, it is just the same stuff.

Alhambra, I don't suppose your in or around the Nothants area?

It is looked like this:

Most likely they were forgetting it was a diesel and changing down too soon...... :(

If you spot anything you recognise....... :( :ph34r: :(

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The metering pump is located in the center of the car plumbed into the fuel lines. It supplies pluses of fuel through a nozzle into the airflow from the booster heater fan and over a glowing plug which ignites it. The hot exhaust then passes through a heat exchanger warming the engine coolant. The ticking is the metering pump pulsing the fuel through (the faster the ticks the more fuel is being forced in) and the turbine sound is the fan in the booster heater pushing the air through.

He does not have to see the brake pads, if he can't then the only test he can do on the brakes is an efficiency test. If he could see them and they were contaminated/insecure/less than 1.5mm of friction material then that is a fail. But an MOT tester is not allowed to strip anything down to test it.

The nutter is clearly either a troll or an attention whore.

When was the brake and clutch fluid changed? More likely the release bearing is stiff though.

Once upon a time I had some 1200 litres of pink petrol stashed away in strategic points in 20 litre metal cans for rapid recovery when required....

Yep, either over-boost or failure of boost I think. Check all the thin vacuum pipes (they look like fuel lines at tehback of the engine bay) to see if any have split or perished.

Nope it is normally a double switch that has a set of contacts that are normally open and a set that are normally closed. When you press the brake they change to closed and open. Do you have cruise control? If so does it work correctly? Do your brake lights work? It may not be the switch, but that is the first thing to check.

Check for corroded connections on the metering pump.

Your flashing glow plug light is most likely a failure on the brake light switch.

You have got to have the last word though....

Was just relaying what I was told last night at work.

The Gal is just 'slightly' less accessible than a Fiesta :D Thanks for your input though. Regards - JB And not made by Ford either! How many sticking plasters was the job in the end?

Ask a random question, you get a random series of answers. In fact ask any question on here and you get random answers....

MOF pleasures you?

Discs are hardened, as the disks are used the hardened layer wears away, however the heat from braking hardens the metal below the hardened surface and all is well. When you skim them they loose the hardened layer and it wears too much to build the heat up to harden the metal below as you go. So the discs will be gone double quick after you skim them. For this reason we use new disks and drums on the trucks and trailers at work, skimming is a false economy in every sense. As for skimming on the car I have NEVER heard of that one before, and a search on Google and asking the fitters at work throws up a blank too. Skimming needs to be done on a lathe, both sides of the disk, and needs to be balanced and inspected afterwards. My suspision is they are intending to wire-brush them and bill you for a skim.

It could be the temperature sensor causing over fueling when hot.