julian95

Ok Thank you. Also I don't know how I done it but the car started today :) Smokey engine from a little bit of spilt oil but other than that running fine. Haven't taken it for a drive yet but I shall replace the coil pack and HT Leads to see if that prevents future events :) Thanks for your help. I will post again if anything goes wrong again :)

I don't think it was. But the youtube video in my previous post was after I took out the tape.

Here is a Youtube video of the car Cranking but no start, with a very interesting light show :S http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJd029FmajU

Just taken out the air filter to find some duck tape wedged in the air intake pipe :/ I might see if that was the problem. Do you think it would be safe enough to try the engine bearing in mind the coil pack may need replacing?

Ok and Yes the MIL is on, I got a P0301 and P0501.

When the AA bloke tested the spark plugs he said they were working fine and he pulled off each lead and the engine got worse each time, do you still think the coil pack is to blame? I just want to be sure before I spend money.

Ok I will do replace it and I'll let you know what happens.

Here is a link to the photos on Photobucket. http://s1120.photobucket.com/user/gmdjgp/library/Car%20Photos There are 2 pics of the Coil pack and 2 pics of the HT Leads as they are now.

I shall get a photo of the coil pack up soon :) I have looked at the Sparks, they are clean. The HT Leads are a bit burnt on the bit that connects to the sparks. I have cleaned them up a bit to make sure the connections are fine. Still same problems, no improvements.

Yes it started 2 weeks or so before the overfill incident, the misfires turned into this situation that I'm having now, so we called the AA and he overfilled the oil and I done an oil change and now I'm back to where I was before the AA came out. There are 4 leads coming off the coil pack going into the engine under that removable cover and that then shows each lead going down to the sparks. There are 4 Spark plugs. I only thought there was one coil pack on my car. :wacko: I will check the sparks tomorrow and get the HT Leads, new sparks and coil pack on order and I'll keep you posted. Thank you for your time tonight :) It's really helpful. I'll chat tomorrow :) Have a good night. And thank you to you as well Sparky Paul :)

I shall be checking the plugs tomorrow, I may just replace them as I can't remember how long it's been since they have been changed and whilst I'm at it I may as well replace the HT Leads. Basically the AA Bloke thought the engine was sticking, we told him it was misfiring and he thought he knew best. We have submitted a complaint and the AA Guy was dismissed for misjudgment and not taking customers thoughts into consideration. He didn't even check the Dipstick! Also what about the problems before this event? (Mentioned in my previous comment) The Oil wasn't overfilled or low then.

There was no smoke before it was overfilled just normal exhaust. It was about 2 liters overfilled. The engine has only do 92,000 miles and looking into the engine from the hole where you put the oil, the inside parts (Looks like the pistons) are nice and coated in a nice golden color oil which is good. The smoke is a dense grey, smells like the engine is running rich as the smoke smells strongly of Unleaded exhaust and a slight hint of oil where the oil is burning off from the overfill. Also just a note, before this event, about a week before the engine occasionally misfired on acceleration from standstill and I got fault code P0301. One time it misfired on whilst going around a roundabout and kept doing a kangaroo motion after 10 seconds it was fine. When it misfired it was going slow, then you would hear a loud Clunk from somewhere and then it would be fine until you stopped then the process would restart when you accelerated to go.

The AA thought there was a lack of oil which was causing the poor running. It was driven about 60mph for about 15 mins before it stalled on my nans drive which is where it's currently sat. I will inspect the plugs tomorrow. I am not loosing any coolant. Here is another thing I have noticed. The parking sensor has a fault and I noticed someone had almost the same problem and he said that the parking sensor module was effecting his Vehicle Speed Sensor. I am confused about whether that is related. According to the AA I need to replace the Speed Sensor but the speedo was working so I don't think it could be the VSS. Could the VSS be a possibility?

My galaxy will start after a long crank but their will be a lot of smoke coming out of the exhaust pipe from where the AA bloke overfilled the oil, I have drained it out, installed a new oil filter and put in some new oil and its just below the maximum mark. You have to hold down the accelerator to keep the engine alive or it will stall. The car is shaking sort of like its misfiring every second. When holding it at 2000rpm it sounds like a steam train. If you accelerate the engine any faster it then sounds like a a motorbike at standstill. I will post a link to a youtube video when I manage to get it started again as I tried starting it earlier and it was cranking but no start and it came up with Airbag fault. The AA Report says that I had Trouble Code: P0501 Any Ideas?? Car: Ford Galaxy Ghia 2001 2.3 Petrol (MK2) DOHC Engine.

Hi I have a ford Galaxy Ghia 2.3 2002 with fault P501 and I need to change the Vehicle Speed Sensor. Any ideas on the location?