the_borg Posted May 6, 2008 Report Posted May 6, 2008 (edited) I have a Ford Galaxy 2.8 v6 Thingy Everything appears to be working apare from a few niggly bits Sometimes when I try to start nothing happens, Shift from Park to Drive and Back and turn key starts first time !! Last week when driving from Weymouth to Penzance, if was struggling to get up hills (MAX 30MPH) Gear changes seem eratic as if it wants to shift between SPORT and GRANNY Mode Fuel consumption has dived to less than 10 MPG Been into garage today and they say nothing major wrong They fixed a couple of "minor" vacumn leaks!!! I drove it home and it's still struggling on hills I would like to diagnose it myself but don't have the connector or software, any ideas? Also the handbrake light comes on after driving for about 10 seconds, and the brakes and ABS are working fine (Did emergancy stop to test them)is there any fault that can bring on the handbrake warning light for no reason ? Please help as I don't ant to scrap the car as mostly it's working great I've taken a picture of the connector under the ashtray, if anyone knows what I need to connect to this please let me know Thanks Paul Edited May 6, 2008 by the_borg Quote
scooper1 Posted May 6, 2008 Report Posted May 6, 2008 The not starting problem is a normal auto box problem - the inhibitor switch on gear lever needs adjustingI bet it will start if you just flex selector side to side when in granny mode is gearbox changing gear OK or it stuck in one gear. Does it change down when you floor the accelerator ? I found out what the problem was with my auto gearbox - they was about 10 Ml of water inside ECU box next to battery - work OK for first drive of day the stuck in limp mode for rest of day until water settled back to bottom of box Quote
the_borg Posted May 7, 2008 Author Report Posted May 7, 2008 Hi It does change down when I floor the accelerator, but there seems to be a lack of power The ECU you mentioned is that to the right of the battery attached to the engin compartment?with a large connector at the front? Cheers Paul Quote
sepulchrave Posted May 7, 2008 Report Posted May 7, 2008 (edited) Penny gets a pound that your coilpack and/or HT leads are utterly shot unless they've all been recently replaced. Whip all your sparkplugs out and have a look, it sounds like your engine is running on four cylinders at most (you NEED the special tool ( Edited May 7, 2008 by sepulchrave Quote
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