Stalling And Non Starting Plus Other Faults

[Belleyeteres]

I have Just been on holiday to Wales. The caravan we stayed in was on a farm and to get to it you had to to up a steep track. On the track there is a hairpin bend. My 1.8 tdci 125 engined galaxy stalled every time I took the bend. I even had the car stall pulling off on a hill queing in traffic. Sometimes the engine would not rev up when you needed it to. This caused a couple of hairy moments because as soon as it stalled it started rolling backwards. Having electric parking brake you can not just yank the handbrake on.

Then this morning the car started and cut out as soon as I tried to pull away on the level. It would not restart. after a few atempts I rang the RAC and waited for them to contact me back . We had a cuppa while waiting then gave it a try and it started stright away and drove back to Derby with no problems.

Also the automatic locking off the doors has stoped working.

We also did see a Ford Mondeo 08 plate being hitch up to a recovery truck. I wonder if Ford are going to have major problems with these engines.

I am going to get it booked in to the garage next week to have it checked.

 

We are looking into a clunking noise we are getting from the rear right hand. It is intermittent and does do it in a particuler mode of driving. When you are cornering and accelerating or braking at the same time but not every time. just now and again. We have eliminated luggage. It sounds like a exaust knocking.

Robert

[seatkid]

And yet my almost 10 yr old 90bhp AHU TDi plods on reliably and economically, never skipping a beat, with massive torque available at idle speeds - accelerator is not needed to pull away...even from stand still in second gear.

 

Compared to my "award winning" 1.3 multijet Corsa which stallls regularly and stutters at anything below 1400 rpm - I really am starting to think Common Rail is shite and you cant beat good old fashioned rotary pump diesels.

 

The trouble with modern diesels is that "massive torque at 2000 rpm" means nothing when the torque at idle is zilch.

Edited May 31, 2008 by seatkid

[malcolm.dobell]

SeatKid makes an interesting point. My 130bhp PD engine is better than the 110BHP one except for low speed torgue!

[Belleyeteres]

Car was collected and delivered back to me on Wednesday. They said they had carried out a mod for the engine stalling. Reprogramed the door locks. The mechanic who picked up the car did hear the knocking noise but when he took the mechanic out in it it did not do it again. They did say they had a good look underneth but found nothing loose. I have only driven it a short journey since getting it back, it did seem better to drive. I was even able to pull away on tickover and keep going at a snails pace on level ground. I will let you all know how it drives in the next couple of weeks. Will not get to drive it till next weekend has on 24hr call out till friday.