New Member And A New Experience..........

[Wallace]

:lol: Hello all,

 

I'm a new member and this Probation period is a new experience, however I do see the reasoning behind it as I am a moderator on another forum. Using the search facility I have managed to to find enough answer's for most of the problems with our Galaxy which should start me off in the right direction, I thought as it had been so useful I would join and contribute my experiences for the benefit of others.

 

We have a November 2001 registered Galaxy Ghia 2.3 automatic with a brotherwood wheelchair conversion which we have owned just over 3 years, purchased to transport my Mother-in Law about when I gave up work to care for her fulltime after she came to live with us due to the loss of use of her legs from Arthritis. It has been unused for the last 18 months as she became bedridden then died and I have not been too well either.

 

Now I am back at work, (she was very inconsiderate dieing and leaving me ill AND unemployed!) I decided to drag it out of mothballs to use it with a view to selling once all the niggly faults have been rectified, some of which have been there since we bought the car. These were the cruise control not working, the passenger window being inoperable from the drivers position and the starter motor making a dry bearing noise after start-up. Due to them not preventing normal use of the vehicle they were never high on the priority list for repair until now as I would hate to pass the faults on to someone else.

 

A new battery was fitted last Thursday and it sailed through the Mot as expected with only 38k on the clock, just an advisory for the front tyre's being near the limit. Since fitting the new battery the Management light was on which I thought may just be a fault code thrown up due to low voltage from the old battery having gone completely flat & losing the radio code. Plugging my code reader in and resetting the codes had no effect as it is showing the throttle position sensor as faulty which ties in with the lack of power on acceleration. Nice of Ford to place the sensor in such an inaccessible position engine side of the throttle body!

 

I will post some information once I have delved deeper and passed my aprenticeship posting level! :lol:

 

Regards, Mike

[gregers]

hi mike welcome to the forum.

[Mary]

Hi there

 

Welcome to the forum. Sorry to hear about your M - In - L

 

Hope the site helps to solve the remaining issues you have

 

Mary :lol:

[Wallace]

Thanks for the welcome.

 

Mary, The Mother-in-Law dieing was a relief really as she had no quality of life being bedriden and I cold not give her all the care she needed. Until that point, having the Galaxy made life so much better for her, going out was not a chore due to the ease of use so at least she was not house bound, and she did like the car. About the only complaint she ever had was about me driving too slow!

 

Mike

[mumof4]

welcome Mike..

 

a question for you, you said this

the starter motor making a dry bearing noise after start-up

is it like a screeching noise accompanied by a cloud of smoke and only happens when the car has been stood all night or all day?

 

If so, have you rectified the fault and if you have, how did you do it?

[Wallace]

The noise sounds like the bendix pinion bearing is dry and makes a short squawking noise once the engine has started and the starter motor is released. Occasionally the multi vee belt screeches but that is due for replacement anyway. Do you have a similar problem?

 

Mike

[mk2vr6]

Do you have a similar problem?

 

Mike

 

she has several problems but we dont go there as lifes to short and we can be arsed

[Wallace]

she has several problems but we dont go there as lifes to short and we can be arsed

 

Personal, emotional or other? :wacko:

 

If you think Mumof4 has problems, some people say I have issues. I had originally wondered if the noise was emenating from the laughing shaft having the incorrect clearance on the giggling pin causing an oscillation aginst the upper trunnion. I decided not to write about it as I could not find the correct emoticon to give the sound of a main dealer sucking air at the correct speed through his teeth whilst saying "Sounds expensive".

 

Why was my local Ford parts department closed on a Saturday afternoon when most normal people want to repair their Ford?

 

Mike

[mumof4]

all 3 :wacko:

 

when i first start up, i get an awful screeching noise and a lovely plume of greyish ( i think) smoke from the rear... First start up, the glow plug light takes a second or so longer to go out than it normally does.

 

after this, she runs perfectly.

 

mk2...MWAH!!

[Wallace]

when i first start up, i get an awful screeching noise and a lovely plume of greyish ( i think) smoke from the rear...

 

Have you tried Imodium?

:wacko:

[mumof4]

lol....

[Smilge]

Maz the screech and the smoke are unrelated IMHO. The screech could either be the starter motor bendex gear not freeing itself once the engine is running or the aux drive belt slipping. You just had the belt changed so I would suggest removing the starter motor and cleaning it. Your smoking problem could be the glowplugs and in this weather the light should really extinguish very quickly.