Bhp - How To Tell

[dog-god]

just wondering how i find out what bhp is in the galazy im looking at as the owner manual is missing

its an august 2003 model

with air con and parking sensor ,remote locking , electric windows front only, 17" alloys, cloth upholsery

its maked as TDi on the back

[GalMan]

Welcome Dog-God,

 

I think it goes something like this, all silver tdi badge 90bhp, silver with red edging 115 bhp, all red 130bhp.

 

Can someone confirm this for Dog-God.

 

Galman.

[Ivor_E_Tower]

Sounds like a Zetec with optional alloys at 17". Electric front windows rule out the Ghia, LX comes with plastic wheeltrims and no parking sensors. Zetec has front and rear parking sensors but usually comes with 7-spoke 16" alloys as standard. Badge options for engine size are as stated above by GalMan.

[dog-god]

yep it seems to be the zetec 115bhp

another question is about the front fog lamps

i cant find how they switch on or are they supposed to come on with the main headlights

if so it needs replacement bulbs

 

all the help much appreciated

it is looking like ill be taking this one and selling my primera GT :blink:

[Guest fredt]

Front fogs are switched on by pulling out the rotary part of the head light switch when the headlights are switched on! its a two stage pull, once for front and second click for the rear, IIRC there are two led indicators built into the switch housing green and orange signifying what fog lights are switched on

to switch them off push the switch back in or as you turn the headlights off the switch twists back in to turn off the fog lights

[Guest Actuary]

Pull the light-switch towards you - there's two positions as it controls the rear fogs as well. You can't do this when the switch is in the off-position as it is designed to retract as you turn it back to the off-position.

[dog-god]

felt really foolish at the last question

anyway i picked up the car this morning

but it looks like its going straight back

 

there is water dripping down from underneath the console on the passenger footwell- had little mist of rain - cant see how that could be the prob

the wipers worked on the way to my father in laws

they didnt on the way back , a shutdown of the engine and they worked again

this was both the front and back wipers ,the spray jets continued to work

the turbo seemed to dissappear after a stop in a garage for coffee and reappeared again after a shutdown of the engine

 

this is a 2003 reg car with just 15000 miles on the clock

 

am trying to locate the forner owner but itll prob be monday before i get his details to see if he got rid of it because of these faults

this car is from auto exchange in galway ireland and comes with a 100 point AA check and warenty

which seems laughable with all these faults showing up on day one and no owners manual to check service history

 

anyone know what the ford warrenty is for 1 or 2 years as i assume its prob out on the 12 month one

[Ivor_E_Tower]

(1) If it supposed to have been checked by the AA, find out their customer service details and complain at once;

(2) Not sure about the warranty in Ireland but in UK, first year is supported by FoMoCo, second and third year are supported by the dealer network. If you have 24 months cover in Ireland I suspect that the same basis applies - FoMoCo for first 12 months then dealers for the balance.

(3) Be prepared to reject the car - make your displeasure known to the selling garage but do give them a chance to fix things first, supplying you with a courtesy car in the meantime.

 

Sorry that you have had a bad experience so far, hope it is soon sorted to your satisfaction.

[dog-god]

well while was typing the last post my wife went to the shop and everything fine so i decided to bring for another drive myself

the turbo may not be a fault but me getting used to it

depending on what gear im in and what speed the turbo seems to kick in anywhere from 2000 to 3000 revs - will test this again tomorrow

 

however the wipers worked for the first half of the spin - approx 10 miles altogether and then stoped - the back wiper was working away by itself even when after i switched it off

and a new error the air con also stopped working - well the fans stopped working - stopped the car and turned off ,restarted wipers and air con fans still out - not sure if t stopped when the wipers stopped as i hadnt the wipers on at the time

 

 

have brought it home and parked it

 

got stressed enough spending the money on this car 35,000 euro but for this to happen

believe me i didnt make a mistake typing the price - cars in ireland are unreal dear after the goverment screws us with vrt

[Ivor_E_Tower]

Engine will feel pretty lifeless below about 2000rpm due to no proper turbo assistance, especially if trying to accelerate uphill - just round the corner from my house is a slight hill, not as bad as my driveway (se some of my other posts!) but if I change up to second before, or on, the hill, the car almost dies. Getting to the top in first avoids this problem. Fans not working may be due to a blown fuse, but anyway looks like you need to take the car back to the dealer because of faults the AA missed - a rear wiper working after it has been switched off is definitely odd! Having said that, my rear wiper "stutters" back to rest when switched off sometimes (pauses twice or three times on the "return to rest" part of the sweep), then keeps going for another few sweeps after switched off until it completes a sweep without stuttering. Sometimes it is perfectly OK, so these rear wipers may well have a mind of their own.

[dog-god]

well fans and air con back working this morning and auto exchange have send the car off to ford dealer to get the probs sorted

 

it cant be a blown fuse as as they are back working,

i realise the turbo dosent kick in till 2000 rpm but this went up throuh the rev range without seeming to give me the boost that occurs with a turbo when it kicks in,maybe i was in too high a gear and the boost was more gradual

again ive been used to driving a 2l gt petrol without a turbo so it may be just getting used to it ,but i mentioned it so that it can be checked as well

 

hopefully fords diagonistic equipment will find the probs

 

also got on to aa ,what actually happens is that auto exchange is part of a program that the aa runs for the 100 point check ,they dont actually do the check themselves but they check if dealers and garages are capable of doing the program they have devised,and they do spot checks on the garages

 

have notified the finance company in case i need a refund or replacement ,if they cant fix the probs to me satifaction

[dog-god]

update

 

got the car back on friday evening and all seemed fine

the garage claimed that there was a leak around the air con and he water dripping down went on a computer that controlled the fans and aircon ? anyone ever hear of this

now sunday evening

my wife went to the shops and wipers and fans wouldnt work

i hoped in the car and drove to auto exchange and on the last roundabout the fans and wipers came back of their own accord

i had left the switches on

 

luckyily when just they refused to work once again when the sales man came to check

 

car is once again back with autoexchange

 

am considering what to do with regards to this car - reject or not

 

has anyone else had a prob like this would be most intrested in hearing

[dog-god]

may have found the prob

after checking nearly every post in the forum

 

http://www.fordgalaxy.org.uk/Forum/index.php?showtopic=1898

 

a guy with intermetent wiper and blower probs - a bad load reduction relay causing the prob

 

will be on to the dealers tomorrow and get them to check it

if im right how much do u think i should charge :D per hour - i must have 2 hours of reading posts done

 

for all who posted to help me out - i do appreciate it

[hampstead]

Back to (almost) the original subject of this thread, I'm trying to find the identity of my TDI engine, so I can buy the appropriate MAF sensor from GSF.

 

I have a 98R Galaxy Ghia X, which I believe is a 110bhp model. TDI badge on the tailgate is silver with all red outline, but I don't know if that's its original badge.

 

When I phoned GSF, the chap needed to know if I have the AFN engine - how can I tell that?

 

Their website seems to list two possible parts:

 

(1) Part 18790 for SH 1.9 TDi 98> (Ch.7M-W-020 001>) AVG/AHU/AFN Engs. at

[Guest fredt]

The AFN letter refer to the engine code, check the engine number on the block if it contains the letter AFN then you have a 110 bhp model

[Ivor_E_Tower]

..and if you cannot read the number on the block, look at your V5 document - it should be on there somewhere.

HTH

Ivor

[hampstead]

Engine number begins WJ then five digits - no sign of "AFN" in VIN or engine number.

 

How easy is it to post pictures on here? - maybe I could take a couple of snaps and see if anyone can identify it!

[hampstead]

Think I've found the answer...arrow shows location of next photo.

[hampstead]

Looks like it is an AFN engine after all.

[italiastar]

just wondering how i find out what bhp is

 

When I queried this with SEAT, they got the dealer to send me a 130 sticker for the back - in fact the dealer even offered to fit it!