Ford Escort 1.8 Endura 1998 - Poor starting, black smoke, no power - FIXEDArchived Message
Posted by john campbell on March 12, 2004, 8:38 pm
Hi all, this is the fix for my post from feb 11th yes it has taken that long to get this guy to bring vehicle back to me as he has been to busy.A quick recap was poor starting black smoke and pathetic power output,code read with sykes v2 pod one code po204 cylinder injector circuit malf fitted v3 pod same code plus fuel pump timing solenoid which i had suspected from archives fitted new solenoid to pump and now runs great again, removed egr valve blocked up so cleaned and refitted checked for vacuem at connection pipe none there checked for power and vac at egr solenoid okay someone had put a small ball bearing in the vac pipe to block it off, it just shows you cannot take anything for granted i suppose.Thanks to those who relied to my first post. ps had a forte rep hassling me today reckons i should be using his products i am a bit of a sceptic when it comes to some of these wonder treatments?