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Inlet can sensor (which I replaced 10minths ago) flagged up as faulty, new one fitted, car still has no power.
Another night for it in the garage, beginning to think petrol and a match is the best cure for my 530i !
Now you know why I gave up
What have you done to your car today?
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Now you know why I gave up
Beginning to see it, yes![TW]Fox;28716149 said:Now you know why I gave up
To be fair to it, it's not yet failed to start nor left me stranded at the roadside but yes, getting hacked off with it behaving like a 1.0litre.Yep, honestly not worth bothering with imo unless you literally treat them as hobby cars
Still a nicer car than say a £1500 Mondeo, I'm in that position where I've thrown a lot at it and am reluctant to give up given whatever I replace it with could well have as many if not more issues...
Sure though, if I could afford something much newer I'd change it tomorrow.
Oh well, let's see what they find wrong today!
Showing error codes P2110 & P0607 which is related to Throttle Actuation control system and ECM / ECU.
Throttle body has been replaced and fault is still present, next up is the ECU which is not cheap
Car gets stuck in low-revs / limp mode and displays "engine malfunction", but it's not a persistent fault.
[Edit] This is along with the wiring loom issue we had on an ABS sensor earlier in the year
Well, the auto-electrician couldn't find anything. All fingers are now pointing at a faulty ECU
I'm a sad panda right now..Well, the auto-electrician couldn't find anything. All fingers are now pointing at a faulty ECU
Are you looking at complete replacement or just getting that one repaired.
Repair/Rebuild is £250 - not sure how much a complete replacement and recoding etc would set you back.
http://www.ecutesting.com/catalogue/ford_eculist.html?category=4046&model=467
Assume it sounds like the faults listed here:
http://www.ecutesting.com/ford_focus_mondeo_ecu_misfire_.html
Inlet cam sensor confirmed dead, £92 + vat for a new one from BMW ,the last one I bought from ECP, hoping I can get a refund on that as it's less than a year old and I have the receipt, I've told the garage to get the BMW part this time, more expensive but hopefully it'll last longer than ECP's "premium" item!
They've confirmed that there is now a signal from the new sensor and the car starts immediately rather than after a few cranks, now though they are saying they've found a vacuum leak under the bonnet - which is why it has a loud induction note - but they won't have the part until Monday....
Hopefully it'll be resolved then, just undecided what to do, sell it as it's just got a fresh MOT and (should) be running right, or, do I just keep it and enjoy it - until the next failure????
They've confirmed that there is now a signal from the new sensor and the car starts immediately rather than after a few cranks, now though they are saying they've found a vacuum leak under the bonnet - which is why it has a loud induction note - but they won't have the part until Monday....
Hopefully it'll be resolved then, just undecided what to do, sell it as it's just got a fresh MOT and (should) be running right, or, do I just keep it and enjoy it - until the next failure????
^^ this is the exact issue with these old complex cars (ive had quite a few of them ) - you get sucked into them as its never worth getting rid when its working correctly, and the next fix is never very expensive.
The problem is that you end up chasing your tail
I dread to think what these newer gen (F-series BMW, W2*2 Mercs etc) cars will be like when they are the same age!
) - you get sucked into them as its never worth getting rid when its working correctly, and the next fix is never very expensive.The problem is that you end up chasing your tail
I dread to think what these newer gen (F-series BMW, W2*2 Mercs etc) cars will be like when they are the same age!
Aiming for a repair at the moment, hopefully it can be repaired! The biggest headache is that the car is still off the road for another week while the ECU gets sent away / returned.
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Quite like the black roof 
Started cleaning the engine bay on the Xedos 9... should have finished by Sunday odd 20 minutes here and there. Nothing worse than a dirty engine bay for me! This weekend need to look at the Jeep as it's making a creaking when steering... hopefully nothing too serious!
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Found a bit of rot on the hilux
Tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn, dropping the car off down the road to have the famously corrosive stock exhaust flange clamps replaced with new aftermarket stainless steel ones. The little pic shows how they should look afterwards.
It's either this for £25, or £700+ for a new centre exhaust upon BMW's "recommendation"... which will then corrode again in years to come. No thanks.
Also going to replace the exhaust hanger rubbery bits, there's some metal on metal rubbing due to some perishing.
Old cars... such fun.
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fixed
The whole rear end chassis has now been wire brushed and trusted in the rust stop stuff. Only that bit to weld up.
Replaced front pads and discs. Need to take it easy for the next 100 miles or so.
I remember thinking the same when I had mine replaced.
Literally 1 mile later, had to slam on my brakes because of someone pulling out without looking.