Guest technoferret Posted May 3, 2012 Share Posted May 3, 2012 Hi all, having a small (wierd) problem with my cabby and hope someone can point me in the right direction. The Car, 1992 Mk5A Xr3I Zetec 1.8 (130 bhp) Problem :- Some times starts 1st go Some times takes ages to get it started. And then ---- Once started sometimes it coughs and splutters like its only running on 2 cylinders.other times it ticks-over nicely. In ALL cases once its warmed up a bit and ticking over smoothly it will only rev to about 2.5 to 3 '000 revs (off load) and then starts coughing and spluttering, but if I take it out on the road and put it under load it will red line happily. If I set off before its fully warm it will ocasionally stutter and give the impression its 'missing'. After a few miles and fully warmed up it behaved perfectly goes like a rocket ship. I have had the car for 4 years and up until 3 weeks ago it has run perfect. Other info for the techies - Its just passed its MOT and the emissions are WAY low (that low, I questioned wether it was actually running LOL) Has anyone had this problem or know the solution. cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ger Posted June 9, 2012 Share Posted June 9, 2012 Hi, I had a problem something similar to yours with my wifes 96 MK5, Tried loads of things but what finally solved it was a new coil pack. The Zetecs are known to have dodgy coil packs and I should have tried this first. Anyway I got a replacement one on ebay for £32 and it sorted it out straight away. The code No on my coilpack was the same as for as a 1.25zetec fiesta and yours is probably the same. Hope this helps Ger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MnM2301 Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Hi mate, Ive been having a few problems with mine lately. It's currently at the repairers. what you've listed sounds very similar to mine. I dont want worry you but it turns out mines due to a cracked head (Cylinder 1) When you go to start it, is it a case when you turn the key theres a clunk noise like it wont tick over similar to a flat battery? and if you hold it for a second and give a slight rev it then comes to life ? You didn't mention it but have you had any coolant loss? hope this helps, Mitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest technoferret Posted June 30, 2012 Share Posted June 30, 2012 After 4 visits to the garage and still not fixed I lost patience with it and thought I'd have a go at tracing the fault myself (couldn't be any worse than it was). On the RH side of the engine near the battery is a 5 or 6 pin multiconnector and I noticed that the plastic tab that locks the 2 halves togeather was broken. Wiggling the connector brought on all the symptoms so I just strapped the connector togeather with a cable-tie and for the 3 weeks since then it has behaved impecably including a 1000 mile + tour of scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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