ford fusion 1.4tdci - eac fail

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Thu 29 Jun 2017 16:28
ford fusion 1.4tdci - eac fail - phil eansworth

since having a new cambelt and water pump fitted the garage cannot get my car to run properly. it is in limp home mode. they have rechecked the pump timing as that came up when a diagnostic was carried out. there does not appear to be anything wrong in the crankshaft sensor area either. is this a common problem on this engine.?

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Thu 29 Jun 2017 20:13
ford fusion 1.4tdci - eac fail - hardway

Have they checked the cam/crank sync in the data?

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Thu 29 Jun 2017 20:54
ford fusion 1.4tdci - eac fail - phil eansworth

Have they checked the cam/crank sync in the data?

i will ask them that tomorrow as i cannot answer myself thanks.

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Fri 30 Jun 2017 19:18
ford fusion 1.4tdci - eac fail - phil eansworth

of course we have was the answer i received

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Fri 30 Jun 2017 22:42
ford fusion 1.4tdci - eac fail - RichardW

This is a very easy belt to change, so they've made a hash of something. If it's a 16V it's possible they've turned the engine backwards and the cam chain that runs the second cam has slipped and put it out of time. A decent diagnostic session should be able to point the finger at the where the fault lies.

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Thu 6 Jul 2017 19:29
ford fusion 1.4tdci - eac fail - phil eansworth

finally got to the bottom of the trouble. diagnostic fault codes all incorrect info. nothing at all to do with pump timing. the problem was caused by using a magnetic attaching led inspection lamp. a new reluctor ring rectified the problem. the powerful magnet in the inspection lamp had sent the sensor ring dizzy in my opinion even though 1 expert was 100% adamant that the engine would not start at all if there was the slightest bit of damage to the reluctor.

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