Good morning!
please, if possible, i would like to ask the help and the brains out there, on why my "y" reg (old Y reg) 1.3l escort has trouble in the mornings...
It starts first time, every time, but, after about 5seconds it starts to splutter, and stall, that is unless you stay in the car and keep your foot on the accelerator. At this point it appears to be running on 3 cylinders, and some black smoke is comming out of the exhaust. After about 5-7 mins of high-ish revs, i get a puff of blackish smoke, the revs increase and the car then runs smoothly!!
I have changed the spark plugs, HT leads, Dist cap and rotar arm, and quite frankly i am at loss as to where the problem lyes?
the car, is ok old, but has got only 37k on the clock, and is in extremely good nick.
Please help
T I A
MSN
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Hi
the engine in question is according to the 1982 ford brochure (iam a collector) a 1.3 CVH with automatic choke and electronic ignition (did you have the 5 speed gearbox option or is it 4 speed
Regards
J Stephenson
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Could be the carburretor diaphragm. They are
likely to wear out with age.
Meldrew
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A mate of mine had one of these, and had the automatic choke replaced with a manual. Apparently this was quite a common mod as the auto choke was unreliable. Maybe your choke is sticking on?
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Joe, pardon me for be "thick" but where abouts approx is the choke on this "Y" reg car 1983ish???
Its weird, i work nites and i seem to have this problem most mornings, yet, when i am going to work in the evenings, the car gives no trouble at all, even if its chucking down with rain!
Maybe my car is like some people, just does not like getting going in the morning!
regs msn
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James, its a 4 speed g/box, with about as much power as a wet weekend in walthamstow!....apppologise if u do live in walthamstow!
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this will get moved across to Technical Matters later today
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I'm with Joe on this one. Mine was a 1981 X reg Escort, 1.1 CVH engine (rare beast) with conventional (non-electronic) ignition.
The automatic choke was forever sticking on. Sometimes hitting the side of the choke with a hammer would unstick it. I often took the choke assembly apart to check the mechanism was moving freely, but never found out what was at the root of the problem. Following advice at the time, I replace the Ford carb with a new Weber carb with a manual choke.
Unfortunately, although the choke now worked OK, I could never get the fuel mixture or whatever right with the Weber and consequently the car started to suffer from pinking (never fixed). With the Weber, it was also a pig to start with a hot engine.
In view of my experiences with the replacement carb, I cannot recommend it to you. I suggest you try the alternative of dismantling, cleaning, oiling the choke assembly and hope you have more success than I did. The procedure was fully documented in my Haynes manual, now sadly departed.
Ian
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I am assuming that your car is fitted with a Motorcraft VV carb. A brilliant 'design' let down by poor 'engineering'. Bits for these are becoming scarce. The problem will be with the choke unit itself which is a completely separate unit on the side of the carb and may be available from Ford.Dont muck about with it, fit a new one. While you are at it replace the accelerator pump and main diaphragms.
Alternatively fit a Weber conversion, cheap and easy to fit then get it properly tuned.
Andrew.
Simplicate and add lightness!
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