Ford Fiesta (1989 - 1995) - 95 1.1 Starting fault

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Sun 18 Jan 2009 17:59
95 1.1 Starting fault - Dragon62
Hi

My daughter has a problem starting her ford fiesta after doing about 20 to 30 miles, after she turns the engine off, the car will not start again for about 30 minutes. Did a service on the vehicle and also renewed the oil filter cap which was broken, cleaned all the hoses to the air filter etc. Checked the alternator and battery which all working fine, had to change the fan belt.

The car starts first time in the morning and runs well for a 13 year old motor with 73,000 miles on the clock, but got this intermittent fault not sure what?s causing it, ok on short trips.
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Mon 19 Jan 2009 00:40
95 1.1 Starting fault - humph
You must determine if your engine will not start because of lack of fuel or lack of spark. If fuel is the problem, check the fuel pump, pressure etc. If no spark, check the coil, distributor, 12 volts to the coil.
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Mon 19 Jan 2009 20:20
95 1.1 Starting fault - Dragon62
Thanks for the reply.

There is no spark, so will check the coil then the distributor, got to be one of them.
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Mon 19 Jan 2009 21:56
95 1.1 Starting fault - jayeastanglia
distributer is proberbly the problem internaly
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Mon 19 Jan 2009 22:43
95 1.1 Starting fault - mfarrow
There is no distributor.

The coil should have a constant live feed. Its resistances will read roughly between 11kΩ and 16kΩ on the secondary side, and 0.5Ω on the primary side (between the middle and outer pins).

Make sure the plugs are gapped correctly (1mm) and as said get confirmation of fuel and spark first.

Have a look round the engine bay and make sure nobodies fitted any silly go-faster resistor boxes. Has the problem been there since she got it?
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