recently swapped my 2.0l mondeo for a 1.7 puma with a short mot
put her in for an mot and all she failed on was rear brakes, rear axle bushes and a wishbone bush
2 hours work and she was re motd and ready to go for a retest
now iv got her mot and on the road iv noticed when she is nearly up to temp and first thing in the morning she is very difficult to start cleanly ...will crank for long periods of time , sometimes firing then conking straight back out ,always starts eventually but doesnt seem normal t me
other problems is the real lack of power low down in the rev range around town , sometimes when you put the foot down its just really sluggish and revs and goes like an old non turbo diesel fiesta , other times you put your foot down it takes off like a scalded cat
not sure if the vct is causing the problem as it feels like its running with the timing out when its feeling sluggish , but then open up and takes off if you rev through it.
oil level is fine
fuel filter is new
recently serviced
112k miles
my other problem is a vibration through the steering wheel, happens at most road speeds, wheel will shake left to right when driving , not a wheel balance type shake, feels like someone is actually turning the wheels slightly left and right , this is actually visable , worse when turning right , gets worse with speed and very noticable above 40 ...wheels are staright and balanced
possible driveshaft issue but i did wonder about the rack as the steering has a kinda notchy feel when turning at low speed, have checked the column universal joint in the footwell but its fine, no knocks or clonks
any help would be appreciated and sorry for the long post , didnt wanna split this up into multiple topics :grin:
put her in for an mot and all she failed on was rear brakes, rear axle bushes and a wishbone bush
2 hours work and she was re motd and ready to go for a retest
now iv got her mot and on the road iv noticed when she is nearly up to temp and first thing in the morning she is very difficult to start cleanly ...will crank for long periods of time , sometimes firing then conking straight back out ,always starts eventually but doesnt seem normal t me
other problems is the real lack of power low down in the rev range around town , sometimes when you put the foot down its just really sluggish and revs and goes like an old non turbo diesel fiesta , other times you put your foot down it takes off like a scalded cat
not sure if the vct is causing the problem as it feels like its running with the timing out when its feeling sluggish , but then open up and takes off if you rev through it.
oil level is fine
fuel filter is new
recently serviced
112k miles
my other problem is a vibration through the steering wheel, happens at most road speeds, wheel will shake left to right when driving , not a wheel balance type shake, feels like someone is actually turning the wheels slightly left and right , this is actually visable , worse when turning right , gets worse with speed and very noticable above 40 ...wheels are staright and balanced
possible driveshaft issue but i did wonder about the rack as the steering has a kinda notchy feel when turning at low speed, have checked the column universal joint in the footwell but its fine, no knocks or clonks
any help would be appreciated and sorry for the long post , didnt wanna split this up into multiple topics :grin: