Re: Ford Escort Mk5 1990 1.6 CVH Carb

[Tim \(Remove NOSPAM.]

"John Dennington" <jmd@globalinternet.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Tim
>
> Just to let you know that you were correct in assuming it was the
Crankshaft
> Angle Sensor. The car now starts on every turn of the key, now all I have
to
> do is work out how to control the idle.
>

Whats up with the idle?

Tim..

[John Dennington]

Hi Tim

The idle tends to be unstable, taking a while to go down to 1000 rpm,
sometimes it drops down when you slow down at lights or roundabouts, almost
to a stall, then returns back up to about 1000 rpm. If this were an EFI unit
I would say it was the idle control valve but this vehicle doesn't have one
of these. What it does have is a solenoid that sits on the side of the carb,
not sure if this controls the idle or not but I cannot find any mention of
this in the Haynes manual. So the idle goes no lower than 1000 at any time.
Thanks to you it now starts everytime, the autochoke works fine and appears
to go off when warm. I have cleaned all breathers, pipes, replaced air
filter and the tin pipe from the manifold but none of this made any
difference.

Regards

John


" Tim (Remove NOSPAM." <the.farm@NOSPAMbtinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "John Dennington" <jmd@globalinternet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:41652328$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> > Tim
> >
> > Just to let you know that you were correct in assuming it was the
> Crankshaft
> > Angle Sensor. The car now starts on every turn of the key, now all I
have
> to
> > do is work out how to control the idle.
> >
>
> Whats up with the idle?
>
> Tim..
>
>
>