mexico

[Aaron P.]

taking the mexico to work this morning & its was spluttering & hoping all over the road, loosing acceleration etc .....pretty dangerous as the roads are shit....travelled 36 miles to my dads house running on 3 cylinders , but i didnt know that til my mechanic showed up , one spark plug had the gap to short...problem solved, mexico now running savage again.... ...... so a big up to my mechanic....ive also got some new pics of it ...the only pic is just before i gave her a quick wash

[Dave1800BDA]

a few winter cobwebs does this sometimes, glad its sorted, car looks good aaron

[Dermot]

Numberplate is illegal. Change it!

[Banishit]

nice car that too Aaron

[hally]

looking sweet...........

[marky4]

very nice

[emily]

looks great that

[grum]

had similar probs last year with plugs - now runs "ngk 8's" - is always one of the simplest and first things to look for if a bit spluttery

glad the grin factor is back

[Frosticles]

Looking good there. Glad to hear problem sorted without pain.

[Aaron P.]

well that was only the start of my problems yesterday, car broke down again on way home, sitting around for 3 hrs while my mechainc stripped the carb & jets , got it running again , so made it home sweet enough ....as we have now sold my partners car that left us with only the one car & as she is 7 months pregnant I feel safer leaving her the car in case something happened ...so started the car this morning got 10 miles away from my gaf & the spluttering started again....then she just broke down, , but by this time I was closer to my dads than my house....so I had to wake my dad up & get him to come up & tow me back to his, the car now wont start & if it does it dies rather quick....even though my foot would be to the floor to get the power on it just wont kick in....im worn out & depressed over it

[Aled]

well that was only the start of my problems yesterday, car broke down again on way home, sitting around for 3 hrs while my mechainc stripped the carb & jets , got it running again , so made it home sweet enough ....as we have now sold my partners car that left us with only the one car & as she is 7 months pregnant I feel safer leaving her the car in case something happened ...so started the car this morning got 10 miles away from my gaf & the spluttering started again....then she just broke down, , but by this time I was closer to my dads than my house....so I had to wake my dad up & get him to come up & tow me back to his, the car now wont start & if it does it dies rather quick....even though my foot would be to the floor to get the power on it just wont kick in....im worn out & depressed over it

Aaron, I had a similar problem to yours a while back. Sounded like she was running on 3, and when hot, would only keep going if I kept it with very high revs. If I stopped, I had to let it cool down for 20 mins before she would start again. Ended up being the condenser and cost a couple of quid to replace. Hope this helps.

Al

[rwdrs]

Convert to leccy ignition!!!

[Retro Sport Parts]

Condenser

Hi Arron,

The same thing happened to my RS2000 coming back from portlaoise. Got it home just about and replaced the condenser and the problem was sorted. You should get one in any motor factor. Try this first and let us know how you get on.

Errol

[monkeybiker]

same thing happened to me in my rs2, got home though just, condensor was the problem, buy 2 & keep 1 in ya glovebox.

[Aaron P.]

ive got a brand new one in the glove box....i replaced the condensor a few weeks ago but it was from my van, it has a blown head gasket & is strpped ready for restoration, this could be the problem......i will be changing all the spark plugs & condensor asap.....but ive already ordered all the stuff from FORD as well so i may as well take it & have it.....cheers for all the advice & comments lads