turbomark Member 14 Member For: 21y 5m 5d Posted 10/05/07 01:43 AM Share Posted 10/05/07 01:43 AM Hi guys,Some time ago my ute was playing up, was really hard to start and didnt like to idle sometimes. It would take 3 or 4 goes to start the car first thing in the morning!Anyway so ford fixed that, said there were some faults in the computer so reset it or whatever and cleaned the throttle body and then it ran fine for a few months.But now it is doing the exact same thing only worse, it is running rough and missing when under load. For example it revs freely and sounds good in neutral or with the clutch in, but when under load in gear, it starts to mis and wont accelerate cleanly. It gets worse the more you load it up too, for example if I short shift it into 3rd or 4th when I should be in 2nd it runs rougher again and will hardly accelerate.Also noticed that lately my clock has been losing a half hour every now and then, could this be at all related? As in some weird electrical fault in the car? The battery is in good nick...I was told to replace the leads and plugs before taking it back to ford, but I thought I would ask here first to see if it was a well known problem.Any help would be much appreciated!Thanks, Mark. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/34828-my-engine-is-missing-under-load/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ENVY-T CNUTOX Donating Members 3,098 Member For: 22y 3m 12d Gender: Male Location: Not sure? Posted 10/05/07 02:02 AM Share Posted 10/05/07 02:02 AM turbomark said: Hi guys,I was told to replace the leads and plugs before taking it back to ford, but I thought I would ask here first to see if it was a well known problem.Any help would be much appreciated!Thanks, Mark.I reckon your plugs or leads may be finished. Buy one of those spitfire service packs from autocrap or supercrap. They are good from what I have read, and come with plugs leads and a filter. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/34828-my-engine-is-missing-under-load/#findComment-530631 Share on other sites More sharing options...
stealthxr Donating Members 553 Member For: 19y 2m 11d Gender: Male Location: The Shire Sydney AUS Posted 10/05/07 04:56 AM Share Posted 10/05/07 04:56 AM Just add a fuel filter to that and it should eliminate your prob...Pete Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/34828-my-engine-is-missing-under-load/#findComment-530681 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,331 Member For: 19y 6m 26d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 10/05/07 05:25 AM Share Posted 10/05/07 05:25 AM (edited) 's .... also if you have a multimeter and know how to drive it.... Check the volt drop across your earth leads and make sure your voltage isnt dropping too low when the cars running. Also check the condition of the charge lead on the alternator.. Edited 10/05/07 05:26 AM by hiddeous Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/34828-my-engine-is-missing-under-load/#findComment-530687 Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbomark Member 14 Member For: 21y 5m 5d Posted 10/05/07 10:51 AM Author Share Posted 10/05/07 10:51 AM thanx for the replies guys.I bought some new top gun leads, bosch plugs and a fuel filter this arvy. only installed the plugs so far, coz holy crap that distributor is hard to get too!anyway it seems to have fixed the problem already, should have seen the old plugs lol, they were cactus!so yeah ill get the leads and filter put in in the next service.thanx for the advice!mark. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/34828-my-engine-is-missing-under-load/#findComment-530865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Here since the start... Lifetime Members 10,282 Member For: 21y 11m 23d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 11/05/07 05:12 AM Share Posted 11/05/07 05:12 AM turbomark said: holy crap that distributor is hard to get too!If you take the air filter box out you will be able to get to the coil pack alot easier. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/34828-my-engine-is-missing-under-load/#findComment-531069 Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-WING Member 811 Member For: 21y 4m 15d Location: BRISBANE Posted 11/05/07 05:35 AM Share Posted 11/05/07 05:35 AM I found it hard to get to on EL as well and NO1 lead breaking down under acceleration Test your old leads with a ohm meter I think you should get 3000ohm resistance per foot of lead roughly Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/34828-my-engine-is-missing-under-load/#findComment-531075 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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