DohNut Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 My dreary-mobile is trying to get itself noticed. ☹️ On cold starts - I turn on ignition until glo-plug light goes out. Then I start it. It starts fine and runs for about 5 seconds then it bogs down and stalls and will not re-start unless left for several minutes. If you rev it (nasty 😔) then after 5 seconds it bogs down and dies - increasing throttle cannot save it. So my current technique is to start it - rev it to 3k then when it starts to die, lift off the throttle and it returns to idle nicely. - Grrrr The car is not being used that much at the moment but it had a run down to the coast at the weekend so the battery should be in pretty good shape, might try to put it on battery conditioner tonight. Given that releasing the throttle at revs would make the mixture leaner I think the engine is flooding. Any suggestions 😶🌫️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Escargot Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Had a similar thing on my wifes Focus a couple of years ago - turned out that the ECU had lost its program. Ford gararge downloaded new program then it ran fine. Hope this helps Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DohNut Posted October 19, 2011 Author Share Posted October 19, 2011 Interesting - I like the sound of an easy fix N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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