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(Message started by: RON on Sep 27^th, 2009, 4:02pm)

Title: car cuts out
Post by RON on Sep 27^th, 2009, 4:02pm

after fitting a new battery and then discovering it woz only a loose wire on tha alternator .ive now got a new fault the car will cut out while im driving . i could be going 70 on the motorway or 30 in town and it just cuts out . it starts straight away and drives fine but theres no warning it justs dies . ive had a look at the wires but cant see any problems any suggestions
many thanks Ron

Title: Re: car cuts out
Post by lleewar on Sep 27^th, 2009, 4:24pm

Sounds like an earth wire loose somewhere

Title: Re: car cuts out
Post by Jonnycab on Sep 27^th, 2009, 5:11pm

Check the small lead on the battery neg is on nice & tight :)

Title: Re: car cuts out
Post by RON on Sep 27^th, 2009, 7:10pm

Many thanks to Jonnycab and lleewar, i've been out and checked all wiring and also I have no small lead on neg side of the battery, i've only one big lead on my battery !!!
Would a obd scan find the fault for me??
Many thanks
Ron ;)

Title: Re: car cuts out
Post by scorpio_man on Sep 27^th, 2009, 7:18pm

hi there

i'd take the battery back out as most times the wee black lead has fallen down out of sight.

hth

Title: Re: car cuts out
Post by RON on Sep 27^th, 2009, 7:25pm

Ahhhh right thanks Scorpio_man, i'll have to check that out in the morning, as its too dark now. But i'll let you know tomoz how i get on. Many thanks again. Regards Ron

Title: Re: car cuts out
Post by RON on Sep 29^th, 2009, 2:59pm

Hi ya , well i went out and checked the small black lead and yes it is connected to the battery, so i'm back to square one, does anyone know if a OBD scan would locate the problem?? Thanks for your replies. RON

Title: Re: car cuts out
Post by Snoopy on Sep 29^th, 2009, 3:09pm

The only thing you can do is carefully start checking all the connections slowly and methodically, but I suspect that its the fuel cut off loom that has started to play up, which is a well known fault as the car gets older and may well be coincidence.

Title: Re: car cuts out
Post by scorpio_man on Sep 29^th, 2009, 6:41pm

hi there

it could be this (http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=Problems;action=display;num=1179604233;start=34#34), but before all that, i'd check the fuse boxes are all dry and swap the heated front windscreen relay with the ignition relay.

also, do you have a bundle of keys on your keyring? just a thought.

hth

Title: Re: car cuts out
Post by Matt on Sep 29^th, 2009, 7:01pm

check the alternator is connected correctly, then check the fuses,

on the 16v engines the cam sensor is fairly close to the battery, check that hasn't been knocked

Title: Re: car cuts out
Post by RON on Sep 29^th, 2009, 10:52pm

Hello again, Well I had chap come to my home today to check out the car with his diagonostics machine and thankfully the result was no major faults with the car, so the chap basically said the same as you all, check some wires here and there and some fuses, so hopefully tomorrow i'll be able to do the above tips and hopefully will get back to you with some answers.....many thanks for all your help.
Regards Ron