So here is what I have so far.
Engine will not start now feels like its flooded. So I turn fuel pump off and it at least tries to start
Too much fuel - 12% (old FPR) 14% (other FPR) co2
Possible Problems
Sensor:
Water temp
MAF
Air temp
Fuel temp
Mechanical:
Pressure regulator
Air leak
Timing
Electrical:
Alternator
ECU
All 6 cylinders have the same symptoms of carbon fouling on the spark plugs and emissions are exactly the same on both exhausts.
I have tried different maf's although there is always a chance they are all faulty
Tried different FPR but emissions went up and no change
Fault code reader says no faults
Have ordered another 2 Maf's and an aftermarket FPR to try and fit in
Today I have left the battery connected as zerorace mentioned later ecu's have bad memory ( normally I isolate battery)
Later will try and see what happens (if anything)
This is most irritating problem
Anything I may have left off?
Phew. Thought I was missing a vital engine part. Ive swapped the maf's already. Odly enough when I changed the fuel regulator the emissions were worse at 14% but it did start on its own. Now the old one is back on it wont start and when it did the emissions were back to 12%? There I something strange going on for sure. Just ordered 2 more maf's and found out that ford no longer supply spare fuel pressure regulators.
Ok so unless my other fpl is bad then it's not that. Out of interest how much fuel should the fuel rail hold? Also got fault code reader and no faults at all! I'm officially stumped.
After a quick chat with richyb66 I'm going to try changing the fuel,pressure regulator and see what happens. Then hopefully my fault code reader will show up and tell me something new! Lucky for me I have another engine to rob parts off
Just tested water temp sensor and its fine. Took fuel pressure reg vac pipe off and it made little difference. Co2 came down to 11 then back up to 12 again. Also getting hard to start it up
After finally getting the sump back on (Still leaking though) I have discovered that the chain tensioner is hydraulic and now working properly. (Although I now have other problems)
Hi all. I have a ford 2.9 cologne engine in my rh2b (No IVA). I took it for an emissions test yesterday and it read 12 on the testers gauge. No matter what he did to the maf mixture screws the reading did not alter. It was the same reading on both sides (v6). It is running very rich and blows out black smoke when revved (You can also smell it's rich). It's not done this before only recently. Any ideas are welcome.
Had the sump off today and found the pickup pipe hanging off! Hopefully this is the cause of the noise. (No oil the the tensioner) just need to find out if the tensioner is fed by oil.
I will try and check it out. It may be oil pump related then. The dizzy did move just before it started making the noise. The pump driveshaft is still there though.
When I fire my timing light at the mark the timing line does jump a little forward and backwards? Not a lot though. I've not let it get to temperature to properly do timing as noise is not nice!
Would this cause the noise?
How would I know if my timing chain tensioner has gone?
My engine has now got a loud rattling noise from the front and won't rev at all, just stalls?
It used to run fine although timing was out a little.
Just sent my iva paperwork off as well.
Thanks everyone for the advice. A lot of food for thought. Phil I might take you up on your kind offer as I have a bad habit of not being able to cut in straight lines
Hi everyone,
What is the best way to cut my 2b bonnet to make a scuttle? Is it angle grinder or nibler or saw? any ideas welcome.
Also how long should I make the scuttle?
Hi there,
I am in the middle of my build and am finding that the steering column will probably foul the exhaust manifold. Is there any way to make or modify one?
Does anyone have any ideas how best to shorten this v6 pick up pipe. Needs to be about 40mm so I can't' just cut it and weld a bit lower.
Any help would be appreciated.
Actually it's from an xr4x4.
I found a flywheel on ebay in the end(which seems to be where most of my parts are coming from)
Thanks for the information though and I'm sure that I'll need to get more capri stuff in the future.
Chris