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I changed the coolant sensor on my 9/1999 1.4 Puma after Forscan showed up a coolant temperature circuit error, After this the needle on my temperature gauge which previously sat in the middle when hot now stays very much lower. Does the temperature gauge pick up its signal from the coolant sensor?

On Friday the speedo on my 1.4 Puma stopped working on my way home. I was worried that the key had lost its link with the immobiliser but diagnostics showed a code for a problem with the speed sensor so on Sunday I had a good look at this but I found it very difficult to get at both the sensor...

For the first time ever I seem to have lost my car key. I think it must have fallen out of my pocket and I have no idea where. I had a spare which I got from a local key cutting place but the chip went in it about a year ago and now I don´t know where this is either. Luckily the Puma is a second...

I followed all the earlier postings on this to try and cure a leak which seemed to come in over the drivers side doorseal and run down to soak the carpet. I replaced the seal and even cut bits out of it as one poster suggested but could not eradicate the problem. Having found that a similar...

My 1999 1.4 Puma developed the well known problem of stalling as the revs dropped off, often as the clutch was depressed. I cleaned the MAF. the clutch release switch, the tps and the icv and throttle body plus the switch connection at the power steering without solving the problem. I replaced...

My son has been driving my 1.4 Puma lately and he complained that it would occasionally stall when he depressed the clutch at low speeds. I immediately thought of the switch on the clutch pedal and checked that and sprayed it with contact cleaner but apparently the fault still persisted so I...

My car generates a thumping noise when I drive it. It is like a low frequency rumble when driving at low speed over the cobble surfaces which exist out here and a sharp thump when I go over bumps. It sounds a bit like the exhaust pipe hitting the body but it is not. The suspension is very hard...

I felt that my Puma had started to wander a bit when coming out of bends. Not anything worrying but a noticeable slight sideways movement. When I tested the car yesterday in a straight line I found that a firm application of power caused the car to move slightly to one side and return when the...

My search enquiries have revealed that Ford paint codes should be on a plate on one of the door pillars or on VIN plate under the bonnet. My VIN plate does not show any obvious paint code and I can't find any plate around either door. Where is the code on the Puma? I need to order some silver...

I am looking to supplement the info in the Haynes Fiesta manual. I have a BMW 3 dvd set which is really useful for my other car especially in showing how components break down into different pieces and I have been looking at the Puma cds advertised on ebay. There seems to be a variety in spec...

Over the last couple of days my car has developed a noise when the steering wheel is turned. It is a grating or scratching noise and I fully expected the wheel hub to be catching on the plastic housing for the ignition switch and stalks. When I took the housing off the noise still persisted and...

The headlight lenses on my car look as if a surface coating is peeling off in places. It is as if the plastic had been coated with varnish which is now peeling. What is the best way to restore the lenses, please?

I live in Portugal and have just bought a 1999 1.4 Puma. I was under the impression that the cambelt had been changed but it now seems doubtful and I need to do it be on the safe side. As we don't have manuals in English here has anyone got details of the procedure and pictures. I have done...