Hello my lovelies,
My dear puma is not very well! What happen was......
took her to Ford main stealers for well deserved full service (which is absolute joke - £195 for new sparks, oil, filter and new air filter[one in her was only 2 months old and I did mention this] and a visual health check!), have done 68 miles and now she ain't well at all. Soooooo this is more than likely a coincidence but it still really, really, really annoyed me (want to use expletives but don't want to break the rules!).
Car was fine upon start up and drove like she always does, but after approx. 4 miles she started to 'cough'/misfire. When I pulled up to busy junction, she was really spluttering and then BANG! she produced one of the best backfires I have ever heard! Scared the living sh1t out of me and has prob blown my exhaust to smithereens! Anyhow, now I have no power or able to have any kind of acceleration - she sounds like she is running on 3 cylinders. when she is just idling she sounds perfectly normal but the moment you touch the accelerator she splutters/misfires and struggles. I have not noticed any smoke, no warning lights, nothing. I figured that perhaps the garage minions had not put a spark plug in correctly or had not attached an HT lead but they seem fine (need new fairing bolts now as well). They did say that only 2 litres of oil came out of her but there is no evidence of oil leak anywhere. Does anyone have any ideas as I am scratching my head - other than sounds and lack of power there is no indication that anything is wrong with her!
HT leads?
Ignition coil?
Head gasket????
She was driving perfect before her service!
Many thanks
Verity :-( :|
My dear puma is not very well! What happen was......
took her to Ford main stealers for well deserved full service (which is absolute joke - £195 for new sparks, oil, filter and new air filter[one in her was only 2 months old and I did mention this] and a visual health check!), have done 68 miles and now she ain't well at all. Soooooo this is more than likely a coincidence but it still really, really, really annoyed me (want to use expletives but don't want to break the rules!).
Car was fine upon start up and drove like she always does, but after approx. 4 miles she started to 'cough'/misfire. When I pulled up to busy junction, she was really spluttering and then BANG! she produced one of the best backfires I have ever heard! Scared the living sh1t out of me and has prob blown my exhaust to smithereens! Anyhow, now I have no power or able to have any kind of acceleration - she sounds like she is running on 3 cylinders. when she is just idling she sounds perfectly normal but the moment you touch the accelerator she splutters/misfires and struggles. I have not noticed any smoke, no warning lights, nothing. I figured that perhaps the garage minions had not put a spark plug in correctly or had not attached an HT lead but they seem fine (need new fairing bolts now as well). They did say that only 2 litres of oil came out of her but there is no evidence of oil leak anywhere. Does anyone have any ideas as I am scratching my head - other than sounds and lack of power there is no indication that anything is wrong with her!
HT leads?
Ignition coil?
Head gasket????
She was driving perfect before her service!
Many thanks
Verity :-( :|