I went to the Squires Cafe all Ford show today and once again it was a good show apart from all the revving and popping from all the Focus drivers (and some Fiestas), when will they realise it's getting really old!
Jon Wilby was there with his FRP and Nick from Maxted garage was there with his own stand and a couple of trackday cars. There was also a white Puma powered by a rear mounted bike engine but I never got the chance to see that before it went. It sounded nice as it went out, though.
On the way home there was a lot of traffic but as I got nearer I got the chance to give it some stick but just before I got home I noticed....
So wondering what was wrong I hooked it up to Forscan
Hmmm, one of these days I'll manage to take a good photo of Forscan but anyway it was the old P0420 error code which going deeper into Forscan revealed...
A list of stuff including; spark timing retarded, oil contamination,cylinder misfiring, damaged HO2 sensor,downstream HO2 sensor improperly connected, fuel pressure too high, damaged exhaust or manifold or damaged Cat. So that's a bit more work for this winter! So I turned the EML off along with wiping the stored rear ABS code started the car and all seemed well again.
I also noticed on Saturday whilst cleaning the rear wheels of the car a smell of petrol and looking underneath I could see a stain on the tank around the breather so I'm hoping it's a slit/holed rubber pipe rather than rot around the breather stub but I'll find out later this week if the weather holds up.