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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 9:59 am 
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Hey guys, Once again i come to you for some help. Has anyone come across a BA series the will not start ? It turns over but does not show any sign of fire. while cranking it over if i give it half throttle it sounds like it wants to go i.e.: little minimal fire. any ideas ? i was thinking airflow but how do you test it ? Any help would be great. As usual thanks in advance. :cry:

 

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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 11:52 am 
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rang a Ford service center and they say it is common for the coil packs to go !... I have not herd anyone say that before..

 

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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:18 pm 
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theyre on drugs
theres 6 coils on a BA scott, and the chances of 3 or more of them dieing at once are basically Nil. have u got 2 posts on this one?
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:07 pm 
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its prob flooded BA's seemed to do it easly.. Crank it with youre foot to the floor and see how u go..
There is also a re-set switch in the lhs kick pannel that does somting 2... but more than likely its flooded seen it heaps
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:21 pm 
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reset switch is to cut fuel supply to the engine, supposed to be used in the event of a fire, or automatically engages in a fire, its in the owners manual anyway i cant remember, the reset allows the fuel to flow back to the engine, i suppose this could be helpful if flooded
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Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:36 pm 
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coil packs gone on a BA??!!

Wow Fords are s**t. :D

 

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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:13 am 
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BA's dont have "coil packs", which by definition is a group of coils together. They have 6 (or 8) seperate coils directly on top of each plug.

the reset switch is triggered in a sudden stop (inertia switch) and it cuts power to the fuel pump. You will have an extra warning lamp on the dash when this happens.
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Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2007 10:19 am 
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well was not the fuel pump. sorry about the coil pack thing, you know what i mean. Is their a way you can put the BA in to diagnostics mode ?

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:26 pm 
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go the foot to the floor, INJECTED_250 is correct!

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 6:35 pm 
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sounds like tps has s**t itself.
common problem.

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:48 pm 
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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:49 pm 
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throttle position sensor

 

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Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:52 pm 
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well.. I turned it over with my foot flat to the floor and after about 8 seconds she started i kept the revs at around 2500k for 20-30 seconds and took my foot off and it stalled. Also blew a masive amount of blue / Grey smoke. did the same thing a few limes but incressed the revs to around 5k for 10 seconds and now she is fine, no smoke and starts every time. All i can think is something was stuck in the fuel line or something like that, When i removed the Air intake from the throttle body i opened the butterfly and did notice a bit of oil on the reverse side of the butterfly, is that normal ?

 

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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:45 pm 
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How often do you have to change the plugs in the BA ?

 

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Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2007 8:55 pm 
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actually, can someone answer me this, my work BA Fairmont does not go anywhere as well as my Home Ba Ghia... Did the Ghia have a better setup ?

 

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