My Wife had a Volvo when I met her (and the relationship survived!). This car
was out to get me.... On one occassion the RAC rescued it and took it to a
garage local to where she was living. I gave them a call and explained I'd
replaced all ignition parts with Lucas ones (it had what appeared to be an
ignition problem). They reported a while later that the ignition timing was
about 20 deg out. They reset it and that weekend she drove to mine, and a
couple of miles away it was only just about running. The next day I checked it
and the timing was out again. I traced it to the bob weights in the distributor
- the grease on them had solidified and they would sometimes return to the
'start position' when revs went down, sometimes they wouldn't. A clean and
oiling had them working well again. I don't know how easy (or dificult) it is
to get inside the distributor Mike, but may be worth investigating?
Martin
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From: QM editor
To: Quantum Owners Group
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2017 11:19 PM
Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: 2+2 distributor
Thanks everyone for your replies. I suspected that the slightly different
part numbers might be due to slightly different internall arrangements!
The car started spluttering while cold, i.e. after only a few miles.
Sometimes it would stop as though the handbrake had been violently applied. But
then would start again. Finally, on my way to a QOC committee meeting
(ironically!) it stopped and would not start. A few hours later after the
meeting the car started immediately and drove home, about 6 miles from where it
had stopped with no problem at all. This is when I decided to replace
everything, except the distributor itself. So the fault is most certainly not a
loose connection, faulty HT leads, faulty coil, faulty distributor cap, faulty
ignition module, faulty plugs or rotor arm as all were replaced with new. From
then on the car will not start at all and is still in the garage. There is a
spark at the plugs and from time to time while turning over the engine it will
fire, or backfire just the once. Both engineers who looked at the car agreed
that the problem is timing. I've tried rotating the distributor through the
full range from fully clockwise to fully anti-clockwise but that makes no
difference. I've got a month to solve this - I WILL be at Stoneleigh in this
car!!!
A possible next step is to put the originals back and see if it starts. If it
does I can replace each old item with the new one until it no longer starts.
That would tell me I have the wrong new part!
The distributor is not the type with a long shaft and a gear at the end. It's
the other type, no shaft but 'dogs' (I think that's what they're called) to
connect to the engine, pic attached.
Mike
On Saturday, March 25, 2017 at 11:02:56 AM UTC, QM editor wrote:
My 2+2 has a 1.6 CVH engine from an XR2. Intermittently it will stop and
usually start again running normally. A bit annoying! I've been told by a Ford
trained mechanic that the distributor in the Fiesta was unreliable and there
were many failures even in cars less than three years old. Does anyone know of
this? From one website I discovered that the correct distributor is a Bosch
type 0 237 521 019 but I can't find one of those. The Haines manual says Bosch
or Lucas but gives no part number.. Nearest I found was type 0 237 601 001,
Ford part number 84SF 12100 FA.
Has anyone had a distributor problem with this engine, and what type did
they use to replace it? It might be that the two types I've mentioned are
effectively identical or there might be sufficient difference that while the
one I can find will physically fit it won't work properly or even at all!
Advice please so I can get going again!
Many thanks, Mike
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