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Old 19-09-2009, 08:29 AM   #1
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I brought an 2001 SR a couple of weeks back in good nick with 165000 on the clock. It had a miss when under load a low revs, so I replaced the fuel filter and leads with some top gun 300's , then gave it a good dose of nulon injector cleaner. There was quiet an improvement but it still has a bit of a miss when going up hills. The plugs look pretty new and the gaps are all good, having said that, if it was a plug I would expect it to miss more often. Is the coil pack the next step or am I missing some. Any advice would be appreciated.

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Old 19-09-2009, 09:57 AM   #2
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Just another thought, if I took it to a ford workshop would their diagnostic
gear pick up the particular fault

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Old 19-09-2009, 10:58 AM   #3
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If it is throwing up a code it will come up. I've been having issues with rough idle for a while now and I still can't make my mind up if I should take it to Ford for a diagnostic to see if they can pick up the problem. It's a bit of a mystery.

It could be the coil pack. It could also be the fuel filter is blocked. You also mentioned that it is bad when going up hills, perhaps this is a sign of a faulty fuel pump as the petrol in the tank will move making it hard for it to pickup.

Food for thought

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Old 19-09-2009, 01:00 PM   #4
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Thanks JMO

Yeah it a real in the butt. I’ve replaced the fuel filter. It’s the intermittent missing that's so annoying and funny you should mention it but there is a cough or occasional miss at idle. I just came back from a 40km run and the bloody thing never missed a beat, I tried my hardest to load it up as much as possible going up hills and she just chugged her way along in 4th and never looked like missing. Got back home and pulled up at the lights and sure enough there a little cough in the idle ever 30 seconds or so.
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Old 19-09-2009, 08:03 PM   #5
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tried an ECU reset - does great things sometimes ;)
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Old 19-09-2009, 09:01 PM   #6
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