L reg Escort 1.3 CFI problem

L reg Escort 1.3 CFI problem

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AceRimmer

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241 months

Thursday 14th October 2004
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Hi to all

I was wondering if anyone could enlighten me on a particular problem my younger sister has been having with her escort, the problem began with an intermittent poor idling over the course of a couple of weeks where the car could cut out at junctions and ended up last week with the car coming to a halt and refusing to start.

A mechanically-minded friend had a look and found that the car would almost immediately flood when trying to start and said that the CFI unit was almost certainly to blame for this as they have a track record in failing. I would be very grateful of any opinions that anyone may have regarding this problem and any tips on verifying this and typical fails of this unit (if any)

Thx in advance (and congrats on the informative forum)