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Bearing in mind this is NOT my engine bay,it is however,the exact same as what ive got in mine,is the thermostat that thing to the right of the lifting eye?there is also a sensor on one of the hoses tho,me thinks that sends the signal to the dash,and the thermostat talks to the fan? or is it vice versa,or both?


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Yeah mate, thats the one and the sensor is for the temp gauge in your dash.

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well wont that be the problem then,the yellow thing goin into the hose? cos its the gauge thats rising and falling way too fast,


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Thats the one mate smile

Its held on by three 10mm bolts and has a sensor in the top and at the bottom. To reveal the thermostat itself there are three 8mm bolts on the side of the housing that the top rad hose goes into, once removed you will see the thermostat (Looks abit like a spring), I suggest you remove it and see how it runs without one - When Iv done my 2.0 engine swaps in the past I remove it completely to help the engine run cooler (Engine temps where concerning on my escort but not the fiesta).

Or just buy/fit a new one, about £8 from Halfords


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any chance u cud tell me how ur alternator is wired up daz,as i think mines wrong


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I cant really remember too much, you'll have a redwire (power) that has a selfcaptive nut on it and can only be put on in one place, the blue wire (for the dashlight) goes onto a spade connector and the third is for the black (earth wire)

Hope that helps in some way - If not google an image for me to look at


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earth,why have i not got an earth,my red ones captive nut/ring termination rusted off so i reterminated it and put it on,blue wire is on the centre pin,i dont remember EVER seeing an earth,i thought it was earthed via its own body when i couldnt see any cables,where does the earth cable bolt to d'ya think?


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It might not have a separate earth and is earthed as you say via its mounting points (Am trying to remember so may have it wrong).

Double check you've got a good connection on the wire you've fixed


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There's three connections, two reds and one black. There's a brown earth that usually bolts to the position rail.
The reds join up together and go straight to the positive of the battery. The black goes to ignition.
It's the same on every car, colour codes and everything (red - live, black - ignition, brown - earth).


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its at an auto electricians now,i dont have the tools or equipment (cable,terminations) here at home,so as i cant live without the car til monday,its at the leccies gettin done now,max cost 40 quid (as ive given him the spare alt)


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I think she's all solved now,alternator,starter,idle,all fine, temp guage acted normally today so i think thats fine too now,only problem is its underpowered now,and theres hesitation there,get paid tuesday so itll get some super unleaded in there as well as some injector cleaner,and reset the ECU and go for the proper "spirited drive" on startup,that might clean her up thumbsup thumbsup


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only problem is its underpowered now,and theres hesitation
All that work and your in a worse position now than when you started think

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its still more power than the 1.6,and im puttin it down to either gunked injectors or poor ECU map(maybe cos i never "drove" it properly while the ECU was "learning" gonna clean the injectors and swap ECUs next week,t'will all work out fine dont worry


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its still more power than the 1.6,and im puttin it down to either gunked injectors or poor ECU map(maybe cos i never "drove" it properly while the ECU was "learning" gonna clean the injectors and swap ECUs next week,t'will all work out fine dont worry
The only thing you can do is use redex for the injectors, the only other way to get them cleaned is ultrasonic cleaning and can be expensive.
I doubt its the ECU either but a re-configuration wont hurt.

Try and explain this hesitation and where its underpowered (what revs/load/hot/cold etc)


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it seems to be any tempurature and FULL load only,its smooth as silk at all throttle positions except foot to the floor,where its kind of like,pull.no pull.pull.no pull.pull.no pull

Thats the only way i can describe it really,apparently theECU will work,its just i tried it wrong when i done it,i shudda wrapped my key in tin foil so the ECU wasnt communicating with TWO signals(thats why it got confused)


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