Matt_focus_zetec Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Today saturday 13 september well wat a fun day it has been beautiful to work out in the sun underneath my hot engine and oil blacker than the colour itself well imagine a tyre it was worse thought the car was a bit sluggish as you all know my iac was on its way out well i replaced that today hasnt seemed to have done much im now thinking th stalling problem is sconeected to battery i only have a 390a 49ah stupid fiesta battery(came with car) i think in there were as im meant to have a 520a calcium thing anyways i thought i would take wheels off to look for my squeek and i may have found the problem but before that i was taking the passenger side wheel off and my locking wheel nut just happend to roll and fall down a drain in the road im telling u now when u have to clear rain water out the drain and shove ur head and hand in it to get ur lock nut back you realise 1.im too close to the drain and 2.buy anthor lock nut well after all the shi t i got started i thing the exhaust mounts are all too lose and the exhaust sounds like it has a stone in it as it rattle when you put your foot down and rev it and rattles so now get parts ready 4 SPARK PLUGS £8.00 oil PLUG AND WASHER £4.39 IDLE AIR CONTROL VALVE £42.07 oil FILTER (Smaller than one on the car) £2.74 ENGINE OIL "Castrol STUFF JUST IN A FORD CONTAINER" £26.37 5L (5-30W) MISC PARTS TOUCH UP PEN (PANTHER BLACK)"MUMS CAR" £6.22 DIPSTICK £7.39 No need for oil filter need a cabin but can get a motrio one from work for £11.92 lol Changed oil as it was really black and low Plugs changed nothing really wrong with others except they were NGK keep them incase these naker up idle air control valve (i got pics to add yet do them tmra after been to LE MANS silverstone) that was easy 5.....4......3.......2.......1 Ford Focus is GO!!!!!! Yes she fired up and sounded so sweet jobs a gud'n service your ford for like under £40 day today Thanks for reading every one Matt p.s sorry its a bit of a long one:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinnyvangough Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 Good to know there is still a few who DIY it. Easy jobs are soon done. Well done mate with the price's. Good result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mintalkin Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 good to hear you got it all sorted, next time you have a drain problem try an old speaker magnet on a piece of rope(been there,done that,got the teeshirt) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_focus_zetec Posted September 14, 2008 Author Share Posted September 14, 2008 Well i was a bit of a div doing it by a drain i tell ya im so scraed of drains now lol anyways i will work on y own car to the extent of if its nakerd nakerd i wont touch it where as i need to replace my battery and exhaust rubber mounts as i think there the squeek so that should be fun Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rikos Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Good read mate and glad to hear you got it all sorted. That drain bit was quiet funny though ....... not for you obviously! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_focus_zetec Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 well i hate the drain its evil trust me and im lucky it wasnt too deep down i mean i am 6ft 2 but even i struggle its only about 2 n half ft wide lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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