Rob85 Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 I'm going to ask this stupid question then skulk off because I'd rather be safe than sorry... Last week I bought a near-perfect 1989 Mk4 Escort 1.6 Ghia with under 54,000 miles on the clock. I didn't ask too many questions because I thought I knew what I was getting...until I picked up a manual and discovered I might have bought a fuel-injected model and not the carb model I assumed it was... August 1989 1.6 Ghia - is it EFI or carb? Haynes seems to think the only 1.6 engine is the fuel-injected RS Turbo, and I'm definitely not driving around an RS Turbo... A couple of pointers: it needs a small (very small) steady press on the pedal to cold start, and stalls if started with too much pedal then left to idle. Fast idle kicks in after a couple of seconds (if it hasn't stalled), and runs perfectly after that. Also, the seller told me that if coming back to it after more than 1-2 weeks I probably needed to pump the accelerator twice before turning the key. Sounds like carb to me but the manual suggests otherwise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomsFocus Posted November 16, 2016 Share Posted November 16, 2016 Unless I'm missing something here, why not just look under the bonnet and check? Haynes isn't always right but I don't have much Escort knowledge myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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