Hey, at least you've only got four cylinders... Neil
On 19 July, 19:41, Russell Willcox <[email protected]> wrote: > Tony, > You will have to let me know how you get on. I have just bought a > 2000 Fiesta Turbo Diesel > with the Endura DI engine which I plan to put into my saloon. There > looks to be a lot of > stuff to try and jam in the engine bay of a saloon. > > Russell > > On 12/06/2010 22:15, TonyV wrote: > > > Well, after a bit of a struggle, I managed to get the insurance money > > for my Mondeo (see Fun in the Snow thread from January). It only took > > 5 months, so yar boo sucks to 1st Central insurance, who were so > > incompetent that I told them to cancel my claim and worked directly > > from the other guy's insurance myself. > > 1st Central STILL haven't refunded my unused insurance premium, > > despite the policy having been cancelled on 22nd March. > > > Having purchased a couple of Haynes manuals, I haven't yet managed to > > get one which relates to this exact engine setup. Neither the Ford > > diesels one or the Mondeo diesel one are very satisfactory. > > But with the engine removed from the car, I have been able to start > > having a good look at what will be involved in getting it into my > > saloon. > > > There are a couple of bits attached to the engine which have me > > puzzled. > > > The first appears to be some sort of diaphragm affair, on the top-left > > of the inlet manifold. > > I think it's probably responsible for opening/closing the exhaust gas > > recirculation valve, which is below it. > > This unit is leaking a little bit of oil. The unit doesn't appear to > > come off i.e. if I need to replace it, I'll probably need to replace > > the whole manifold, which will be a nuisance. > > A single small-bore pipe runs from the upper casing of the diaphragm > > to a plastic unit on the bulkhead, which in turn has a pipe which runs > > to the brake serve vacuum pipe. I think this plastic unit is used to > > switch vacuum to/from the diaphragm. > > The plastic control unit seems to be electrically controlled (2 pins), > > so what decides whether to open the valve or not? I thought this > > engine had purely mechanical injection, but is there some processing > > somewhere? > > Or is it all done through simple electrical stuff like relays? > > What would be the effect of simply removing the diaphragm, blanking > > all the holes off and doing without EGR altogether? > > > Next up is an electromechanical device which was located under the > > engine bay fuse box. > > It looks like a plunger which presses against a hinged flap, which in > > turn pulls a bowden cable which connects to a lever on the injection > > pump somewhere near the throttle lever. > > The plunger has a multi-plug connector with several wires to it. > > Possibly some sort of anti-stall or cold start device, or for raising > > the engine revs when reversing or changing gear? What is it? Do I > > need it? If so, does it go to an ECU again? > > > There's a crank sensor mounted such that it would read lumps in the > > back of the flywheel. > > Very like the crank sensor from my Zetec/megajolt. > > Would this be for the tacho input? If so, do I need to keep this > > flywheel? > > I hope not, I'm not sure if it's a dual mass one, or would be > > compatible with the ERST gearbox/clutch. > > I was hoping to use the ERST flywheel and an Escort/Fiesta clutch. > > > I've also spotted that one of the injectors has 2 thin black wires to/ > > from it. > > Why would only one injector have/need wires? > > I half-expected this to be the tacho feed, but it would run at 1/4 > > speed. So where would these wires go? > > > There's a multiplug connection to the air intake, 5 wires. I suspect > > it might be something like a MAF sensor - the air intake has a square > > plastic tube across it, which could easily contain a hot wire. > > Again, why would a purely mechanical injection need a MAF sensor? > > What reads the input, and what does it do with it? Another clue to > > the existence of an ECU? > > > Finally, I haven't seen anything which looks like a method of > > controlling the boost pressure. > > Should there be one? I'm not looking to play with changing the boost > > (not good on a diesel) but just curious. > > > Anyway, right now the electrical loom around this engine is looking > > pretty daunting. > > I'm hoping that a lot of the connections will prove unnecessary and > > I'll be able to reduce the loom considerably. > > Certainly, removing the various gearbox connections will help. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Quantum Owners Group" group. 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