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Paddy2Lynch wrote: I fear I will end up at our local Ford garage (commonly known as : "What's the time?" answer :" 50 Euros"... nuffsed??)
Paddy2Lynch wrote:Yes, thanks for that.... I have been going through a serious fit of 'the Googles' and it seems the one pertaining to the pump is the issue.
Since we don't have the tools or the room to take out the engine, I fear I will end up at our local Ford garage (commonly known as : "What's the time?" answer :" 50 Euros"... nuffsed??)
I could do it myself,(one can always improvise ) but at this time I need my van... and I am afraid, that this job would take too long and take up time I don't have right now.
First thing I'll tell them to do is check out the metering valve (solenoid) on the pump and I'll keep my fingers crossed it is "only" that....
It is a nuisance ! If the van were a FWD, it would be a good days work, but it is a rear wheel drive and the engine sits lateral in the engine bay. This means that nothing (well ,almost nothing...) can be reached from the bonnet or even from underneath the van.
This will be a lesson for future Transit adoptions!
Next Tuesday we'll decide how this is to progress and where the repair is going to happen....
I shall log the the entire procedure, codes, actions ,symptoms and solutions once I am on the road again and ask a moderator where best to post this... it may spare someone else a few uncomfortable days...who knows....
Cheers and thanks
Paddy2Lynch wrote:you can't get at the pump in a laterally installed engine, that works with a FWD, not with a RWD.... there is no way you can detach the parts above the pump, without bringing the entire engine forward
Paddy2Lynch wrote:Telling me I should have the job done in two hours and NOT telling me HOW is not 'help'.
I am the first one to admit that I am a novice compared to most of the people here, but making me out to be an idiot doesn't get me any further, especially if you don't tell me HOW to get to the pump without bringing the engine forward .
One would think that such would be obvious for a man of your talents and experience .....
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