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Old 14-05-2007, 10:23 PM   #1
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I was driving through town today, and all of a sudden my car started to make this strange pusling noise, like something hitting a bit of plastic on and off all the time.

Nothing changed with the way the car drove, so got it home and had a looksee.

There is a silvery box bolted to the firewall with some cables going into it, this is what is causing the problems, an actuator of some sort, yet i have nfi what.

Anyone got any ideas clues etc ?

Looks like its off to fraud this week to get it looked at.

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Old 15-05-2007, 08:31 PM   #2
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my car made a weird noise under the bonnet so i took it in to Ford (my service was due anywayz) and i had to get new air filter..they told me they'd had another Fiesta in a few weeks prior that made the same noise and had same prob..the noise is a broken seal (or similar) in my water filter tho so im up for a few hundred $$ for that
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Old 15-05-2007, 09:24 PM   #3
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Bugger that sucks.

This one isnt anything to do with that though.
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Old 15-05-2007, 09:36 PM   #4
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my car made a weird noise under the bonnet so i took it in to Ford (my service was due anywayz) and i had to get new air filter..they told me they'd had another Fiesta in a few weeks prior that made the same noise and had same prob..the noise is a broken seal (or similar) in my water filter tho so im up for a few hundred $$ for that
And it's not under warranty?
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Old 15-05-2007, 10:50 PM   #5
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was a month or so out of warranty..my bf works at Ford tho so it wont be hard to get a part cheaper etc etc
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Old 16-05-2007, 11:11 AM   #6
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I was driving through town today, and all of a sudden my car started to make this strange pusling noise, like something hitting a bit of plastic on and off all the time.

Nothing changed with the way the car drove, so got it home and had a looksee.

There is a silvery box bolted to the firewall with some cables going into it, this is what is causing the problems, an actuator of some sort, yet i have nfi what.

Anyone got any ideas clues etc ?

Looks like its off to fraud this week to get it looked at.
Does it have cruise control?
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Old 16-05-2007, 11:13 AM   #7
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Nope ST170's never came with it.

Its actually the automatic choke, and it is going to cost a fortune to fix :(
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Old 16-05-2007, 04:37 PM   #8
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Nope ST170's never came with it.

Its actually the automatic choke, and it is going to cost a fortune to fix :(
European Cars....

I think that is enough said
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Yes, enough said alright, fortune is an understatement too now :(
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I have had a lot of problems with my car but yet I still love it. So you pay up and keep loving it lol
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Old 16-05-2007, 09:45 PM   #11
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Bugger, that's a shame. Sorry to hear it, it would have to happen at a time like this, huh. If there's anything I can do, let me know, I'll light some candles around an ST170 model and chant for a few hours, let me know if it fixes it.

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hehe sounds like a plan to me

stupid inlet manifolds causing me issues :S
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