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Strange Car Question

Josh Ryan

Josh Ryan

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#1
A friend of mine has an 93 Ford Escort. This AM, he drove to town, everything went fine. Trying to leave, he was greeted with no turnover. He can't remember if he heard the solenoid click or not. He could randomly get the seatbelts to move by turning the key halfway. He got a jump, all seemed well. I was thinking alternator ground?? Anyway, now when he hits the brakes, his engine revs to redline. He could not see any cable obstructions etc. His brakes and clutch are on the same hydraulic system. Any ideas? :confused:
 
#2
-terrorists?
-ghosts?
-imps?
-LSD?
-a very intelliegient and tiny animal that snuck into the car?
-magnatic pneumo tracking facilitators that sometimes interfere with the brake/valve/piston hypo-thoratacostyle. this often causes what they call gastral braking super rev malfunction (or GBSRM for short)?











can you tell i'm really bored.
 
#3
Joe Nerve said:
-terrorists?
-ghosts?
-imps?
-LSD?
-a very intelliegient and tiny animal that snuck into the car?
-magnatic pneumo tracking facilitators that sometimes interfere with the brake/valve/piston hypo-thoratacostyle. this often causes what they call gastral braking super rev malfunction (or GBSRM for short)?

-the ghost theory is the front runner so far. I know he's off the LSD, ten years ago things might have been different....











can you tell i'm really bored.
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#10
That sounds like a computer error. The computer could be messed up. Is he using cruise control? Sometimes if you use cruise on a manual trans, and push the clutch, the engine will rev because there is no load, and the cruise doesn't disengage fast enough. My sister has a 94 escort with a manual. The the clutch is not connected to the braking sytem if I remeber correctly. If that were true, the clutch would be very hard to use when the engine is not running. They use a long-travel hydraulic cylinder to push a shorter but wider piston in the clutch slave cylinder. That sounds like the battery needs to be disconnected, and allow the computer to reset. Then try the same thing again. Apart from that, he might need a new car computer.
 
#12
Probably a relay on the harness got fried. The Starter runs on 1o-12 volts, but the engine in the run position uses 8 or less. There is a resistor with a relay that alternates between the run and start positions. If that one goes bad, and usually does without warning, you get nothing but idiot lights.

Or the wigglet pin is stuck in the skinuuten valve.


Mike
 
#13
tmo33 said:
That sounds like a computer error. The computer could be messed up. Is he using cruise control? Sometimes if you use cruise on a manual trans, and push the clutch, the engine will rev because there is no load, and the cruise doesn't disengage fast enough. My sister has a 94 escort with a manual. The the clutch is not connected to the braking sytem if I remeber correctly. If that were true, the clutch would be very hard to use when the engine is not running. They use a long-travel hydraulic cylinder to push a shorter but wider piston in the clutch slave cylinder. That sounds like the battery needs to be disconnected, and allow the computer to reset. Then try the same thing again. Apart from that, he might need a new car computer.
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This makes the most sense yet. When Pelham auto fixes it, I'll ask him what it was.
 
#14
Some starting problems are attributed to a single small wire on the solenoid in the starter that has a habit of coming loose. It's a small wire with a simple connector. If it comes loose, your car won't start. Great for hooking up a starter disconnect. Actually, most cars have this.
 

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