Bobberoo’s Ford Fetish Thread (Warning: Contains Peanut)
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Bobberoo99 said:
Quite different to be honest, the EGR blank brings the torque in from around 1300rpm (old car) whereas standard it's around 1700rpm (new car), it's also a smoother delivery, the new one is noisier than the old because it's an estate, but the seats are more supportive and a bit more comfortable, the steering's lighter on the new one and the driver information system better. I'm hoping that once I've done the EGR blank on this one it'll respond the same!!!
You may already know this so forgive me if I'm telling you what you already know but with regards to the light steering it may be because the steering mode is on comfort. Some Focii, I'm not sure when it was introduced, have a steering mode selection which just alters the ePAS aid. Comfort offering least resistance, Normal being middle and Sport being most resistance. Liking the new one by the way. I have a mk2.5 hatchback in the same Vision Blue and love it. Bobberoo99 said:
Thanks Shominy, I hadn't thought to check what setting it's on!!! Both of them have the selectable steering modes, I just put it down to the difference in mileage!! I thought that the facelift from 08 onwards made it a mk2.5?
Yeah, that's right, facelift/mk2.5 is 08 onwards which is what we have. I must have worded that sentence badly! Some people say the steering modes hardly change it but I remember when I got mine in January it was on the Sport setting and coming from a brand new extremely light feeling lease car it was liking steering a car in treacle! A few days in Comfort and then Standard mode and I put it back on Sport because it was too light. I have left it on Sport ever since. It feels way, way nicer to drive than the Seat Ibiza lease I came from and even though it's a semi-shed I wouldn't go back to leasing.Shominy said:
Bobberoo99 said:
Thanks Shominy, I hadn't thought to check what setting it's on!!! Both of them have the selectable steering modes, I just put it down to the difference in mileage!! I thought that the facelift from 08 onwards made it a mk2.5?
Yeah, that's right, facelift/mk2.5 is 08 onwards which is what we have. I must have worded that sentence badly! Some people say the steering modes hardly change it but I remember when I got mine in January it was on the Sport setting and coming from a brand new extremely light feeling lease car it was liking steering a car in treacle! A few days in Comfort and then Standard mode and I put it back on Sport because it was too light. I have left it on Sport ever since. It feels way, way nicer to drive than the Seat Ibiza lease I came from and even though it's a semi-shed I wouldn't go back to leasing.I welcome all Focus owners, leasing a car is ok if it works for you, personally I can't bare the thought of not owning it after paying all that money!!!
Bobberoo99 said:
Pics and thoughts please!!!
I welcome all Focus owners, leasing a car is ok if it works for you, personally I can't bare the thought of not owning it after paying all that money!!!
I'll have to get some pics when it's light outside. I've got the 1.8 petrol. I love it. Drives well, feels good, well built. It could definitely do with a 6th gear as I've done an East Midlands to Cornwall trip in it and sitting at over 3k revs at 70mph+ does grate after a while. Gave it a bit of a service earlier this month and discovered oil in the spark plug wells which I think was causing a misfire at high speed and revs. I've got a new rocker cover gasket to put on it and have already changed the plugs. It already feels a bit better. I've just swapped the air filter for a RamAir one as well so it's got a slightly throatier sound when revved out which is nice.I welcome all Focus owners, leasing a car is ok if it works for you, personally I can't bare the thought of not owning it after paying all that money!!!
Leasing is definitely not for me but it served a purpose at the time and was a really cheap deal which I convinced myself made it worth it. I much prefer being able to tinker about with an older car that's fully paid up than swan about in a brand new car whilst paying hundreds out every month and know I won't own it as you say!
Shominy said:
Bobberoo99 said:
Pics and thoughts please!!!
I welcome all Focus owners, leasing a car is ok if it works for you, personally I can't bare the thought of not owning it after paying all that money!!!
I'll have to get some pics when it's light outside. I've got the 1.8 petrol. I love it. Drives well, feels good, well built. It could definitely do with a 6th gear as I've done an East Midlands to Cornwall trip in it and sitting at over 3k revs at 70mph+ does grate after a while. Gave it a bit of a service earlier this month and discovered oil in the spark plug wells which I think was causing a misfire at high speed and revs. I've got a new rocker cover gasket to put on it and have already changed the plugs. It already feels a bit better. I've just swapped the air filter for a RamAir one as well so it's got a slightly throatier sound when revved out which is nice.I welcome all Focus owners, leasing a car is ok if it works for you, personally I can't bare the thought of not owning it after paying all that money!!!
Leasing is definitely not for me but it served a purpose at the time and was a really cheap deal which I convinced myself made it worth it. I much prefer being able to tinker about with an older car that's fully paid up than swan about in a brand new car whilst paying hundreds out every month and know I won't own it as you say!
Eyersey1234 said:
Shominy said:
Bobberoo99 said:
Pics and thoughts please!!!
I welcome all Focus owners, leasing a car is ok if it works for you, personally I can't bare the thought of not owning it after paying all that money!!!
I'll have to get some pics when it's light outside. I've got the 1.8 petrol. I love it. Drives well, feels good, well built. It could definitely do with a 6th gear as I've done an East Midlands to Cornwall trip in it and sitting at over 3k revs at 70mph+ does grate after a while. Gave it a bit of a service earlier this month and discovered oil in the spark plug wells which I think was causing a misfire at high speed and revs. I've got a new rocker cover gasket to put on it and have already changed the plugs. It already feels a bit better. I've just swapped the air filter for a RamAir one as well so it's got a slightly throatier sound when revved out which is nice.I welcome all Focus owners, leasing a car is ok if it works for you, personally I can't bare the thought of not owning it after paying all that money!!!
Leasing is definitely not for me but it served a purpose at the time and was a really cheap deal which I convinced myself made it worth it. I much prefer being able to tinker about with an older car that's fully paid up than swan about in a brand new car whilst paying hundreds out every month and know I won't own it as you say!
Definitely worth a read!! Eyersey1234 said:
Nice to see another Focus owner Shominy. Have you seen the thread on mine?
Yes, I've read that in it's entirety! Happy 1yr Focus day! My plan is to keep mine for a couple of years at least. It's recently had it's MOT which it passed with only one advisory. It's given me a chance to purchase some workshop tools as well which you have no need for with a lease!Shominy said:
Eyersey1234 said:
Nice to see another Focus owner Shominy. Have you seen the thread on mine?
Yes, I've read that in it's entirety! Happy 1yr Focus day! My plan is to keep mine for a couple of years at least. It's recently had it's MOT which it passed with only one advisory. It's given me a chance to purchase some workshop tools as well which you have no need for with a lease!Shominy said:
Bobberoo99 said:
Oooohhhhh tools!!!! 
I know! Nothing too exciting mind you, just axle stands, trolley jack, a couple of different sized socket sets and an OBD2 reader. All in all probably just over £100 and should give me the ability to service my own cars for years to come.Get yourself an oil filter tool, an oil catch pan and a voltmeter, invaluable stuff!!
Any questions just ask!!!
Bobberoo99 said:
A VERY good start, may I offer some advice?
Get yourself an oil filter tool, an oil catch pan and a voltmeter, invaluable stuff!!
Any questions just ask!!!
I did also get an oil filter tool and a catch pan actually. My driveway was being done at the time so naturally when I drove to the place I was carrying out the oil change I forgot the oil catch pan and ended up using a Jacob's cracker selection box instead.Get yourself an oil filter tool, an oil catch pan and a voltmeter, invaluable stuff!!
Any questions just ask!!!
I might have a crack at the pollen filter when I next get the chance as I've a feeling that has not been changed in a while. I had to change the heater resistor when I first got the car and it was very fiddly to get to that so I'm not massively looking forward to that task!
Looking at prices for servicing near me and you're looking at £60+ just for an oil service. £120+ for 'major' services. In a sad way I love counting the money I'm saving by driving an 11yr old Focus and looking after it myself rather than running something new.
I finally got around to fitting the new glow plugs and EGR blank to the new car, I started yesterday dodging the rain, thinking it would be similar to when I did this stuff on the original Focus, I was wrong, Ford's in their infinite wisdom along with replacing the perfectly good lower chain driven high pressure fuel pump with an expensive wet belt system(yes, yes, I am still moaning about it!!) they also decided to put a load of junk in the way of the glow plugs, yes granted it's probably important junk, but it's still in the sodding way!!! I present exhibit A M'laud!!! 
That metal tag with the red wires attached is the glow plug!!!
So armed with my trusty 1/4 drive socket set and my shiny new 3/8 drive socket set and glow plug sockets I attacked it with vigour, first one out!!
Yep that's seen better days, quite sooted up too!!!
It was at this point that things started to go wrong, horribly, annoyingly, fiddly, little bloody nuts wrong!!!
You see those stupid little M4 nuts? Well you can barely get a socket on them, let alone my fat fingers, so yes I dropped one..........or two!!!
So I soldiered on and got the plugs replaced, gratuitous pic of one actually done!!
For anyone interested they're torqued to 15Nm as the information says 10Nm to 18Nm.
I picked some more M4x.7mm standard nuts today and using my telescopic magnet from work gently managed to get the nuts on the plugs!!!
I then set about fitting the EGR blank which involves slacking the two 10mm hex head bolts off enough to be able to slide the blank in between the EGR housing and the flex pipe which feeds it, no before or during pics as it's very tight around the housing without removing the scuttle cover, but if you have a 1/4 drive socket like I do it's manageable, have a picture of the finished thing!!!
That metal tag with the red wires attached is the glow plug!!!
So armed with my trusty 1/4 drive socket set and my shiny new 3/8 drive socket set and glow plug sockets I attacked it with vigour, first one out!!
Yep that's seen better days, quite sooted up too!!!
It was at this point that things started to go wrong, horribly, annoyingly, fiddly, little bloody nuts wrong!!!
You see those stupid little M4 nuts? Well you can barely get a socket on them, let alone my fat fingers, so yes I dropped one..........or two!!! So I soldiered on and got the plugs replaced, gratuitous pic of one actually done!!
For anyone interested they're torqued to 15Nm as the information says 10Nm to 18Nm.
I picked some more M4x.7mm standard nuts today and using my telescopic magnet from work gently managed to get the nuts on the plugs!!!
I then set about fitting the EGR blank which involves slacking the two 10mm hex head bolts off enough to be able to slide the blank in between the EGR housing and the flex pipe which feeds it, no before or during pics as it's very tight around the housing without removing the scuttle cover, but if you have a 1/4 drive socket like I do it's manageable, have a picture of the finished thing!!!
Nice to see attention being lavished on a "normal" car.
I do the same usually buying a car on the scrapyard's door or beyond economical repair for many people (only VW really as that's what I know) about twice a year and doing all the little bits and pieces that are tatty or annoying, and doing all the mechanical bits, driving for a few months then selling on. Get a kick out of bringing a decent car back from the dead for someone else to use.
Things like centre caps would be ignored by many, but it's all the little details.
I do the same usually buying a car on the scrapyard's door or beyond economical repair for many people (only VW really as that's what I know) about twice a year and doing all the little bits and pieces that are tatty or annoying, and doing all the mechanical bits, driving for a few months then selling on. Get a kick out of bringing a decent car back from the dead for someone else to use.
Things like centre caps would be ignored by many, but it's all the little details.
mercedeslimos said:
Nice to see attention being lavished on a "normal" car.
I do the same usually buying a car on the scrapyard's door or beyond economical repair for many people (only VW really as that's what I know) about twice a year and doing all the little bits and pieces that are tatty or annoying, and doing all the mechanical bits, driving for a few months then selling on. Get a kick out of bringing a decent car back from the dead for someone else to use.
Things like centre caps would be ignored by many, but it's all the little details.
What cars have you saved??? Do you have any threads on here? Always interested in "normal" cars being worked on at home!!!!I do the same usually buying a car on the scrapyard's door or beyond economical repair for many people (only VW really as that's what I know) about twice a year and doing all the little bits and pieces that are tatty or annoying, and doing all the mechanical bits, driving for a few months then selling on. Get a kick out of bringing a decent car back from the dead for someone else to use.
Things like centre caps would be ignored by many, but it's all the little details.
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