2L td mondeo '52 plate rough running

[drnick]

My mates just had his car looked at and been told it has a compression fault, he said its lacking power and kangarooing at aroud 2000rpm in 4th and fifth. Any ideas? thanks for any help in advance.

[nelly1]

Compression fault?

Has he had a compression test done to verify this?

My money would be on a sticky IMV(*) on the fuel pump.

• - Inlet Metering Valve - controls the pressure in the fuel rail.

[drnick]

As far as i know yes. Is there any way of checking if that valve is at fault?

[nelly1]

More often than not, if you just loosen the two mounting screws a few mm, wiggle the valve about a bit and retighten it, this will re-seat the valve properly and will cure the problem.

The screws are a real PITA to get to though!

[drnick]

Ok will try that then. Only other thing is where is it located and what does it look like? thanks