Greetings,
I'm requesting a second opinion or two in this ng if you don't mind. My Mondeo has an issue with the revs going up to about 1500rpm at random intervals and blipping the accelerator is not able to turn it off. However, revving the engine to about 4000 rpm and above will eventually get the engine ticking over at a normal rate before it happens again. A friend who is quite knowledgeable with cars has looked at it and checked the accelerator cable to see if that's sticking and he said it's in the stop position when it revs up again and he has also tested it with reverse gear cable disconnected off the solenoid in case it was associated with that and the engine still revs high randomly.
My friend reckons it could be the fuel injection pump that's on the blink and I should get a diagnostic carried out on it with a view to arranging a quote for having it repaired. He is 99.99% certain it's the fuel injector pump. He's also educated me at the cost of replacement/repair. The prices are quite scary. I've been told not to have the car serviced until I know what the issue is with the engine revving up randomly.
Surely the problem may be associated with something easier and less costly to fix??
Thanks for your time,
JJ