Mondeo: A couple of concerns?

Hi :-))

I have been running the car while the petrol indicator was in the red. I don't consider this a problem while the fuel indicator doesn't light up, as it has done in the past.

Saturday morning, while climbing a shallow incline, the car came to a stop after a 'soft' stutter. It would not restart on the key. Half an hour later I went back to the car and once again it didn't start on the key.

As I was desperate to get it off the dual carriageway I decided to bump it in reverse, and it started, and got me home. That was 250 yards, or so, when it again began to stutter slightly as I parked it.

Is it possible that reverse bumping sloshed the fuel in the tank enough for the fuel pump to fill the injectors? I know that with carbs, and levelling the car, it is possible to fill the float chamber which can carry the car a few hundred yards. Otherwise I don't see how it can cut out and, then later, restart? All electrical leads are sound. Since the snow has been around, I as yet haven't bothered to go and get more fuel. So it's still sat where I left it.

The other issue is with the heater blower fan, and the distribution(?) unit.

(1) The fan only operates on setting number four. I take this to be the ceramic fuse on the wire wound resistor pack? .It's been this way since ownership of the car.

(2) I no longer hear the distribution unit operate when I switch the dial? I can find no help in the Haynes manual for this part of the blower system. Any help on this? A site page with descriptions, maybe??

Thanks for any help, ..or even a bit of senseless humour :-))

Cheers,

...Ray.

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RayL
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Ford's fuel pumps cutout when the fuel level falls below 5% (I think), so that they never run dry. It could be that bumping it in reverse was enough to raise the sender unit slightly.

(1) Yeah, it's the fuse has burnt out, but also check the electrical connector, as they sometimes melt.

(2) pass.

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Moray Cuthill

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