James@CCC
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Registered: 10th Nov 03
Location: Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire
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I usually get pissed off with people asking about anything except corsas, so i apologise now!
One of my mates sisters is trying to get rid of a fiesta, its an utter shitter so im thinking of buying it cheap, fixing some bits and sellin on, depending on how hard it is to fix its biggest problem....
It basically doesnt like to rev higher than 3.5k in any gear. I gonna be using this to get it dirt cheap and im thinkin its probably just a fucked ecu i cant think of anything mechanical that might be causing this?
But you guys no a lot more than me! I have no problem having a go fixing things, its just diagnostics that i cant do!
Thanks alot guys
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Rob R
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Registered: 31st May 03
Location: Kent
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what year and model fiesta is it?
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mikehiow
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Registered: 12th May 05
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maybe a problem with air intake/exhaust, mate of mine used to have a similar problem, his cat was damaged, de-cat fixed it 
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James@CCC
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sorry, its a p reg, so i think its mk4? its the curvy shape, not the boxy one
intake or exhaust makes sense. ive been thinking ecu, but just realised no em light was shown, so i guess this is ok. I could easily fix intake or exhaust cheaply and make quite a bit, but id be worry if it could be the cams controlling intake/exhaust 
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James@CCC
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Registered: 10th Nov 03
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just been out in it and its quite a crazy car!
if the clutch is down or its in neutral, u can rev it as normal all the way to 6/7k
in first it can get to about 5
in every other gear it stops at 3.5k
Im still thinkin along the exhaust being blocked route. would this make sense with these results, i was thinkin maybe more exhust gases to release being clogged in the higher gears but not in neutral as theres no resistance
bump for the morning crew too
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t_benn_1
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Registered: 28th Sep 04
Location: Shropshire
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A mates got one the same.
Something like it used to be a training car or automatic somthing like that anyway
So it could be ECU
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Rob H
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Registered: 28th Oct 00
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Yeah, as said abouve could be An aftermarket rev limiter built into it, or has it only just started doing it?
Other thing as silly as it seems, is that the accelerator cable could be really loose, hence when your moving along and the engines under load, you cant give it full throttle  .
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Black Stallion SRi
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Registered: 9th Dec 04
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ecu in safety mode if it has one? must be lighting up or has the bulb on the dash gone?
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