Finally my first ever Capri! 1987 2.8i Special
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2019 2:49 pm
Afternoon all,
I see this car has already been owned by another use on this site, though now inactive. Got this a couple of weeks ago and then immediately went on holiday, got back yesterday and just want to drive it but has a couple of issues.
First of all when starting the car it hunts at idle, very annoying. Once the car has warmed up all is well but you have to sit and occasionally give a little throttle as it sometimes just drops too few revs and cuts out. Obviously when I’ve tried to drive it like this, it has coughed and spluttered and then tried to cut out when coming to a stop. Are there any particularly common causes of this and somewhere for me to start looking? This is my first Capri, in fact my first Ford so I’m coming at this as a bit of a virgin!
Second issue is the brakes are shocking. It has big brakes on the front FWIW. When braking you can see bubbles in the brake master cylinder reservoir so presumably there is air in the system which requires bleeding. What would be the recommended way of doing this on a Capri? Bleed order etc.
Overall the car is in good condition, the rest of it mechanically looks fine and the bodywork is pretty solid with just a couple of signs of previous rust repair and a few scratches that I will try to tidy up.
I’ve made an album on imgur which has a few photos and a couple of videos of the car hunting.
I see this car has already been owned by another use on this site, though now inactive. Got this a couple of weeks ago and then immediately went on holiday, got back yesterday and just want to drive it but has a couple of issues.
First of all when starting the car it hunts at idle, very annoying. Once the car has warmed up all is well but you have to sit and occasionally give a little throttle as it sometimes just drops too few revs and cuts out. Obviously when I’ve tried to drive it like this, it has coughed and spluttered and then tried to cut out when coming to a stop. Are there any particularly common causes of this and somewhere for me to start looking? This is my first Capri, in fact my first Ford so I’m coming at this as a bit of a virgin!
Second issue is the brakes are shocking. It has big brakes on the front FWIW. When braking you can see bubbles in the brake master cylinder reservoir so presumably there is air in the system which requires bleeding. What would be the recommended way of doing this on a Capri? Bleed order etc.
Overall the car is in good condition, the rest of it mechanically looks fine and the bodywork is pretty solid with just a couple of signs of previous rust repair and a few scratches that I will try to tidy up.
I’ve made an album on imgur which has a few photos and a couple of videos of the car hunting.