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ford focus keeps droping revs.


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Dec 28, 2010, 5:33 AM

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ford focus keeps droping revs. Sign In

HI i have a 1998 ford focus 1.4 16v . for some time now the revs keep droping on the car mainly when im at lights or stationary . i
It does not cut out tho. Allso dash board and head lights dim when revs drop . I was told to get a new battery and this has made no differance
can any one help me please cheers.


Tom Greenleaf
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Dec 28, 2010, 6:52 AM

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Re: ford focus keeps droping revs. Sign In

The lights dimming a bit when idle drops is unusual for any car really but why the idle drops is. The easiest start to diagnose this is to get a code reading AFTER the new battery has been in and intact for a while as memory may have been lost changing it.

Just disconnecting a battery for any reason without a memory saver some vehicles will need a time to "re-learn" and idle can be effected but since it was doing it before the same way the problem still exist by all chance.

Go ahead and check air filter, any connections underhood, vacuum leaks, even clean throttle body and get the code(s) as they would be helpful to lead the direction to go,

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