still couldn't get used to the fiesta jerking in low gear, especially after going up a slope in my apartment's car park. any tips from any one of you?

It's the nature of powershift, the first 2 gears are jerky.. My focus tdci also sluggish at first 2 gears but it's quite smooth if compared to fiesta dry clutch unit

mine is fiesta 1.6hb xtr

Stuff I have modded to resolve this problem is... changing spark plugs, adding voltage stabilizer+ grounding and also electronic throttle controller from Bug Auto.

hey focus tdci owners, when u service at ford; what oil do they use?? n what grade are they using???

Just hold down the outermost button on your left hand side "signalling stick" whatever u call it.

ehh lmj123, i think u'r comparing the wrong info with Bliz

he's driving a focus tdci n u'r driving a fiesta 1.6 or did i read wrong somewhere?

link?

wana read up haha

This post has been edited by moon*: Aug 22 2011, 11:08 PM

Hey Bug,

How much did you do yours for? Damn cun!

hi, the fofi showcase in post #2 is belong to TS John91........ ofcoz it's mod at bug auto industry..... ;-)

bro' scale model sudah sampai ka?

Guys, anybody experienced the high 'instant fc count' for 1.6 hb fiesta? I got a reading accelerating from standstill to the first to gears at about 55 L/100km then 36L/100km then after the 3rd gear only the fc count will gradually lowered..and im on my 5/6th refuelling, the most i can get i 350++km per fulltank.. I accelerated quite slowly, changing gears at below 2k, but still the fc didnt improve.milage at about 1700++km..

Do i need to change the oil filter n engine oil? Or do i have to do something about my driving style? I think i've done all the tips from FCM and this really bothera me.

Thanx!

Thats normal since your engine haven't break in... but 350km per full tank is rather low. I changed my engine oil at 4.5k km and I think it really helps. Oil filter leave it for the 10k km free service change. Now I'm trying to maintain my fc at 7.0l/100km for this week... =D

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Added on August 23, 2011, 9:07 amWhy thank you! All thanks to Bug Auto. Another major project coming up at the end of this week, Bug hor?

This post has been edited by John91: Aug 23 2011, 09:07 AM

bro, did it manage to resolve the jerking problem?I see from your pic that you're using erictioh's vs, i'm using the same thing and it really does help to smoothen the gear change but didn't really manage to to get rid of the jerking.

Keen eye You did both grounding and vs? I have a bit of jerking sometimes but its much less compared to the last time without any mods. The change of spark plugs help, also the "Electron Power" plug cables which act as a VS helps too. I think if more grounding points are added it would be better as eric only managed to find 3 points for fiesta 1.6. I would prefer 5 points though.

hey John91, after using ericteoh's VS. what would u say/compare to the other VS out in the market like pivot or hotinazma???

those are bloody expensive becus of their marketing; but does eric's vs really works better den the 2 above i mention?

hehehe, just noticed it...anyway, I only installed a vs because I also couldn't find a good grounding point. I agree that the jerking become lesser and the acceleration become smoother, also I've notice that the aircon becomes cooler as well.

I think if you are going to move very slowly, I mean very very slowly, like in bumper to bumper jam or parking lot, maybe you can switch on the hill climb assist button, to prevent your Fiesta changing gears prematurely, hence avoiding the jerking. But remember to smoothly control your right foot.

i thought the hill climb assist only disables the final gear? much like OD off.

is it? try it yourself and see got difference or not. I certainly felt better.

I have used both products (erictoh's and hotinazma) before and I can tell you that both products work well. Bug Auto is using full set hotinazma (type mr, hot earth and super pocket) while I am using erictoh's. Hotinazma's has either 5 or 8 grounding points (I forgot) compared to my 3 points. Hotinazma is a bit smoother overall IMO maybe due to these factors (I don't have super pocket too). I think you could drop by Cheras area to test drive both our cars if you want =p

But for the price difference, I rather get erictoh's because of budget restriction

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Added on August 23, 2011, 10:54 amApprarently there are 3 points for auto, and 4 for manual apparently that eric could find. I'm going to ask my friend to find more points for me to ground, I think 5 is optimum. Btw, you need to chip off the paint before doing grounding else the electricity will not conduct properly to your car body.

This post has been edited by John91: Aug 23 2011, 10:54 AM