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Focus MK1, relay click when throttle released

  • 09-01-2019 10:50pm
    #1
    Wise Old Elf
    Moderators Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭


    Hi kind people
    2004 bog standard 1.4 petrol focus, I replaced the battery this week as the old one (about 4-5 years) was dead, showing 7.6 volts.

    New one in and all is fine, BUT, I've noticed when I release the accelerator when driving that I can hear a relay click, I presume from the box behind the glove compartment. There's not many relays in there, rear demister, intermittent wiper, and battery saver.
    I can only assume it's the battery saver, any ideas what it's doing? Should I be checking for frayed earth cables or something? I haven't done that yet, too dark when I leave for work, same when I come home.


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  • #2
    Wise Old Elf
    Moderators Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭Wise Old Elf


    :o

    So I think I found it and it looks like this was a sump nut I need to replace at some stage hitting off a Lego figure, they were in one of the cup holders. Sounded uncannily like a relay.
    Oh dear!


  • #3
    rex-x
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,893 ✭✭✭rex-x


    If it makes you feel better we had a customer book in urgently with a horrible noise after we service d the car, so bad they wouldn't drive it!
    They had the radio set to lw....


  • #4
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Hey, at least it was a cheap fix :D


  • #5
    Wise Old Elf
    Moderators Posts: 3,554 ✭✭✭Wise Old Elf


    Yeah, it's 2004 albeit with only 120,000 miles on it so I'm conscious that any new noise could be the beginning of expensive things.
    This was a bit of a "doh" moment though!

    Tks for making me feel slightly less thick :D


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