The strife for reduction of weight has left sideways to designers Scorpio. Because of facilitation (rather Granada) the girders of the back bridge and reducer have taken place at once three troubles:
1. At Scorpio too easy back, that conducts to aggravation of controllability (tendency to early drift of a back fulcrum) and passableness (tendency to burn)
2. The strong tendency to untwisting of a reducer (at Granada was stipulated the special replaceable cartridge accepting on all loads, at Scoprio differential) is broken down
3. Well familiar at all to holders Scorpio a negative disorder of back sprockets. Quite often it happens is called defect of springs, but also quite often - by a strain of points of fixing of back arms on a girder because of poor thickness of metal. In front economies too have not passed by gift - in due course cups of front shock absorbers "are piled", and there is also negative disorder of front sprockets. The patterns with heavy V6 are more inclined to this, but also on easier happen.
- Scorpio frequently suffers from electric problems (in particular an ABS) - electrician never was a strong place European Fords, and in Scorpio it is a lot of even in the poor versions, not speaking about rich.
- Main problem of body of all Scorpio is the rusting of back arches is an obviously design defect, eliminated only in a 95-m year.
- Frankly gentle engines 2.4 and 2.9 (110kW)
- Minus is as well that fact that the petrol tank is in a dangerous zone
- In luggage room there is no special niche for first aid kit and emergency trigon.
- Up to 1992 it is not convenient to use a jack (especially in winter)
- Governor of front safety belts in a zone, dangerous to a head
- The desk of instruments at the patterns till a 1988 frequently bursts
- Inconvenient glove box at Ghia till a 1992
- Poor quality of assembly of the desk of instruments at car 1992/93 years issues.
- Stereo system in an inconvenient zone for the steering consoles (for example Pioneer) (up to 1992)
- Section of a steer up to 1992 (except for Cosworth) not most friend
- Speakers in front doors acoustically in a dummy zone (up to 1995)
- Attachments of back columns at sedan, not of the standard form. Hence difficulties with substitute of back acoustics, as it was at me.
What you must know if you want to buy a Scorpio mk2 (1994-99):
The all cars bodies are boarded with zinc, so that it is possible to not be afraid of a rust appearance. The future Scorpio mk2 holders should know about one "sick" place: the plot of a wires braid made in area of the right flank near a front glass, becomes constant wet during rains and in due course can be tainted. In the total the electrical equipment fails (the block of protectors fails, does not work clocks, headlight etc). Preventive maintenance of this problem is a regular cleaning of drainage opening.
Also through every 100 000 kms on a gasoline engines it is necessary to change gas-distributive gear chain with motion arresters, and also the oil pump drive gear chain (except 207bhp engine).And pinion gears actuate the turbodiesel gaze-distributive gear. On car with over 200 thousand kms there can be out of operation a gauge of position of a throttle valve that is shown by "failures" at a set of speed.
The unique manual gearbox malfunction is a shift lever connecting link omentum leaks, in this case work will cost more expensively than spare parts. By the way, oil in this gearbox does not vary, and it is added up to a necessary level.
For durable work of an automatic gearbox through every 40 thousand kms - is necessary to change oil with the filter and a layer pad of a crankcase oil pan. The oil replacement in a rear bridge reducer - through each 100 thousand kms. Cars were equipped with screw rack steering which as practice shows, is not reliable - cases of a screw racks weep are frequent. Therefore it is necessary to examine this unit attentively: if steering screw rack is in oil, it is an occasion for serious tender as it is not under repair, and new costs about 900 $. But helmsmans of a pull-rod and nozzles serve long.
It is necessary to note, that this car rear suspension is deprived of the predecessor main lack - curvatures of owing levers to delayed replacement of sajlent-blocks (more than through 100 thousand kms). Founders have considerably strengthened sajlent-blocks, than have increased term of their service up to 200-250 thousand kms.
In a front suspension it is necessary to change racks of stabilizers - through every 30 thousand kms. Forward levers rear sajlent-blocks will serve a little bit longer - about 60 thousand kms. If the trunnion ball will break down, repair will demand significant expenses as this detail is delivered only with in gathering the forward lever (228 $).
The braking system is enough effective. However owing to the car's big weight (about 1400 kg that exceeds weight of its competitors) at an active & quickly driving, through 60-80 thousand kms, forward brake plates wear out. |
