[Vwdiesel] 2001 Ford Focus ZX3 Help needed

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/25/2011 3:16:51 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
toensing at wildblue.net writes:

The car  has set in my garage with the battery disconnected for about 2 
weeks while I  replaced all 3 engine mounts & radiator & cooling system hoses 
along  with the thermostat housing along with a new thermostat. The car, 
which I  bought new now is 10 years old & has 143,000 miles on it. I wanted to  
start it while still up on stand to check for oil leaks as I changed the oil 
 & filter while still up on the stands. The car ran fine before I started  
to work on it this time & fear I might have disturbed something in the  
ignition or fuel system that I can't see or else has lost its computer memory  
from having had the battery disconnected so long. Is computer memory  loss  
possible? It hasn't happened in the past but I have never had the  battery 
disconnected so long & don't understand this electronic ignition  system. The 
car has a full tank of gas & I changed the 100,000 mile spark  plugs & wires 
a few years ago. If I let the car set several minutes the  engine fires a 
couple of times, a
cting like it doesn't have gas. 


 
  Something kind of similar happened when I rebuilt my wife's  Caravan.  
Ended up taking it to a friend down the road.  He just had  to do a "cleaning" 
of the injectors.  All the time sitting and they gunked  up or some such.  
Ran cleaner through them a few times and it was running  good enough to drive
 and finish clearing out.
  You can pull a plug wire, stick on a plug and check for spark while  
cranking but it's probably fuel related.  The car's ECU doesn't lose memory  
while disconnected for any length of time.
    Loren