I pop the engine bay and notice oil is low, i look under the car, it's got a leak out of the oil sump. I go out one morning to start the car, it does not start. I go to a friends house, roughly 20 miles, again, i notice the same problems wrong with it as before when i went out in it with my father, except this time, the suspension also being very dreamy/light. I believe at the time, this is just how a 90s car, especially a ford escort drives as i had never driven one or been in one. After the month and a half, i get concerned at the noticed problems which are horrendous, but no different from when i took my father out. Once i take it back home, over the course of the next month and a half i randomly once every 2 weeks go out and start the car, turn it off and on, within that month and a half, 3 times i go around the block in the car (no more than 1 mile each time). I leave the car for a week or 2, then i take my father out on a short 15 miles or so drive, car starts fine, SEEMS to work OK except the smell of a burning clutch despite being easy on the clutch with no over-revving one time in the short drive, i also notice the vibrations and poor acceleration, brakes being terrible, sloppy gearbox, rolling back with the handbrake on. I arrive home in the car just fine, he parks it on my driveway and gets in his sons car and drives off. As we drive back i ask why he's revving the car on each gear change, he said "I'm keeping the revs above 1500rpm to make the alternator charge the battery". I walk back to him as car will not start, he comes out and jumps the car and offers to drive me back home in the purchased car with his son following behind us with his son in the sons own car, i agree. I go to drive the car, not even a 30 second walk from his garage place of business, the car stalls. When i picked up and paid the 1.7k for the car on 31st December, he handed us the service history, both keys and the relevant 90s ford service/radio guide books. I asked the seller if it starts up, he tried to start it, nothing, then he got an old used diesel battery, put it in the car, didn't start, so he got 4 more diesel batteries, hooked them up via jump leads to the just replaced diesel battery in the car, tried to start it, it started BUT i noticed smoke coming out of the battery terminals and told him "why is there smoke coming out of the battery terminals" to which he brushed off and said "It'll be fine".Īfter putting the deposit down after him attempting to start the car, he said he'd get an MOT and service done on it within a few days before i purchase the car in full (1.7k). The story: When i went to look at the car which is the same day i put a deposit down, i did not inspect the car (my mistake), the paintwork of the car was exceptional, but i did not notice anything obvious just glancing at the car. The car had 101,720 miles on it, i put 166 miles on it after purchase on the 31st December, 101,886 miles. Outstanding history file with comprehensive documentation back to original order form." "Lovely and increasingly rare Escort MK5b 1.6i 16v LX 5dr. The advert on Autotrader for the car does not state anything wrong with the car, it only states: I barely used the car in the 3 months and 25 days i have owned it, and i do not use it for work commute. On the 14th December 2022, I put down a £200 deposit on a £1,995 1993 MK5b ford escort 1.6i 16v LX with the seller, an LTD (limited) trader (not private), 17 days later, on the 31st December 2022, i paid the full price for the vehicle £1,795.
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