F***ing typical

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

packed all my stuff into the car to go back to hertfordshire this evening and the poxy thing wouldnt start. Turns over fine, plenty of fuel - i could smell it, but no spark it seems. Was dark so i couldnt really do much with it. Have to sort it tomorrow.

I started cursing the fact that i have another complete car back in herfordshire, but then i remembered, that car has the same problem...

Dont even know where the good scrappies are around here FFS

Evil or Very Mad

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

its just flooded. When its cold it needs to start straight away or it just floods and will take forever to clear it. Jam the throttle open for a few hours to let the fuel evapourate then try it again.

Or dissconnect the injectors and crank it over, should start and run for a few secs, will keep doing so iuntil the manifolds dry.

CAS is obviosuly working if it wasn't no fuel would have been delivered.

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

cheers, will do that.

all the plugs are sparking fine, and it wets them too.

Ill leave the throttle open and bake the plugs for a bit. when i try it again ill disconnect the cold start injector.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

bake the plugs? Use a lighter on them, petrol gone. If you have no lighter light the GAS cooker and use that.

Had a major drama with the orion when my sister repeadidly tried to start it, took abotu 2 hours of all sorts to get it going.

The white chammy when I 1st got it flooded the inlet manifold until it poured out of the throttle butterfly, with the injectors dissconnected it ran for a minute or so on the petrol in the manifold!