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Engine will not re start

Postby stu » Sun 23.03.2008, 21:37

After having a nice quiet drive and on my way home today
the engine lost power and with a pop from the exhaust system died....

My RAC man said after checking the usual,to no avail.... poss bad earth causing the ECU to not function Anyone got any ideas....
Bearing in mind the car is an N/A :(
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Postby Specky » Sun 23.03.2008, 21:48

Does she start from cold...

Does she turn over...

What fuel are you runing.. 4*, unleaded or (diesel.. :shock: )

Does everything appear to work..

Engine, electrics, ignition.. spark plugs...

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engine will not re start

Postby stu » Sun 23.03.2008, 22:17

Hi spek
In answer to your questions she cut out and will not re start Plenty of Zoom juice (Unleaded Diesel)... She turns over...Electrics ok all lights on instrument lights
Cam belt ok, just changed everything...plugs ok and good spark

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Postby Specky » Sun 23.03.2008, 22:21

are your plugs fuel soaked ?...

Not 100% on N/As, but do they have amplifiers, same as an old condensor...

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Postby stu » Sun 23.03.2008, 23:28

Hi Spek
not sure about that question the car has a distributor unlike you turbo peeps but i,m sure this prob is not a condenser breakdown that usually fails slowly with a severe missfire .....
(MGB petrol head also)
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Postby dapinky » Sun 23.03.2008, 23:58

Fuel starvation - accidental inertia switch activation?
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Re: engine will not re start

Postby DaveT » Mon 24.03.2008, 08:04

stu wrote:Hi spek
In answer to your questions she cut out and will not re start Plenty of Zoom juice (Unleaded Diesel)... She turns over...Electrics ok all lights on instrument lights
Cam belt ok, just changed everything...plugs ok and good spark

Cheers chum
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Postby rip » Mon 24.03.2008, 09:13

I Normscan working yet?

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Postby GeoffSmith » Mon 24.03.2008, 10:09

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Postby ppete100 » Mon 24.03.2008, 11:04

I had same prob on my n/a a while ago, turned out that the bottom of the expansion tank was in contact with the ht lead on the coil causing a bad contact. On another occasion non starting was due to a damp dist cap (inside) a sqirt of wd did the trick
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Engine will not re start

Postby stu » Mon 24.03.2008, 21:03

Hi ppet 100
Yup thanks for the info had a little H20 go over the expansion tank a while ago.And obviously that was the problem.
Cleaned and WD40 she kicked up straight away :D

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Postby Paul.P » Mon 24.03.2008, 21:38

Ain't this forum brill :wink:
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Postby clemo » Mon 24.03.2008, 21:53

sorry stu only just read this post..

glad you have it sorted..

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Postby chris.t » Mon 24.03.2008, 21:58

And the RAC man couldn't sort that :shock: :shock: :shock:
Could the 'Hokey-Cokey' actually be what it's all about?
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Postby Candles » Tue 25.03.2008, 14:09

Makes you wonder doesn't it?

Roadside repairs: 1) Check spark....... 2) Check there is fuel.....

RAC man obviously doesn't know this list.
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Postby stu » Tue 25.03.2008, 20:39

:) Thanks all the same Clemo.....
Any advice is good advice if taken in moderation, it was a matter of balancing it all out. Thats a few quid for the pot at donny park :cheers:
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Postby stu » Tue 25.03.2008, 21:07

Hi Candles
With respect the guy did check spark, "not fuel" but he did get a low voltage on the injector side and said there was a poor connection But bless it was Belting it down with snow on a part of the road where i live which is renowned as a race track .and he stayed with untill a proper truck turned up to get me ome and bl..y cold it was
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