Leads, coils, plugs, starters, starting probs etc.
Moderators: theelanman, dapinky, Specky, clemo, Nige, Sy V, Dave Eds, DaveT, Elanlover, muley, Enright, algirdas, nitroman, GeoffSmith
by Chucks » Fri 10.07.2015, 13:44
Started the wife's Elan this morning off jump leads as the battery was flat, couple of turns and away she went, then while letting her tick over about 10 mins later the revs dropped of and she died. Charged the battery properly but she still will now start. Any ideas.
-
Chucks
- Welcome to LEC - please introduce yourself
-
- Posts: 1
- Joined: Fri 10.10.2014, 09:32
- Location: Aberdeenshire N.E.Scotland
-
by HJ2 » Fri 10.07.2015, 15:00
Check for the obvious first:
Do you have any faults stored?
Do you have a spark?
Do you have fuel?
If you always do what you always did, you always get what you always got
-

HJ2
- Wodan - God of the Low Lands
-
- Posts: 4405
- Joined: Fri 06.06.2008, 10:54
- Location: Delft, the Netherlands
by lotusflasherman » Fri 10.07.2015, 15:56
HJ2 wrote:Check for the obvious first:
Do you have any faults stored?
Do you have a spark?
Do you have fuel?
Sounds like you've run out of fuel, but that's a bit obvious..
Can you hear the fuel pump when you first switch on ignition? It should go 'mmmmmmm' for about 1 second and then 'tck' as pressure is achieved.
Some more info' would be useful - is it a long time since previously started and used regularly?
Phil
Leave me alone, I think I know what I'm doing.
Cars: Subaru Forester 2.5XTN, Eclat Riviera, brace of Pacific Blue SE's, Collapso SE, Elan+2S.... and now an Evora
-

lotusflasherman
- God
-
- Posts: 2533
- Joined: Fri 05.09.2008, 00:14
- Location: Hadleigh, 15m west of Ipswich or I may be 800 miles south (Cap d'Agde)
Return to Ignition and fuelling
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 3 guests