ok i have a m reg fiesta 1.1 with single point injection that some times want start. i have replaced the crank shaft sensor and another sensor at bottom off carb witch a garage told me to try but the problem still comes back. if i poor a bit off petrol or easy start into the carb it will start after a while but it does cough and splutter whilst trying. has any one got any ideas apart from burnning it thanks.... stu
What about reading the replies you got two days ago?
Si
sorry first time user didnt now how to check messages but do now. inreply to what you put it has always done this problem since buying it in november. and when it want start i hold the throtle all the way down i do this because i havnt managed to get it started any other way
oh and it has new plugs
And you bought it in that condition?
Anyway...
ISTR you said you turned it over for 20-30 *minutes* each time? You'll need a new starter and battery soon too if that's the case.
You shouldn't touch the accelerator *at all* when starting.
Try it.
Si
i only hold the accelerator down when it dont start. and the problem started a few days after i got it. and yes the starter motor is having a hard time every week or so. when i get in it i turn the key until the lights come on othe dash. then i push accelerator pedal to the floor and the release it. then i start the car. if it dont start i then pump the pedal a few times and then if it want go then it gets put to the floor until the batt runs flat or it starts
No, try not touching the accelerator *at all* before or during starting. Why do you push the accelerator to the floor once before starting it? Does it say to do that in the handbook?
What happens if you don't touch the pedal at all whilst trying to start it?
Si
i was told that was the way to put auto choke on
i was told thats how to put auto choke on. but i have not tryed it any other way but i will try it
snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com wrote in news:1141857134.758257.179200 @i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
Any UK car registered after 1992 (L reg and onwards) will not have an auto choke. They are all fuel injected - they have to be to be able to pass the modern emissions test. Touching the accelerator will not help when trying to start a fuel injected car.
Its fuel injection- there is NO 'choke'.
Tim..
The message from snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com contains these words:
In some older cars with mechanical auto-chokes that was how you turned it /off/.
And in other older cars it was how you turned it /on/, (none of which is relevant to the OP of course).
Chris
How old is this Fester? Anybody got the official line on cold starts/warm starts/flooded starts?
And is it the same for my 96 Mondeo?
94/95. I'm of the opinion that all injected engines can manage the cold start business all on their own and should be left to do what they want when they're being started. As for flooding, which shouldn't happen anyway, I believe the accepted way to get rid is foot to the floor whilst cranking.
More than likely.
If the driver could faff about with the mixture at will it could really bugger up the catalyst.
Si
1992 is J-K, I believe
Tony
ISTR there were one or two cars that managed to fudge a solution with carb. and cat. to meet the emissions standards. Didn't Austin Rover do it with the Maestro / Montego?
L-reg started Aug '93, so is clearly *after* 1992 :-)
Chris
The message from snipped-for-privacy@italiancar.co.uk (SteveH) contains these words:
No - the Metro 1.1
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