Hi,
I have a weird problem with my mini which developed a few weeks ago. Basically sometimes the engine turns over but it does not appear that any fuel can get to the engine, so hence it wont start. The only way you can get the engine to start is by taking a wire directly from the battery to the fuel pump, then turning the key and it starts, so I have two wires in my boot with a fuse it case I can't get it running!
I took it into an electronics place to get it checked out on one of their computers and they reckon it is either the ECU or a relay box. They could not see any obvious faults. The problem is the fault is intermittent, it happens once in a while so I have to use my wire to start it, but then it seems ok for a while and starts prefectly normally, then all of a sudden it goes again. It might be that once I get the fuel pump running again it clears it for a bit, not sure.
Do you guys have any experience of this or any ideas as to what it might be?
Thanks,
Neil.