P38a Cold Start

Matt> It seems to take ages to fire up in the morning and just as Matt> long when i leave it for a few minutes, I have replaced the Matt> cold start sensor and checked the connection.

Did you check the connection all the way back to the ECU?

Can you give us some more clues: petrol/diesel, age of engine, and which sensor you replaced (there are two on the petrol engine).

AndyC

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Andy,

Thanks for your reply.

The engine is a 4.0 V8 petrol and i replaced the sensor at the front of the inlet manifold (next to the oil filler) I have recently found that if i crank the engine first, switch off the ignition, then start it again the engine fires nearly straight away.

Not being totally clued up on Rangies i'm not sure what i am looking for.

But thanks again

Matt

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Matt> The engine is a 4.0 V8 petrol and i replaced the sensor at Matt> the front of the inlet manifold (next to the oil filler) I Matt> have recently found that if i crank the engine first, switch Matt> off the ignition, then start it again the engine fires Matt> nearly straight away.

Fuel pump or some kind of priming issue? Sticky injectors? I'm guessing here, the bit of the rangie I know least about is the noisy bit under the bonnet :-) But hopefully this will let someone else chime in with an answer. If not, I suggest subscribing to the rangie-l mailing list hosted at

as there are a good number of clued-up P38A owners on that list.

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Thank you for your help Andy.

Matt

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