Hello, Apologies for the long post.
This morning, I decided to visit my cousin. The engine started at first turn of the key, and ran while I scraped some ice off the rear windscreen.
I got part way to my cousin's when the engine started running rough, and kangaroo-hopping. Thinking it was damp electrics, and being nearer to my destination than to home, I continued thinking the warm engine would dry out any damp. I had recently had starting problems in damp weather, and had replaced the leads, curing the problem.
The engine died on me, and the car coasted to a halt. The engine would rotate, but not catch. I called reocvery
The recovery guy squirted Easy Start into the air intake, and it started; he revved it hard. the engine stopped; I'm not sure if he turned off the ignition, or it died again.
He diagnosed fuel starvation, saying the pump wasn't working. The engine ran fine yesterday, not that pumps can't suddenly fail.
After he had towed my car home, I turned the key, and it started immediately, but ran rough, with revs hopping up and down, then stopped.
Could the fault be the crank sensor? I have had it go on me in the past, and the symptoms seem similar. Also, some months ago, I had trouble starting, and flooded the engine. When I eventually got it started the next day ( I'd flattened the battery ), it ran ok,after coughing a bit. Could I have flooded the engine again this time?
Could it be frozen crud in the fuel line, with the outside temp hovering at -4 to -6?
Many thanks, John