Rover 214i Stalling - could it be the inertia switch??

It is in the centre console according to autodata and my memory.

My first thing to replace (at little cost) is the rotor arm (assuming your year still has one) as I had this fault on an earlier one, you could drive for a while and then it would die, after a little coaxing it would go again or you might have to wait. AA diagnosed coil, I replaced that but the symptoms were the same, so I changed the rotor arm just in case (although it looked perfect) and the car went and kept going.!

Another thing on those that causes a lot of aggro is the vacuum pipe that goes to the ECU, it can crack, or the nipple on the ecu can crack or snap off, the resulting air leak makes them run terribly.

Mrcheerful

There is nothing wrong with your memory, it's tucked just behind the centre console and can be seen if you lean in over the drivers seat with your head in the foot well.

Agreed with the rest of the diagnosis, although I have known the pump and pump relay to fail. Also you get bad running with cutting out if the crankcase sensor is going senile.

PDH

Could be the timing. Best thing to do would be to set your computer clock correctly.

Hi, I am looking at a Rover 2.4i (L-Reg) with an intermittent stalling problem which appears to be fuel starvation. According to the wiring diagram in the Haynes workshop manual, there in an "inertia switch" in line between the fuel pump relay and the electric fuel pump.

So that I can eliminate this as a source of the problem, I need to find this switch and bypass it.

Does anyone know where on the car this "inertia switch" is located ???

Thanks in advance

Steve Harvey steveharvey [at] dsl [dot] pipex [dot] com

"gazzafield" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@pipex.net...

This morning it happened to me twice. Each time the engine just died. When I tried to re-start it, it just turned over without firing. I left it switched off for 30 seconds and then I switched the ignition back on and cranked it but it still would not start. I then waited another 30 seconds and when i turned the ignition on I could hear a humming sound from the rear of the car (presumably the fuel pump) which was not heard the first time. This time when I cranked it, it started immediately.

This pattern was exactly the same each time - presumably the hum was the pump priming/pressurising the fuel system.

I tried to look for the inertia switch but was not in the mood to remove any trim so I have swapped the fuel pump relay with another oridentical to see it if it makes any difference.

Thanks for the advice...

Steve

on your model its behind radio at back of center console later 200/25s have it under bonnet "gazzafield" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@pipex.net...

fuel pump relay you talk about is in the fusebox under bonnet . it runs for about 2 seconds to prime fuel rail. it does not run again until it detects engine speed

thats industrial standard. does not matter if its multipoint or single injector. "gazzafield" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@pipex.net...