Dies on initial start ups

[CHIMV8]

When she is first started she idles then fades to a stall.

No issues when actually driving,generally holds idle in traffic.

But when parked up and return,she idles and dies.

Dont understand,checked and cleaned stepper motor,and even tried another one but no joy.

Yesterday she stalled and then struggled to start on turnover,left for a short period then kicked up

Help please

[jojackson4]

Have you got rover gauge

[Colin RedGriff]

Have you done any work on it before this problem started?

when you cleaned the stepper motor did you also clean the seat on the plenum?

[QBee]

If you know another Chim or Griff owner locally, try their stepper in your car first before looking at anything else.

[jojackson4]

He all ready has
But there's more to try
I have afm and rover gauge

[CHIMV8]

The 'extract' from a document below has the issues i have at the moment

What Are the Symptoms of a Faulty Mass Air Flow Sensor?
The engine stalls soon after starting.
The engine drags or hesitates when idle or under load.
The engine hesitates and jerks during acceleration.
The engine hiccups.
The engine displays unusually lean or rich idling.

[QBee]

CHIMV8 said:

The 'extract' from a document below has the issues i have at the moment

What Are the Symptoms of a Faulty Mass Air Flow Sensor?
The engine stalls soon after starting.
The engine drags or hesitates when idle or under load.
The engine hesitates and jerks during acceleration.
The engine hiccups.
The engine displays unusually lean or rich idling.

Paul's spare AFM sounds like your next step.

[CHIMV8]

QBee said:

CHIMV8 said:

The 'extract' from a document below has the issues i have at the moment

What Are the Symptoms of a Faulty Mass Air Flow Sensor?
The engine stalls soon after starting.
The engine drags or hesitates when idle or under load.
The engine hesitates and jerks during acceleration.
The engine hiccups.
The engine displays unusually lean or rich idling.

Paul's spare AFM sounds like your next step.

Agreed

[CHIMV8]

CHIMV8 said:

QBee said:

CHIMV8 said:

The 'extract' from a document below has the issues i have at the moment

What Are the Symptoms of a Faulty Mass Air Flow Sensor?
The engine stalls soon after starting.
The engine drags or hesitates when idle or under load.
The engine hesitates and jerks during acceleration.
The engine hiccups.
The engine displays unusually lean or rich idling.

Paul's spare AFM sounds like your next step.

Agreed

Will try alternative AFM's over the weekend, and see if that sorts the issue...fingers crossed

[jojackson4]

Good luck
If you have no joy bring it over and we will plug it in and see what's happening

[Ozstyle]

Hi,
I had very similar starting/stalling at idle issue.
I checked and adjusted the base idle which cured my problem.
I removed the screw altogether surprised at the amount of black oily/carbon crud I cleaned out of the screw hole.
Ozstyle

[CHIMV8]

Ozstyle said:

Hi,
I had very similar starting/stalling at idle issue.
I checked and adjusted the base idle which cured my problem.
I removed the screw altogether surprised at the amount of black oily/carbon crud I cleaned out of the screw hole.
Ozstyle

Where will i find that?

[QBee]

CHIMV8 said:

Ozstyle said:

Hi,
I had very similar starting/stalling at idle issue.
I checked and adjusted the base idle which cured my problem.
I removed the screw altogether surprised at the amount of black oily/carbon crud I cleaned out of the screw hole.
Ozstyle

Where will i find that?

On the throttle pot, where the butterfly is - the pointy bit of the plenum that connects to the air intake elbow hose thingy. From memory it on the front side of the tube, ie nearer the headlights as it were. Perhaps some kind Steve Heath Bible owner will post the pic of the relevant page? Mine is at home. I'm not.

[CHIMV8]

QBee said:

CHIMV8 said:

Ozstyle said:

Hi,
I had very similar starting/stalling at idle issue.
I checked and adjusted the base idle which cured my problem.
I removed the screw altogether surprised at the amount of black oily/carbon crud I cleaned out of the screw hole.
Ozstyle

Where will i find that?

On the throttle pot, where the butterfly is - the pointy bit of the plenum that connects to the air intake elbow hose thingy. From memory it on the front side of the tube, ie nearer the headlights as it were. Perhaps some kind Steve Heath Bible owner will post the pic of the relevant page? Mine is at home. I'm not.

[MPoxon]

Bear in mind you have had a full engine rebuild and a high lift cam fitted, you may need a remap of the ECU to get it running spot on.

When I changed the injectors, AFM and fuel reg on mine it required a remap - same issue as yours, wouldn't idle properly.

[CHIMV8]

MPoxon said:

Bear in mind you have had a full engine rebuild and a high lift cam fitted, you may need a remap of the ECU to get it running spot on.

When I changed the injectors, AFM and fuel reg on mine it required a remap - same issue as yours, wouldn't idle properly.

Still to try the spare AFM(work getting in the way as usual!!),but comments noted..

[CHIMV8]

Changing the AFM doesnt seem to have solved anything

Was messing with plug lead connections on dizzy yesterday,dont know if coincidence but engine note changed and seemed to hold smooth idle,but tried that agin this morning and no joy.

Might just try and change the dizzy cap for the sake of it,with a new Lucas unit ans see what happens

[CHIMV8]

Anyone know the Lucas dizzy part number as always get asked due to fact no car on record list to look up against

[QBee]

CHIMV8 said:

Anyone know the Lucas dizzy part number as always get asked due to fact no car on record list to look up against

You will find it on here.

http://www.chimaerapages.com/parts-list.html

[jojackson4]

Come and plug it in to RG you may have a silly fault