Hot start issue - Healey 3000
Discussion
Hello,
I have a Austin Healey 3000 BJ8 which has a small hot start problem.
When the car has been used and is warm every time you go to start it the first revolution of the engine is really slow, as though it's not going to turnover. It has never let me down and always burst into life but it feels as though it really doesn't want to. If you take the lead of the coil after the first struggling revolution it tuns over fine and nice and quick.
The starter has been rebuilt, new battery and seems to have plenty of earths but it is still doing it.
Any advice where to go from here?
Cheers,
Steve
I have a Austin Healey 3000 BJ8 which has a small hot start problem.
When the car has been used and is warm every time you go to start it the first revolution of the engine is really slow, as though it's not going to turnover. It has never let me down and always burst into life but it feels as though it really doesn't want to. If you take the lead of the coil after the first struggling revolution it tuns over fine and nice and quick.
The starter has been rebuilt, new battery and seems to have plenty of earths but it is still doing it.
Any advice where to go from here?
Cheers,
Steve
Again thanks for all your help.
To be clear it isn't anything to do with fuel evaporation, timing or anything like that. When hot it turns over sluggishly, fine when cold. It has a new battery of 80 amps, and the starter has been rebuilt. As far as I can make out it is either the cables running from the battery or possibly the starter motor has not been rebuilt correctly.
One thing that did come to mind is that I had trouble with the isolation switch in the boot (cheap crappy part) some time ago so I think it is probably worth bypassing this and see if that makes any difference.
Again thanks for your help.
A pic outside the pub to cheer me up!
To be clear it isn't anything to do with fuel evaporation, timing or anything like that. When hot it turns over sluggishly, fine when cold. It has a new battery of 80 amps, and the starter has been rebuilt. As far as I can make out it is either the cables running from the battery or possibly the starter motor has not been rebuilt correctly.
One thing that did come to mind is that I had trouble with the isolation switch in the boot (cheap crappy part) some time ago so I think it is probably worth bypassing this and see if that makes any difference.
Again thanks for your help.
A pic outside the pub to cheer me up!
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