car wont start

[QuiteQuietCerb]

Hi all, got my car delivered back from Greece on thursday after a month. I charged the battery and off i was. Second day i took it for a spin, after a few miles of driving, the revs dropped to 1000rpm got the batery and oil lights on and the car died. I tried to start it again, but it wouldnt. oil temp was fine, battery and alternator is fine, there is spark from the plugs and the fuel pump seems to be working, also the engine is turning over but wont start. Any ideas?

[Scrooloose]

Could be a blocked fuel breather, happened to me - there was a vacuum in the tank and it stopped any fuel getting through.

Undo the petrol cap and try again.

[QuiteQuietCerb]

Thanks for this, i think the problem is fuel related, i did what you suggested and also added more fuel but still nothing. i can semll petrol in the engine bay though

[GreenV8S]

The symptoms seem to be suggesting an electrical problem. Engine cranking OK, Spark OK and fuel seems to suggest it's not total loss of battery power and no total failure in fuel or ignition systems though. This sounds like something that will need to be tracked down methodically and might end up taking a while to locate. Have a look at all the fuses and relays just for the sake of it, check all the leads under the bonnet are secure and so on. If you're handy with the spanners it's worth taking a plug out to make sure the fuel you smell is actually going through the engine. If no joy with any of that you will need to decide whether you're going to try to diagnose it yourself or get a TVR specialist to look at it. From the symptoms, it doesn't sound like anything obvious to me though.

[marcus1970]

QuiteQuietCerb said:

Hi all, got my car delivered back from Greece on thursday after a month. I charged the battery and off i was. Second day i took it for a spin, after a few miles of driving, the revs dropped to 1000rpm got the batery and oil lights on and the car died. I tried to start it again, but it wouldnt. oil temp was fine, battery and alternator is fine, there is spark from the plugs and the fuel pump seems to be working, also the engine is turning over but wont start. Any ideas?

Fuel relay in the boot not dropped out has it?

Symptoms - car will not start, but everything else seems ok...

MB

[QuiteQuietCerb]

no all the relays are in place unless it stopped working. the problem is i dont the wiring and fuse/relay diagram for the car

[marcus1970]

QuiteQuietCerb said:

no all the relays are in place unless it stopped working. the problem is i dont the wiring and fuse/relay diagram for the car

Take one of your purple hoses off at the thin end, crank the car and see if the injector is passing fuel...

At least you'll know that the petrol is getting as far as the cylinders.

Is the big fuse in good condition?

MB

[QuiteQuietCerb]

thanks for this Marcus, i changed the big fuse on the roadside whilst driving through Italy. I think the fuse should be fine since im not getting any other electrical problems in the cabin. Can you please tell me where this hose is

[marcus1970]

QuiteQuietCerb said:

thanks for this Marcus, i changed the big fuse on the roadside whilst driving through Italy. I think the fuse should be fine since im not getting any other electrical problems in the cabin. Can you please tell me where this hose is

You should have 8 purple air intake hoses - or shorter ones if you have an after market induction kit.

Take the front hose off (the one nearest the rad) at the thin end (not the end going into the air box).

Crank the engine and see if the injector is passing fuel.

MB

[QuiteQuietCerb]

oh i see, i will try that, cheers