engine missing help

[racingmjl]

hi all my cerbera has been parked outside for the last week because of biulding work and it now does not like to start or tick over i have checked ecu for water but it is dry is there something else i could check thanks mark

[Scrooloose]

Wet or damp coil packs?

[Mars]

If the engine's missing, you should get another one.


Seriously, check the throttle pots. Can you hook the ECU up to your laptop?

[Far Eastender]

I had a similar problem. Left the car at Stanstead when we had all the heavy rain and wind in March. Turned out that the Lamda sensor was faulty.

[JensenA]

Scrooloose said:

Wet or damp coil packs?

I'll second this - the coil packs are in the V of the engine, and perfectly designed to trap water.

[TimJM]

JensenA said:

Scrooloose said:

Wet or damp coil packs?

I'll second this - the coil packs are in the V of the engine, and perfectly designed to trap water.

Yes - but with the temp the engine bay gets to wouldn't they dry out pretty quickly.

My car lives out and has done over the last two winters and when I have any running problems it is usually down to lambda, throttle pot or broken down ht lead. I also had an issue with cam timing but this isn't going to be the case here.

I think the car being out for a week in some rain is a red herring, when you wash the car you will get more water into the engine bay than some rain will.

Tim.