Won't start, but was fine

[mrcabbage]

Started her up first time as usual. Reversed out of garage. Put it in first and stalled. Now she won't start again. Starter motor turning strongly. Lots of spluttering but not catching. Have I flooded it? Should I just leave it a while then try again!

[theaxe]

Yep, flooded. I've had this same problem. Just leave it for an hour or so and it'll be fine. You can try removing the spark plugs to speed up the process...

[bsdnazz]

theaxe said:

Yep, flooded. I've had this same problem.

Been there done that but even with many attempts could not get it restarted until the AA man had me start it on full throttle. After 60 seconds or so it kicked into life. I've stalled a few times since and the full throttle trick has worked every time and in less than 60 seconds too!

[Chimpafrolic]

Its all here.

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Some of us are trying to find a solution to the seemingly very common over fueling on cold start issue.

[theaxe]

I heard a rumour that if you old the throttle way open for a long period while starting the ECU cuts back on fuelling to help clear the flood. Not sure how true that is.

[mrcabbage]

24 hours later and still won't start! Think I'm ready to try the 60 seconds with throttle fully depressed idea but not certain my battery is up to it.

Don't think I want to be messing around with anything else as she has always been a good starter and idler.

[mrcabbage]

Well that didn't work either. Battery now flat and petrol fumes in the evening air!

AA?

[carsy]

Have you any jump leads so that you could hook up to someone elses battery and keep crancking foot to floor. It will take some spinning. Only other thing is take plugs out to dry out or leave it all alone for a while.

[dog man]

Check to see if you have a spark when you next get the battery back up to charge

[mrcabbage]

The saga continues. Left it over 24 hours. Still won't start. Called breakdown recovery. They hooked up their big truck battery, cranked it for well over a minute. Still won't go. Mechanic reckons I need a heavy duty battery. I'm dubious that will resolve the actual problem I have right now.

It splutters loads as you turn it but won't run. So surely that means it's sparking doesn't it?

[theaxe]

You need to check for a spark really, any problems there and you can trace it back through plugs, plug extenders, HT lead, dizzy and coil.

If there's a spark it could be something like dirt in the fuel...

[bsdnazz]

theaxe said:

I heard a rumour that if you old the throttle way open for a long period while starting the ECU cuts back on fuelling to help clear the flood. Not sure how true that is.

I don't know if the ECU has a special full throttle starting mode or not. I can only report what worked for me.

[blaineuk]

try removing the pluge and putting them in the oven on low heat for a while.