Car won't start

[Bobby cosgrove]

Well 3 weeks of ownership and the cerbera won't fire up today :-( any things I can check myself? Turns over put there's either no spark or petrol thanks in advance bob

[kevin63]

Is it possible you've flooded it, or is there not enough power to spin it fast enough to start , V8s take a bit of power to start.
If its flooded, I find out foot to floor while cracking it over, then the split second it starts, get off the pedal.
Do you have the car on a battery conditioner, I highly recommend you get one if you haven't already got one, especially with the winter coming up.

[Bobby cosgrove]

Plenty of power in the battery ,not flooded mate and accumate on just not firing

[kevin63]

Thats a bugger, good luck and hope you get it sorted and cheaply too.

[pmessling]

Can you hear the fuel pump priming?

[Bobby cosgrove]

Yep pumps working ok

[Mad Mark]

Any Luck?

[gruffalo]

open the boot and on top of the tank you will find a long line of control boxes, find the ignition control box and unplug it for 20 seconds or so, plug it back in and try again to start the old girl.

They sometimes get confused and need a reset.

[Bobby cosgrove]

Well she fired up 1st time just now guys thanks for the advice :-)

[Mr Cerbera]

Did you follow Martin's advice to get that result or was it pure luck ?

[Bobby cosgrove]

Is it possible you've flooded it, or is there not enough power to spin it fast enough to start , V8s take a bit of power to start.
If its flooded, I find out foot to floor while cracking it over, then the split second it starts, get off the pedal.

Tried what kev said about foot to floor and she fired up straight the way

[kevin63]

Edited by kevin63 on Sunday 2nd December 15:17

[Bobby cosgrove]

Big thanks kev :-)